Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

This is possibly one of the best PC games ever. It is incredibly simple and pick-up-and-play, but can offer as much depth and complexity as more advanced epic turnbased strategy games. To say HoMM 3 is a pure strategy game is to lie. The series started as a strategy spin-off of Might and Magic and the feeling of going out on a quest and building your hero is very much left intact in the HoMM-series. You don't only build towns and recruit monsters in HoMM 3 - but you must also build your heroes and figure out what skills to pick, what should be prioritized and what artifacts is best suited etc. The game is as much about strategy as it is about exploration, quests and turn-based battles. A game of HoMM 3 takes many hours, but it is also a race against time. All factions in the game can pull off crazy strategies if left unhindered and that's kinda how most games end up - everyone builds up their huge armies and strongest heroes and meet up in the final showdowns - and since what heroes show up in taverns, skills that get rolled, artifact that are found, spells that are researcheds etc are a bit random every game feels very fresh and with a random map generator HoMM 3 has that "infinite fun" feel. Just buy this version of HoMM 3 as Ubisoft messed up the HD edition and with the Complete Edition you can mod the game. There is an active modding community mostly centered around the fanmade expansion Horn of the Abyss that offers balance changes and more factions to play and more. Have fun!

Excellent game to play over and over.

very op game

Good old time turn based mythical based game.

This game has everything you want in a strategy game. I've played later versions, but this version somehow has a magic that can't be beaten. My only hope is that the AI be improved and that some quirks like your high moral often being transferred to the AI player and AI finding the grail with most obelisks still not accessed.