Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold

На мой взгляд лучшая часть из всей линейки НоММ. Доставляет покруче чем третья и даже сейчас смотрится весьма достойно. Однозначный МН.

Times have changed. Now times are dark, greedy and mad. And such are the Games of our Times. But even in the middle of Chaos one can find the Fountain of True Life. A diamond. A Sun. A portal to the distant World filled with Beauty and Magic. Might and Magic. Games like this one have no age. It is like an ancient Book that you can read over and over and never read through to the end. The very existence of computer gaming industry itself is justified with existence of this Masterpiece. Buy it. In this case the money is worthless. The true Art is priceless.

Герои 2 - это самая душевная, красивая и атмосферная пошаговая стратегия. Великолепный плавный и постоянно интересный геймплей, мастерский геймдизайн и продуманность - уже тогда умели делать классно! Очень рекомендую.

I have played all of the Heroes of Might and Magic games and I love them all. They have the perfect recipe for strategy games and they continually tweak them with each iteration and have only gotten better (5 is amazing). However, HoMM2 holds a special place in my heart as my favorite of the series. First, it was the first game in the series I was introduced to and was my first turn-based strategy love. Second, I think I enjoy it most because it has more complexity than the first game yet not as much as later titles. I felt something was lost by adding too many new things to the game and I enjoyed the simplicity of the second one. I also like the graphics for their simplicity, they are beautiful and very expressive but don't try for more realism like later games in the series did. I think something was lost in that artistic process and those games look more drab for it (except for 5 which went to a more cartoonish look which brought back the colors and such). I highly recommend this entry in the series to anyone who is a fan of turn-based strategy games.

Из минусов только отсутствие русского языка и проблемы с игрой в экране (пользовательские настройки и запуск в более удобном виде). По поводу второго нашел такое решение (не мое). Для настройки экрана игры нужно создать ярлык файла расположенный: c:\GOG Games\HoMM 2 Gold\DOSBOX\GOGDOSConfig.exe и в свойствах добавить 1207658785, чтобы получилось: "C:\GOG Games\HoMM 2 Gold\DOSBOX\GOGDOSConfig.exe" 1207658785 Запустить ярлык и можно выбрать разрешение экрана и дополнительные опции, включая fullscreen. Уважаемые разработчики, добавьте такой ярлык в установщик, чтобы пользователь не пользовался "допиливанием" игры.