Heroes of Might and Magic®

This game pretty much sums up what I love about older games. It's pure gameplay and it doesn't rely on swanky eye-candy to make the player think they're enjoying themselves. It assumes a certain level of player intelligence and doesn't dumb things down for them. Gameplay is intuitive and leaves a lot of stuff to be discovered about itself, which leads to an addictive 'just one more turn' style game. The only criticism I could level is that the graphics are a bit dated, however I do believe this is currently part of the game's charm for me as well. All in all, the best 5 bucks I've spent in a long time.

I cannot believe this game came out in 1995. It still looks great. I am not here for nostalgia. I first heard about Heroes of Might and Magic 3 when looking for an RPG to sink my teeth into. HoMM3 was so great I decided right, I want to play all of the classic collection. This is the kind of game you can pick up and play during lunchtime and stop when you need to. It is simple to play and hard to master.

A great game which I lost switching PC's over the years. I have a son now of whom I hope he will play HOMM1 which as much pleasure as I did and will do again

I think HoMM doesn't need an introduction - its 3rd installment is considered to be a masterpiece, beloved by fans all around the world, still as alive as ever, and ever growing thanks to their projects, like Horn of the Abyss and HD Mod. It all began here... well, technically, it did with King's Bounty in 1990, but this particular game is the official chapter one of the franchise, setting the groundwork for everything that came later. The game, mechanically, resembles its successors, albeit it's more barebones, primitive, which shouldn't really surprise anybody. It's where HoMM started, and because that, I would highly recommend you buying it, if you're a fan of the latter installments, and are curious how the series looked before Restoration of Erathia made it a worldwide phenomenon. It's quite surprising how little the core gameplay evolved throughout all the years, and even Ubisoft HoMM (V onwards) were all built on what we can see here. Truth is, Heroes were never completely reinvented - just successively improved and experimented with (which usually didn't do any favours - look at reception of IV and VI). Few tweaks here, few there, a couple of additions and fixes, and a once primitive game has become its way more engaging, playable and diverse sequel. No big shake-ups turned out very well for HoMM - fans love it for what it is, for and what it always was. Should you buy the game, if you're not familiar with the franchise, though? I honestly have no clue what to advice you here. Maybe. But in this day and age, I could see a solid portion of the playerbase being discouraged with overall simplicity of the experience you get from it. It can be fun, be there's no denying NWC learned their lessons and improved next entries in the series. While H3 is one of the games you should very much be ashamed for not knowing, H1 feels more like a trait for dedicated fans, who want a quick history lesson, or to kicked in the head by nostalgia. And then return to H3.

HoM&M shouldn't need any introduction : as one of the most influential saga of turn - strategy game of all time that really loved a marked in the industry. But for those who don't know : In this game, you ll hunt the map with various unit called ''heroes'' and try to take as much resources as possible in order to invade other cities and defeat your opponents. What truly have taken me is the variety of things to ''do'' in the map and various options to play the game. However, the gameplay and fantasy settings of the saga that started the whole saga were a little ''rough'' around the edges that this game show in comparison to the other most recent entry of the franchise. Still, it is completely worth it to check it out even if you are not a fan of the saga but just approached for the first time : just remember to never leave your town unguarded!