I've really enjoyed playing Death Road To Canada. Whenever I hear that something will make you laugh, I always have low expectations, but this game truly had me laughing out loud more than once! It's very hard to get me to laugh and this was very pleasant surprise. They got a really good writer- they have a great sense of humor. I love all the references to other things in the game and the HUGE amount of characters and random events. I have been thoroughly entertained. The gameplay is very fun and I've spent hours playing this so far. I love Oregon Trail 2, and the road trip & random event elements are reminiscent of it. I can't believe I've never heard of it until a few days ago.
We originally got this in a set called the Blitz pack that came with some other games -probably shortly after HOMM came out in 1995. It came on a special hot pink colored disc, and just the color of the disc alone was enough to get a little girl like me excited. Honestly, I was so little, I was maybe three or four years old, but my goodness, this game had a huge impact on me, back on my family's old PowerMac. The bright colors, all the unique fantasy creatures, the little things all over the map. I couldn't play well at all- I had to turn the computers on Dunce difficulty and I'd still lose. It'd frustrate me, and I was so little I could hardly read the text on the screen. But even so, it was a pivotal experience to me. The fact that I could try roping family members into playing hotseat with me was even better. We lost our PowerMac and my beloved pink disc, but thank goodness, there was the Heroes of Might and Magic Compendium. I have loved that copy of Heroes since I got it when I was about nine years old. I've never gotten sick of these games. I have played this game probably thousands of times growing up, played every map, downloaded user made maps, created random maps, made my own unbalanced maps, played the campaign, ect. I can beat it on impossible mode and I've even beaten the Jolly Roger... but still, it's so charming to me. I've seen everything it has to offer, but still... those bright colors and all the familiar characters are awash with some of my fondest memories. I have felt much sorrow that I couldn't get it to work on newer PCs, getting the dreaded error messages every time, even with DOSBOX... I always just hook up my old windows XP to play a round of hotseat with my brother. (I was playing with him yesterday, even! Now, in 2022, with my old well used copy of the Compendium.) But now I can play it on every PC, thanks to GOG!
