VideoGamer.com Review
Review Summary
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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, from little-known Canadian developer Capybara Games (Critter Crunch), isn't like Might & Magic at all. This is a good thing. It's more like PuzzleQuest, with a pinch of 16-bit JRPG thrown into the melting pot for good measure. It's also ruddy brilliant, and the best game to come out on Nintendo's DS so far this year.
To say Clash of Heroes' is addictive would be the understatement of the year. It crawls about under your skin like crabs, demanding you satisfy the itch during every waking moment. The combat system is almost flawless. Bar the odd insane (and unfair) difficulty spike, even the dreaded grind is pleasurable. The game makes a mockery of your timekeeping, forcing you to almost miss bus stops and tearing your punctuality to shreds. It attains that holy grail of game design: easy to learn, but hard to master. You sit down to play it, then, in what seems like a blink of an eye, you realise you should have gone to bed hours ago.
Clash of Heroes is a spin-off of the Might & Magic series, but it's such a refreshing departure from that tortuous franchise that we can't see it being a one-off. It's a stunning effort from a developer that's surely destined for great things. We wait with baited breath for the recently announced PSN and Xbox LIVE Arcade versions.
Good Points
- Addictive, strategic combat
- Great music
- Hours and hours of gameplay
- The odd unfair boss fight
VideoGamer.com Score: 9 (out of 10)
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