Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

For my favorite game of all time, I am torn between this game and Planescape Torment. With all the Heroes of Might and Magic games, I think this is the most perfect one. Easy to learn, understand and control, but difficult to win (with higher difficulties).

There really isn't praise high enough, you can put a couple hundred hours into this game without even taking any notice. Having put more than a couple thousand hours into this game over the years, much of it lacks the inital magic I experienced when I first loaded the game and threw myself into it - but it is still a fabulous game and the campaigns and single quest maps are plentiful. It is a keen reminder that while modern games spoil us with mind blowing graphics, and impressive musical scores, there was a time when to be a good game, a game had to have substance, replayability and originality. This game has all of that, and in my opinion, is the best of the entire Heroes of Might and Magic series.

Heroes of Might and Magic III boasts that "minute to learn, lifetime to master" learning curve only few video games in history do. The gameplay manages to be so simple and approachable while at the same time containing enough depth to keep you entertained for years to come. Learning to build your armies and improve your heroes is simple, but learning to use every monster and spell to their best effect can take years of experience. I picked this game up in 1999 and still play it to this day - trust me, I know. For a game introduced last millenia HoMM 3 has aged extremely well. The beautiful hand drawn sprites still look great to this day, and all the windows and pop-up screens are well polished and easy to use. Also John Romero's music score is among the greatest ever. Only with time will you value how much care and precision was put into every little detail of the game. Click on a hero sailing on a boat and, and a fitting music piece is introduced in the background. Make your way through a desert and another music piece is heard. Small things like this hardly make or break a game, but it all just goes to show how New World Computing set out to make the best game they possibly could, and how handsomely that work paid off. The flaws in Heroes 3 are few and minor. Not all of the eight factions are equally balanced, and a few of the skills are all but useless. Short of these small imperfections, there's little bad to say about the game. I LOVE Civilization and still I would still name HoMM 3 my favourite TBS game hands down any time. More than that, I would name it one of the best PC games ever. Why HoMM 3 isn't a regular visitor in all the greatest video game lists out there is a mystery to me. Really, it is that good!

I would say it is the greates game i have played. (turn Based game) I remember when i started playing Heroes of Might and Magic. So awesome world, it's a masterpiece and if you haven't got it, get it i bet you are going to like it. Great soundtrack, Great story. the best thing with it is the Random Map Generator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get it if you want a nice Turn based game, where you can play it some times. You aren't going to get disappointed about this game.

There's so many things about this game that are depressing. Maybe it's the 15-20K hours I've dumped into it in the last 17 years. Maybe it's the understanding that I'll never play a game with this replayability ever again. Ubisoft taking a steaming dump on all the later sequels is certainly a factor. No other game in existence has made me whisper softly to it "you...complete me"