Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm

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Developer(s)	New World Computing
Publisher(s)	The 3DO Company
Latest version	3.0 GS
Release date(s)	September 26, 2002 December 12, 2002
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy game
Mode(s)	Single player, single-system multiplayer, and network play
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone USK: 12+ OFLC: G8+ VET/SFB: 11+
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Media	1 CD-ROM
System requirements	400 MHz CPU, 64 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 8.0, 650 MB available hard disk space, Windows 98 or later, an installed copy of Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Input	Keyboard and mouse

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm is the first of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It was developed by New World Computing and released by the 3DO Company in 2002.

1 Story
- 1.1 Campaigns
2 Notes and references
3 External links

[edit] Story

[edit] Campaigns

[edit] Masters of Magic

The Isle of Pyre
Slart's Fjord
Lambent Plains
Mt. Anon
Mire of the Dead

[edit] Opposites Attract

Into the Jungles
Race to the Flame
Fire and Ice
Shadow of Merlion

[edit] Another Bard’s Tale

Isle of the Down
Thunderflash Mountains
Uludin foothills

[edit] Might Makes Right

The Unexpected Prize
Allies Lost
The Uncivil War

[edit] A Matter of Life and Death

First Contact
The Hidden Hand
The Dark Path
The Rescue

==== The Gathering Storm ==== (Requires the completion of all of the above campaigns)

Storm on the Horizon
Up Against a Wall
Final Showdown

[edit] Notes and references

The first expansion CD for Heroes of Might and Magic IV offers six hero campaigns, more than 20 maps, 16 additional artifacts, four new creatures (Goblin Knight, Evil Sorceress, Gargantuan, and Dark Champion) with unique characteristics, and a multiplayer update. Each of the first five campaigns features a new specialty hero, including the dark priest Alita Eventide, archmage Bohb, wizard Kozuss, barbarian Dogwoggle, and bard Agraynel. All five join forces in the sixth, climactic campaign against the demented, evil wizard Hexis.

The five individual hero campaigns include Another Bard's Tale (search for artifacts of wit and skill), The Masters of Magic (reunite five magical items), Opposites Attract (search for artifacts of chaos and order), A Matter of Life and Death (recover two powerful cult items), and Might Makes Right (find the fabled Armor of the Tiger). In the final campaign, The Gathering Storm, the heroes use their individual, hard-earned, skills, magic, attributes, and weapons in a confrontation with Hexis. Seven new adventure map locations include five conservatories (Chaos, Nature, Death, Life and Order) and two combat arenas (Coliseums of Might and Magic).

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm features an upgraded editor, which allows full access to new heroes, adventure objects, artifacts and creatures. A new music soundtrack is also included. This expansion requires installation of the original Heroes of Might and Magic IV.