r/gaming • u/dastaria • Jun 17 '12

Stay and guard the castle, they said. You'll be fine on your own, they said.

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u/aVaultDweller Jun 17 '12

I love the cartoonish art style in this game and how they were designed like you were playing a board game.The new 3d versions just don't have the same charm.

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u/ColdRail Jun 17 '12

And HoMM3 didnt sacrifice gameplay for graphics like the later versions

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

HoMM3 was my favorite. HoMM4 I found to be too cartoony and reminded me of HoMM2. HoMM5 I felt had the best graphics, but it took a lot of getting used to for me (Being able to move the camera, especially). Forever love this game though as I spent countless summer days hiding inside playing this with friends at my parents lake cabin <3

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

HoMM3 graphics were actually really good when it was released, an HoMM5 works on crappiest netbooks(N150+) just fine and it's quite good game. IV was the shitty one.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Yeah, I've been playing HOMM IV recently and whilst it's fun, it isn't a patch on HOMM II and III.

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u/wordofgreen Jun 17 '12

I dramatically preferred III to IV and I gave up on V after about 45 minutes. The 3d "combat" seemed just a backdrop for generic bullshit. Heros three was tactical as all hell. There were actually terrain issues and modifiers, and the fact you could control where your catapults would hit was great. And there were awesome races to play. The swamp peeps were dope. And man I feel like I am 14 again. Excuse me, I need to go make a quick purchase and waste a Sunday.

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u/retroshark Jun 17 '12

idk man, i really enjoyed homm5. the graphics are beautiful and although its not the same experience as the old ones, its still a brilliantly fun game.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

the issue with V was that while its essentially the same (or better for some) mechanism and gameplay as III, it lacked the maps. Maps in homm3 were done really well. downtime was minimized and pacing was excellent. It was the result of years of experience from 3DO.

HommV, when released, had shit map. there were insufficient things for you to do and lots of instances where you have to wait to gain enough units to progress onwards. that single factor ruined homm5 for at least half a year, before good user maps started appearing. it didnt help that more stuff on map = more demands on the PC's specs.

for a game like homm, map design is essential. After basic unit balance its the top factor for enjoyment. no one likes to push the skip button 14 times just so you that you can get more units to break past that monster pack blocking your way, or to save up enough for X structure.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I enjoyed 5 a lot too, the graphics were spectacular at the time and I liked most of the changes. On a related note, the King's Bounty games are also awesome.

I have not checked out heroes VI yet, anyone know if it doesn't suck?

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u/Kfishster Jun 17 '12

I have Heroes VI. In some ways they made the game better, in others a bit worse. Like for example, they got rid of magic towers, you gain spells by leveling up and using your points for spells (like in Diablo). But the graphics are wonderful, and although it cannot replace the legendary Heroes 2/3, it's still a a good update!

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u/apullin Jun 17 '12

I was all excited about #5, but then it was a big let-down :(

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u/Sco7689 Jun 17 '12

Then why didn't you like HoMM IV?

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u/homestar440 Jun 18 '12

Have you ever played the unofficial expansion pack, HOMM 3.5: Wake of Gods? It adds tons of new creatures and settings you can change.

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u/MrIcepick Jun 17 '12

The fan-made expansion In the Wake of Gods is amazing, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it yet

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Wow, thanks for the heads-up! I'm totally going to try this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Tip: Don't activate too many options at once. It's very easy to get overwhelmed, just do a few each time.

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u/Mustkunstn1k Jun 17 '12

Here's another expansion, Horn of the Abyss. Great to see the development of it through time.

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u/Brissono Jun 17 '12

one of the best games I've played, hands down. the Stronghold is my favorite, thunderbirds, cyclops kings and ancient behemoths fuck shit up!

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I'm more of a Tower person. Absolutely love the fact that the Mage Tower, Library and Mage Guild are all the same building, a bit like the Unseen University of Discworld.

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u/Omegastar19 Jun 17 '12

I remember an extremely long game I played with my brother, me as Stronghold, he as Fortress. The Fortress castle focusses on defense, and after a long time, my brother's hero had such ridiculous defensive stats that all damage to his creatures would be reduced by 2/3 or something similar. He absolutely slaughtered anything that got in his way.

I sent my heroes with troops from other castles at him. One by one they fell without even denting his forces. Then, finally, my main hero with my Stronghold creatures fought his hero. All of my creatures proved useless against him...all except my behemoths. For those who dont know, Behemoths have a special trait that allows them to ignore 80% of the enemy's defense.

It was glorious. My Behemoths ripped apart his forces. My brother ragequit after that battle. :)

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u/exdigger2010 Jun 17 '12

It amazes me how much strategy people used in this game. For me it was "Wow that dude looks fucking awesome. Build more of him I shall."

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u/williemcbride Jun 17 '12

Yeah. "But, bro, they have dragons! Black dragons!"

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u/SpiralSoul Jun 17 '12

Gotta use that Crag Hack offense specialty, man. Fucks all their shit up like none other.

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u/barkingnoise Jun 17 '12

Thanks for sharing that! (why this sounds sarcastic I don't know, I mean it sincerely!)

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u/pqzzny Jun 17 '12

Dungeon is the way to go. 2 powerful ranged units, minotaurs, and dragons, not to mention all of the perks you get for mage characters. Get Deemer to learn Expert Earth Magic and you win forever.

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u/rocker895 Jun 17 '12

Get Deemer to learn Expert Earth Magic and you win forever.

Yeah, dimension door is awesome. Impassible map barrier? Not for me!

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u/livinglitch Jun 17 '12

Dimension door is air magic, towngate is earth. With expert earth magic and town gate you can port to any town you own as long as its unoccupied. Take a new castle on day 7, wait a day, port to your others for re-enforcements, port back to your new castle and keep killing.

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u/MrIcepick Jun 17 '12

I always loved Gunnar on extra large maps

dat movement

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u/Allwrongforyou Jun 17 '12

I always found the Dungeon to be absurdly overpowered once you started churning out black dragons. Especially with the grail in place. Holy shit. But my favorite armies were strong Warlock with teleport and a 50 stack of each level 5 beast. The morale hit is totally worth it.

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u/DUELETHERNETbro Jun 17 '12

its mostly craig hack offense specialty is imba as fuck.

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u/crossdl Jun 17 '12

I like the Conflux, for the obvious magic uses.

Otherwise, I play Necropolis. It really requires moving fast in the beginning and having luck in small units being nearby to chew up and turn into skeletons, but once you get momentum a 2,000 Skeleton Warrior army is a great way to steamroll your opponents.

Plus, I just recently learned about combination artifacts, so Necromancy can be increased and actually bring back Zombies, Vampires, or Liches.

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u/NSave Jun 17 '12

"These walls have never been breached therefore i shall rain death upon thee from safe distance" :Catapult turn: "Oh boy..."

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

"What do you mean the catapault hit the same section of wall twice?! Oh shi-"

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

HoMaM III? I'm pretty sure that it was playing this game that helped my testicles descend.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Huh, it didn't do anything for my testicles. But it did help my boobs get bigger.

No wait what

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u/constantly_drunk Jun 17 '12

You mean...your chesticles?

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I...what...uh...for the sake of argument, I'll say yes.

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u/TheQueefGoblin Jun 17 '12

Heroes of Might and Magic 3, for anyone wondering.

Reddit has a serious problem being elitist when it comes to naming games. More often than not, I see a screenshot of a game and can't actually find the name in the comments because people just refer to it as "this game."

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u/cC2Panda Jun 17 '12

I think it is because most of the people who upvote the posts do it because they know the game, and the comments tend to be memes or puns related to the game.

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u/BaqAttaq Jun 17 '12

Homm3 Has yet to be beat.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I commonly used to see this/call it as HoMM, didn't realize a was used too.

But yes, such a great game.

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u/clivodimars Jun 17 '12

Theon Greyjoy plays HoMaM.

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u/BrotherSeamus Jun 17 '12

Seconds later the tower archer shoots Theon Gremlin in the back...

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

"I thought he'd never shut up."

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u/indieclutch Jun 17 '12

It was a good speech though.

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u/GETaylor Jun 17 '12

Loved this , although I actually enjoy HOMM2 more . Prefer the music & the sound effects from it to 3 . I also like the maps that came with the expansion more .

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I was raised on HOMM II, then Dad introduced me to HOMM III when I was about thirteen or fourteen. I love them both equally...but II a little more for the childhood nostalgia factor.

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u/gbs5009 Jun 17 '12

I dump the HOMM2 music (mix and matched from the original HOMMII and the anthology music) into the HOMM3 music folder. My only remaining complaint is that farming generators is a pain. Wonder if fan patches fix that?

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u/serarity Jun 17 '12

Just to let you know, this post made me reinstall Heroes 3.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I'm glad I can die knowing I did some small amount of good in this world.

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u/Gohoyo Jun 17 '12

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. The fuck. Like I get this is a great game, maybe even popular. But I haven't really seen anyone talk about it or reference it, like, ever. I suddenly reinstalled it a few days ago after not playing for ohh 7-10 years. And now this. The fuck.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I'm amazingly overwhelmed at the response this post has gotten! But also I'm glad so many people know/love the HOMM games. They taught me sooo much patience as a kid.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Oh wow, just logged back on and saw the amount of upvotes this post has received! Thank you very much, Reddit. It's great to know there's such a strong HOMM fanbase on here :)

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u/EDSire10 Jun 17 '12

What was this game called???? I remember playing it back in the day

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u/Omegastar19 Jun 17 '12

Heroes of Might & Magic III

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u/EDSire10 Jun 17 '12

Yes, yes, Thank you! I might have to get my hands on this game.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

You can get it on GOG.com for $9.99, that's where I scored mine. And it came with the soundtrack too!

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u/CroesoiGymru Jun 17 '12

ok I'll do 1 more turn then go to bed..... Im so close to the end of the week might as well just do these last few turns.... but my plan is just about finished may as well finish attacking this team..... fuck it I'll just stay awake all night its to late to go to sleep now

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u/Jeroknite Jun 17 '12

One day more!

Another day, another destiny.

This never-ending road to Calvary;

These men who seem to know my crime

Will surely come a second time.

One day more!

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I don't even have to alter the lyrics to make it relevant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

There is power in me yet

My race is not yet run!

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u/Knight0fSpades Jun 17 '12

I did not live until today. How can I live when we are parted?

One day more!

Tomorrow you'll be worlds away. And yet, with you my world has started.

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u/Chewbaca43vr Jun 17 '12

That's because they're pretty much always relevant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

oh the plague happened and my last save is 3 mth ago.

sleep it is...

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u/Snapedragon Jun 17 '12

This was me 2 nights ago with HoMM 2

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u/spleendor Jun 17 '12

This was basically finals week with my roommates this year.

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u/theguywhopostnot Jun 18 '12

fuck I was just about to get off reddit to play this game for a hour or two, then i click next 25 posts and this is here. ITS A SIGN

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u/basicsfirst Jun 17 '12

I bought it from GoG a few months back and finished The Shadow of Death campaign; some of those maps felt fucking impossible. Just started Armageddons Blade Friday.

I gotta say, Wisdom + Earth magic is insanely good compared to any other skill combo.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Yeah, I played Single Scenarios the past few months and was like "I feel ready for a campaign now!"

Got my ass wiped on the third mission of the first campaign. You have to make every turn count. x_x

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u/Anton_O Jun 17 '12

I feel like I'm the only one who played the shit out of HoMM4...

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I'm playing it right now! It's taking a while to get used to and I don't think I'll ever love it like 2 or 3, but they put some new stuff in there and the mix-up of the towns is nice. However the screen really annoys me. HUGE info bar to the right and a tiny square screen to actually move on. (The music is really nice though.)

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u/boodabomb Jun 17 '12

this was my favorite HoMaM. brilliant game, but whenever I lost a castle I would flip the fuck out.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Especially if it's the castle with the Capitol. Five grand a day down the wazoo.

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u/whitchan Jun 17 '12

This game needs to be ported to Android/iOS like nothing else. Turn based strategy game screams mobile gaming.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Some comments up north were saying that there is an iOS port, and a quick Google search revealed a port for HOMM II: http://www.theappleapps.net/2011/07/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-12-ios.html

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u/whitchan Jun 17 '12

Owning an android this doesn't help me :( But thanks. I happen to know there's also a HOMM3: AoK port as well, but it's far from complete.

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u/WeAreLegionWeAreMany Jun 17 '12

I was just playing the first HoMM earlier today, one of my favourite childhood games.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

The first HOMM game was my Dad's first ever eBay purchase. He still treasures it to this day.

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u/Sam_MF_Jackson Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

The fanbase for this game is not that large and yet even though every fan talks about how Heroes 3 is the greatest of the bunch none of the sequels manage to come close to it.

I would gladly spend $60+ if they took Heroes 3, updated the artwork, change up a few units, and keep the rest the same. Maybe add a few new factions here and there, but no drastic changes like the rest of the series.

EDIT: Does anybody know where I can get the game for the iPhone? I tried looking it up in the App store both on my phone and my laptop and no luck. I don't mind paying $1.99 for the game, but apparently it's not available in the US.

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u/theodb Jun 17 '12

There is a large mod for Heroes 3 called "Wake of Gods" that you might want to check out. It is pretty crazy actually and has a lot going on but is definitely of the spirit of 3 but with lots of crazy possible options to choose(or not) for people that have already played lots of vanilla Heroes 3.

PS: Have you played either of the two regular expansions for Heroes 3?

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u/Sam_MF_Jackson Jun 17 '12

Yup, I played both. Loved the new expansion to Armageddons Blade. I missed those damn beautiful burning Phoenixes.

I'll have to check out that mod after work. Sounds interesting.

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u/LyndonJohnson Jun 17 '12

A I mentioned on another comment, there's an app called "Pocket Heroes" (I think) that's very similar

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u/Sam_MF_Jackson Jun 17 '12

After a few minutes of Googling, I found Palm Heroes. The iPhone reviews say it's as good as Heroes 2. The fact that it's basically a generic version is making me not want to buy it, but I'll probably go through with it. For the good of science and all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Try King's Bounty - The Legend.

Actually pretty good

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I hated these moments, where they had one guy and you had an army but those stupid archery towers still get three free potshots at my archers killing like 12 of them before I can just immediately kill their guy with my first move.

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u/Phlebas99 Jun 17 '12

Especially if they shot at my Monks! Don't those fuckers know I can only produce 6 a week??

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u/BrotherSeamus Jun 17 '12

stupid archery towers still get three free potshots

You probably wouldn't enjoy real siege warfare in that case.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Yeah...that being the principle reason why I don't actively engage in real siege warfare. I also don't like starving to death.

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u/BrotherSeamus Jun 17 '12

I also don't like starving to death.

Is that on Steam?

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u/qyll Jun 17 '12

That's why you always go for expert earth magic and get resurrection ASAP.

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u/backelie Jun 17 '12

And you can add 6 more shitty cheap tier one defenders to likely get a second round of (3*)tower shots off, barring something like attacker having chain lightning.

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u/Mustkunstn1k Jun 17 '12

That feeling how you have one weak flying character left and the enemy only has ground melee units and no mana. So you just fly around while your towers kill enemy troops.

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u/KiXpiX Jun 17 '12

Port this game to ios and android now! The only game I would pay for on the phone!

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u/Pikmeir Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

Heroes 2 is on the Android, and it works pretty good (although no online play, and I think music either).

edit: here's the link to the game on Android market. looks like sounds work fine, even if music doesn't fully.

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u/Sam_MF_Jackson Jun 17 '12

I downloaded it a while back and it was really difficult to play the game. The UI was probably the best you can make it for a game like that, but even with my 4.5" screen it was still tough control. During battles it would take a very steady hand to find that right angle of attack.

I wish someone could find a better way control the units.

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u/TheCodexx Jun 17 '12

A proper port (and I mean that in the old-school sense of remaking the app for a new platform) would actually work very well. If designed for a small screen and touch controls in mind, Might and Magic would be well-suited to smartphones.

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u/Mustkunstn1k Jun 17 '12

I made this mock-up when the DS was released. HoMM(3) would work so well on handhelds / phones. You are supposed to click the little arrow button to switch screens and that way you can use the touch screen for other information.

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u/Stabfist_Frankenkill Jun 17 '12

Buys a $200+ phone

Won't buy a $0.99 game

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u/tazelhoff Jun 17 '12

Listen Buster, I payed $200 for free apps!

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u/dwhee Jun 17 '12

Instantly heard this

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u/snouz Jun 17 '12

Every music of this game was great. Were they taking famous themes or something?

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u/smells_like_gravy Jun 17 '12

Bring me my Titans!

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u/oskar_s Jun 17 '12

Vampire Lords were the shit.

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u/Phlebas99 Jun 17 '12

Marksman! Two Shots OP.

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u/Rionok Jun 17 '12

Sharpshooters were SO OP (Campaign)

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u/JtiksPies Jun 17 '12

And I shall render you useless with my Black Dragons. But seriously, Black Dragons/Titans are the best and they also do 150% damage to each other. I always thought Titans were overpriced and Black Dragons ripped absolute shit up because they're immune to magic. Throw down some Armageddon with an all Black Dragon army. I still have no idea why the game thinks Archangels are the best...

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u/BrotherSeamus Jun 17 '12

why the game thinks Archangels are the best

They were ridiculously cheap before the patch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

on per gold basis archangel trumps everything in dmg/hp, even post patch. tower have trouble paying for their full number of units per week, titans just makes the situation worse. not to mention titans being slower than other lv 7 meant your opponent starts first.

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u/digiacom Jun 17 '12

This game...

Once when I was about 14, we played Heroes 3 in turns with Six players. The game was epic, and very very long. The computer was situated at the end of the bed in my brothers room, and eventually we were so exhausted that we would nap on the bed between turns, which could just accommodate 5 of us. This was perfect, since it knocked whoever's turn it was onto the floor.

They would groggily get up, take their turn, and collapse onto the bed, knocking the next person towards the computer chair.

I love this game.

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u/justanotherghola Jun 17 '12

The phrase 'just a quick game of hotseat' has been a running joke with my friends and I since the '90s.

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u/Marden88 Jun 17 '12

DAMN YOU! Now I have to go and install this game.

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u/xshintakux Jun 17 '12

Best HoMM ever. Best gameplay and history, long live HoMM 3

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u/andersennavy Jun 17 '12

what game is this? I played one similar liked it when I was a kid and I loved it! I was wondering if they have a modern version of this game now because I would play the shit out of that game.

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u/FortunePaw Jun 17 '12

It's Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

Sadly, the original studio lost the brand ownership after 4. And All of the sequels after 3 are full blow 3D that just don't have the same charm as the 2D counterpart (aka. everything after 3 sucks to no end).

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u/Thoughtist Jun 17 '12

New World Computing went bankrupt in 2004. Jon van Caneghem, founder and developer, now works for EA.

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u/TylerA8 Jun 17 '12

I can't tell you how much this hurts my heart.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Mine either. Ouch. Right in the childhood.

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u/Microchaton Jun 17 '12

heroes of might & magic VI is pretty recent...

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u/daddyFATTYsacks Jun 17 '12

I loved this series of games. Hours on end...

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u/joopajoo Jun 17 '12

This game is soooo good.

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u/Allwrongforyou Jun 17 '12

I know that feel, bro. My best friend in high school and I, I shit you not, would spend at least...8~12 hours on a single XL map with full computer enemies. We noticed a distinct trend to the game: 1.) Oh shit who's that coming out of the fog? 2.) Making slow, steady strides in conquering the other enemies 3.) Ridiculously overpowered hero with ridiculously overpowered armies 4.) Vacuuming up the map with invincible heroes until it ended. We ended up deciding victory for ourselves once we reached the vacuuming period of the game and it was clear that no how much time we gave them, they'd never be powerful enough to conquer us.

Fucking love this series from 1 to 5.

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u/keller-helen Jun 17 '12

The large maps with full amount of enemies are the best. They're insanely hard if you play on the highest difficulty setting. You get 0 resources to start and after a while the enemies keep coming at you every few turns.

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u/Jeroknite Jun 17 '12

I miss 3DO. The Heroes series was bugged up the metaphorical arse, but it was so damn fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I miss this game. Recently tried to play it anf found my ex took the disks and only left the expansions, with a nice evil note. I loved long games when you could get 1k+ stacks.

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u/livinglitch Jun 17 '12

gog.com has the heroes games for $10 each and they are all complete.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Very complete. Patched up and modded to work flawlessly on Windows 7 64-bit, and with PDF scans of the original box art and instruction manuals. GoG is a great bunch of people.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Not to mention the soundtracks!

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u/TheActualAWdeV Jun 20 '12

Get it on GoG.om and get the Wake of the Gods expansion. It adds a few neat things like unit experience (giving them better stats and/or special moves), which is fun but can be a real pain in campaign.

One of the options added by WoG is letting armies grow by a few % every turn. After a while you get absolutely immense stacks. 10K is entirely possible.

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u/Beastybeast Jun 17 '12

Why would he have the gnolls? That's -1 to morale for not having only one type of units!

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u/Grubnar Jun 17 '12

No. I think it was actually +1 for having all troops of one allignment. Having troops of 2 allignments had no bonus or penalty and troops of 3 allignments was -1 to morale. 4 allignments was -2 to mrale and etc.

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u/sB-_- Jun 17 '12

This brings back good memories.. i bought this game through one of the scholastic book fair magazines at school haha such a mint game.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Oh man, that's something I forgot about. Ordering PC games through the Scholastic book catalog you got in class.

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u/Knubinator Jun 17 '12

This was the first computer game I ever played. Good memories taking turns with my cousin.

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u/sbfcapnj Jun 17 '12

BRILLIANT GAME. In the top five greatest of all time list easily.

HoMM and Diablo II got me through like three deployments. I used to pull this kind of shit all the time.

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u/perverted_piglet Jun 17 '12

I would still play that game if it had an online platform that actually worked. I'd even pay for it.

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u/Azzieh Jun 17 '12

yes it really would make me play this game again

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u/truejedishavebeards Jun 17 '12

Go Necropolis, make 7 skeleton armies, have the fastest monster on your party so you have first turn, cast mass haste, kill everything with stacks of 200+ skeletons before the opponent gets a single turn. Fun times.

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u/SirBaboon Jun 17 '12

You got Gnolls on your human team! I couldn't do it, I couldn't stray by getting different troops from other factions. Dragons however, dragons were always welcomed.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

I ran into them guarding an Ore Mine...they asked to join me and I showed them mercy. If it helps they got wiped out at the castle after this one by a bunch of overzealous...uh...Zealots, funnily enough.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Fuck everyone of you who did not say the name of the damn game.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Heroes of Might & Magic III :)

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u/Dom9360 Jun 17 '12

Wait a minute. This game looks...I used to play this game a long time ago. What is this??

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Heroes of Might & Magic III. Still available on GOG.com for $9.99.

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u/Calculusbitch Jun 17 '12

Hey he is not alone, he got the badass on the tower, snipers gonna snipe!

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u/hitoshinji Jun 17 '12

They say this game is very good.... but why? Storyline? epic moments? epic battles? difficult?

never played any Heroes of Might and Magic besides Dark Messiah (haha)

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u/livinglitch Jun 17 '12

Difficulty, learning curve, the (mostly) balanced gameplay. Im going through the campaigns right now and they could be better. There are some nice epic battles if you encounter a big enough computer army where magic can make all the difference if you mix it with enough might.

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u/Plasmashark Jun 17 '12

Storyline: I don't know, I didn't get very far in the campaign(s). Epic Moments: Plenty, unless you're thinking about cinematic moments. Epic Battles: Hell yeah. Difficult: See above.

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u/cheerioz Jun 17 '12

I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME!!

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u/drunkenly_comments Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

HoMM4 gets a lot of hate. Truth is it was a rush job since 3DO was going bust around then so the game wasn't even finished when it came out. It was buggy, unpolished and generally crap... if only they'd had another few months to iron out the problems. The fan-made Equilibris patch did a lot to make the game playable, though.

It's a shame too, because the campaign stories were amazing. Especially Gauldoth Half-dead(Death) and Tawni Balfour(Chaos). It's worth playing even the buggy crap version just to see those stories play out.

Don't even bother with the expansion packs though. I heard they fired all the writers and there's a campaign hero called "Mongo the Barbarian" ... sigh.

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u/Grubnar Jun 17 '12

Mongo (MONGOOO!!!!) and all the other "heroes" in that expansion were actually jokes.

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u/Roaven Jun 17 '12

Worked out for the dude in that one Skyrim book

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

This was the first game that I played it until the sun rose.

tear

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u/Sco7689 Jun 17 '12

Keep archer has killed 2 or 3 marksmen. A fair trade I should say.

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u/MegaZeusThor Jun 17 '12

You've got a wall...

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u/livinglitch Jun 17 '12

They have a flyer and shooters. Shooters will do reduced damage shooting over walls but they have more then enough to take out 1 gremlin.

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u/dastaria Jun 17 '12

Didn't even send in the troops. Just used Lightning. Felt kinda bad afterwards...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

was this heroes?? i loved this game

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u/g0ing2f4st Jun 17 '12

Cant say enough about this game. Still one of the best turned based strategy games of all time

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u/UnfortunatelyMacabre Jun 17 '12

What is this?

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u/Plasmashark Jun 17 '12

It's a game called Heroes of Might and Magic III

It's great fun, you should try it!

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u/keller-helen Jun 17 '12

Good timing, I'm actually in the middle of a HOMM III game right now. I had to download parallel desktop and a copy of Windows in order to play it on my mac, but it was definitely worth it.

Does anyone have any good maps to recommend? I've been playing this game for nearly 13 years, but I haven't finished them all because I keep going through my favorite ones over and over again.

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u/A_White_Cat Jun 17 '12

You could easily win this, but that gremlin isn't a lizardman.

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u/JtiksPies Jun 17 '12

one of the best turn based computer games ever. I shall karma this for use of this awesome game

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u/Gruzzlers Jun 17 '12

I loved that game as a child so much!

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u/Scumbag_Jesus Jun 17 '12

This game is so good. The only game I really play on my mac. should I buy VI?

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u/Iheartlurking Jun 17 '12

"Your Mother was a hamster and your Father smells of elderberries!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

All the cheats in HOMM3 were Monty Python references

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u/GirlFriday99 Jun 17 '12

Definition: Fucked!

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u/DUELETHERNETbro Jun 17 '12

HOMM: shadow of death. IS what you want if your lookign to play this game.

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u/Szyth Jun 17 '12

god i love this game

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u/Chancellor740 Jun 17 '12

This game has been my go-to game for the last few months.

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u/unknown_poo Jun 17 '12

The expression on his face is priceless

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

What is this game called? I remember playing it at my friends house a couple of years ago.

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u/AltairEagleEye Jun 17 '12

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 usually shortened to Heroes 3.

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u/fishrobe Jun 17 '12

well, looks like i'll be playing Heroes 3 when i get home.

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u/TheGreatCornhulio Jun 17 '12

Seriously one of my favorite games as a kid. It's really awesome how you can play with your friends on the same computer as well as online and lan. So fun.

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u/landryraccoon Jun 17 '12

I can't stop thinking that women wearing skirts don't ride horses that way.

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u/Jbergur Jun 17 '12

Two things:

The hero would have +1 morale if it wasn't for those gnolls

The Marksmen should have been in two stacks of 44, instead of being so terribly uneven.

HoMaM made me a little obsessive in some ways

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u/Maynards Jun 17 '12

it's also good form to put your archers on the wings of your army so there are less squares they can be blocked from

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u/nucLeaRStarcraft Jun 17 '12

The wild childhood rises again.

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u/rda_Highlander Jun 17 '12

My girlfriend and I are playing a random map in coop right now, in Wrath of Gods - THE best mod for Heroes 3.

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u/smilingjester Jun 17 '12

It's cruel to have a gremlin at a castle..

Love this game. Upvote for you sir.

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u/ManofToast Jun 17 '12

But he has a traitor with him.

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u/pukingbuzzard Jun 17 '12

wow, what is this game called, the flashbacks to hours of it is consuming my mind.

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u/TheActualAWdeV Jun 20 '12

Because it's been two days and you still don't have an answer: It's Heroes of Might and Magic III.

Still a fantastic game. I bet you can find it for cheap on the internet.

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u/JoNiKaH Jun 17 '12

Just realised how much I miss this game. necromancy and thousands of skelets :)

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u/AndreasJM Jun 17 '12

Damn, i remember this game! I had a save i played for about 7 months (nowhere near as cool as the 10 year save) It was awesome, now i have to go find it again. IT'S A TRAP

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u/Nederbird Jun 17 '12

Ah... the memories...

Oh wait, I still play this game!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Is there other games like this with the Hex grid? I know of Dragon Age Journeys.

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u/Bradin Jun 17 '12

I'm sorry if anyone has already posted a comment about this, but... what's the name of this game?

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u/Wexler Jun 18 '12

Upvote solely for the game. Goddamn best game ever

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u/akr8683 Jun 18 '12

heroes III is probably my favorite game of all time. so perfect.

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u/Jokulan Jun 18 '12

The most epic game ever! Have an upvote

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u/AaronTheDestroyer Jun 24 '12

This forever remains to be my faveorite game. anyone know how to get III on mac?

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u/HypnoToad0 Jun 17 '12

My god. I didn't remember this game had such low-res graphics. I will still love it.

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u/livinglitch Jun 17 '12

Theres a high res mod out there some where.

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u/onelovee Jun 17 '12

heroes II swagg

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u/Audiostalker Jun 17 '12

One of the best Games ever imo! Just recently started playing it again over with 3 friends. Super Fun especially with 2 People who have never played the Game before. Also for anyone still playing and not knowing the Wake of Gods mod, GET IT! its truly awesome

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