[daesthai]

I've spent some time with the demo now and it looks like it will be a great game.

I have to disagree with Tharivol - I don't think it looks exactly like HoMM3. Even if you discount taking it from 2D to 3D, changes in the magic and skills systems (from H3, anyway)make it noticeably different.

It does, of course, retain the flavor and feel of the Heroes series though. so - woohoO!

I purposefully avoided the beta due to reports of bugs and the whole Starforce debate. But with the release of the demo and the news that Ubi is dropping Starforce for this title means H5 is right at the top of my list. I already ordered Dom3, so between the two titles, it looks like my game time is pretty booked for a while. =)