Although not developed by 3DO, but by Ubisoft, Heroes V is a great title, worth the wait, and very rewarding to play.
I'm a Heroes fan since the first Heroes. It introduced this beautiful and beloved strategy system that the Heroes series represents, and I have all it's titles to the day.
Ok, but lets focus on Heroes V. It has amazing graphics, very beautiful to look at. Point to the game. I have seen people complaining about the voice acting and honestly, it's not that bad and I don't care about that at all. We're talking about pure strategy here, and that's what counts.
The gameplay is very similar to the other Heroes games, although some might need a little time to understand the new castle buildings tree. Ubisoft tried her best to remain loyal to the legendary turn play system of it's predecessors. They even abandoned some of the changes of Heroes IV, to be specific, the creature tree restrictions. I personaly like both systems, and we're back to Heroes origins.
The battle system is as classical as always, and it should NEVER change. Heroes stands for a perfect strategy gameplay, combining intelligence and strategy cunning, "taking your time to plan things" way, not "who moves the mouse faster" type.
The bad point is that this version lacks innovation. It's, in a simple way of saying, a gathering of elements from all the other four Heroes, with very little new things. Sure, we got new creatures, and the hero skills are very interesting, even better than in the Heroes IV, but I feel that, in some way, I've already been there. Ubisoft did not dare to bring too much new elements to the game, perhaps afraid of rejection by the loyal series fans. But this is not a bad thing at all, and this Heroes has everything now to fascinate the new generation of gamers, who may have somewhat restrictions to play old fashioned 2D games.
Although not developed by 3DO, but by Ubisoft, Heroes V constitutes a great title, worth the wait, and very rewarding to play. No doubt you be spending the next weeks and perhaps months in its very addicting gameplay.
I know I will. :D