Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete

There's a reason this is the first game that comes to mind when you hear the name "turn-based strategy". It is one of the timeless titles that will never be too old to play. Simple enough to play yet deep enough to have multitudes of strategies and a competitive scene, it is still supported by its community with various mods and such. There couldn't be a better starting point than than this game if you want to check out the HoMM series.

At the time of this review Heroes of Might and Magic III is currently the best selling game of all time on this platform. Just a look at the user review score and the number of user reviews should tell you why. A modern gamer may need to readjust their lens a little bit but you don't have to squint too hard to find what is rewarding about this game. While I slightly prefer the simplicity of HoMM 2 HoMM 3 is still one of my favorite games of all time. When I was younger I spent plenty of late nights finishing the various campaigns. HoMM 3 improved a lot on the campaigns from HoMM 2, with multiple interweaving campaigns with different game play experiences. There is a ton of game and the game has a lot of systems to play with. You level up your heroes and select their skills, which will inform your strategy and tactics, there is a city upgrade system, resource system, etc. and they all interact in interesting ways. If you have any interest in this kind of genre, if you like playing these older games, and you are looking at reviews to push you over the edge here, use this one. It's well worth the small amount of money they are asking whether it is on sale or not and there is a ton of content here.

This is an excellent game with all of the expansions that came out for it. It is, however, the original product with some older graphics. You can get a mod [HOMM3 HD] for it from https://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/ which enhanced the graphics and lets you run more modern resolutions. Install it to the same place HOMM3:Complete was installed. The HD edition [on steam] does it slightly better, only becasue it increases the size of the sprites [character images, monsters, towns, etc..] However, it is perfectly playable and pretty with the HD mod above. It just looks like you increased the resolution and while the images are clearer and not stretched they are small at 1900x1080 for me. I will tkae that over not being able to play the expansion packs, though, myself. The trick to fixing the mod above for the GOG game launcher is after you run the hd launcher and make heroes3 hd.exe, remane the Heroes3.exe file to heroes3.bak then change the name of Heroes3 HD.exe to Heroes3.exe It will then launch from the GOG game app. You should only need to run the HD launcher one time and configure the settings how you like, you can always run thehd launcher again and then rename the file to Heroes3.exe if you need to do something differnet BTW. The auto saving feature should be paid attention to, I find it annoying to save every turn, too many saves to wade though for me. Goodluck and enjoy. If you mess it up too bd, just go to gog, and uninstall, then reinstall to get back to base install settings. Cheers.

Heroes Of Might & Magic 3, to me was the best of the Franchise. -- Best Visually Stunning Graphix & Picture Of The 1st 3 Games -- It's the Last Of The Series To Stick To The Game's Interface Design -- Heroes Of Might & Magic 4 & 5 cut back on the Interface -- All the Later Games cut back on things, but also altered the Visuals, too The Positives, Managing your Heroes, Inventory, & Spell Book were pleasing, The Landscape was well liked, the lighting & shadows on everything looked great, the Combat was a lot of fun, & the Video Animations were great for it's time. The Negatives, there were a few things I felt were cut back from the 1st 2 Games, but they weren't all that important. The Videos were great for their time, but don't live up to Today's Cinematics in Gaming. The Character Animations were impresive for it's time, but Today they would be a hinderance on the Game, & would not pass for Today. All In All, I really enjoyed Heroes Of Might & Magic 3, including it's Expansion Packs, the 1st 2 Games actually made me want to buy the 3rd Game, & I wasn't Disappointed, I loved it sooo much I played it alot, & wanted to buy another one, but still to this Day, haven't found another one worth it to enjoy. That is my biggest Disappointment, is that there hasn't been a Game since as well Designed as the 1st 3 Heroes Of Might & Magic Games, & sadly enough the Games just don't compare to Today's Games anymore. The Overall Visuals & Gameplay just don't work well on Today's Technology anymore. I Gave The Game 5 Stars for how great I enjoyed it, but we really need a ReMastered Game in 4K, or at least a New one with at least 1080P Visuals to work on our Computers Today so that we can continue enjoying the Games more. What are your thoughts? Do You Agree?

The title says it all. There's no game that kept me playing for so long and stay fun. Mods, especially HotA, keep the game fresh and better than ever. I probably don't have to recommend it to anybody reading the reviews, but you haven't play this game yet then do it and it will probably be one of the best games you'll ever experience.