Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars

Genre:

Strategy

Year:

1996

Developer:

New World Computing

Publisher:

3DO Company, The

Perspective:

Top-down

Theme:

Fantasy, Turn-based

Releases:

DOS (1996), Windows (1996), Macintosh (1997)

Also known as:

魔法門英雄無敵2：王位爭奪戰, HOMM 2, HOMAM 2, Heroes of Might and Magic II: Die Erbfolgekriege, Heroes 2

The HOMAM series is now a legend, in 1996 the second sequel was released, and immadiately became a hit. Again, we have a surname fairy-tale drawn graphic and this time up to six opposing factions. The possibility to upgrade some buildings in which units are trained has also been added, which means that it is possible to buy a strong new version of the unit (most notably in the case of kites, which had the opportunity to upgrade several times). There are six types of castles, each corresponding to a class of heroes: Knight, Sorceress, Wizard (Good side), Barbarian, Necromancer and Warlock (Evil side). There are also six different types of neutral creatures that you can hire in special structures scattered on maps. The prim of the game is a campaign in which the brothers Roland and Archibald ironfist fight for the throne after their father (hence the subtitle of the game). As it turns out, when a player can come in Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven, this title indirectly followed HOMAM 2 and took place several years after the ensuing wars.