Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold

This was the first one of the series that I played and it was because of a demo disc (miss those) from PC Gamer mag. I fell in love with it immediately and bought the full game as soon as i could. I own the rest of the games and while 3 is the best, 2 will always be the first. Its kind of like your first significant other, it will always be special to me.

I know this was the 2nd game in the series, but hear me out. The very first HOMM game was barely out a year before this was released and I wouldn't recommend playing the first game except out of sheer curiosity. The developers clearly saw the need to expand on a great idea and got their butts in gear for this release in 1996. More heroes, more starting towns, more spells, the works. It's a good thing they did, or else this franchise could literally have been forgotten in time by now. Heroes of Might and Magic 2 is the game that popularized this franchise and paved the way for HOMM III and all the other titles after it. I would play this game from the moment I got home until I went to bed. I daydreamed in 6th and 7th grade thinking about nothing but this game. It became such an obsession. This was the first instance of video game crack that I can recall (and then HOMM III took it to a whole new level). The graphics may look primitive now but I honestly think anyone who truly loves the series will enjoy this game.

This game really stood the test of time - they should go back and start developing again from heroes 2

GOG is legit. Been trying to play this game for a long time finally found a website that I could download and play without any problems

It was one of the first games i have ever played. Me and my brother used to play it day and night. He would disagree, but this is actually my favorite of the series. Maybe that is because i loved the continuation of the 'good campaign' storyline in Might and Magic VI. If You liked this one, make sure you get MMVI when it comes out on GOG.