Heroes of Might and Magic®

Even though the subsequent titles in the Heroes of Might and Magic series are much more complete games, the original takes what began in King's Bounty and turns it into a great game!

I remember this game when it first came out. Fell in love with it and the series that followed. Definitely worth the buy. Good memories here.

This was a fun game! Also, need my friend to find me to add as friend, yay GOG! :3

I discovered HoMM1 when I was 25 or so. I had a Compaq DX2/66 CPU (pre-Pentium days) Love it the minute I starting playing it! Yes...It not as good as HoMM2 or 3, but it still holds it own. Picked up an Asus Eee 1005HAB netbook @ BB for $249.99 & it had Windows 7 Starter installed. I was going to install WINXP instead so I could play my older games, then I found GOG (thank god!)) Runs like a champ even with my crappy Intel GMA950 intergrated video. I have played countless hours of HoMM1 & I'm so happy that I canstill play it in Windows 7!!!! Nice job GOG! No crashes, dropouts, no issues! I do think that HoMM1 should be $5.99 vs. $9.99 IMHO, but I caved-in. You can find extra single player maps on the web. HoMM1 will always have a special place in my gaming world! Good stuff!

The fact that this game (naturally) lacks the complexity of its sequels is actually a pro, because as I mentioned before it can used as an intro to the series and it's generally a better option if you are looking for a quick match. Another pro (IMHO) is that the sprites are bigger thus adding to the "classic-ness" of the game. Having said that, this game doesn't feature the replayability of its sequels as the campaign is largely plot-less with simple "do this, then do that" objectives without any characters or flavor text involved whatsoever, plus some missions are bugged and/or don't provide much info about their respective objectives. Lastly, the latter missions become increasingly difficult up to the point where they become annoying. TL:DR I recommend this game: 1) As an intro for a series newbie. 2) For a quick campaign. 3) For historical reasons (checking out the roots of one of the greatest turn-based game series).