Heroes of Might and Magic®

The game is a fun strategy game, reminiscent of King's Bounty. However, so many of the battles are full of it. Like when it places your most powerful character in front of a tree and make him useless, or your characters that are archers are forced to go last, and therefore are useless as the computer always puts characters in front of them. Also some of the levels are awful! The second world, I lost after killing all the enemies because the objective is to find the "eye" before they do, and obviously since they are all dead, my winning should have been a default, but because I was the only one left alive, I lost? This is crap and it is not fair, and after hours playing it to have this become an ending, forget it! 3 stars is generous and I should give it 2 because of this cheat. If you can get past this, then it is probably worth playing if you get it for less than $5

I love the whole game serie. For a true fan (and you miss some of the old parts) is the HoMM Collectors Box the better choice. Do you want to give a try on this game and don´t know them .. This release is for you.

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.

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!!