Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold

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Heroes is such a great game from my youth its really nice to be able to play again.

This game is for those already familiar with it. I understand why people like its graphics and music. While the game mechanics are clearly fun, the more frequent and annoying experiences make it hard to give it a good score. --- Warning: From the next paragraph onward, I have written negative reviews that destroy other people's beautiful memories. --- Many games teach you the basics through the early missions of the campaign, but this one doesn't. Even when playing the first mission for the first time, the game assumes the player is somewhat skilled. It's as if it expects you've played HoMM1. So, starting with Archibald's first mission, it's quite tough and requires significant time and save-scumming to beat, which already had me exhausted. Most missions demand some special, underhanded strategy. There's little strategic diversity—it's all about relying on luck until you can use certain magic skills or exploiting the AI's stupid flaws. Missions aren't about leisurely exploration, developing soldiers and castles, and gradually crushing enemies through snowballing. You must aggressively attack enemies quickly, and some missions require relying on luck. In the 90s, reading manuals, repeating missions until you mastered them, and checking strategy guides on forums might have been fun, but that's not the case in 2025. These things just aren't fun for me. What I hated most while playing was not being able to gauge whether my troops could easily crush a group of monsters. I have to save the game, test it, watch a forced defeat in battle, and then reload. Based on my experience, I wouldn't recommend starting the series with this game. It seems better to enjoy the game with HoMM3, which is more forgiving to beginners, and then move on to HoMM2.

The game is great, but there is a bit of stuttering when it comes to the movement of the heroes. The difference in volume for the sound and music also seem to be almost impossible to tell the difference between.

Great game! Very easy to play! Fun!