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THE BEST OF THE BEST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: October 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is the best there are tons of dudes lots of different kinds of cities and ive played 2 and it is nothing like this the graphics are fantastic!!! get this game. YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

One of the Best Games Ever Made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is totally cool. It is an intiguing blend of strategy, combat resource management, and all the other features you would expect to find in a strategy game. Plus the story lines are very well thought out. The original game tells the story of the invasion of Erathia by the Warlocks and the murder and ressurection of the old king of Erathia by the Necromancers. The Amageddon's Blade expansion pack tells of the demons of Krewlod building a mighty artifact that would put the world in an eternal fire. The Shadow of Death expansion pack tells of how a wizard named Sandro becomes a Necroamncer and assembles three artifacts that would give the undead total control of the world. All in all one of the best games I ever played.

One of those games you can always turn to for a good time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 28
Date: October 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

There are a few games out there that can stand the test of time and replayability. This is one of them. The HoMM franchise has been around for some time, and fans and non-fans alike of the normally dry turn-based strategy genre have discovered that this game is a lot of fun. Whether you're looking for a quick game, or one that will last hours, HoMM3 Complete can and will satisfy your needs. Bottom line, this is a wonderful game.

For those not familiar with the franchise I'll elaborate. You take control of one or more heroes within the game. Each hero has a class (wizard, paladin, etc.) which corresponds with a specific type of town and commands an army of creatures. Both the towns and the creatures you command go through a wide array of upgrades, and your hero/heroine can discover relics which can improve him/her as well. In a turn-based format you strive to conquer random monsters as you explore the expansive maps, as well as your foes who at the same time are building and fighting as you are. Single player includes quick play based upon your settings, and mission based scenarios as well. Game include multiplayer play as well.

So capture those enemy towns, discover the ultimate artifact, and command an army of titans and dragons! This game is easy to learn, and quick to pick up and/or put down. It's replayability is very high, and it's one title that will be on your system for a long time.

Wyndrgon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A wonderful game. A blend of so many different things; a campagine game, a strategy game, and a test of endurance. Who can hold out the longest in this game, you or the other guys? Spend your time wandering around and compleating tasks or wander around looking for enemies to take out. Spend your money wisely and make your cities grow and prosper and produce troops for your heroes. Wander around, collect artifacts and win though the day. A game that can absorb you to the fullest and leave you with many hours of enjoyable playing time. After about 6 months of play I'm still enjoying it. Every time you play there is one more new thing that you find. A great game, a wonderful experience.

Great game but buy the game guide too

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 18
Date: November 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome collection and a great value. Just over a month ago the only way to get all three of these games was to buy them separately....

The only drawback is that at this price you don't get any paper manuals or shortcut guides, the only manuals you get are on-disk in PDF format. Since I found it cumbersome to switch back and forth from game to manual, you may want to just buy a game guide. There is a lot of info in the guides, and you could print them out, but it looks like they were photocopied out of a manual and then digitized. Not very good quality reproductions.

I've only played the first game so far, but it's a lot of fun. You can see resources, cities, etc on the map, so you can run out and get them using your heroes. If you leave your city undefended, though, someone may capture it before you can return so leave a garrison. You can have up to 8 heroes on the map at once, which can be a bit confusing, but it's turn-based gameplay so you can take your time. The interface is pretty intuitive and easy to understand and the graphics are pretty good, but not up to the standards of Warlords Battlecry. Battle scenes are a bit better though.

There are a lot of magic spells and some are pretty cool to watch during battle, like chain lightning. Since it's a role-playing game, your heroes can develop "specialties" like ballistics and tactics, or specific areas of magic. Their attack/defense stats can increase too.

This is a fun game, and I'm sure the add-on games are just as fun. The only drawback is the lack of a manual and at this price you can afford to get a game guide too.

The Old Guards Parade

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: December 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When a game series that could run 3 times, it must be damn good a formula to run. HOMM3 still has that addictive "one-more-last-turn" till the first light of morning sun comes through your window for the "Old Guards", who prefer the I-go-u-go turn- based gameplay than the mouse-clickers.

In theory, you could play this game until your death because there are hundreds DIY maps (with the in-game editor, which is great by itself) in the Internet available for downloads, apart from the numerous scenarios and campaigns included in the collection. Though more monsters, more town types, more artifacts, more spells and heroes and more everything than the previous HOMMs (1 & 2), still you tend to figure out the most powerful creatures, town types and artifacts eventually which suit your taste.

Replayability of the game is beyond question but it is more questionable if you have time to play a single scenario twice given the wide range of scenarios available and that the AI tends to play the same turn the same way. (If you save and then quit and watch for the AI's movement of the heroes twice, the AI performs the same during their turns.) For large map, you might spend more time waiting for all the opponents finishing their movement than your own if you pass or do little in your turn.

Of noted interest to HOMM3, a new grail structure is available for each turn if you find the lost artifact from the map puzzle. The grail structure can bring special effect (more creatures growth for the town, higher spell power when casting magic inside the castle, stonger defense strength when sieged) to the town where it is built and in general, increases $5000 more cash per week than your opponents.

The fog-of-war is still the best feature in the game (and applies to the game well) 'cos it keeps you wanting to move 1 more turn to see what resources or mines come next when your heroes stride on the foreign soils and you don't know whether there is a powerful enemy awaiting you out there.

HOMM3 is eye-pretty, exciting to play and sometimes like a self-continual training for your true-life: Will you choose to be good or evil, will you earn more money or learn more experience first, will you upgrade yourself by sharpening your skills to face the next difficulties out there or you paint your own life by drafting your own maps, location of the resources and mines and the story (the dialogue box is editable for your-own- designed story-telling plot)...

You can easily find Multiplayer opponent in the Microsoft's zone.com but I always doubt if turn-based type of game is suitable for multiplayer at the net. The bottom line is that you pay three games for the price of one. This is the best bet that you can have before the end of the millennium. And there is nothing more satisfied if you struggle to win in a "historical" map of Germany (downloadable from internet) during the 30-Years-War period.

Only one drawback

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: February 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is just as addicting as the others in the series. With the new characters/creatures/and magic spells it is a fun challenge. However, if you enjoy using cheat codes you will not be able to use them with this version. An email from 3DO stated "the cheat codes were removed from the Complete Edition of the Heroes III game. This was a Development Team decision."

Heros 3 is the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best heros game ever. it totaly out strips heros 2 not to even think about the orignal one. if you think your computer wouldn't be able to run this cool of a game? think again if play this on a computer with Pantoum 1 and a crappy graphics accelerator.

This one of the best computer games ever. Command heros monster and build your town while Defeating your enemies. I give this game five very golden stars and to thumbs up. If suggest you by this game it wont disappoint you!!!

Fun.. Boring..Fun.. Boring.. Fun.. Boring..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: April 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first got the game, and played it, I belived it was one of the best magic based strategy RPG game i've ever seen, the graphics and music, plus the sound effects are remarkable. The game play itself is challegning and with tons and tons of magic to experience and choose from. Although I do not use the map editor a lot, but Im sure many others find use of it to improve their gameplay. However, after a couple of weeks, i began to get bored of the game, i actually stoped playing it for like a month because i had no intention to start a long game and end up not finishing it.... then a couple of weeks later, i insert the cd for the hell of it and played it again, and i was hooked again to the graphic, sound, and gameplay, i played the game everyday on and on. but one again, after a couple of weeks, after a brutal loss to the computer.... i stoped playing it, got bored and tired of it. 2 weeks later, guess what? i had a party and played it multiplayer with some friends, and i got hooked again, played it everyday, ever since, but i wont be surprised to hate it a few weeks later. All in all, the game is excellent, there are no doubts that it is one of the best computer games out there, my suggestion is to buy it, play it, and keep it in ur closet for a few weeks and play some other games, then get back into it, and so on and so on... its kinda fun... u wouldnt regret it...

THE BEST GAMES EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: April 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

These games are my favorite games for the computer. They are much better than most computer games. They have a battle system similar to evolution and evolution II, but the battle system is much better. The game play is not like any other game I have ever played and I think it is the best.

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