

The player then, must expand by capturing mines, dwelling and destroying creeps.

The player may also adjust teams and colors of each player.Īt the begining of each scenario, the player is given one hero, a town and some resources. Before starting the custom game the player may choose his faction, his first hero, a random amount of resources, gold or a minor artifact as well as a adjusting the same for the computer controlled players, or they may leave everything to chance. The maximum number of players for a custom game is 8.

The objectives of each map vary from finding the tear of Asha, to defeating all enemies to special scenarios, each map also has a size associated with it. The player chooses from a number of different maps. Custom game, as the name suggests, is well, a custom game. The campaign mode is where the story of Heroes of Might and Magic V is told, in which different races deal with the demon invasion and their problems. There are 2 types of game modes, campaign and custom game, the gameplay elements remain the same in both modes however. The gameplay in HoMM V is the same as previous games in the series, although now the game engine is 3D.
