


The issue seems to affect customers who have purchased Shades of Darkness via Steam, but some that got the game directly from uPlay or third-party retailers have experienced similar issues.įirst of all, Ubisoft thought it would be wise to release a huge patch for the original Might & Magic Heroes VI game at the same time with Shades of Darkness.Īt first glance, this shouldn’t have mattered as Shades of Darkness has been advertised as a “standalone expansion,” so it shouldn’t require players to purchase the original Might & Magic Heroes VI game.Īnyway, Ubisoft has confirmed that it won’t be able to offer an autopatch method for this particular update due to its size. Moreover, lots of players report that their game now doesn’t have music or dialog sound. Unfortunately, those who have purchased the so-called standalone expansion Shades of Darkness have been unable to play the game until earlier today.

Therefore, if you want to see the changes that have taken place in the latest title of the Heroes of Might and Magic saga, you only have to download Might and Magic Heroes 6. Another thing that has changed, is that there are now only five heroes (the five direct descendants of Duke Slava), and depending on which hero you choose the story will change.Īs well as the possibility to play the five different campaigns, Might and Magic Heroes 6 will also allow the player to face each other over online scenarios, an element that many users had missed in this saga up until now.įight for the control of Ashan with your favorite faction.

The amount of factions has been reduced to five (Haven, Sanctuary, Inferno, Necropolis and Stronghold), even though there are still six different kinds of creatures. Something old and something newĭespite the fact that the concept, the skills and the spells have stayed the same over the years, Might and Magic Heroes 6 presents some rather clear changes if it's compared to its direct predecessor, Heroes V. A few years have gone by and many things have changed, but Might and Magic Heroes 6 wants to prove that it still maintains the place occupied by its predecessors. Since it was launched in the mid 90's, Heroes of Might of Magic, spin-off of the original Might and Magic games, became one of the reference sagas in what regards to turn-based strategy games, managing to reach the first position for fantasy games of this genre.
