Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

I received a boxed copy of the original game way back when I was in middle school as a Christmas gift years ago. It came in a big box, and included a thick manual, as well as a fold out card with each creature and their stats on it. I played that game for hours and hours on end. All of these years later, I've found it here on GOG and fallen in love all over again.

pure joy

This golden age turn based strategy game is so much fun for how many strange and seemingly useless figures it has. The art is way ahead of its time, and the in-depth strategy and fun animations more than make up for the ponderous hero skills. You will level up an epic hero, equip them with powerful magic items, send them to lead your armies, and choose from a wide range of unique skills. Some of the skills are good and others are comically bad, same with the units and items. Some heroes are blatantly better than others and to me that's part of the fun. Overall its an extremely fun, nostalgic, and surprisingly difficult game.

I really love this iteration of Heroes of Might and Magic. I am not good at this game but I am still able to have fun. This was the first game I came across on PC where multiple people could play on 1 PC. The nostalgia of playing this with friends and family.

Man, I remember playing this when I was a kid. Didn't have a good PC, so couldn't run much on it, but HOMM, Red Alert, and Starcraft where amongst my most played games.