Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold

Beautiful game design, art and music. Old games like these really stimulate the imagination. I'm just to dumb to be any good at it! ;)

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Very nice game, it was the best game of my childhood, perfect to play with my brother or friends by hot seat option. For me it is more dificult than H3, no mercy if you made a mistake, hard to collect gold and hire all troops, if you have a lot of castels. One big minus of the game, your enemies will atak your ranger troops if they be able to do this.

This is coming from someone who never played Heroes of Might and Magic in the past. I started with the first one a few weeks ago. I dont have nostalgia for this game. I knew of its existence, but never played it. I'm changing that now. I'm sure glad I am, too. Heroes of Might and Magic II is largely superior to the first game in almost every way. It's basiccally the same game, but refined and with new additions. There are two new factions, both of which I enjoy. The Wizards and the Necromancers. I -love- the Necromancers, easily my favorite faction thus far. While the city management is quite similar to the first game's, there are a few new additions, like upgrading buildings (Which gives access to upgraded troops.) The battlefield is bigger, which is a welcome improvement. The game is so incredibly addictive, and I lost hours to it just wanting to do one more turn. The art style is great. It's a bit different from the first game's, but it grew on me and I really like it now. The soundtrack is phenomenal, especially the music it plays in the various cities you control. It is largely superior to the first game. But there were a couple of issues I had with it. It stuttered frequently, freezing for a few seconds and making me think it was about to CTD. Sometimes it did. The first game did not do this to me. The movement of heroes on the campaign map also stuttered, which drove me crazy until I got used to it. The campaign is much longer and more varied than the first. While that is MOSTLY good, some levels are frustrating and tedious, requiring intimate knowledge of the level or forcing you to play a certain way, usually by rushing. Crazy difficulty spikes. First game was more relaxed, I preferred that. You also get cool choices to make during the campaign which permanently affects the game. Unfortunately, there's only ever one right choice that's actually useful. Pity that. All in all, fantastic game. Can't recommend it enough. On to 3!

I dimesnion gated every enemy 10/10