especially 3.
I get the love for 3, but I’ve come to like 5 best. It’s easier on the eye and has way better use interface.
But if we’re talking Might and Magic, don’t forget Dark Messiah!
Everyone always praises 3 but I grew up playing 2. I have nothing against HoMM 3 and enjoy it quite a bit, I just prefer HoMM 2 when I wanna get that nostalgia kick.
Still, amazing games.
There is Songs of Conquest which I think most HoMM players will appreciate. A modern wink to the series.
Using this opportunity to plug https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
It’s the open source reimplementation of HoMM2. It’s fully playable, although the reimplemented AI plays much, much smarter than the original, which can be an upside or a downside for you.
There is also an android version, it works great on a tablet!
For me too, the pixel art style of it I really love. I’ve even tried one because I was perhaps that feels closer to two than three, but it’s just too unpolished and primitive vs two.
Three may very well be the superior game. Same with AOE. For most people the love is for two; which is the better game, but I’ve always reached back to 1.
(Now with the DE editions of those, those are the better games, get 2 with the Rome expansion)
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Perhaps a DE version of HoMM will be released as well.
The third is the absolute best. No discussion! I’ve spend countless hours with friends as a kid, sitting around the computer, playing this game. Still do.
Heroes of might and magic, along with extreme mismanagement, killed might and magic.
The RPGs were better.
Man, I gotta play the collections someday. I think I got all of them on GOG
If you want to play 6,7 & 8 play the might and magic merged mod and just roll with the slight scuff. It’s worth not having the original experience for the most part. The two xeen games also serve as a stand in for all games before them and you can pretty much skip the early ones.
Do not play 9. Even as a curiosity. It was the death of the studio, was half finished, and will just be one of the most frustrating games you will play if you even slightly try to play as intended. I still feel the disappointment of booting it up, having just finished a playthrough of 8 in preparation, and getting an hour in and realizing that maybe crusaders of might and magic was a sign that the magic of the studio was gone forever.
10 is okay if you manage to like world of xeen, but you’ll hate it if you like the 6, 7, 8 trilogy.
