HoMM V, Tribes of the East and Hammers of Fate

[D.A.R.K.]

I was looking at some reviews of Heroes of Might & Magic V and I saw a guy saying the HoMM V Tribes of the East is a stand-alone, that includes everything from HoMM V and Tribes of the East. When I open the Tribest of the East store page, I didn't see anything saying it's a DLC nor expansion, simply the game. Because of this I moved on to search for everything about "Heroes of Might & Magic V" here on Steam and I found those three games:

-Heroes of Might & Magic V (23 May 2006)
-Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East (16 Oct 2007)
-Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate (14 Nov 2006)

Now I have to ask if all those 3 are separated games or DLC and how that works because I would like to buy one of them, but I don't want to buy the one with less experience of gameplay. The review seems to imply that Tribest of the East is Heroes of Might & Magic V + Tribes of the East, the game AND the expansion together. Knowing Hammers of Fate released after Tribes of the East, can I assume Hammers of Fate is Heroes of Might & Magic V + Tribes of the East + Hammers of Fate?

I mean... I know I will not buy Heroes of Might & Magic V, but which one should I buy, between Tribes of the East and Hammers of Fate, to have full experience and gameplay? Do I have to buy both "expansions" or Hammers of Fate has both with it? I'm confused about this. Can someone explain to me which one should I buy and why?

[D.A.R.K.]

Looking at Tribes of the East store page we can see the game doesn't require Heroes of Might & Magic V to play, implying it's a stand-alone game.

Looking at Hammers of Fate store page we can see the game DOES require Heroes of Might & Magic V to play, implying it's a DLC/expansion.

If I buy Tribes of the East and Hammers of Fate, will I be able to play Hammers of Fate together with Tribes of the East? By the way, which one is the best Tribes of the East or Hammers of Fate? I'm feeling I will have to purchase all 3 and I don't want to play twice Heroes of Might & Magic V (the vanilla version AND the Tribes of the East version)

[[RPR]R3BORN!]

Hi,

to make it short.

Buy Tribes of the East for full games experience (all factions and stuff like that)

HoMM V Vanialla and Hammers of Fate just for the single player (campaing) experience.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by RPRR3BORN!:

Hi,

to make it short.

Buy Tribes of the East for full games experience (all factions and stuff like that)

HoMM V Vanialla and Hammers of Fate just for the single player (campaing) experience.

Thanks.

[Rakso]

You can instal a mod on top of TotE which adds the other two games campaigns to it. You don't have to buy these other games at all.
Vanilla campaigns will have all the TotE options such as alternative upgrades and caravans.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Rakso:

You can instal a mod on top of TotE which adds the other two games campaigns to it. You don't have to buy these other games at all.
Vanilla campaigns will have all the TotE options such as alternative upgrades and caravans.

Tribes of the East it is =)

[neil]

And anyway
Its a random game that you want to play
Rather than the campaigns

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by neil:

And anyway
Its a random game that you want to play
Rather than the campaigns

I did play Heroes of Might and Magic III and I loved the Campaign and Custom Matches.
I'm not willing to play against players because I never played against players, I don't want to do either, don't care for multiplayer, in fact.

[jmsand1]

Hammers of Fate is the weakest of the three campaign, but it does bridge the story from base game to Tribes. And the Orcs 'rage' mechanic is one of the best features to come out of the HOMM series 1-6) (I havn't tried HOMM 7 yet).