Heroes of Might and Magic I was a nice game but it lacked a lot and felt kind of empty. HoMM2 raised the bar significantly but HoMM3 made it even further. Excellent heroes features system, artifacts finally reflect body parts of the hero (in HoMM2 you could e.g. wear two helmets), extremely rich maps where there are no empty and irrelevant places - all of this makes the game a really wonderful strategy. I still often play it (usually with Heroes 3 HD mod - support for 1440x900 resolution rocks!) even though I have HoMM4 on a shelf and tried HoMM5. Maybe MMH6 will finally meet HoMM3's greatness but this game really survived the test of time. In HoMM3 you spend time on strategy, not on looking for resources hidden behind the mountains as in HoMM5... I recommend it to everyone looking for a great strategy, not necessarily with high system requirements.
