Dune Fremen Sietch Caves Locations

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Heroes of Might and Magic 4 - Make a Summoner Screenshot

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 PC Game - More explanation screenshots

In Heroes of Might and Magic 4 PC video game we can build our heroes with different skills. Though we may place a complex of skills, it is a good idea to develop one primary skill. One fun way to play is to have a Summoner. Especially on long gameplay maps and campaigns. The summoner calls free units every turn in his squad without  need of resources. The Summoning skill is the fourth skill in Nature Magic tree. (on the screen shot it is the wolf and the moon in the green squares)

• Basic Summoning - Call  Leprechauns, Wolves or Sprites.
• Advanced Summoning - same but more every turn.
• Expert Summoning - Call Elves, Satyrs or Tigers.
• Master Summoning - same but more every turn.
• Grandmaster Summoning - Call Earth, Fire, Air or Water elementals.

So we have the Grandmaster Summoning but how to utilize it? If we do not want some type of unit to appear, we fill all slots in the hero army with the units we want to appear. In the case of the screenshot the summoner call only Wolves and Water Elementals every turn. If we want to change the wateret elemental with air, because he is faster, we must free a slot and wait untill at least one air elemental apper. Then we remove the useless army and fill the rest of the slots with heroes or useful armies. Then we can leave the hero in a city or ofcource send him to visit coll locations and he will make free units every turn.

Heroes 4 is one of the most playable Heroes PC games along with Heroes 3 and may be Heroes 5. It is long time now that I do not wait the releases of the new Heroes with eager and excitement like before. We know 2015-2016 there will be a new Heros of Might and Magic 7. But how many of us think it will be better than the previous? :)

Game Data:
Name: Heroes of Might and Magic 4
Type: Turn Based Strategy (TBS), Turn Based Tactic (TBT), Role Playing Game (RPG)
Genre: Fantasy
Year of Release: 2002
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

15 Similar Games. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic 4:

1. Heroes of Might and Magic. (1995)  
2. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. (1996) 
3. Heroes of Might and Magic 3. (1999)  
4. Heroes of Might and Magic 5. (2006) 
5. Might & Magic: Heroes 6. (2011)  
6. Might & Magic Heroes 7. (2015)
7. King's Bounty. (1990)
8. King's Bounty: Armored Princess. (2009)
9. Eador. (2014)
10. Age of Wonders 2. (2003) 
11. Disciples 2. (2002)
12. Elemental: War of Magic. (2010)
13. Braveland Wizard. (2014)
14. Master of Magic. (1994)
15. Dominions 3. (2006)

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 - Invincible Hero Screenshot

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 PC Game - More explanation screenshots

This is a hero with all Grandmaster Skills except Diplomacy, from Heroes 4 PC game. She is practically invincible against any neutral creatures group on the map, even the strongest. here is why:

SCOUTING gives a big site radius for knowing where to go.
  Pathfinding gives a lot of movement points
  Stealth allows the hero to go round very strong armies and take their treasure unnoticed.

COMBAT gives versatility and damage

LIFE MAGIC gives some very important spells for remaining alive as a single hero - like Guardian Angel, Sanctuary, Regeneration and Heavenly Shield(very strong with combat hero).

ORDER MAGIC gives good damage spells, a lot of mana, plus
 Create Illusion Spell, which duplicate unit,
 Hypnotise spell can ruin the strongest army formation.
 Teleportation is very useful too, to get away and cast buff spells.

There is one key items allowing the hero to be so invincible, this is the Ring of Lesser Negation, that allow to cast Hypnotise to any creature. Frost Hammer comes in handy too it may freeze enemies on stuck. The rest of the items are for defense and attack.
Game Data:
Name: Heroes of Might and Magic 4
Type: Turn Based Strategy (TBS), Turn Based Tactic (TBT), Role Playing Game (RPG)
Genre: Fantasy
Year of Release: 2002
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

15 Similar Games. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic 4:

1. Heroes of Might and Magic. (1995)  
2. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. (1996) 
3. Heroes of Might and Magic 3. (1999)  
4. Heroes of Might and Magic 5. (2006) 
5. Might & Magic: Heroes 6. (2011)  
6. Might & Magic Heroes 7. (2015)
7. King's Bounty. (1990)
8. King's Bounty: Armored Princess. (2009)
9. Eador. (2014)
10. Age of Wonders 2. (2003) 
11. Disciples 2. (2002)
12. Elemental: War of Magic. (2010)
13. Braveland Wizard. (2014)
14. Master of Magic. (1994)
15. Dominions 3. (2006)

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 - Genies and Heroes Army Screenshot

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 PC Game - More explanation screenshots

One good army compositions for exploration and fighting neutral guards in Heroes 4 PC game is heroes with genies. We can have 3 heroes and 4 group of genies and save the rest of academy units for defending or offences armies. One group of genies is with the most units, and the rest is 3-5 genie.

The playing tactic is as follows: The heroes should have some basic archery, but academy heroes are mages, so they usually have damage spells. The small grup genies main task is to cast the Song of Peace spells on closest rivals, so they can not attack. The big group may cast Create Illusions spell, that will duplicate any army on the battlefield to fight for us. Or use the Ice Bolt spell to do big damage.
Such army is not demanding and can handle most of neutral groups and clear the map.

Beside all, the hero of the screenshot is bringing additional money and resources with his abilities.

Game Data:
Name: Heroes of Might and Magic 4
Type: Turn Based Strategy (TBS), Turn Based Tactic (TBT), Role Playing Game (RPG)
Genre: Fantasy
Year of Release: 2002
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

15 Similar Games. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic 4:

1. Heroes of Might and Magic. (1995)  
2. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. (1996) 
3. Heroes of Might and Magic 3. (1999)  
4. Heroes of Might and Magic 5. (2006) 
5. Might & Magic: Heroes 6. (2011)  
6. Might & Magic Heroes 7. (2015)
7. King's Bounty. (1990)
8. King's Bounty: Armored Princess. (2009)
9. Eador. (2014)
10. Age of Wonders 2. (2003) 
11. Disciples 2. (2002)
12. Elemental: War of Magic. (2010)
13. Braveland Wizard. (2014)
14. Master of Magic. (1994)
15. Dominions 3. (2006)

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 - Summon Ice Demon Screenshot

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 PC Game - More explanation screenshots

Exploring Heroes 4 PC video game to its limits, there is a summoning tree that give unique units, but require a combination of two magic trees.

To cast the Summon Ice Demon spell, the hero need Expert Nature Magic and Expert Demonology. So the hero must have nature and death magic at the same time.  Ice demons are medium speed army, quite versatile and have a chance to freeze the enemy, which makes them useful even in small numbers.

At first levels of Demonologist and Nature magic we can Summon Skeletons. Second level allow summoning Imps, they are week but flying and steal mana. Next level bring the Cerberus, fast and hit up to 3 targets. And finally the Ice Demon.

Game Data:
Name: Heroes of Might and Magic 4
Type: Turn Based Strategy (TBS), Turn Based Tactic (TBT), Role Playing Game (RPG)
Genre: Fantasy
Year of Release: 2002
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

15 Similar Games. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic 4:

1. Heroes of Might and Magic. (1995)  
2. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. (1996) 
3. Heroes of Might and Magic 3. (1999)  
4. Heroes of Might and Magic 5. (2006) 
5. Might & Magic: Heroes 6. (2011)  
6. Might & Magic Heroes 7. (2015)
7. King's Bounty. (1990)
8. King's Bounty: Armored Princess. (2009)
9. Eador. (2014)
10. Age of Wonders 2. (2003) 
11. Disciples 2. (2002)
12. Elemental: War of Magic. (2010)
13. Braveland Wizard. (2014)
14. Master of Magic. (1994)
15. Dominions 3. (2006)

Rise of Nations - Strategic Map Defense

Rise of Nations PC Game - More explanation screenshots

 

Rise of nation is quite amusing real time strategy. Playing on the strategic map we need a lot of generals to defend and attack new territories. Every general that is near the attacked territory will participate in the tactical game, bringing additional units in the battle. Here for example, Sahara is attacked by Romans. It have 4 bordering territories, and 3 of them contain army, that will participate in the battle at hand.

Game Data:
Name: Rise of Nations
Type: Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Genre: Ancient, Medieval, Modern. (Earth)
Year of Release: 2003
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

15 Similar Games. Games like Rise of Nations:

1. Empire Earth.  (2001)
2. Age of Empires 3. (2005)
3. Age of Mythology. (2002) 
4. Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. (2006)
5. Warcraft 3. (2002)
6. StarCraft 2. (2010)
7. Dune 2. (1992) 
8. Command and Conquer: Generals. (2003)
9. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. (2001) 
10. WorldShift. (2008) 
11. ParaWorld.  (2006)
12. Stronghold 2. (2005)
13. Stronghold: Crusader. (2002)
14. Crusader Kings 2. (2012) 
15. Hearts of Iron. (2002)

Rise of Nations - Tanks Siege Screenshot

Rise of Nations PC Game - More explanation screenshots

 

In Rise of Nations PC video game we can make a whole army limit of tanks, and send them to sweep rival structures. The tanks are fast mobile and strong and in the late game there are very few places where they can't manage without artilleries. Try for fun, all Tanks, Supply trucks and Generals.

Game Data:
Name: Rise of Nations
Type: Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Genre: Ancient, Medieval, Modern. (Earth)
Year of Release: 2003
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

15 Similar Games. Games like Rise of Nations:

1. Empire Earth.  (2001)
2. Age of Empires 3. (2005)
3. Age of Mythology. (2002) 
4. Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. (2006)
5. Warcraft 3. (2002)
6. StarCraft 2. (2010)
7. Dune 2. (1992) 
8. Command and Conquer: Generals. (2003)
9. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. (2001) 
10. WorldShift. (2008) 
11. ParaWorld.  (2006)
12. Stronghold 2. (2005)
13. Stronghold: Crusader. (2002)
14. Crusader Kings 2. (2012) 
15. Hearts of Iron. (2002)

Jagged Alliance 2: Urban Chaos - Increase Dexterity and Strength Screenshot

Jagged Alliance 2 PC Game - More explanation screenshots

Jagged Alliance 2 computer game is one of the greatest turn based tactic RPG games after UFO: X-COM series.  The need for such games have brought a lot of mods created for JA2 gameplay engine. One of them is Urban Chaos. Another similar game for the fans is Silent Storm.
In JA2 UC we assemble a squad of mercenaries, all with their unique traits. The most important body statistics of the mercs are - Agility, Dexterity and Strength. These statistics are increased with hand to hand combat. Fighting another human in hand to hand is quite difficult, because almost everyone is caring weapons. So a good idea is to send the chosen squad to travel form one forest square to another during night. at some point they will be ambushed by Bloodcats(the native predator of the Arulco country). Bloodcats can be scary, but not when we are well prepared. Equip everyone with gas masks and tear gas grenades. Keep the squad tight and put weapons in the backpack. The main objective is to keep all visible cats without stamina, so they can not retaliate. That way, we can use hand to hand fight to rise Dexterity and Strength.

When the cats approaches, throw a tear gas in the squad feet and put the gas masks. If they are too many at once, use some blue bullets on them. When they reach the squad, use the best mercs for the first 3 punches on them, that will drain the remaining stamina so the cat can't move next turn. They may frorm time to time manage to make a scratch(when we miscalculate to punches, especially when they are more than 7), but its cool that will rise the merc's Agility and we may heal him later.

Agility is most important for speed and dodging punches and bullets. When fighting Bloodcats, our mercs will try to dodge the claws and if they do, agility will rise. High agility will also increase the chance of interrupting enemies during their turn.

Dexterity is important to everything from bandaging, close combat, firing, repairing, practically everything. It is easily raised when punching Bloodcats.

Strength will affect how many items the merc can carry and the hand combat damage. If we want to be flexible, having backup weapons, grenades, good armor and most of gadgets, we need a lot of strength.
Another idea to increase strength is to overload a merc and just send him to travel aimlessly trough the map. This is risky and time consuming though.

Game Data:
Name: Jagged Alliance 2
Type: Turn Based Tactic (TBS), Role Playing Game (RPG)
Genre: Modern. (Arulco)
Year of Release: 2000+
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

18 Similar Games. Games like Jagged Alliance 2:

1. Jagged Alliance. (1994)
2. Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. (2010)
3. Jagged Alliance: Flashback. (2013)
4. Jagged Alliance: Online. (2015)
5. Shadowrun Returns. (2013)
6. Silent Storm. (2003)  
7. Brigade E5. (2005)
8. Omerta: City of Gangsters. (2013)
9. Fallout Tactics 3: Brotherhood of Steel. (2001)
10. UFO: Enemy Unknown. (X-COM 1) (1994)
11. UFO: Terror from the Deep. (X-COM 2) (1995) 
12. UFO: Apocalypse. (X-COM 3) (1997) 
13. UFO: Extraterrestrials. (2007)
14. XCOM: Enemy Within. (2013)
15. Laser Squad Nemesis. (2003)
16. Invisible Inc. (2015)
17. Krater. (2012)
18. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate. (1998)  

Magic the Gathering - Red Cards Screenshot

Magic the Gathering PC Game - More explanation screenshots

It is always debatable, which color deck is the best one, playing Magic the Gathering PC video game. Every player develop its own gaming style and favour different color or combination of cards. Here is just one example what the red cards can do to the enemy.

This battle is in a quite advanced stage and the AI have twice as much hit points, which is not good. The red have a lot of Mountains out to give mana and somewhat good defense from the flying dragons. There are 3 Goblin Balloon Brigades, that will play a key role in this round. They are 1/1 army and the opponent usually do not take them as a big threat. So it is the red player's turn. In the first stage he do not tap any lands to play card or ability. Next is the combat stage and the attack begins. There are only 3 flying defenders available to the AI, so the red attack with 4 cards with powered effect +1/+1 for all.

It is time for the AI to select defenders. It blocks the Shivan Dragon ofcource and two of the goblins. So one goblin remain to fly over the defense. After the defense stage of the AI, there is a "play ability card" option for the red. So he plays Firebreathing on the unblocked goblin and tap all Mountains to empower the effects. With this ability the (most right on the screenshot)Goblin Baloon Brigade become with 58 damage and the AI is almost done.

Game Data:
Name: Magic the Gathering
Type: Trading Cards (TC), Adventure
Genre: Fantasy (Mixed)
Year of Release: 1999
Platform: PC/Windows - More Info

10 Similar Games. Games like Magic the Gathering:

1. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014)
2. Yu-Gi-Oh. (2002)
3. Summoner’s Legion. (??)
4. Might & Magic: Duel of Champions (2012)
5. Infinity Wars. (??)
6. Heroes of Camelot. (??) 
7. SolForge. (??) 
8. Ironclad Tactics. (2013)
9. Faeria. (2015)
10. Spellweaver. (2016) 

Magic the Gathering - Adventure Map

The most exiting thing, that is yet not recreated in any battle card game that I know till 2016, is the adventure map. In 1999 Magic the Gathering game there is not only duels, but quests to seek maps and crystals and wonderful adventure. 

All screenshots form Magic the Gathering game.