Heroes of Might and Magic® 4: Complete

Awesome old school game still looks great and it has a good soundtrack

I know that fanboys and fangirls may frown upon a title like this but yeah it's my favlorite and I played them all. I loved the possibilities and flexibility brought by the new game mechanics and how the hero was made more important. My cousin and I used to beat entire armies with just our heroes. It gave me a sense of adventure such as no HOMM did before. And the music.. So beautiful. I loved HOMM3 which remains a masterpiece but HOMM4 holds a special place in my heart.

Let's start by stating a fact: If HoMaM is the most liked sibling in the Heroes franchise, then HoMaM 4 is the less liked. With many innovations and gameplay changes (notably diminishing castle types), almost all of the loyal fans met the game with dislike. But is HoMaM 4 really a 'bad' game? Does it really fail? The answer for me is a big, very very big 'no'. The main point of the 4th installment is all about atmosphere. Wether the graphics, the soundtrack, or the story-telling, this game is a complete success. The graphics and the soundtrack fit perfectly well. The music, by the way, is one of the best soundtracks ever created in a game. The campaigns themselves are not super original or extremely interesting, but instead of adding cinematics, you only read them through texts. It's funny since this should have been a negative side, but on the contrary, it adds up to the atmosphere immensely. And the graphics themselves are like a fairy-tale: The whole package creates a time consuming game that will make you beg for another turn. The main problems rise from the innovative ideas: By merging the castles and reducing the creatures, you suddenly loose many strategic options. However, this also prevents scattering units, and this scarcity forces you to make choices. Putting the heroes on the battlefield seems quite realistic, but when a level 30 barbarian kills 3 black dragons in a single turn, you feel as the game was not polished enough. As for the expansions, we can really say that they show how 3DO was struggling. Especially the second expansion, Winds of War, could very well pass off as a DLC. To finish off, I can easily say that HoMaM 4 is one of the best turn-based strategy game with an added flavor of rpg out there. Plus, even if the game could have been more polished, the atmosphere is so good that you'll be spending hours on it. The game does deserve a chance. As for me, I was looking for the expansions for quite some time, and now that I've gotten them, I'll be wasting another 20-30 hours on it.

Miss a long time, childhood memories, I remember when I was still playing DVD，hahaha The three-in-one package is also cost-effective, just hope that there will be a Chinese version of the back Although I can easily win the game with my childhood memory, it is still awkward to play without Chinese. In fact, I can tell you that if this game is released on steam and is in Chinese, I will buy the game with Chinese first. I hope GOG can make it better and better

Lets put it this way....I I'll be grinning from ear to ear every time its rains out :)