Heroes of Might And Magic 3 - great game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- If you like the satisfaction of mastering efficient collecting and minimising army losses, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is still one of the best games for you... if you can look past its 800x600 15 fps presentation. For the rest of you, there's the Steam HD edition!
Heroes III is 1USD on GOG right now. My chat has told me I should stream it sometime. I think it will bring back a lot of nostalgia. I have not played it since I was a child. Thanks for this video. I think I will play it again soon!
Also, don't forget to install HotA (Horn of the Abyss) + HD mod, it's a mod that fixes most balancing issues and additional QoL features. Also, this mod is acting like a expansion and add bunch of new stuff such as new faction, new terrain, new creature, etc.
A must install mod if you want to play this game, especially multiplayer with other people.
There is a new game coming from the original creators of Heroes 3. They call it a spiritual successor to HOMM3. Same lead designer, game developer etc. Maybe even Paul Romero for soundtracks. Game is called Fanstratics. Help spread the word!
@James Bond
Eh they'd fuck it up faster than you can drink a martini
@@key1792 wow, thanks for telling this, i'll check it out
I'm a simple man. I see Heroes III, I press like.
me too
You are a person of culture and refinement!
I see heroes 3. I disappear for 4 months
"Hey hey people, Phillip here"
So.... You're influenced by seeth divine knowledge
I was shocked seeing it wasn't him.
my love for this game increased exponentially after he told me all the stupid fucking strategies especially the cloak of the undead king """""strategy"""""
Clicking on this video I didn't realize it was Phillip and thought it was Seth lol
Have YOU ever decided you don't like reality anymore?
Somewhat related does anyone remember 'Dark Messiah of Might and Magic'? That game was boss and the combat system for the time blew me away, the steam pictures make it look poundland but its actually a great game
Youre not alone brother, the combat was mind blowing for me at the time, using your environment to take your foes down was a unique concept at the time, it was also made in the source engine, i felt the combat was also similar to dishonored.
@@heroees8106 the same studio made both games
@@ogdamo3167 yep, just checked. Both are made by arcance studio, im glad they took inspiration from there old game
The only thing I felt annoying is the sandbox of city areas, very small areas with heavily scripted NPC's. This game always felt unfinished potential.
i just loved that game to death, very fond memories of it
My Lithuanian mother in law played this a lot. My wife and I started playing it coop a few weeks ago.
The Ubisoft HD edition may suck, but the Russian HD Mod is pure gold. Play it in 4K if you want and see all of an XL-sized map at the same time
This game actually has healing ability to real humans, not just for game heroes. Around 2002, my flatmate and I had fever. We decided to play this game all night and I kid you not, we both were fine at 6 AM when we decided to go to bed 😁
There's a HD mod on nexus mods for those who don't have the game on steam. Also a popular mod is Horn of the Abyss which adds a pirate faction and some extra stuff like more map buildings, it doesn't overhaul what already exists and it is well recieved by the community
Back in 1997 or something, my friend accidentally bought Might and Magic 7. (thinking it was Heroes 3 - the one I had). 2021, I STILL Play Heroes 3 complete, but with HD MOD and the resize mod that rescales units.
Every time someone i watch and admire talks about this game it puts a smile on my face
I learned about this from my brother who used to have a Duron. He's also introduced me to Heroes 4 and 5 but I always come back to 3.
Imagine having a day off and it's raining outside , this game is a wonderful choice for u to not get bored. at first u're gonna play 2-3 hours then off to watch some movies but since u got your ass in the chair u just can't do anything else but keep sitting there wholeday till u beat the entire map.
this game is amazingly great and it really brings satisfaction and def worth your time
Im Vietnamese and been playing since 8 years old. now im playing Hota version(new faction,balance the game, fix bug) which is hands down the best mod for HOMM3 created by Russian fans
I used to play this game 20 years and i still play it from time to time.
Phil: 1:47 "A slight edge over your opponent"
Also Phil: Has hundreds and thousands of minerals.
This timeless game is still played completely online. It's amazing actually
As someone who still uses 4:5 monitor, great gratitude to you, Philip, for keeping original resolution.
When people speak of games and start discussing the most iconic games in the TBS genre, even without realizing my subconscious me visualizes in my head those so warmly familiar Heroes III images of gameplay.
I only ever had the one Heroes of Might and Magic game for the PS2, which even though it's nothing compared to the other ones, I was still really super fond of at the time. I loved it so much because the entire idea of the turnbased army building and all that was something I'd never seen before (the only other vaguely similar games I had played were Space Crusade and Red Alert)
It really was something else entirely.
Horn of the abyss is more multiplayer focused, while HD changes very little of the games mechanics if at all. Both bring the game up to date on modern machines.
Legendary game.
This is one of the best games EVER!
Me and multiple neighbours used to gather one old chunky PC to play this game. To avoid spoiling what each other player was doing we would take turns leaving the room.
My middle school friends and I spammed the heck out of it, it was what I was playing before Shogun Total War took its place genre. Rampart and Conflux were my favorites. Great game.
My friends dad played this as a kid, got my friend into it, who then got me into it. Game still has a thriving online community to this day. Don't get the steam version, get the GoG version with all the dlc then get the HD+ mod!
I've been looking for this game for years!! The nostalgia!
YES
This is the game I've been looking for, I tried to play this as a kid, I remember a distinct box art, but nothing has looked like that, but that side bar on the moving screen, and the tree people, THIS IS THAT GAME
Might and Magic 6-7-8 are directly connected in story to Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and 4, and both series are considered some of the best in their genres even to this day, but the company that made them went bankrupt in 2003 because they didn't get enough sales... Knowing this still makes me sad even today, imagine if they were still around the amazing games they would make. Heroes 5 is made by the company that bought the rights after bankruptcy.
I remember playing the first one and having a blast with it
This game is like chess. You can easily play it for decades and still find new stuff, learn better strategies, try new community made heroes and maps. It just never ends. Easy to learn very very hard to master
I love this game and I still play it
in Russia EVERYONE loves and remembers this game. Even now we are playing it multiplayer on one PC with a lots of beer. It's timeless classic strategy RPG.
And I even don't think it's a best of the siries. My heart will be forever with Heroes II. Just try it, it's better than H3.
ohh yeah best game ever to be made. I used more 100 hours playing that game. Played it for over 20 years now, and i'm still playing it.
Just sad that they never made a homm that could live up to homm3
This is probably one of the few old that desperatly need a remake
I agree with you, I want modern remake, but I also don't want it, because knowing how much shit Ubisoft threw on the series (Heroes VI, Heroes VII, Heroes III HD on Steam) I'm kinda scared they will ruin the best game of my childhood.
If my parents saw dragons as a video game cover, they would deem it as a violent game.
back in the days, my parents thought real video games can only be race cars
In poland we still have Heroes III tournaments :D
so many memories
This is one of the most heart warming videos i've ever seen
It also made me relive that long ago era, nostalgia of playing this game after college and thinking about girls :)
Lovely vid on a legendary game!
the nostalgia! Wasted so many great hours on this game
I wanna see videos of you examining and analysing this game as you analyse CS:GO!
My dad was addictied to this game lmao he ended up smashing computer
lol your dad is cool
@@Lagosta777 now he hates games but he still keeps the cds
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YES more heroes content. I prefer HOMMV but damm im really glad more hero content has been made.
ah! the music in H3!
Damn this was wholesome
Best game ever!
only played HoMaM 4 as a kid
Sseth narrated a different story to the unwashed masses
I wasn't looking and thought I was on the homepage and his video came up lol. Amazing game though
you should try lords of magic on GOG. it looks really similar to this and was also a part of my childhood (I wasn't any good at it though haha)
"...and my sister became a full time streamer"
How many siblings does this guy have??
gameranger people. If you want to play Multiplayer. Mostly with the complete edition.
Real masterpiece
The game every Russian is taught how to play at the age of 3.
can confirm
As a Russian, my dad taught me how to play the 5th game at the age of 3, surprisingly.
Some romanians too
I’m Russian and I skipped that day, so I’ve never learnt how to play it 😓
@@damir.a No worries there. It's easy to learn the basics.
There is the Horn of the Abyss mode, and really - no one should buy the HD steam version, since it does not include HD models for all of the expansions. Everyone should get the HD mod - its free, and way better in every single regard than the HD paid release.
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yup, HOTA has so much more than the steam version and it has some mod or something that makes it more HD like than the original version (which is stuck at a squarish resolution) if you do decide to play, play the HOTA version, and btw they are still fixing bugs and stuff
This.
Though you say the Steam HD version doesn't include HD models for all the expansions, when in actuality it just straight-up doesn't have the expansions at all.
im waiting for the Factory faction but seems might take few more month since they are lacking human resources
Agreed, i have both, and even though it doesnt include as much content i still think the hd steam version was worth it. I bought it on sale for about 2,50 euros and i really like the hd models. Basically what the hd mod does is just increase the resolution, the steam version has some graphical improvements. If you get it on sale, i still think its a pretty decent purchase.
One of the greatest Slav cult classics.
Source: I'm Polish
I'm a Croat and can relate.
Romanian here, this was a favorite in our "internet cafes" of the day.
Dutch, this was my childhood around '03-'04
Greatest game ever.
Source: I'm Russian
@@shortcat
Greatest game ever.
Source: I'm Bulgarian
It might be the nostalgia, but the vibe of this game is still unmatched for me
I first played this game as an adult. I can confirm it is not just nostalgia. The game is magical.
@@codefire88 right there with you.
I was 18 when i finally managed to get an original HD CD copy of this game after searching for it for a while, i treasure it like some holy grail. Amazing game. Can't get boring
Same here it's so special.
The music is unbelievably good.
Aged like a fine wine, probably one of the best games ever made..
Amen
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Absolutely correct!
Played it for the first time one year ago, so no nostalgia involved. Masterpiece of atmosphere and mechanics
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How come you don't mention the HD mod you can install for the GOG version of this game? Based on your description it seems like you're not aware that it exists?
Heroes 3 HD on steam is a massive scam! It doesnt come with the expansions because the sourcecode to them were lost ages ago. The right way is to buy Heroes 3 Complete on GoG then install the HoMM3 HD Mod. Revise your description please!
The mod goes way beyond resolution options too, it has smoothing if you enable it! No more 15fps overworld movement etc etc. Look up Lexiav here on youtube too see how the game looks with the HD mod and smoothing.
Yeah, and the Horn of the Abyss mod is worth checking too!
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Homm3 with HD mod and horn of the abyss, it brings new content to the game that devoted unpaid modders keep updating. Definetly a must if you want to play this game
You gotta love it even more if youre a Slav. Any Slavs here?
a scot here, a slav of the west but love heroes nonetheless 👋
Slav here, been playing Heroes since age of 7, can't go a couple of years without reinstalling, this game will never let me go :v
@@spiderjerusalem8505 same
I see a lot of similar comments to this, I had no idea there was a particular eastern european interest in this game? I've played it since I was a young kid and so has every other nerd I know... and I'm danish.
Arya
Heroes 3 is a timeless masterpiece, thank you for covering it
Me and every other eastern european playing this: yes decent game
My FAVOURITE turn based strategy, still playing it with HotA
For a second I thought Sseth uploaded something about HoMM3 again.
heroes of might and magic series so underrated, always good seeing old pc game content on yt
It is not underrated at all. Heroes 3 is considered one of the best games out there. Problem is that Heroes became rubbish after the fifth entry (although I still kinda like 6).
I remember my dad introduced me to this game and i remember playing the game in those randomized maps with the map set to the biggest it can be with both the overworld and the underworld, it was great fun and still is just make sure to get it on goodolgames instead of on steam because you wont get all the features on steam
I also remember that back then i wasnt good enough at the game at all and since you could say i was a sore loser i used cheat codes to get armies worth of those upgraded angles and tbh it was fun though i'd rather play normaly and make a skeleton army with the things, i forgot what it was
This game is my childhood. I loved this so much omg
God. The nostalgia I am getting from this video is giving me physical pain. Buying this tomorrow.
Homm 3 Complete + HD mod is the best version.
the HD version is terrible, the original graphics are perfectly fine as they are
@@AleK0451 HD mod is not the HD Version they re-released. HD mod is literally just adding support for higher res + widescreen. Whether you want to apply any filters to your sprites is left up to you in the launcher.
But also if I recall correctly, HD mod also has functioning multiplayer, though that's an entirely different story and is offtopic.
Most mp for homn3 is done via hota since it balances out all the towns via a check box.
+Hota
@@Kirik285 my bad
Don't waste your money of the HD Edition on Steam! Buy the GOG Version, download Horn of the Abyss and the HD Mod and you're good to go.
Legendary game. I remember watching my dad play it when i was little.
Same, i also played but because i was so little i wasn't realy good
Same:)
This is one of the few games that, after a decade of playing it, I still must have installed on all my PCs, just to play a game every now and then.
Also THE game we played with all my siblings in hotseat mode. It's an absolute masterpiece.
It's a crime 2kliksphilip didn't use the HD mod for this video.
Might not know it
He shows a lot of footage of heroes chronicles. The HD mod doesn't support them actually
Edit: Everything gameplay wise but the text prompts from battle of the sexes comes from either of two of the heroes chronicles games
@@siliablackfame5771 You can manually load the Chronicles campaigns into the standard game and play it with HD mod.
Also, there are eight Heroes Chronicles titles, not two.
@@AliceAttentionWhore"either two of the chronicles" doesn't mean there are 2, I am aware there are 8.
Also since they've been made on a newer version of the campaign editor (version 7) than released before 3DO going under (version 6) you cannot directly play them with the HD mod, you can only play the imported ones which don't have the begining narration audio
Edit: Making sure I'm not wrong I extracted the .h3c from the game files of the chronicles and trying to open them with campaign editor said it requires version 7. Ignoring that I tried loading them in HotA and Complete both crashed when trying to load any of the campaign files. Leaving only the said not complete backports of the maps floating in the internet as an option.
Considering they aren't difficult at all if I'm going to be playing a story campaign I'd rather have the full story experience than play them subpar in the HD mode
@@siliablackfame5771 ah, okay. thanks for the correction.
sorry if I came off as rude.
I still think he could have used the ported campaigns and HD mod for the purpose of this video.
i still love this game. i still play it a lot doe with the horn of the abyss mod and with hd mod. mostly couse its uterly epic but also because horn of the abyss supports multiplayer and actually haves servers and loby systeam so i can play heroes with my friends really easy. great video philip im happy you like a game i have been playing for years now. if you want to know how i got to this series i actually dont remember. my earliest memory of my life is me crying couse me heroes 1 cd got so scratched and wodnt work anymore so i started crying and putted it in the trash bin. i think i was like 3 years old????
but dont worry my brother installed heroes of might and magic 2 on my computer and i got back to gaming :).
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I've never played HoMM3, but i've dumped a shit ton of hours into HoMM5, It's one of my favorite games of all time.
Homm3 is basic of homm5
Back in the day, when you could get the game only in russain and windows 98 didnt support russian language... so you were left with ?????? ??? ???? marks everywhere :D you mastered the game without knowing what you were doing :D
Give credit to the soundtrack as well, its iconic and one of the few soundtracks i will listen to wherever i am
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@@bouabadahamid Spam, so I reported you.
But damn, I like it.
The song composer has a youtube channel :) - th-cam.com/channels/k7yWi4yPa9eSrT9gJeM3sA.html
when i was a kid, i would have hallucinations about the menu screen. my version was different - instead of the red background and dragon it had blue clouds and an angel raining justice with his blazing sword from above. beautiful times
There's nothing more satisfying than, after loosing thousands of troops in a bloody battle, right at the end bringing all of them back to life with Archangels.
So many scuffed things like that, I like standing in the corner with one pixie and letting the enemies kill themselves in a wall of fire.
@@biscuit715 Once I had about 30% the strength of an opposing army while defending a castle during a seige, but I was able to take out their catapult, ranged, and flying units before they breached the wall. Then it was just a matter of spamming the defend button as I waited for my towers to whittle them down.
Heroes V as good, and capture spirit of HoMM3, and seems to borrow some inspiration visually from Warcraft III, because studio that worked on it was full of people that were fans of both. I remember that they even used lots of wc3 icons as placeholders during development for HoMM V.
You should never use or even worse buy the Steam HD version, it's complete garbage. Missing content, bugs, the list goes on and on. Get the HD mod from the Russians. The Steam release was quite frankly an insult to every HOMM player out there. A quick cash grab with one intern putting it out on store not even knowing what he was doing or if the game was complete or not.
Video uploaded 30 seconds ago
COMMENTS: "Awesome" "cool!" "NICE"
XDD
They're right though
it's phillip. You know it's going to be a great video just by the fact it exists, so those comments are justified in this case
ikr;)
I've never bought so many copies of one game. Says a lot :)
Some details about this game that I feel make it one of the greatest of all time:
1. It has some of the best sound design I've yet to come across, every sound is ICONIC: Luck or morale in battle, the angelic but foreboding choir in a guarded crypt, the contrast between a happy visit to the water wheel and the mystery of the obelisks, the spawning of a new building, the perishing of a defeated army. And the MUSIC - chef's kiss!
2. The resources and collectables on the map are so clearly depicted. My 9-year old brain could immediately figure out what stats different artifacts would boost and the difference between a gold pile and gems.
3. Immense replay value, considering the random map generation, the pros/cons of specific heroes with their innate/learned specialties/skills, the randomness of spells learned through mage guilds and collected scrolls etc.
4. The pacing is just excellent. Nothing quite like deciding that "today is a Heroes 3 kinda day", sitting back with a great game for a few hours, often times knowing that you have the option to come back to your scenario another day or start a new one.
There's definitely more, but like people say - the vibe you get from this game, be it nostalgia or not, is just something else. Not even the other Heroes games come close. So, the only really sucky part about the greatness of this game comes from the fact that no one seems to nail down what the essence of this game really is in order to make a sequel or similar game. Many have tried and failed..
Oh, almost forgot: the fact that the cheats are references and quotes from Monty Python is just 10/10. Haven't looked up cheats for the game in 15 years but I remember "nwccoconuts" and "nwctim" vividly
There is an indie game called "Hero's hour" which I think is pretty good HOMM inspired game
Well said
one of the best games of all time
the music alone is worth playing it for.
This game was an absolute case of lightning in a bottle that no one, from NWC to Ubisoft has been able to capture since. Exhibit A: Watch gameplay of 1990 Kings Bounty, which, it can be argued, was the first of its kind. It doesn't seem actually possible that those same developers could have created this game less than ten years later. Just the visuals alone. It remains one of the most beautiful and immersive strategy games ever created.
When I just hear that music I literally travel back in time.
Apologies for being off topic, but have you played "Prey" (2017)? I found it to be a surprisingly awesome experience, and not what i expected at all. Can't recommend it enough, and it would be cool to see you'r review of it.
This was one of the first PC game that I got from the computer show in the late 90s and also my favorite Heroes of M&M. Heroes 4 is ok, but buggy. Heroes 3 perfected everything. The Armageddon expansion was great too.
most iconic menu theme
I recommend the gog version (HoMM3 Complete)
Put over 20 h. into it already.
Very nice Game. Good for your Soul.
Great game, I always played the necromancer and raised a huge army of skeletons.
homm 3 and 4 are my beloved childhood games. they werent the most perfect, but they were really fun
My father randomly bought us Heroes 3 one day as well, and that was the start of my journey with it. To this day I have no idea why he picked it.
You cant tell us your sister is a streamer and then not link her twitch :0
I am so curious!
he pinned his comment with the link in it
@@alexmuller6752 It seems he deleted it, maybe gave her some bad publicity
My older brother just passed away 3 weeks ago. When I was a kid in the 90s, I’d watch him play this nonstop. Thanks for the good trip down memory lane!
One of the best games ever made IMO. And with its random map generator, its almost infinitely replayable. And theres a great map editor and huge troves of player made maps and campaigns. Its probably my most played game of all time. And i still go back to it. And im 36 now and been gaming since i was 4 years old. I think HOMM V is also very good. And maybe a bit more accessible for todays audience as its in 3D. But HOMM3 is better designed. Whoever made the maps deserves praise because they are all really well made. The series goes downhill fast after V. VI is ok in bits. And dont even bother with VII. IV is also ok in bits, but theres a lot of reading. And the switch to isometric and heroes in battles doesnt really work IMO.
2 Games everyone should own:
- Heroes of Might and Magic III
- Master of Orion II