Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

I always loved this game and it was part of the reason why I joined here. I played it with my brother when we were kids and up until a few years ago when Windows decided to not let me install it anymore I was still paying it. Therefore I was really looking forward to get this game here. It's a brilliant game up until today (just look at all the reviews!) and would surely deserve 5 stars! It really pains me to give this kind of review... Unfortunately the game does not work on my PC. It is such a shame! When I start it, I have to open the task manager first and reclick the game to get the controls to work (with a good chance that it crashes). Once in the menue, sometimes there are no maps listed and if there are, the game crashes while loading the map. Also the random map generator does not work at all. I also tried some compatibily modes but that was even worse... Out of about 25 tries I was able to load a map ONCE and that one was functioning just fine. Next time it was again a complete mess. I still want to recommand the game! It's worth a try and judging from the other reviews it's running just fine on most systems. Just be aware that it can also be unplayable.

And i can't minimize it and do some other things in the meantime either. Friggin annoying. I just want to play the game but i can't due to some quite not very fun intro. The release is otherwise seemingly good, with all content included, unlike the Steam version (which is more expensive as well). Just that i spent half the time with the friggin intro. Plz fix in a patch.

I just purchased this game, but it wont even run on my computer, after i click run, my pc works for2- seconds and then the run game button goes green again as if i have never pressed it.

Keeps asking me for a CD to play single player games. Didn't expect that, I must admit. Please help me.

I bought this game because of nostalgia. I played it a long time ago and believed that I remembered it being good. Maybe I thought it was at the time, but maybe not. Bottom line: this game is not as good now as I remember it. It is super unfair and totally imbalanced. Even on the easiest setting, enemies have more resources, better towns, better heroes, and better units. I literally got instantly killed on the *very first* battle of a campaign. My opponent had epic units that I did not, on top of the fact that he had more of them. He even had a hero that was casting epic spells while my hero couldn't cast any at all. The game didn't give me a chance to build units or prepare. In fact, I didn't even have a base! Not all campaigns are THAT imbalanced, but most are. The above example is one of the more extreme ones, but you get the general idea of it. Even on some of the easier campaigns I find it to be unbeatable. Plus, the gameplay is SUPER repetitive. Stay away from this.