Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold

First off, let me explain the title: my first contact with this series was a demo of this game. A simple demo, I don't even know how many years ago... I played it for over 100hours. Hence, the "original" Heroes game for me. Also, it was because of the expansion that comes with this game, that I registered here and bought this, as I already had Heroes 2, but I needed the expansion and couldn't get it. So I also have this game to thank for introducing me to this wonderful site. This game is completely addicting, and the only flaw it had was the small number of campaigns, which, albeit long and challenging (even on easy), there were only 2. Luckily, this one includes the expansion, which means, among other things, FOUR MORE CAMPAIGNS. I won't be writing much more about this, I will just say that this game can be played by anyone, it can be as hard as you want and can be played for hour-long marathons or only a few turns each time. It's cheap, do yourself a favor and buy it. And Heroes 3 Complete as well. As a final note: grab a friend and start a hotseat game. It's better than playing board games, and just as brain-exercising. Takes longer too, if you want.

I have been playing HOMM2 since 1996. This is my favorite turn based game of all time. It is the only HOMM version that I play. You can find hundreds of player made maps online that you can download and play. I've been playing this game off and on for over 25 years and still have over 60 maps left to try. I usually play a map back to back and score it. You can go wrong with this one.

A must have for lovers of the turn based genre. When I played the first game in the series, I thought it couldn't get better. -What a mistake I made! This game is imho THE best game of the series. Everything is balanced, you can make your own maps if you like. There's both up'n'downs depending on the side you choose. To win a game, you have to be good, nothing is left to chance and luck. I've spend so much time on this game, and I have enjoyed every hour. I still play it to this day

This is an easy game to recommend for anyone who likes fantasy games and turn-based strategy games. I love the unique fantasy world they created with many creatures that seem to be inspired by Greek myths like the Titans, Minotaurs, etc. The campaign story isn't that great and doesn't have the seriousness required to tell a good story, but it's fun to play single-player skirmish mode vs the AIs. I highly recommend this game if you can get over the aging graphics. Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3 are the best in the series, and both should be played. I suggest starting with this game (Heroes 2) if you are new to the series.

I find this to be an amazing release that is worth every penny. However, when I grew up playing this game, I always played it with the Expansion Pack installed. This comes with the Expansion Pack installed, already, but defaults to the Original game's castle themes. Now, if you like the castle themes from the original game, that's great. I, however, find the ones from the expansion to be far better and, being the ones I grew up with, to not hear them in this release is a real bummer.