Heroes of Might and Magic®

Build up the strongest hero you can imagine, manage a full supporting network to grant him the best army and artifacts you can find, make him learn powerful spells and conquer your enemies! The original HoMM is the first and predecessor to the fantastic Heroes games that would come later and entertain us for many, many hours. Still, it's loads of fun on its own! About the art: Graphics might be one of the most striking differences, even having a quite different style I find them very likeable and unique. Music is *excellent*, sound is great too considering the age of this title. About the gameplay: Way simpler but in no way easier. Original HoMM has 4 factions (Town, Plains, Forest, Mountains) and 4 different hero types (Barbarian, Knight, Warlock, Sorceress), all of them very interesting and offering lots of possibilities. On the battlefield you control 5 stacks of units, again, lots of possible strategies! Battles can have so many outcomes I recommend saving A LOT. Give it a try!!

Proud to say I won the most difficult mission for Lord Ironfist. After around 25th tries, through savescumming and hell RNG. Perfect execution was needed. For the story to be canonical for Lord Ironfist to win. I gotta say, it was brutal yet epic. We win through action, give applause to the dev. Man that was satisfying. Thx to Gamer Walkthough for the playthough just so I can win this.

I can't add much that other reviews haven't already, but I will side with the (relatively) low-voted ones that state that this game is ROUGH. Almost all the elements that would make Heroes 3 what it is, are present, but in a very basic state. Different towns are there, but not many of them; the army size is severely limited with only 5 slots; heroes are there, but only a few of them. Magic (which is my least favorite aspect of HoMM games) is terribly unbalanced and you are almost forced to use it to win. I do recommend the game to collectors or people interested in game design and who want to see how the series evolved over time, but I also highly recommend using cheats to play through, or playing for a bit and then watching the rest online. It's pretty, but it's not friendly.

even though compared to the future titles it's really basic it's still really fun to play

There isnt really much to say here. As much as you can respect the series for the heights its has achieved, everything in this game is very outdated. The graphics, sound, gameplay, UI, controls, storytelling. Its all on a very basic level. Its not bad, it still works and is still functional, but unless you want to experience the mid 90s and see how the series started, there is no point in engaging with it when its vastly supperior successor HOMM 3 is available. As much as you can respect it for pushing the boundaries back in the day and laying the foundations for the series, its no longer a worthwhile time investment. Its a bit shocking how much of a leap the series will make with HOMM 3 just 3 years later. So unless you want to get it for the nostalgia / history factor, move on.