Heroes 3 was a work of art. UI was simple and easy to understand. Artwork was beautiful, and the music is fantastic. Probably the reason it remains relevant today. I wonder if a new game were released,that went back to the principles of 3, whether it would be commercially viable these days.
Even failed games like 6 and 7 have found success financially wise. And considering that Heroes 5 was a basic comeback to the formula of the 3rd game with certain additions, we already have an example.
That's right. That era of games 1999-2006 is Golden age of games. All work of Art: Diablo 2, Heroes 3, Morrowind, Age of Wonders, Age of Empires, LOTR 2 witch king, Disciples 2, Warcraft 3, NFS Underground, Spellforce, M&M 8, Knights of Honor. All gems done with love and dedication, unlike today money grabbing, pay to win, two click->commercial sh..ts
@@TML0677 I don’t think all games are that way these days, but I get what you’re saying. Across all industry, I feel that there’s been a dip in quality of product being produced.
@@troller8680 Heroes 6 is actually a good game, although it had some bug issues in the beginning. But I enjoyed playing it and still do till this day. Doesn't beat Heroes 5 though but comes close. As for Heroes 7... Well, let me put it like this, I played it for about 10 minutes before giving it up and never looked back. What an absolute horrible game. Makes even Heroes 4 look good, and that game was trash as well. Heroes 3, 5, 6, 2, 1, 4, and 7 in that order.
I'm working on it. It's pretty much what you said. I wrote to the author of Heroes 3 and explained what I was thinking. Simply put, I want to improve some of the problems with Heroes 3, but keep the good bits. These issues have not been addressed since Heroes 3. 1 . The map is too big . 2 . Sometimes ,, it needs to be like "Starcraft", where the player has to compete with the speed of the mouse and keyboard.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is the best one. It is not overcomplicated like the new ones, it has nice GUI, mechanics and etc. The new ones are also like those games like League of Legends or whatever and they look overcomplicated to me, I don't like those.
Heroes 3 and 5 have a special place in my heart. I also love the first game, as it made me buy the whole series. The first time I played it was a really special time.
1-3 are best... 2 being the sweet spot. You just cant beat that aesthetic. Still remember playing 3 on my windows 95 when it was pushing my graphics card to limit in 1998
I have played 3, 4 and 5. And to this day my favorite was 4. Never understood the hate towards IV. It seems super enjoyable to this day. The grind of Heroes of might and magic is so perfect, that its almost addictive. But the good thing is that everybody can find their own favorite edition. May be I should check out 6 and 7 as well.
Allow me to reveal the true source of the hatred. Look at Crag Hacks portraits for heroes 1-3, and 6. Then look at his portrait for heroes 4. Your honour, I rest my case, Heroes 4 is truly vile.😁
@@FabuliciousAF I also don't hate 6. It was at least trying to be its own game, and it looked and still looks beautiful. Its gameplay overall isn't as good as previous HoMMs, but I think its an ok game in its own right. Think it wouldn't be hated as much if it wasn't released as a HoMM, but as its own game. Also it missed lots of iconic factions and creatures. 7 on the other hand tried to be 3 all over but was pretty much worse in every aspect, also it was unfinished and looked ugly as hell.
my all time favorite was also heroes 4 i have thousands of hours in all of these games mostly heroes 3,4,5,6,7 but my favorite was the 4th one best soundtracks easily the sound wasso good it just elevated the game also the game was more polished and better than the previous versions in my opinion with the hero system and all the different classes u could make while having 1 extra slot for creatures in the army also choosing different elite and champion creatures made it a bit more strategic i loved heroes 4 no matter what any1 else says simply the best!btw shoutout to heroes 6 i loved the water faction it was really cool :D i dont honestly understand why ppl think 4 was worse than 3 but maybe its just me idk but i will never understand it
The music of 2 was a thing of legend. Your could turn off the vocal tracks and just play the music. Even the overland grass in from 1 evolved in 2 and became legendary track.
Spritework in the first Heroes somehow looks more solid compare to 2. I think Heroes 2 have a great plot, new castles. Music in Heroes 1 was also great.
Thanks to Ubisoft we never saw proper sequels in the form of 6 and 7 games. Considering that even during dvelopment of the 5th game there was a lot of issues because of Ubi shenangians, it is a miracle we atleast got them.
@@troller8680 Heroes 6 being a functional game is a miracle in itself, Ubi absolutely wanted to ruin that game, the devs had to finish it out of their own pockets. Which eventually lead to heir bankruptcy
Fheroes2 is a indie project that makes your game accessible and more polished. I now play Homm2 on my android tablet and the game runs smoothly and is generally a joy to play.
@@spiff83 I don't know, maybe you're right. But I keep going back and trying all of them, especially 5 and 7, and I just keep going back to 3. Maybe it's the no-nonsense simplicity of it? And I've honestly never cared much at all about the story anyway. I just like the scenario setups and the gameplay.
Heroes 5 with the Heroes 5.5 mod is the best version, and if there was a better optimization and faster turns, it would be awesome, Heroes 3 with HD Mod and Heroes 2 as a mod for Heroes 3 is also great.
I have played heroes 3-5 and i have to say from what i have seen 4 and especially 3 seem to be the best ones. I'm kind of nostalgic for 5 though somehow.
I find it odd that everything after heroes 3 seems hacky and outdated to me yet 3 still feels like the most well put together. The UI and general structure of the battles just seem so perfected in homm3. Maybe it is the push towards 2.5d that throws me off but 3 still feels like the best experience to me.
Altho H4 did things differently, in my eyes it's still a great game, that unfortunately was riddled with problems due to bankruptcy. The mod fixes a few of these problems. It probably would have been better if it had a different name.
same here. I'm still playing HOMM3 HD HoTA to this day using community made maps. There are literally thousands available so it's funny that I'm still playing HOMM3 over all of the 300+ physical games that I have in my collection.
@@RLHvanDijk 4 is an amazing homm i only gave it a fair chance recently, since when it came out i was also really dissapointed, and well it shows they had to release it before it was finished, but darn the campaigns are great.
@@devincurrie4145 My mate and I play it also... Hotseat, its great... Ever since ubisoft got their grubby hands on it the graphics and gameplay got a lot worse...
Heroes 4 was busted, you could take ressources then run every time with no consequences. Absolute trash. Heroes 5 is the most appealing visually but heroes 3 is just a superior product overall
You should get the Horn of the Abyss update. It is the current version being played online right now and has the most up-to-date features and balances maintained by the community itself. Oh and it's free.
@@chrisl9934 I have played it once, will see to get it again. I prefer playing either hotseat or against AI - The game can get annoying when people are as good as you online. There's only a hand full of ways to overpower another player. Mass Town portal for example is a game killer. Fun against AI though.
@@josephvanwyk2088 There's an online ladder now where players compete based on some map templates and elo ranking so things are actually quite fair. You can easily search for videos on it here in TH-cam. There are also streamers who stream their online games live.
Heroes 3 was the longest experience for most of us. But Heroes 2 is super sweet. Wish they remaster them some day, with new castles and units. And it's music...
If they would just go back to 2D close-up style from the side for the combats it would be so much better than those last games. A huge charm from heroes 1-3 came from actually seeing the creatures and having them so distinct from each other. With realistic 3d design from above it's lost.
Homm3 is the only one I really liked, but in return, I liked it so much that I'm still playing it over 20 years later. :) The VCMI guys have done an awesome job reimplementing the game as open source, allowing it to run on new systems like Android in full HD with original game data.
one thing is for sure, music was the best in all of them, it felt so good to listen that sometimes I just turned on the game to listen to music. Did like the music in Heroes 4 the most.
2 is so much more charming than 3, as to graphics and general feel. But 3 has some dynamics that I miss in 2, such as the ability to have creatures delay taking action while on the battle map. The other games, meh.
@@MyNigellus Great mod, but, unfortunately, I have a sense that they have stopped developing it, and it still has no campaigns and AI is just dumb. Hope it will continue though!
I remember playing the first three as a kid but loving the second the most. If anyone can find a free version online somewhere I need to play them again
В третьих героях, каждый клетка хода - это событие. Четвертые герои в целом неплохо наследуют это, интересно было просто исследовать игровой мир. Дальнейшие части мне особо сильно нравятся, визуальнее он становились более проработанные, а игровой мир более пустой и безжизненный
I have played all series of HoMM and never M&M series, maybe some day I will give a try one. All HOMM series were excellent. All have em proc and cons. H3 was just brilliant for the time has come and here is putting a lot of credit to developing the rest versions. Some great ideas, some bad choices but still all of them are cool to play. The most playing time belongs to h3, the best soundtrack to h4, my favourite is h5, and h6 is the most diffident by the rest. All are great and I played them from time to time all of them
I've played some of the might and magic games. I bought all of them, but couldn't get into the first 3 or 4. They were text based, and it was basically like playing dnd if i recall correctly. 5 onward are fun though. 8 is my personal favorite, but I love the homm games better.
Over the years I came to the conclusion, that HoMM5 vis the best game, not only in the series, but of all time ;-) It is pretty much Heroes 3 again, but it fixes most of what is/was wrong with 3. 1. Factions are much more balanced. 2. Factions and creatures are more unique. Every creature has multiple special abilities, as well as factions having unique skill-trees and skills. 3. Way better skill system, with way more balanced skills. Sure there still are better and worse skills and perks, but its not such as gap as like between Earth magic and eagle Eye in H3. Also more balnced magic schools. Better balance between might&magic. Pure might builds are way more viable in HoMM5 than in HoMM3. As a result there is also a way better balnce between might&magic and none (or at least less extreme) of these ridicolously OP cheese strats/builds. 4. Other interesting stuff, like Caravans, alternate Upgrades, etc. With 5.5 installed it has pretty much perfected the Heroes 3 gameplay formula and all that could be done to improve would be better graphics, more content and possibly a better UI.
Ubisoft really messed things up with this licence. In my opinion, the only good games are "Heroes of Might And Magic" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). I played homm from 4 onwards (including 3HD) and preferred 5 and 7.
It's amazing how they struck gold first time around, really. First two games have all the hallmarks we grew to love in HoMM3. It just got refined so much. Timeless art style helped solidify it as an all time classic. I would argue apart from a few interesting additions in a couple of later games they all fell flat in comparison anyway.
Heroes Chronicles specifically Warriors of the Wastes and Masters of the Elements were my introduction to the series. They still remain a mainstay favorite after all these years. The experience as Tarnum was just mindblowing as a kid. Heroes IV had some cool concepts and Heroes V is definitely the second best installment in the franchise.
If you want to play a game that is closer to H5 but on H3 engine try out Advanced Classes Mod (on ERA platform). Your secondary skills can be leveled up to level 5 (opposed to just 3 from vanilla game) but in order to reach levels 4 and then 5 you need to specialize. If you pick generic good skills you'll end up with a mix of warrior, mage and adventure that will max out at expert skill. If you pick every magic skill in the game (all 4 schools, wisdom, int, mystic, sorcery) you'll be able to reach grandmaster (lv 5) rank in them AND you'll receive "class" perks similar to the ultimate skills from heroes 5 (those that required extensive specialization). Weaker skills have been boosted significantly too. Warriors get critical strike chance in combat, mages get extra cast per turn and resist pierce, adventurers get even more movepoints and boost growth in their castles.
2 was a better game, but 3 had more content and a sort of its own unique atmosphere, permeating the entire game, so I perfectly understand people who prefer it. 4, for all its problems, also had its own atmosphere, even though its problems outweighed it. I dislike 5 and onward not because of their design decisions, but because they lack that unique feeling.
@@amoqueca you say that like that is an assumed negative thing. Stop doing that. Not every game need to have all things balanced. Some games, like this one, only have their charm added to by it.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - 3 - 4 and also the good old; Might and Magic 6 - 7 - 8 series (The Mandate of Heaven - For Blood and Honor - Day of the Destroyer) Both game series going on in the same time periods and sharing a story, one being a Turn Based Strategy while the other a Turn Based, Open World, FPS.. All were amazing, after that point they gradually went down reaaaal fast.. New games after that point entirely lost their spirit.. they were not Heroes games anymore. Only 1 thing captured Heroes Spirit after that point and that was Paul Anthony Romero's and his team's music.. but even that was not enough to save those games
@@troller8680 Exactly what I was thinking, I think 3D ruined it too. Civilization series chosen a very wise path with developing technology, and didn't lose its roots. Disciples and Heroes however, unfortunately failed on that. I am sure 5th game had its good points too, but I just couldn't endure. Away from its great soundtrack couldn't immerse myself in Might and Magic Universe and storyline unfortunately.
@@demran I can understand why you haven't been able to enjoy the game, but for me it was good. Last game that was objectively done good. After the 5th, Ubisoft ruined it for sure with their involvement in the franchise.
Played 3, 4 and 5 extensively. All 3 have a special place in my hearth. While I enjoy 4 the least (the hero changes were a miss imo). It was actually the first Heroes game I played and so I still love it. Then as everyone else I heard about the glory of the 3rd game, went back to check it out and. Yes it was crazy good. But when 5 came out it felt like a giant leap in terms of graphic. Some might begrudge the change in setting, but as I was too young to understand it. I didn't mind at all. I just loved the new cinematics and 3D graphics. Well idk what the hell happened after, but it felt like every heroes game after 5 got worse not better somehow. Even in the most basic aspect that are graphics.
Thanks for the video! I'm feeling so nostalgic now. I remember playing HOMM I or II when I was a child. Is it possible to somehow play HOMM I or II nowadays? What should I do to make it possible? What kind of hardware and software etc. will I need? Thanks in advance for the answer!
I dont know but i played on my pc homm 2 , IT was on dvd and it was complicated to Open the game without an error but i found a way , i Just started the game without DVD then tried to Play multiplayer online but only Open the window for that then back to menu and quit the game and then started the game with DVD and it Opend without an error and playing was possibile so i think its possibile on dvd but i dont know, Hope my advice is a bare minimum help for you
I started to play with the first game and I liked it but my real love of the series was started with the second third and fourth game. Basically I played almost all the major games and there is some in this video which is not familiar to me so basically I just skipped these. I would mention one heroes game which was made by capybara games might & magic : Clash of heroes. That game is close to the heroes series and the music what they used in there also familiar but the mechanics are very different. Other than this it is nice to see this serie lived and evolved a lot and possible in the future we will see more kind of games in it. When I saw the first game as a young child I imagined the series will get a lot of sequels and I am finally was right. I would not say there is outright bad or good games in the series because each of it have added it's charm, characters mechanics, great musics and interesting additions. That is understandable they tried to go for the 3d because many game series tried to evolve for that path simply because the market demanded it. To this day there are a lot of games which tries to catch the nostalgia factor and whole not all succeed but some did it very well.
@@Wolfnacht I prefer graphics of 5 part over 3, they don't look like greenscreen fire or cheap costumes. Creatures have more varietes too, easily distinguishable
@@Moshi_Teitoku If we are speaking beyond nostalgia, 5th game was better because it was a build up upon ideas of 3rd game, and quite a good build up, it was a perfect sequel to the 3rd game idea wise, unlike 4th that has strayed too far.
like the fact that 3 can be played in the background , the music and hero units of 4 and the town screens of 5. i think a great game can be made in the middle point
1 and 2 are the best for me. Heroes 3 has more dinamics and options but still i rather 1 and 2. I played Heroes V and its good but there are some things that i didnt like it. The game should keep the 2d navegation but with 3d visuals keeping the art style because the game look like watcraft III...
Started playing with HoMM2, played all the following numbered titles (and chronicles). For a hardcore competitive play HoMM3 is the way to go, for the story base HoMM4 and the chronicles, for refined mechanics HoMM5(.5 as the unmodded game is just a bit broken). HoMM4 can also be interesting mechanic-wise as every creature has its actual peculiarities, not just different stats, and it actually plays as a HEROES of might and magic: going around with a party of 7 heroes steamrolling everything is crazy good IMHO. HoMM6 is an attempt to casualize the game, which failed spectacularly (also always online and game breaking bugs that the developers didn't bother to fix). HoMM7 is just bad.
I just don't understand the obligation with turning everything into 3d mud. it looks shit and doesn't serve a purpose other than "muh 3d modelling skills" for devs. homm 3 is the pinnacle of hand drawn textures and sprite animatons. it's objectively gorgeous. why change...
Heroes 4 is the best imho. It has fog of war unlike its predecessors but it's still 2D unlike its successors. Also all Heroes, except the fourth one, are too much tied up to a single hero, if you lose your best hero there's no reason to continue the game but in Heroes 4 your heroes don't affect strength of your army so much so you actually can have several heroes and new strategies, you can even revive your defeated hero. Heroes 4 was almost perfect I only wish they reduced dependency of army's strength on hero's stats little bit more.
I'd say HMM 2, 3 & 4 were the best ones. Each with it's own particularites and I enjoyed all of them. HMM 5 for it was OK, but the feeling was like watching StarWars ep 7 after I grew with ep 4(5,6) relating HMM2&3 also and a small input from HMM4, which inputed a new mechanic that didn't cought up. But without the first one we wouldn't comment now(2 years after the video and years from releases) and maybe some still playing it👍
I'm gonna be that guy, in HoMM 2: The Succession Wars the music from the expansion is used instead of the original game, so, in fact, both clips are from The Price of Loyalty.
HOMM is a rare example where visually the series peaked early. Aesthetically HOMM2 looks the best, followed by HOMM3. After that the visuals gradually get worse imo.
After Hero 3, it feels like it takes too much time to wait and watch the characters repeat actions over and over again, the game is slow, so 2D is still better than 3D, fast, simple, easy to see. , 2D should be more beautiful and sharper, that's all, my opinion, thank you
I am really glad some love is shown there for VII. It took a lot of criticism in ratings but to me, there is so much to love! Heroes I and II won´t comment. The first one I haven´t played that much and second...was nice but since III release there was no reason to get back. III is a mastepiece, loved campaings from Armageddon´s blade. If I have to say what I don´t like about this game is that Expert Wisdom-Expert Earth Magic-Game over routine. Also too much spells and skills you like never use. (please don´t tell me your great strategy is to use remove obstacle and expert eagle eyes. :D ) Heroes IV has so much great to offer. Really enjoyable campaings, well written (I mean I really read those). It had so many new innovative ideas that is shame I think it´s only fourth in hours I spent with the series. To pick negative- it was nice that game offered choosing between two creatures but... like you could choose if to pick first strike Tigers or Elver for range attack but most of the times you take the same. I mean you can tell me you pick golems and mages but don´t lie to me that you ever pick ogre mages over OP cyclops. Also, getting top spells took too much levels. In most maps the game was over till you could even learn level 5 spells. Heroes V is beloved by many and it was for me too untill I realize, how few units I really use in combats. Too many creatures was so slow/initiative that you could just never really use them. So you ended winning combats by three, four creatures max. It also had some great new ideas, 3D town looked amazing, but after all those years, it just doesn´t work for me. Heroes VI was beautiful. And I end it with that. The rest of the game was failure. Now we get to VII. The things I love about this game- Like every creature is usefull. And choosing which one you get + every week makes you try many strategies and almost all are working. Back attacks are great for planning your combats effectively, I also take as a positive there aren´t that many spells and the spells there are left are mostly useful. And thanks to the skill wheel your heroes are really unique. So those are my reasons I say VII is great game. I´d really wish Ubi decided to give it a one more try and return to us Hell and Swampy creatures from III.
If you had of told me as a kid that Heroes III was going to stay the best game in the franchise right into the future I wouldn’t have believed you. Sad I thought the future held so much promise with these games.
i find it amusing, that as time passed, they went from HoMM VII back to HoMM III :D There will never be better game in this genre, then the third one!!!
It was ported actually. But then Ubi removed it from the App Store like a decade ago. You have to search for the APK file on the internet now. UPD: It was made for IPads and other big screens, so could be a bit uncomfortable to play on a regular phone
Heroes 3 was a work of art. UI was simple and easy to understand. Artwork was beautiful, and the music is fantastic. Probably the reason it remains relevant today.
I wonder if a new game were released,that went back to the principles of 3, whether it would be commercially viable these days.
Even failed games like 6 and 7 have found success financially wise. And considering that Heroes 5 was a basic comeback to the formula of the 3rd game with certain additions, we already have an example.
That's right. That era of games 1999-2006 is Golden age of games. All work of Art: Diablo 2, Heroes 3, Morrowind, Age of Wonders, Age of Empires, LOTR 2 witch king, Disciples 2, Warcraft 3, NFS Underground, Spellforce, M&M 8, Knights of Honor. All gems done with love and dedication, unlike today money grabbing, pay to win, two click->commercial sh..ts
@@TML0677 I don’t think all games are that way these days, but I get what you’re saying. Across all industry, I feel that there’s been a dip in quality of product being produced.
@@troller8680 Heroes 6 is actually a good game, although it had some bug issues in the beginning. But I enjoyed playing it and still do till this day. Doesn't beat Heroes 5 though but comes close.
As for Heroes 7... Well, let me put it like this, I played it for about 10 minutes before giving it up and never looked back.
What an absolute horrible game. Makes even Heroes 4 look good, and that game was trash as well.
Heroes 3, 5, 6, 2, 1, 4, and 7 in that order.
I'm working on it. It's pretty much what you said. I wrote to the author of Heroes 3 and explained what I was thinking. Simply put, I want to improve some of the problems with Heroes 3, but keep the good bits. These issues have not been addressed since Heroes 3.
1 . The map is too big .
2 . Sometimes ,, it needs to be like "Starcraft", where the player has to compete with the speed of the mouse and keyboard.
Heroes 4, watched my dad play it so much, I still play it from time to time. The music is so nostalgic
literaly same i used to play that game with my dad from when i was around 5. so much nostalgia
I played 4 when I was 20, and I still have the email from the game company that sent me the CD key... and I still have the CD.
I play 4 to this day. It just hit for me a way 3 and 5 didn't.
My dad played 3 so much I swear if I heard the music anywhere but inside of his office, id freeze and dissociate 😂😂
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is the best one. It is not overcomplicated like the new ones, it has nice GUI, mechanics and etc. The new ones are also like those games like League of Legends or whatever and they look overcomplicated to me, I don't like those.
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3 did it best and completed ... 2 came close and 4 was way off the mark ... wont even talk about the other ones after 4
@@evanlandry7320 no
@@niklika homm3 is shit, just like your attitude
Heroes 3 and 5 have a special place in my heart. I also love the first game, as it made me buy the whole series. The first time I played it was a really special time.
Try Heroes 5.5
3, 5 and 5.5 are my favourite from all of the games they made
I've never played 5.5.
I really loved 3.5 "In the Wake of Gods" where users created downloadable expansions. It was amazing!
Well heroes 3 was really good, 2 was kind meh, 4 is closest to 3rd and actually was not that bad.
My favorite is probably 5 or 5.5, with 6 being close second. 3 is on third place for me, I didn't like 2 and 4 that much
1-3 are best... 2 being the sweet spot. You just cant beat that aesthetic. Still remember playing 3 on my windows 95 when it was pushing my graphics card to limit in 1998
I have played 3, 4 and 5. And to this day my favorite was 4. Never understood the hate towards IV. It seems super enjoyable to this day. The grind of Heroes of might and magic is so perfect, that its almost addictive. But the good thing is that everybody can find their own favorite edition. May be I should check out 6 and 7 as well.
Allow me to reveal the true source of the hatred.
Look at Crag Hacks portraits for heroes 1-3, and 6. Then look at his portrait for heroes 4.
Your honour, I rest my case, Heroes 4 is truly vile.😁
Give 6 a try, I loved the Campaign.
@@FabuliciousAF I also don't hate 6. It was at least trying to be its own game, and it looked and still looks beautiful. Its gameplay overall isn't as good as previous HoMMs, but I think its an ok game in its own right.
Think it wouldn't be hated as much if it wasn't released as a HoMM, but as its own game. Also it missed lots of iconic factions and creatures.
7 on the other hand tried to be 3 all over but was pretty much worse in every aspect, also it was unfinished and looked ugly as hell.
People don't really hate 4, it's just that 3 was too good and 4 seems like a downgrade from 3. Plus the graphics are bad for a 3D game.
my all time favorite was also heroes 4 i have thousands of hours in all of these games mostly heroes 3,4,5,6,7 but my favorite was the 4th one best soundtracks easily the sound wasso good it just elevated the game also the game was more polished and better than the previous versions in my opinion with the hero system and all the different classes u could make while having 1 extra slot for creatures in the army also choosing different elite and champion creatures made it a bit more strategic i loved heroes 4 no matter what any1 else says simply the best!btw shoutout to heroes 6 i loved the water faction it was really cool :D i dont honestly understand why ppl think 4 was worse than 3 but maybe its just me idk but i will never understand it
1999 i still remember playing Heroes 3 with my brother. i love this game so much
Heroes 3 is the undisputed overall king
Heroes 2 had the most charm and best spritework
Heroes 5 is the best modern take on the formula.
The music of 2 was a thing of legend. Your could turn off the vocal tracks and just play the music. Even the overland grass in from 1 evolved in 2 and became legendary track.
Undisputed? No. 2 all the way.
And 1 is the only one you can in multiplayer finish in one session…
Also has the best single music piece with barbarian town
Spritework in the first Heroes somehow looks more solid compare to 2. I think Heroes 2 have a great plot, new castles. Music in Heroes 1 was also great.
Sorry. For me the one with most charm and BETTER ATMOSPHERE is Heroes 1 by far.
Heroes 5 felt like the last one that they truly put effort into it and everything afterwards just fell down one very steep cliff after another.
Thanks to Ubisoft we never saw proper sequels in the form of 6 and 7 games. Considering that even during dvelopment of the 5th game there was a lot of issues because of Ubi shenangians, it is a miracle we atleast got them.
@@troller8680 Heroes 6 being a functional game is a miracle in itself, Ubi absolutely wanted to ruin that game, the devs had to finish it out of their own pockets. Which eventually lead to heir bankruptcy
@@HelloOnepiece yep, sadly Ubisoft isn't fit for the job of owning such series.
I like 2, 3 and 5 but 2 is the best graphic! Would love to have an rework of HOMM2.
Fheroes2 is a indie project that makes your game accessible and more polished. I now play Homm2 on my android tablet and the game runs smoothly and is generally a joy to play.
Heroes 2 still looks stellar today.
2 and 3 are the best.
Nah, second superior @@VidZeen
I'll never understand why it is so impossible to make anything as good as 3, but it is.
H3 is better
They just can do the same game, but they didn't...
I belive because of nostalgia. I think number 5 is better in almost every way, except from the story in the campaign.
@@spiff83 I don't know, maybe you're right. But I keep going back and trying all of them, especially 5 and 7, and I just keep going back to 3. Maybe it's the no-nonsense simplicity of it? And I've honestly never cared much at all about the story anyway. I just like the scenario setups and the gameplay.
@@spiff83 5 plot is 3 redo
Heroes 5 with the Heroes 5.5 mod is the best version, and if there was a better optimization and faster turns, it would be awesome, Heroes 3 with HD Mod and Heroes 2 as a mod for Heroes 3 is also great.
Loved 3 and 4 as a kid. Reasonably easy to understand beautiful games. Lots is creative potential as well!
I have played heroes 3-5 and i have to say from what i have seen 4 and especially 3 seem to be the best ones. I'm kind of nostalgic for 5 though somehow.
yes somehow
2 is unbeatable, pure art.
Nice art but beaten countless times
Love playing this as a Necromancer with about a gazillion skeletons.
@@Gerald0613imo 2 still looks the best, but 3 perfected the gameplay.
I want a Heroes of Might and Magic for the Switch
Heroes 3 is still very popular!
I find it odd that everything after heroes 3 seems hacky and outdated to me yet 3 still feels like the most well put together. The UI and general structure of the battles just seem so perfected in homm3. Maybe it is the push towards 2.5d that throws me off but 3 still feels like the best experience to me.
Altho H4 did things differently, in my eyes it's still a great game, that unfortunately was riddled with problems due to bankruptcy. The mod fixes a few of these problems.
It probably would have been better if it had a different name.
same here. I'm still playing HOMM3 HD HoTA to this day using community made maps. There are literally thousands available so it's funny that I'm still playing HOMM3 over all of the 300+ physical games that I have in my collection.
I prefer Heroes 5, while 3 is branded as the best in my heart 5 will always take the throne
@@RLHvanDijk 4 is an amazing homm i only gave it a fair chance recently, since when it came out i was also really dissapointed, and well it shows they had to release it before it was finished, but darn the campaigns are great.
@@devincurrie4145 My mate and I play it also... Hotseat, its great... Ever since ubisoft got their grubby hands on it the graphics and gameplay got a lot worse...
Heroes 5 is a masterpiece, one of the most beautiful games I played
You mean Heroes 3. Yes.
@@aukhen4552 heroes 3, 4 and 5 are all masterpieces in their own right
@@aukhen4552 Heroes 5 is a perfect continuation of Heroes 3, both games deserve their place.
@@aukhen4552 Yet HoMaM 3 looks absolutely awful.
Heroes 4 was busted, you could take ressources then run every time with no consequences. Absolute trash. Heroes 5 is the most appealing visually but heroes 3 is just a superior product overall
In this case, I'll say this is more a de-evolution, 2D is much better than 3D for this genre IMHO.
Heros 5 is my favorite but i have a ton of nastolga for 6 because that was the game i most remember playing growing up i loved those campaigns
I played heros 5 in 2012 i was 12 yrs old yesterday i found the CD/DVD man it took so much of my time love the game ❤️❤️❤️
Incredibly sad how downhill this went after 5, still one of the greatest games I've ever played
I'm glad I started with Heroes 3 as a kid. Accompanied with Might and Magic 7. Still play heroes 3 gold (with HD mod and resize mod) today.
You should get the Horn of the Abyss update. It is the current version being played online right now and has the most up-to-date features and balances maintained by the community itself. Oh and it's free.
@@chrisl9934 I have played it once, will see to get it again. I prefer playing either hotseat or against AI - The game can get annoying when people are as good as you online. There's only a hand full of ways to overpower another player. Mass Town portal for example is a game killer. Fun against AI though.
@@josephvanwyk2088 There's an online ladder now where players compete based on some map templates and elo ranking so things are actually quite fair. You can easily search for videos on it here in TH-cam. There are also streamers who stream their online games live.
horn of the abyss is most important
I watched my dad play heroes 3 so much, he learned me how to play it and I sometimes play it for fun
Heroes 2 was peak art style
Heroes 3 was peak art style + gameplay + music
Agree but i would add Heroes 4 was peak soundtracks
Heroes 3 was the longest experience for most of us. But Heroes 2 is super sweet. Wish they remaster them some day, with new castles and units. And it's music...
I am still a child of HOMM 2 & 3 =)
2 and 3 are the best I’ve probably played that first map you showed ‘All for One’ a million times in my life 😂
If they would just go back to 2D close-up style from the side for the combats it would be so much better than those last games. A huge charm from heroes 1-3 came from actually seeing the creatures and having them so distinct from each other. With realistic 3d design from above it's lost.
Heroes of Might and Magic is just magic! Whole series!
Don't forget king's bounty! (1990)
5 is just perfect. By far the best music and you have 3 dimensions and the best castles views
Still playin Heroes V Tribes of the East (the only version I've known) to this day with my friend.
Heroes of might and magic is truly one of the games of all times 👁🗨
Heroes 4 is just fantastic
Wow, I had no idea there was a GBC version..
Heroes3.. still playing in 2023. Perfect game with a lot of memories
Hi what pc would I have to buy to play my old games on today.
@@craig8357 Linux PC
Homm3 is the only one I really liked, but in return, I liked it so much that I'm still playing it over 20 years later. :) The VCMI guys have done an awesome job reimplementing the game as open source, allowing it to run on new systems like Android in full HD with original game data.
one thing is for sure, music was the best in all of them, it felt so good to listen that sometimes I just turned on the game to listen to music. Did like the music in Heroes 4 the most.
2 is so much more charming than 3, as to graphics and general feel. But 3 has some dynamics that I miss in 2, such as the ability to have creatures delay taking action while on the battle map. The other games, meh.
Please try Homm3: Succession Wars, you'll thank me later :D
@@MyNigellus Great mod, but, unfortunately, I have a sense that they have stopped developing it, and it still has no campaigns and AI is just dumb. Hope it will continue though!
Started with Heroes I. Heroes I elven town scene and music is very beautiful. Only matched by elven town and music in Heroes V
I remember playing the first three as a kid but loving the second the most. If anyone can find a free version online somewhere I need to play them again
Homm 3 a legend...
В третьих героях, каждый клетка хода - это событие. Четвертые герои в целом неплохо наследуют это, интересно было просто исследовать игровой мир. Дальнейшие части мне особо сильно нравятся, визуальнее он становились более проработанные, а игровой мир более пустой и безжизненный
I have played all series of HoMM and never M&M series, maybe some day I will give a try one. All HOMM series were excellent. All have em proc and cons. H3 was just brilliant for the time has come and here is putting a lot of credit to developing the rest versions. Some great ideas, some bad choices but still all of them are cool to play. The most playing time belongs to h3, the best soundtrack to h4, my favourite is h5, and h6 is the most diffident by the rest. All are great and I played them from time to time all of them
H6 is one of the most balanced HoMM in my opinion, also the most underrated.
(after some small balance patches).
I've played some of the might and magic games. I bought all of them, but couldn't get into the first 3 or 4. They were text based, and it was basically like playing dnd if i recall correctly. 5 onward are fun though. 8 is my personal favorite, but I love the homm games better.
0:05 . the first heroes was the best.. i still remeber playing it with my friend.. year 2003-2007. damn.. childhood.
Over the years I came to the conclusion, that HoMM5 vis the best game, not only in the series, but of all time ;-)
It is pretty much Heroes 3 again, but it fixes most of what is/was wrong with 3.
1. Factions are much more balanced.
2. Factions and creatures are more unique. Every creature has multiple special abilities, as well as factions having unique skill-trees and skills.
3. Way better skill system, with way more balanced skills. Sure there still are better and worse skills and perks, but its not such as gap as like between Earth magic and eagle Eye in H3. Also more balnced magic schools.
Better balance between might&magic. Pure might builds are way more viable in HoMM5 than in HoMM3. As a result there is also a way better balnce between might&magic and none (or at least less extreme) of these ridicolously OP cheese strats/builds.
4. Other interesting stuff, like Caravans, alternate Upgrades, etc.
With 5.5 installed it has pretty much perfected the Heroes 3 gameplay formula and all that could be done to improve would be better graphics, more content and possibly a better UI.
Actually We have Hota for H3 and the Factory faction is also coming this year so... H3 is the best of all HOMM
Heroes 2 for graphics; Heroes 3 for nostalgia and Heroes 5 for the best overall balance for me
Ubisoft really messed things up with this licence. In my opinion, the only good games are "Heroes of Might And Magic" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). I played homm from 4 onwards (including 3HD) and preferred 5 and 7.
I never understood how in the world they screwed up heroes 6 and 7, it had FANTASTIC art and concepts.
Hello childhood (1,2, and 3)
Heroes 3 need a clever remake like what happened Diablo 2
It's amazing how they struck gold first time around, really. First two games have all the hallmarks we grew to love in HoMM3. It just got refined so much. Timeless art style helped solidify it as an all time classic. I would argue apart from a few interesting additions in a couple of later games they all fell flat in comparison anyway.
Heroes Chronicles specifically Warriors of the Wastes and Masters of the Elements were my introduction to the series.
They still remain a mainstay favorite after all these years. The experience as Tarnum was just mindblowing as a kid.
Heroes IV had some cool concepts and Heroes V is definitely the second best installment in the franchise.
If you want to play a game that is closer to H5 but on H3 engine try out Advanced Classes Mod (on ERA platform). Your secondary skills can be leveled up to level 5 (opposed to just 3 from vanilla game) but in order to reach levels 4 and then 5 you need to specialize. If you pick generic good skills you'll end up with a mix of warrior, mage and adventure that will max out at expert skill. If you pick every magic skill in the game (all 4 schools, wisdom, int, mystic, sorcery) you'll be able to reach grandmaster (lv 5) rank in them AND you'll receive "class" perks similar to the ultimate skills from heroes 5 (those that required extensive specialization). Weaker skills have been boosted significantly too.
Warriors get critical strike chance in combat, mages get extra cast per turn and resist pierce, adventurers get even more movepoints and boost growth in their castles.
2 was a better game, but 3 had more content and a sort of its own unique atmosphere, permeating the entire game, so I perfectly understand people who prefer it. 4, for all its problems, also had its own atmosphere, even though its problems outweighed it.
I dislike 5 and onward not because of their design decisions, but because they lack that unique feeling.
come on heroes 2 was unbalanced as hell.
@@amoqueca you say that like that is an assumed negative thing. Stop doing that. Not every game need to have all things balanced. Some games, like this one, only have their charm added to by it.
@@amoqueca Different factions peak at different stages of the game. It's ok.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - 3 - 4
and also the good old;
Might and Magic 6 - 7 - 8 series (The Mandate of Heaven - For Blood and Honor - Day of the Destroyer)
Both game series going on in the same time periods and sharing a story, one being a Turn Based Strategy while the other a Turn Based, Open World, FPS..
All were amazing, after that point they gradually went down reaaaal fast..
New games after that point entirely lost their spirit.. they were not Heroes games anymore.
Only 1 thing captured Heroes Spirit after that point and that was Paul Anthony Romero's and his team's music.. but even that was not enough to save those games
5 game actually was close to the roots though, you can argue that 3D ruined games, but for what is worth, 5th game was quite good.
@@troller8680 Exactly what I was thinking, I think 3D ruined it too. Civilization series chosen a very wise path with developing technology, and didn't lose its roots. Disciples and Heroes however, unfortunately failed on that.
I am sure 5th game had its good points too, but I just couldn't endure. Away from its great soundtrack couldn't immerse myself in Might and Magic Universe and storyline unfortunately.
@@demran I can understand why you haven't been able to enjoy the game, but for me it was good. Last game that was objectively done good. After the 5th, Ubisoft ruined it for sure with their involvement in the franchise.
From better to worse. Heroes 2 and 3 was pure perfecion.
Not even close to perfection
I totally agree with that +1000
@@-_Hatred_-for you maybe Not but for him and me homm 2&3 are pure Perfection
I suggest King's Bounty series (2008-2014) to any homam lovers out there!
Played 3, 4 and 5 extensively. All 3 have a special place in my hearth. While I enjoy 4 the least (the hero changes were a miss imo). It was actually the first Heroes game I played and so I still love it. Then as everyone else I heard about the glory of the 3rd game, went back to check it out and. Yes it was crazy good. But when 5 came out it felt like a giant leap in terms of graphic. Some might begrudge the change in setting, but as I was too young to understand it. I didn't mind at all. I just loved the new cinematics and 3D graphics.
Well idk what the hell happened after, but it felt like every heroes game after 5 got worse not better somehow. Even in the most basic aspect that are graphics.
You have great taste !
heroes 5 best one for fun local mp games
Heroes 2 was peak artstyle/music, Heroes 3 was peak gameplay.
Heroes V are my favorite (and first) game tbh
I especially like Heroes V's aesthetic
Thanks for the video! I'm feeling so nostalgic now. I remember playing HOMM I or II when I was a child. Is it possible to somehow play HOMM I or II nowadays? What should I do to make it possible? What kind of hardware and software etc. will I need? Thanks in advance for the answer!
I dont know but i played on my pc homm 2 , IT was on dvd and it was complicated to Open the game without an error but i found a way , i Just started the game without DVD then tried to Play multiplayer online but only Open the window for that then back to menu and quit the game and then started the game with DVD and it Opend without an error and playing was possibile so i think its possibile on dvd but i dont know, Hope my advice is a bare minimum help for you
I started to play with the first game and I liked it but my real love of the series was started with the second third and fourth game. Basically I played almost all the major games and there is some in this video which is not familiar to me so basically I just skipped these. I would mention one heroes game which was made by capybara games might & magic : Clash of heroes. That game is close to the heroes series and the music what they used in there also familiar but the mechanics are very different. Other than this it is nice to see this serie lived and evolved a lot and possible in the future we will see more kind of games in it.
When I saw the first game as a young child I imagined the series will get a lot of sequels and I am finally was right. I would not say there is outright bad or good games in the series because each of it have added it's charm, characters mechanics, great musics and interesting additions. That is understandable they tried to go for the 3d because many game series tried to evolve for that path simply because the market demanded it. To this day there are a lot of games which tries to catch the nostalgia factor and whole not all succeed but some did it very well.
HOMM 5 is the best. Change my mind.
Guess you never played 3
@@Moshi_Teitoku H5 is faaar more balanced in terms of secondary skills and creatures, but the clunky 3D graphics place it in the second place.
@@Wolfnacht I prefer graphics of 5 part over 3, they don't look like greenscreen fire or cheap costumes. Creatures have more varietes too, easily distinguishable
@@Moshi_Teitoku If we are speaking beyond nostalgia, 5th game was better because it was a build up upon ideas of 3rd game, and quite a good build up, it was a perfect sequel to the 3rd game idea wise, unlike 4th that has strayed too far.
like the fact that 3 can be played in the background , the music and hero units of 4 and the town screens of 5. i think a great game can be made in the middle point
heroes 1&2 were my jam. wish i could play again
Evolution of the Heroes of Might and Magic series has stopped at Heroes III.
We all can agree that Heroes 3 is the best one, in every aspect. Heroes 5 is 2nd for sure... the castles in Heroes 5 are amazing!!
1 and 2 are the best for me. Heroes 3 has more dinamics and options but still i rather 1 and 2. I played Heroes V and its good but there are some things that i didnt like it. The game should keep the 2d navegation but with 3d visuals keeping the art style because the game look like watcraft III...
Started playing with HoMM2, played all the following numbered titles (and chronicles). For a hardcore competitive play HoMM3 is the way to go, for the story base HoMM4 and the chronicles, for refined mechanics HoMM5(.5 as the unmodded game is just a bit broken). HoMM4 can also be interesting mechanic-wise as every creature has its actual peculiarities, not just different stats, and it actually plays as a HEROES of might and magic: going around with a party of 7 heroes steamrolling everything is crazy good IMHO. HoMM6 is an attempt to casualize the game, which failed spectacularly (also always online and game breaking bugs that the developers didn't bother to fix). HoMM7 is just bad.
Having a hero that could solo enemy armies in IV was awesome.
My favorite part is 2. I also love 1,3,4. I haven't played the fifth one because I don't like its visual style. I'm afraid to even touch the next ...
I just don't understand the obligation with turning everything into 3d mud. it looks shit and doesn't serve a purpose other than "muh 3d modelling skills" for devs. homm 3 is the pinnacle of hand drawn textures and sprite animatons. it's objectively gorgeous. why change...
Whoever recorded this, somehow managed to butcher the audio from all the games. Impressive.
Evolution... then de-evolution :)
Heroes of might and magic 2 and 3 are the best
Heroes 4 is the best imho. It has fog of war unlike its predecessors but it's still 2D unlike its successors. Also all Heroes, except the fourth one, are too much tied up to a single hero, if you lose your best hero there's no reason to continue the game but in Heroes 4 your heroes don't affect strength of your army so much so you actually can have several heroes and new strategies, you can even revive your defeated hero. Heroes 4 was almost perfect I only wish they reduced dependency of army's strength on hero's stats little bit more.
I'd say HMM 2, 3 & 4 were the best ones. Each with it's own particularites and I enjoyed all of them. HMM 5 for it was OK, but the feeling was like watching StarWars ep 7 after I grew with ep 4(5,6) relating HMM2&3 also and a small input from HMM4, which inputed a new mechanic that didn't cought up. But without the first one we wouldn't comment now(2 years after the video and years from releases) and maybe some still playing it👍
I did not know there were so many titles except Homm1, 2, 3, 4, and yes 5 too
1,2 and 3 all the way. The only thing thing they needed was to add more maps/castles/heroes...everything thing is else they did just ruined them.
There are many community made maps available for 3
2 and 3 are timeless. I don't even want to try the others. They look really pale and unorganised
I'm gonna be that guy, in HoMM 2: The Succession Wars the music from the expansion is used instead of the original game, so, in fact, both clips are from The Price of Loyalty.
I love Might & Magic III 😍
HOMM is a rare example where visually the series peaked early. Aesthetically HOMM2 looks the best, followed by HOMM3.
After that the visuals gradually get worse imo.
It was a devolution after heroes 3
thanks very much. i've resurrected 3 and 5 because of the great mods. 5 attracts me more.
After Hero 3, it feels like it takes too much time to wait and watch the characters repeat actions over and over again, the game is slow, so 2D is still better than 3D, fast, simple, easy to see. , 2D should be more beautiful and sharper, that's all, my opinion, thank you
Homm 3 is up there with games like re4, halo 3, god of war 2, tenkaichi 3, bloodborne. It’s one of those games
Heroes 3 is always the best, played multiple times. Heroes2 is classic, heroes 5 is good. Heroes 6 wasn't bad just that there is too many bugs.....
People who only ever cared about Homm3 and now play Hota
I am really glad some love is shown there for VII. It took a lot of criticism in ratings but to me, there is so much to love! Heroes I and II won´t comment. The first one I haven´t played that much and second...was nice but since III release there was no reason to get back. III is a mastepiece, loved campaings from Armageddon´s blade. If I have to say what I don´t like about this game is that Expert Wisdom-Expert Earth Magic-Game over routine. Also too much spells and skills you like never use. (please don´t tell me your great strategy is to use remove obstacle and expert eagle eyes. :D ) Heroes IV has so much great to offer. Really enjoyable campaings, well written (I mean I really read those). It had so many new innovative ideas that is shame I think it´s only fourth in hours I spent with the series. To pick negative- it was nice that game offered choosing between two creatures but... like you could choose if to pick first strike Tigers or Elver for range attack but most of the times you take the same. I mean you can tell me you pick golems and mages but don´t lie to me that you ever pick ogre mages over OP cyclops. Also, getting top spells took too much levels. In most maps the game was over till you could even learn level 5 spells. Heroes V is beloved by many and it was for me too untill I realize, how few units I really use in combats. Too many creatures was so slow/initiative that you could just never really use them. So you ended winning combats by three, four creatures max. It also had some great new ideas, 3D town looked amazing, but after all those years, it just doesn´t work for me. Heroes VI was beautiful. And I end it with that. The rest of the game was failure. Now we get to VII. The things I love about this game- Like every creature is usefull. And choosing which one you get + every week makes you try many strategies and almost all are working. Back attacks are great for planning your combats effectively, I also take as a positive there aren´t that many spells and the spells there are left are mostly useful. And thanks to the skill wheel your heroes are really unique. So those are my reasons I say VII is great game. I´d really wish Ubi decided to give it a one more try and return to us Hell and Swampy creatures from III.
If you had of told me as a kid that Heroes III was going to stay the best game in the franchise right into the future I wouldn’t have believed you. Sad I thought the future held so much promise with these games.
Heroes 1,2,3 - absolute masterpiece
Heroes 4,5 - excellent games
Heroes 6,7 - complete garbage
I like 6 and 3, and i dont even understand how to appreciate 4.
@@Толег-е1л Campaigns and music are peak in 4. That is the only way I find to appreciate it.
Let’s not forget the card game Might & Magic: Duel of Champions
devolution of heroes :)
Heroes 1,2 and 3 for me always in my heart💪💪i,am '84 generation
Head says Heroes III, heart says Heroes II
That's a good way to put it
i find it amusing, that as time passed, they went from HoMM VII back to HoMM III :D There will never be better game in this genre, then the third one!!!
Эволюция? После Heroes of Might and Magic 3 началась деградация.
How long do we have to wait for 3 to be ported to mobile?
My life would be complete if that ever happens.
It was ported actually. But then Ubi removed it from the App Store like a decade ago. You have to search for the APK file on the internet now.
UPD:
It was made for IPads and other big screens, so could be a bit uncomfortable to play on a regular phone