Heroes of Might and Magic: Difference between revisions

** At least in II, heroes resting up in castles get their spell points back at the beginning of their turn, for players anyway; for the computer? Well, the computer gets spell points back at the ''end'' of its turn. They attack you in a castle, no spell points back. You attack them in a castle, they've got them all back. This almost falls into [[Game Breaker]] territory at times.

** Apparently, the development team for ''VI'' is working to make this as minimal as possible. We'll just have to wait and see how this works out.

* [[Continuity Cameo]]: all over the place in the first games with early [[Might and Magic]] characters, and again in V and VI, despite taking place in a separate universe.

* [[Continuity Porn]]: The "Legends of the Ancients" fan-made campaign for HV, including tons of references to the previous sgames and the [[Might and Magic]] series, with nearly all the characters as familiar faces.

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|King Nicolai}} in the fifth game. The intro cutscene focuses on {{spoiler|Nicolai as he fights and beats a devil in single combat}}. {{spoiler|Agrael kills him in a cutscene at the end of the first campaign. Then he gets turned into a vampire. Then he gets [[Killed Off for Real]]}}.

** To a lesser extent, Isabel as well. The Haven campaign puts her at the front, but it's her loyal knight Godric who fights the final battle for the humans. But in the end of ''Tribes of the East'', she kills main antagonist, Biara. The entire Heroes V saga revolves around her though.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Wow Godric, Raelag, Findan, and Zehir. Did you guys really kick [[Big Bad|Kha-Beleth's]] ass at the end of V? {{spoiler|No, he let you rescue [[Fake King|"Isabel"]] to distract you from his [[The Plan|real plans]].}}

* [[Downer Ending]]: ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]] V: Hammers of Fate''. The bad guys ''win''. The heroic main characters ultimately accomplish absolutely ''nothing'' to stop [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Biara}}. They end up playing right into the villains' hands {{spoiler|well, talons}} in the final scenario when {{spoiler|they kill the Dwarven King Tolghar}}. ''Tribes of the East'' consists mostly of damage control, but this time the heroes {{spoiler|except Arantir}} [[Earn Your Happy Ending|earn their happy ending]].

* [[No Campaign for the Wicked]]: Completely averted. Every game has at least one campaign where you play as the villains.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Try spotting all the celebrities used as model for the heroes' portraits in VI.

* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: In IV, if Waerjak attacks the Boar's Hoof tribe, his tribe will deem his philosophy of community to be a lie and betray him, triggering one of these.

* [[Obvious Beta]]: Seems to plague the series from IV onwards, requiring lots of patches to get the gameplay right.