
They deliver special attacks that can cause some serious damage and bring new offensive strategies. Hero units require you to sacrifice your basic troops for their attack, but it’s worth it. To add some more pizzaz to your army, your army can be outfitted with up to 2 hero types. Matching unit’s charge times against enemy formations, preparing future attacks, and building up walls to defend from onslaughts are the necessary skills you’ll need to adapt into your playing style. You could attempt to power through the enemy by only lining up attack formations, but most likely, your opponent will take note and build to counter, only to strike when your line is undefended and scattered. Immediately it becomes apparent that strategy is at the heart of the game, and playing through a round with a tough computer or smart foe will often feel like a game of chess.



Units do not attack immediately though as they require a certain amount of turns to charge up their strength completely. Your playing field will be littered with troops differing in color and types which must be reorganized into like-colored sections to create attack squads or walls of defense. Your goal is to direct enough attacks past the enemy units which will deal damage to your opponent’s lifebar. M&M‘s gameplay consists of moving around the glyph points on the map, talking to NPCs in between the puzzle battles you’ll encounter, story based or otherwise. Battles take place on an imaginary grid split in half with your enemy on the further side, and you in the foreground.

The campaign is then played out through these 5 character’s separate stories as they rid each of the lands they’re thrust in of its evil and try to make it back together before the sword ends up in the hands of the Demon Lord. During this moment of confusion, the children of these guardians run for safety by diving into a portal which sends each of them to a different sections of the world. The campaign begins with some powerful figures gathering in a forest to discuss plans to further protect the world from the Blade of Binding enter the hands of the demon forces, but as expected, they show up to crash the party, kill most of the guardians, and in the end, the blade goes missing. Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes delivers a play style similar to Puzzle Quest, but unlike Puzzle Quest because you’ll actually want to play it (zing!). You’ll enter the world of Ashan that avid fans of the M&M series will recognize from Heroes of Might and Magic V.
