Heroes of Might and Magic®

Gave this a three star for the sole reason that if you want to get into a Heroes of Might and Magic (HOMM) game, definitly go for 2,3, or 5 as they are much more polished and much more enjoyable to play. Although if you're like me, the nostalgia factor makes this a great experience to play. I must have put hours into this game when i was a young kid, and i still play this game with my girlfriend to this day, and in my personal opinion the cartoon style graphics are by far my favourite of the series. Compared to the other games though, the content in this game is lacking, with the inability to choose your own faction, not being able to play allies, and the biggest thing for me is that the maxiumum AI or human players is only 4 reguardless of the map. Where HOMM 3 has a total of 8+ which gives much more interesting abd challenging situations. Either way, if you're a person who likes classic games then this is a must, But if youre looking for the best HOMM experience look towards the other games.

Despite being more primitive than later version, the game still keeps strategy elements. Its runs in DOSBox, so if you are looking for a HoMM to execute on non-x86 architecture (smartphone, tablet etc), this game is not demanding and runs pretty smooth. I bought this game out of historical interest, saw it, but my 486sx was too weak to run it. Well, for the times, the game was pretty nice. It still is.

I loved King's Bounty and loved HOMM 1 too. The various units (some with special abilities), the various terrains, the great number of artifacts make the game very diverse. It has great atmosphere too, I especially like the sound effects near sawmills, alchemist shops etc. What I really did not like is the development curve of castles and towns. On some levels (#1 and #8 in campaign game) you must build everything you can in your castle within a couple of weeks, else you'll be defeated very likely. (Towns are absolutely useless, their only benefit is the couple of coins they generate.) With a more balanced development curve, this game could have been even much better.

Как ни странно, Первая игра из серии - моя любимая.

This was the first HOMM game I played. My uncle introduced me to this series and I instantly fell in love. However, just a year later HOMM II was released and improved a lot of imbalance in this first game. HOMM II is really an updated, superior-in-every-way version of this. I've actually seen people rate this above the second game, which makes absolutely no sense from a pure game design standpoint. HOMM II is not flawless by any means, but there is absolutely nothing this game does better. This game is still playable but its definitely the least polished of any HOMM game. It existed in the days before patches so you just have to take what you get, and it has the worst mod support of any of the franchise titles.