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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)StrategyAdventure

Time to beat: about 35.8 hours

Overview

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is a puzzle role-playing video game developed by Capybara Games and published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS. Part of the Might and Magic series, it was first released in December 2009 in North America and February 2010 in Europe. In 2011, a downloadable high definition version was developed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Android and iOS ports developed by Tag Games were developed in 2013. A remake, titled Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, Definitive Edition, developed and published by Dotemu, was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Windows in July 2023.

Previews of the title likened its gameplay model to those of Puzzle Quest and Critter Crunch. Borrowing elements from the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise, it combines elements of the role-playing, turn-based strategy and puzzle video game genres, allowing players to embark on story-based and optional quests, while employing army recruitment and resource management. Five of the eight playable factions featured in Heroes of Might and Magic V, the Haven, Inferno, Sylvan, Academy and Necropolis, comprise the game's forces, though their troop lineups are not replicated from Heroes V. Instead, armies are made up of an unlimited number of faction-specific basic troops, as well as a finite number of larger "elite" units.

The game is the third title set in the series' Ubisoft continuity, and acts as a prequel to Heroes of Might and Magic V, taking place in the fictional world of Ashan prior to the events of the game (producers Erwan Le Breton and Romain de Waubert have noted it as 40 years before the cycle of Heroes V and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, averaging at 946 YSD in the timeline).

A high definition version of the game was developed for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The HD version, in addition to reconfiguring the gameplay to work on a single screen, also features several changes to help better balance gameplay and was released via PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade on April 12 to 13, 2011. The PC version, which notably uses Steamworks rather than Uplay, was released on September 22, 2011. Ports of the HD version for iOS and Android were later released in 2013.

The game received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms on the review aggregator website Metacritic.