[HN Gopher] Heroes of Might and Magic III was released on this d...
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Heroes of Might and Magic III was released on this day 24 years ago
Author : mariuz
Score : 41 points
Date : 2023-03-04 16:20 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| bitxbitxbitcoin wrote:
| Still one of the best turn based games I have played
| wheelerof4te wrote:
| This game is a all-time classic.
|
| It's sheer popularity even after all these years is what cements
| it as one of the best games of all time.
|
| There's a reason why some games, like Morrowind, are still being
| played more than 20 years after their release.
| ttoinou wrote:
| What makes this game so good ?
|
| The graphics are pixel perfect, no silly 3D and leaves room for
| imagination. The fantasy universe is unique, mixing all
| mythomogies into one coherent world. The music is first class
| epic.
|
| Similar game for me is Master Of Orion 2 (MoO II)
| p_l wrote:
| Unfortunately it wasn't coherent enough to avoid fan backlash
| with original plot for Armageddon's Blade, so the setting had
| to be retconned :-/
| olliej wrote:
| Right? Pixel art simply has more detail and quality than any 3d
| modeling of the era.
|
| The 3d rendering in homm4 made the game a significant downgrade
| (there were no real game changes so the only thing that made a
| difference were the crappy 3d graphics).
| zabzonk wrote:
| god, the time i must have put into this! really great strategy
| game, with great graphics for the time, and lovely music.
| l72 wrote:
| I haven't played this in 20+ years, but I can still hear the
| cha-ching for when you've collected taxes!
| haunter wrote:
| DRM free
| https://www.gog.com/en/game/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_comp...
|
| Should easily work with Wine/Proton
| alexander-wilms wrote:
| There's also an open source engine for HoMM3: https://vcmi.eu/
| l72 wrote:
| There was a native linux port by Loki. I still have it!
| kcindric wrote:
| Does anyone still play this game? Did it stand for the test of
| time?
| nrclark wrote:
| I still play it when I'm looking to kill some time. It's held
| up pretty well. There's an active modding community, which has
| produced (and maintains) Heroes 3 HD.
|
| Heroes 3 HD is a really cool addition that scales the
| resolution, offers some balance patches, etc. It also lets you
| install the fan-made Horn Of The Abyss mod that offers a new
| faction (Cove), new maps, and some miscellaneous tweaks.
| badpun wrote:
| In Poland, there are tournaments where people compete. Also,
| I've recently seen someone play it on their laptop while on a
| train (also in Poland).
| plorkyeran wrote:
| I come back to it occasionally. I'm no longer interested in an
| extremely slow grindy turn-based game, but it turns out that
| the game isn't actually all that slowly paced and games taking
| 12 hours when I was a kid was just because of how I played it.
| IMO the gameplay never feels dated and it's still a candidate
| for the best game in the series.
|
| Visually it benefits a lot from being at the very end of the 2d
| era rather than the start of the 3d area. The HD patch makes it
| work at modern screen resolutions, and as long as you don't
| mind pixel art it's really quite good looking.
| 1123581321 wrote:
| Great game. I can still play a couple of the faction themes on
| the piano. Inferno is the most fun.
|
| The combat is prone to over-optimism or shenanigans with fast
| spells and retreat most of the time, but in a nail-biter it's
| satisfying to plan based on the numbers and timing. I wonder if
| any modding efforts have fixed the ways the tactical AI could be
| goaded into mistakes.
| l72 wrote:
| I played a lot of this since I found Loki's linux port at a game
| shop in a mall in Springfield, IL!
| 2253539242 wrote:
| 8080368438
| mbajkowski wrote:
| This one is legendary especially in hot seat mode. So many summer
| hours with cousins were spent playing this, fond memories. Now if
| I can hook my young ones on this or civilisation, I will fear
| long airplane flights no more.
| bsaul wrote:
| Why this game isn't on the ipad is a mystery to me.
| theragra wrote:
| Holy cow I'm old
| xupybd wrote:
| I feel exactly the same reading that Tweet.
| GeekyBear wrote:
| I keep a Windows 2000 VM on my machine just to occasionally play
| this.
|
| Sadly, the original version of the game with the expansion packs
| included crashes on Windows 10 and none of the compatibility
| settings fixed the problem for me.
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