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zamfir
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posted July 26, 2008 02:28 PM |
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Edited by zamfir at 18:16, 21 Aug 2008.
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HoMM Complete Edition Revealed
Surely, you heard about this famous collection.
Due to the fact that only 20,000 of them exist, many of you don't have it. You wanted it so much, but simply you couldn't obtain it.
Or perhaps you have all the 5 games and dindn't bother to buy it.
In both cases, if you are curious what the box contains, here's you're thread. Of course, the contents are mentioned: we know about the existance of the Hardback Book, but we don't know what exactely is written in it. We know about the existance of a tarot card game, but we don't know how exactely they look like etc.
Being a possesor of the Complete Edition, I tought to make a few pictures to share them with you. I'm sure many of you will like them.
So, let's begin.
Before anyting else, there are some things you should now.
1. I made links because otherwise the posts would be verry long. You only have to click on the link to open the picture. Unless you maximize the window containing the picture, the quality will be low.
2. Since I made so many links, it is possible for some to be broken. If you notice a broken link, please let me know. Send me a HCM and I will solve it.
Heroes of Might and Magic Complete Edition
Table of Contents
1. DVDs
1.1. Games
1.1.1. HoMM I: A Strategic Quest
HoMM II: Gold Edition
HoMM III: Complete Edition
1.1.2. HoMM IV: Complete Edition
1.1.3. HoMM V
HoMM V: HoF
1.1.4. HoMM V: TotE
1.2. Original Soundtrack& Bonus DVD
1.2.1. Original Soundtrack - HoMM V
1.2.2. Original Soundtrack - HoMM V: HoF
1.2.3. Original Soundtrack - HoMM V: TotE
1.2.4. Bonus DVD
2. Hardback Book - The Art of Might and Magic (176 pg.)
2.1. Visual Style
2.2. Ashan
2.3. Heroes 5
2.4. Beyond the Game
3. Poster - Front and Back
3.1. Front
3.2. Back
4. T-Shirt - Horned Overseer
5. Tarot Card Game - 72 cards
6. Faction Booklet
6.1. Faction Heroes
6.2. Faction Creatures
7. Instruction Booklet - Installing, Troubleshootin etc.
8. HoMM Kingdoms Code
Now, let's take each of these components and look on them separatelty. (they're not in order as I didn't took all pictures yet)
5. Tarot Card Game
This Tarot Card Game includes 75 cards -I. 1 blank card
-II. 1 information card
-III. 21 artwork cards
-IV. 52 classical cards
The Tarot Card Game pack
Front
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Image 2
Side
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Back
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The Pack near the cards
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Image 2
A Card (Back)
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I. The Blank Card
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II. The Informations Card
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III. The Artwork Cards
0. The Rebel:
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1. The Sorceress
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2. The Priestess
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3. The Lady
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4. The Lord
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5. The Priest
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6. The Temptress
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7. The Tamer of Beasts
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8. Strenght
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9. The Wanderer
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10. The Wheel of Chaos
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11. Justice
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12. The Vampire
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13. Death
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14. Temperance
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15. The Demon
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16. The Burning Tower
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17. The Star
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18. The Moon
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19. The Sun
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20. Judgement
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21. The Dragon
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IV. Classical Cards
Now, let's see the real cards. There are four suits of cards. Instead of hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, we have Academy, Necropolis, Fortress and Stronghold. You''l see what I mean in the pictures.
The "Academic" Suit
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The "Necromantic" Suit
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The "Fortress" Suit
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The "Stronghold" Suit
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All the "1" Cards
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All the "2" Cards
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All the "3" Cards
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All the "4" Cards
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All the "5" Cards
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All the "6" Cards
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All the "7" Cards
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All the "8" Cards
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All the "9" Cards
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All the "10" Cards
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All the "P" Cards
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All the "Kn" Cards
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All the "Q" Cards
Imahe
All the "K" Cards
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That's all for the Tarot Card Game.
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shadowfury
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posted July 30, 2008 02:09 PM |
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well can u tell me whats the P for ?
1-10
P= ??
Kn= Knight
Q= Queen
K = King
tnx
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Elvin
Admirable
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Endless Revival
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posted July 30, 2008 02:23 PM |
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There have been a few threads on the complete edition but I had not seen the complete tarot cards until now, they look great  I don't really know how to use them but the artwork is good and fitting. Do you know what each card represents?
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shadowfury
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posted July 30, 2008 03:43 PM |
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well can u tell me whats the P for ?
1-10
P= ??
Kn= Knight
Q= Queen
K = King
tnx
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zamfir
Promising
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posted July 30, 2008 03:49 PM |
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Edited by zamfir at 16:21, 30 Jul 2008.
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P is like an Ace or a Jack. At least that's how I use it.
@Elvin: The deck consisting of the 54 classic cards act like a normal tarot deck. You can hfind all the information you nedd to use them here.
I don't think the artwork cards hav any particualr use, but you can always create custom rules with them.
The only instructions I found in the box about the tarot card game is in the art of Might and Magic Hardback Book.
It reads:
' The deck of Tarot cards includes all the major game heroes, plus detail from the best of Olivier Ledroit's designs and drawnings. It contains all the traditional Tarot trumps and therefore, can be used for divination, as well.'.
I hope it helps.
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ebbafan
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posted July 30, 2008 08:21 PM |
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good stuff! thanks for posting. jezebeth looks really hot and nymus looks cool and deadly. surprised that "kragh" hack isn't there though.
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zamfir
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posted August 19, 2008 07:25 PM |
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Edited by zamfir at 20:23, 20 Aug 2008.
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Ok, now let's go forth.
3. Poster - Front and Back
3.1 Poster's Front:
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3.2. Poster's Back:
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4. T-Shirt - Horned Overseer
The T-Shirt:
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Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
Image 5
Image 6 (ok, I put an image with me wearing the T-shirt. Now you can see how it looks when it's wearred by a person. )
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carcity
Supreme Hero
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posted August 19, 2008 07:36 PM |
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very nice. But what was ubisoft thinking when they put Cyrus as a Knight. He dhould be a king.
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zamfir
Promising
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posted August 19, 2008 07:40 PM |
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I guess Zehir took his place.
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted August 19, 2008 08:25 PM |
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lol
How could they make the T-shirt THAT ugly with so much good art-work at hand!?
Anyhow, thanx for taking the effort to upload all the pictures, appreciated.
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Nebdar
Promising
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Generation N
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posted August 19, 2008 09:50 PM |
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How could they make the T-shirt THAT ugly with so much good art-work at hand!?
I was thinking the same thing.
The Tarot cards look amazing, and whole look so....the box should have more colors
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Lexxan
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Unimpressed by your logic
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posted August 19, 2008 09:56 PM |
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I would've been glad with a Unicorn...
excellent thread, reminds me of my own edition (Birthday's FTW!!!)
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zamfir
Promising
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posted August 20, 2008 03:49 PM |
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Edited by zamfir at 19:01, 20 Aug 2008.
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I thank you verry much for giving me a QP, Alcibiades. My dream came true.
I don't think the T-shirt is ugly. They just wanted to make it funny and I really like mine.
Latter today I will continue with image posting, and even with some more. But I want to ask you a question: shall I put images in my post (resulting in huge posts and big loading times) or shall I put links?
Waht do you preffer, forumers?
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outshined
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posted August 20, 2008 07:33 PM |
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Where would one obtain this Complete Edition? Has it been released in the US?
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zamfir
Promising
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posted August 20, 2008 07:44 PM |
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I'll gather some information to answer your question, but it might take a while. Stay tuned.
If anyone cares, my edition was bought from Plazza Romania, a verry big mall in Bucharest.
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Guarder
Supreme Hero
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posted August 20, 2008 07:49 PM |
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try amazon.com pretty sure it is there.
Important: It is a white box with a griffin on it, NOT the other one
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adon
Known Hero
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posted August 21, 2008 01:56 AM |
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Thanks a lot for this post. It makes me want to buy it although it would be redundant for me
I love the artwork for this series! Its truly amazing.
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zamfir
Promising
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posted August 21, 2008 06:05 PM |
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Edited by zamfir at 19:18, 10 Sep 2008.
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NOTE: THE POST IS BEING WRITTEN .ONCE IT IS FINISHED, THIS LINE WILL BE DELETED.
Now, the fun really starts.
Let's take a look on the content of the 8 DVDs:
1. DVDs
1.1. Games
1.1.1. HoMM I: A Strategic Quest
HoMM II: Gold Edition
HoMM III: Complete Edition
1.1.2. HoMM IV: Complete Edition
1.1.3. HoMM V
HoMM V: HoF
1.1.4. HoMM V: TotE
1.2. Original Soundtrack& Bonus DVD
1.2.1. Original Soundtrack - HoMM V
1.2.2. Original Soundtrack - HoMM V: HoF
1.2.3. Original Soundtrack - HoMM V: TotE
1.2.4. Bonus DVD
1.1 Games
The DVD Case
Image 1Image 2
Ok, let's open the case.
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Isn't it a beautifull scene?
And if we flip it a little...
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Check this out! A short description for each of the five games, along with some little screenshots.
The description reads:
Heroes of Might and Magic
" The King, Morglin Ironfist's father, has been killed and his throne usurped. Hunted, Morglin is obliged to flee his homeland to a magical land, Enroth, uncharted but contested by three warriors. The battle for the lordship is about to begin. "
Heroes of Might and Magic II
" After his death, Morglin's sons Roland and Archibald claim for the throne of Enroth. Seers are nominated to declare the heir. Once they are muredered, Archibald accuses his brother and they fight each other for the kingdom. "
Heroes of Might and Magic III
" Erathia's king Nicholas is murdered and turned to an undead warlord. His daughter Catherine, the Queen of Enroth, returns to Erathia to raise an army. She fights demons and necromancers and frees his father from his undead body. "
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
" According to an ancient prophecy, the battle between the Armageddon's blade, wielded by Gelu, and the Sword of Frost, holded by Kilgore, will result in the destruction of the world. When this two warriors begin the combat, a massive explosion destroys Erathia. However, refugees manage to flee through another portal to another world, Axeoth. "
Heroes of Might and Magic V
" In a new world, Ashan, th wedding between Queen Isabel and King Nicolai is interrupted by a Demon belonging to the warlord Agrael's army. Griffin Empire begins the war and Isabel is sent to the Summer Palace to be protected. However she wants to be part of the war and she raises an army to fight Agrael. "
Sadly, the texts contain a few flaws, as you can see.
Now, let's eject the DVDs. The sight is verry cool.
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Ok, let's see each DVD separately.
1.1.1. DVD 1
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Let's watch a few screenshots of the disk being used.
Screenshot 1 (our beloved publisher)
Screenshot 2 (I only speak English...)
Screenshot 3 (what game do you preffer?)
Contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold Edition (The Succession Wars + Price of Loyalty)
Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete (Restoration of Erathia + Armaggedo's Balde + Shadow of Death)
Game Manuals:
- HoMM I Manual (follow link to download)
- HoMM II Manual (follow link to download)
- HoMM III Manual (follow link to download)
- HoMM III Armaggedons Blade Manual (follow link to download)
- HoMM III Shadow of Death Manual (follow link to download)
1.1.2. DVD 2
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Let's watch a few screenshots of the DVD being used.
Screenshot 1 (well, credits are credits)
Screenshot 2 (we can choose one of the languages)
Screenshot 3 (yes, now we see the cool stuff)
Screenshot 4 (this is what I bought. Let's select Heroes 4)
Screenshot 5 (looks great, isn't it?)
Contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic IV Complete (Original Game + The Gathering Storm + Winds of War)
Game Patches
Game Manuals
1.1.3. DVD 3
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Let's watch a few screenshots of the disk being used.
Screenshot 1 (this is the autorun window, in wich we can select an option)
Screenshot 2 (let's say Game Manuals)
Screenshot 3 (the manuals and some readme-s)
Screenshot 4 (of course, we can alwasy check some links)
Contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Heroes of Might and Magic V - Hammers of Fate
Game Manuals
1.1.4. DVD 4
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Let's watch a few screenshots of the disk being used.
Screenshot 1
Contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East
The Dark Messiah Map
1.1 Original Soundtrack&Bonus DVD
The DVD Case
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Image 2
Ok, let's open the case.
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Isn't it a beautifull scene?
And if we flip it a little...
Image 1 (some info about Paul Romero and Rob King, and...)
Image 2 (... a picture with the two artists)
The info about the artists reads:
About Paul Romero
" Paul Romero is an award-winning composer of orchestral, choral and operatic soundtrack scores for movies, documentaries and video and PC games. His work has appeared in documentaires such as Silent France from Academy Award-winning director Alfanso Arau and numerous video and PC games including the tremendoulsy popular and best-selling Everquest and Might&Magic franchises.
A classical pianist and world-class performer, Romero has received numerous awards for international piano competitions and has taken 1st place at contests in Paris, France, the Rocky Mountains, Colorado and Washington D.C. The 1999 BMI Jerry Goldsmith Film Composers Award catapulted Romero to national acclaim as a first-rate composer and in 2004 he placed 1st at the world-renowned Van Cliburn Piano Competitions.
Romero has performed his own original compositions in recital and concerto form at prestigious venues includin Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Tokyo's Bukka Kan, Tanglewood, Disney Hall and London's Wigmore Hall. A classically-trained musician, he has attended some of the world's leading music conservatories such as The Curtis Institute of Music (alma mater of musical luminaries Leonard Mernstein and samuel Barber), the Paris Conservatoire and London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. "
About Rob King
" Award-winning sound designer, music composer and dialogue director, Rob King has composed and produced music, dialogue and sound for popular video games and film for more than 13 years. His recent sound, directing and/or music credits include the hit games Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Tony Hawk: Downhill Jam, Driver: Parallel Lines, Scarface: The World is Yours, Jade Empire, Area 51, Medieval Total War: Kingdoms, Everquest and Heroes of Might&Magic V. During his extensive career, king has held the reigns on more than 100 video games.
A Grand-Prize winner of the 2004 Yamaha International Music Production Contest and winner of the 2004 Los Angeles Music Awards for "Best Engineer" and "Modern Rock Album of the Year" for his work on the CD Addictions&Scars by his band Red Delicious, King is also nominated for a 2006 G.A.N.G. Award for his work with Tallarico Studious on the game Advent Rising.
In 2006-2007 King completed sound, dialogue and re-recording mixer work for feature film High Hopes with producer Danny Trejo as well as T.V. trailers and promotional spots for the Warner Bros. films "300", "Lucky You" and "We are Marshall" as well as 20th Century Fox's "Pathfinde". "
Now, let's eject the DVDs. The sight is verry cool.
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Ok, let's see each DVD separately.
1.1.1. Heroes of Might and Magic V Original Soundtrack
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Vexon
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posted August 21, 2008 11:48 PM |
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I feel so bad right now. I saw it on the shelf at a game store in another city I was visiting for 40 bucks and didn't get it because A) the box was too big to carry around all day, and B) I figured it was just like H3 Complete; just all games and expansions, which I already have. I didn't know there was all that stuff in it! *Weeps silently* Only 20,000 units limits my chances of finding it here in my city. I should go back ASAP and see if they still have it, but I rely on my mom transporting me...
*Sits in a corner and sobs a little*
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LucJPatenaude
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Known Hero
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posted August 22, 2008 07:09 PM |
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That's all? You bought it for that crappy HoMM4?
What?! You did not even noticed?! The whole case is covered with HoMM5 pictorals of art work from HoMM5! Silly!
It is also, to remind people that, there is only HoMM5 that truly matters and, no longer the titles made by 3DO/New World Computing.
I must admit though, it is a nice looking box to shelve and forget for a long time.
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