Or just get both HOMM 2 and 3 and have the best of both worlds.
He’s already got HoMM 3 and played through it. He’s wondering if he should go backwards and get HoMM 2.
Oh, apologies, missed that somehow, yes, totally get 2.
Agreed! Get Heroes 2 as well.
That is a brilliant idea for a blog and I dearly wish I had thought of it first. Thanks for sharing that, I now have a whole lot of reading and nostalgic reliving of glory days to do…
I’ll be the con side. I think HOMM3 is better in every way, except for the music (and maybe general art direction). As a game though, I think it’s better. It has more stuff, more options, more more more. And with the expansions and all there’s a TON of gameplay there. I don’t know why one would need 2 (except the music, again).
I can’t go back to the very early M&Ms. It’s too primitive. But those gold box games almost look like they would still work today!
Has anyone considered updating the graphics on those, or is turn-based RPGing just dead? I know about Avadon, Avernum, etc. I’m talking about for a big title.
The whole blog is a joy to read from the start. He’s been quiet for the past month, but promises updates will start again tomorrow.
I shall always fondly remember the Might & Magic game with the king who had a row of purple plastic dragon trophies in his castle. Was that 8 or 9? I’m thinking 9 but I could be wrong.
Ah! 9 was the one I was thinking of that got all the bad reviews. Err, I mean, there WAS no 9. Ahem. Carry on.
Of course there was a M&M 9.
Oh, is that one of those denial of anything IX because of the reviews? I don’t always catch the winkwink.
In M&Ms 6-8 you could equip your characters with most flamingly non-heterosexual hats imaginable.
garin
5115
To go back to the earlier discussion, Hardwar is already available on DotEmu. I don’t know what the situation with patches is, though.
Nikolaj
5116
That’s an awesome blog, thanks for the link. I’ve spent the past hour just reading through old entries. :)
So many games there I’d like to have played, but probably never will.
That blog is indeed awesome, thanks for sharing. Makes me wanna kinda steal the idea for space games.
O_O !!! Whoa, k, that might be my first DotEmu purchase.
Marcin
5119
DO IT. Even if it’s a “I played this for 2 days and got bored”, it’d be valuable!
Nikolaj
5121
I’d read it. But remember, you have to play the shitty ones, too. :)
