Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

Get the H3 Complete from GoG, install the free fan-made mods (HD + HoTA) and enjoy... After 20+ years I still play this game... Enough said - phenomenal game!

Although my first might & magic title I had was the fifth ( developed by another company) and it's still my favorite Might and Magic title, the third entry of the series is easily my second choice. I'll forgo the usual description of the game itself : I'll simply say that every feature that made the saga great has been expanded and developed, plus with this complete edition you'll get the 2 expansions ( a prequel and a sequel), which adds a monumental amount of hours of solid gameplay ( I'm still at the very first expansion, with more than 80 hours of gameplay and still didn't finish it). On top of that, the story is the classic example of ''simple and yet complicated'' with some really nice twists ( all I can say it's ''Ka-Boom'', for few). Downsides? the words ''balance'' or ''balancing unit and towns '' are not very much contemplated in the series, but most of the time it's because the game requires a different thinking and approach, unlike other games of the same genre... and other times there are simple imbalance between units and, most of all, the spell that you can throw at your enemy( which should be a given by looking at the title of the game). Other then that, this is the golden game of the series, the one that really made the saga a cult classic, widely considered its pinnacle, and therefore a very hearted recommendation.

Bougth this game many times on few platforms. Hard to get with all DLS's this days, so deal on GOG is just great. I was very happy. One problem is that I can't get any online games. Can't connect maps by IP address. Still this is one of the best games ever made. Inferno912

This game honestly slaps, the modding community is very active for a 20+ year old game, go check out vcmi, hota and era for a good start

HoMM3 is one of those games I'll still play when I'm 60 (I'm 25). I remember first seeing people play it, it was so strange and the characters seemed so out of place. There was no scale in this 2D world, where goblins are as tall as a mountain and where a mounted hero carrying armies in his pocket is as big as 1/8 of a big, heavily fortified city. It just didn't make sense, even if its setting is a fantasy world.