Friday, May 2, 2014

Playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Part 1

In this review I will play Heroes of Might and Magic 3. This will be part one in which I cover the game with screenshots, details and videos. In the second part perhaps I will cover the campaign mode of the game.

Release date: 28-th February, 1999
Genre: Strategy, RPG, fantasy, tactics
Mechanics: Turn based
Player mode: single-player, multi-player
Platforms: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, Ubuntu/Linux/Wine
web page: http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/heroes3/heroesofmightandmagic3iii.shtml
http://www.gog.com/game/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_edition
wiki/help page:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_III

Screenshots: 
main menu
starting a mission
Fortress - City
Fortress buildings
Fortress creatures
Battle, Necropolis vs Neutral
Mission options
Hero inventory
Playing a map
List of heroes page
Earth view spell
Ladder
Single scenarios
Campaigns
You can also play the game in multi-player mode with up to 8 other remote players, using third party software like Hamachi VPN or GameRanger. I would recommend using GameRanger. How to play HoMM3 on GameRanger

Hosting HoMM3 game on GameRanger is easy

Chat options in GameRanger

Screenshot of a multiplayer game. See green text on the bottom left
Videos: