Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold

The game itself is great, easily 5 stars. What is really inconvenient is the installer that is provided in the form of a Windows executable. You need either Windows or Wine to extract the game data. Once you have the data, you don't need Windows/Wine anymore. The installer just installs DOSbox anyway. You can use either your own DOSbox/DOS VM to use the provided game engine or you can use the great engine called fheroes2 (https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2). It seems silly to me and I would prefer if I could just download the game data from GOG directly as a zip/tar without going through the Windows installer.

Something I had always wanted to purchase, but never had the chance. Well, after buying, it I can tell you the clock went from midnight to 4 am before I notices the change. That is quite simply how good, in a nostalgic way, this game is. Sound and graphics are very dated but the basic mechanics of the game are still golden. A keeper for years to come.

I bought the entire Heroes of Might and Magic series, thinking I'd immerse myself in this world, like I did a long, long time ago, when I always had the game running and always on my taskbar so I could return to it at any time. But that's not the case. DosBox either lets you play in full-screen mode, or only in a small window when you exit to the desktop. This is unacceptable...

This game rocks. Period.

This is the first HoM&M game that I played in the '90s (with a somewhat questionable italian translation). The serie went on and gave use quite a few good titles but this game is a good starting point as any. Just type 32167 and roast your enemies.