Heroes V and DLC

[Gompachiro]

How does it work? i saw they are selled separated, do i buy the tribes of trhe east, and have all the others? or i have to buy the others to? because i understando they different launchers, dont understand how they work, can someone explain pls. ty

[asarokk]

No, you can't buy one and receive the rest for free. Since they are all sold separately, you'll have to buy them individually.

Heroes of Might and Magic V itself has only 6 factions and a campaign that features each faction consecutively [Haven, Inferno, Necropolis, Dungeon, Sylvan & Academy]. But even if you buy the expansions, the newer factions [Dwarves and Stronghold with new campaigns] will not be added or combined into the base game and will only be available in their respective expansions since each title has its own exe file.

Hammers of Fate requires Heroes of Might and Magic V to play, despite being launched from its own exe file. While Tribes of the East is technically an expansion, it acts essentially the same as a standalone game and therefore it doesn't require Heroes of Might and Magic V or Hammers of Fate to play.

So long story short. Buy each game separately and play them all separately.

[Gompachiro]

ha, what a dumb way to do it, good ubisoft haha, ty have a gteat day

[asarokk]

You're welcome and likewise, mate.

Not too thrilled with the aspect of defending a studio I can no longer endorse with good conscience but... HOMMV was first released in 2006 and 2007 on discs. Digital distribution was barely a thing back then and didn't become popular until the 2010s.

It's not the first time an Heroes of might and magic expansion wasn't integrated into the base game. It wasn't unusual at all for expansions to be standalone games in the good old days. For example, the Shadow of Death and the Armageddon's Blade wasn't integrated into Heroes of Might and Magic III until 2015 in the "Complete edition" nearly 16 years after the initial release back in 1999. The secondary purpose was also making the game more compatible with modern computers.

Back then there was also a limit to how large a video game could be and sometimes a single game was split into two (or more) discs. Which was the case with Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

By the time Heroes of Might and Magic VI came out in 2011 it was much easier to integrate expansions and additional content into a base game with the aid of better video game engines, digital distribution and game launchers and today it's pretty much a standard practice.

So. The dumb thing here isn't 3 exe files for Ubisoft's biggest game yet (at that time) in the HOMM franchise, it's that they didn't integrate the expansions (and the small gameplay changes they made) into the base game in a complete version like they did with the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete edition.

But unfortunately, Ubisoft just doesn't want to waste resources on their older games (even though Ubisoft is the furthest thing from being destitute), so they cut off multiplayer, server and technical support. Updates and patches isn't a priority either and in many cases non existent.

[gettin betta]

srsly? You kidding us, right? So i cant have dwarfs vs orcs? Why the hell would anyone do it like this? Also would be nice to make some note there. I was looking for explanation for quite some time.