Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

I'm not very familiar with this series, but a friend introduced me to this one and it was love at first sight. Everything about this game is just appealing and fun... the gameplay is challenging but easy to learn, the combat isn't too complicated but has a lot of room for strategy, it's great fun to explore the map and uncover the dozens of different locations and encounters, there are a wide variety of factions, all with different buildings and units which are incredibly satisfying to build and upgrade, and the graphics and music do their job well. I also love how it's unapologetically high fantasy and doesn't try to be dark and gritty- it's the sort of game where you'll run around capturing leprechauns to extort piles of colorful gems from them so you can build a magic gate in the clouds and summon angels to fight for you. It doesn't attempt to be realistic or edgy, it just delivers a sincerely vibrant and enjoyable fantasy world and lets you run around exploring and conquering. Good times!

Almost every feature of Heroes of Might and Magic III is amazing. Heroes of Might and Magic III is the only game that returned me to gaming. I like design of almost all creatures, towns were made by NWC with especial love. I like that battle system of the game and strategic gameplay are all turn-based. This game is wonderful, deity of TBS.

I received a boxed copy of the original game way back when I was in middle school as a Christmas gift years ago. It came in a big box, and included a thick manual, as well as a fold out card with each creature and their stats on it. I played that game for hours and hours on end. All of these years later, I've found it here on GOG and fallen in love all over again.

pure joy

This golden age turn based strategy game is so much fun for how many strange and seemingly useless figures it has. The art is way ahead of its time, and the in-depth strategy and fun animations more than make up for the ponderous hero skills. You will level up an epic hero, equip them with powerful magic items, send them to lead your armies, and choose from a wide range of unique skills. Some of the skills are good and others are comically bad, same with the units and items. Some heroes are blatantly better than others and to me that's part of the fun. Overall its an extremely fun, nostalgic, and surprisingly difficult game.