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What is HEROES III?

Heroes of Might and Magic III is a turn-based strategic war game, set up in a classical role-playing game Environment. It involves capturing and developing towns, gathering resources, assembling armies and sending them into combat. Each town has a theme and can only raise the type of creatures appropriate to that theme. The resources (gold, wood, ore, gems, crystal, mercury, and sulfur) can be found mostly in mines and are gathered once a day. They are used to build new buildings in your towns, to improve existing buildings, to buy armies, etc. Each army is led by a hero and consists of up to seven stacks of creatures raised in towns or recruited in countryside. The armies are sent into tactical combat, which can occur either in countryside or in towns. If the attacker captures the town, the winner can recruit the creatures raised in that town afterwards. Each game scenario (regular or campaign style) has its own objective which can vary from capturing a specific castle, defeating a specific hero or monster, gathering gold, or finding the Holy Grail (just to name a few). The game bears some similarity to Heroes of Might and Magic II, but it has been vastly re-vamped. HEROES III is set in the same world as HEROES II and MM6 (Might and Magic 6) and continues the story-line of those two games. It is set in another country (Erathia), but there will be some significant differences between HEROES III and HEROES II.Features page contains a detailed list of game features and changes from HOMM2.

Storyline

HOMM3 picks up where MM6 ends. Queen Catherine learned of her father, King Gryphonheart, has been killed and the kingdom of Erathia had been thrown into disarray. Suspecting foul play, and the great potential for neighboring aggressors to take advantage of the situation, she leaves Enroth for Erathia with a fleet of warships. When she arrives in Erathia, her suspicions are confirmed. She finds a war ensuing, with warlords and evil barons coming out of the woodwork seeking to redraw the territorial boundaries of the land. Battling to Erathia's capitol city of Steadwick, Catherine sets herself up as Queen and beginsrestoring the land's original borders. Of chief concern are the Necromancers, whom Catherine suspects are behind the murder of her father's death.

The Necromancers raise large hordes of undead and advance unexpectedly towards the Erathian capitol. Queen Catherine enlists the aid of her father's generals and embarks on a crusade to reclaim her lost land and uncover the truth about her father's death. Along the way, other kingdoms will test her and see how much harassment they can get away with. The Elven Kingdoms close to her own will also prove stubborn neighbors, and Queen Catherine will need to find some way to gain their allegiance.

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Thus begins the story of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. As the commander of Queen Catherine's forces, you must do her bidding and battling her enemies, reclaiming the lost lands of Erathia, quelling unruly neighbors, and battling the Necromancer's armies. Later on, several twists and turns will worm their way into the plot, and the story will grow even more complex. In the beginning though, you know simply that Erathia must be restored to its former glory and that Queen Catherine must avenge her father's death.

Above screenshots are from Heroes 3 introduction movie - Queen Catherine arrives to Erathia to find city ruins after battle. She learns what happened from the remains on the battlefield. Queen Catherine resolves to restore Erathia to its former glory, raises the Erathian flag and rallies the men. Campaign sections below contain the rest of the HOMM3 story line, ordered from the first campaign (top left) to the last secret campaign (second row right).

HOMM3 Mods Created by the Fans

A big game modification (modding) community formed around Heroes 3. The fans created many excellent mods and game enhancements that added new features and game objects, allowed playing in higher screen resolutions, changed game balance and dynamics, and even added entirely new playable towns with a full line-up of new creatures and heroes.

The international H3 modding hub is the Heroes 3.5 - WoG and Beyond forum on Heroes Community.
If you are completely new to the modding scene, this handy guide is a good place to start.

Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition

Heroes 3 HD (High Definition) edition was released on 29th of Jan 2015, almost 16 years since the release of Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Restoration of Erathia. Heroes 3 HD release contains only the original Heroes 3 game without the two expansion packs Armageddon's Blade and Shadow of Death. The features and improvements introduced by the expansion packs, including most notably the random map generator, are not included in the HD release. The reason for this is that Ubisoft could only obtain the source code for the base game, not for the expansons. The task of re-programming the expansion packs from scratch was too big to undertake.

The attractive features of Heroes 3 HD are:
- enhanced graphics for larger screen resolutions (see trailer).
- a new online multiplayer lobby.
- HD release is available for mobile platforms iOS and Android.

Heroes 3 HD had a mostly negative reception. The main reason was that Ubisoft's product description was too vague: 'Heroes III – HD Edition content is based on the original 1999 game: The Restoration of Erathia' was not adequate to let excited fans know that both of the game's expansions are missing from the HD release, given the general unspoken expectation that 'HD' releases always upgrade the game's features as opposed to downgrading them. Bugs and slow animation provoked the remainder of the discontent. The main praised aspect of the HD release was giving younger fans the ability to play Heroes 3 on their mobile devices.

Within a day of release the fans have created a tool to convert AB and SOD expansion maps to be playable in Heroes 3 HD.

You can post your opinion and read what others are saying in the Heroes 3 HD Discussion Thread on Heroes Community.

Map Locations:
-Battle Mines Travel Castles Treasure Skill/Spell Dwelling 1 Dwelling 2 Dwelling 3 Experience etc Other -
Strategy:
-Starting a Game Beginning a Map Adventuring Build/Manage Hero/Combat Tips Necropolis Unfair Rush -
More:
-Features Cheat Codes Demo Download and Cheat Hero Movement -
H3 Complete and expansion info:
-Armageddon's Blade section Shadow of Death section -

If you are after Heroes of Might and Magic 3 maps downloads, one of the web's best HOMM3 maps archives is at MapHaven. Their map search tool is very advanced and will help you find the kind of map you are after.If you want to upgrade your Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with the latest patch, or to play multiplayer games online against other Heroes 3 players, then look no further than Tournament of Honor.For fascinating discussion about Heroes of Might and Magic 3 strategy and tactics, visit the Library of Enlightenment forum of Heroes Community. And if you're up for a chat with a worldwide community of HOMM fans, check out the Tavern of The Rising Sun forum.

You can use the Heroes Community Menu at the top left corner of this page to navigate all four web sites. Have an enjoyable browse and don't forget to add Age of Heroes to your favourites :)

Thanks to The Nether Gods team for providing a good portion of information that went into making the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 section of Age of Heroes. Nether Gods was a once great HOMM3 fan site that closed down. Its webmaster, Demoniak, gave me permission to use their materials for Age of Heroes. I owe a debt of gratitude to The Nether Gods team for making such a fine web site and proudly preserve their work along with mine for you to enjoy.

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Even if you don't remember the specifics, you may remember greatly enjoying the original Heroes of Might & Magic III--and perhaps getting lost in it for hours, days, weeks at a time. The new HD edition of the game is also likely to sink its claws into you, so great is its power to absorb your time and your thoughts. That said, I have more than a few significant misgivings about the re-release's cost and content, especially when compared with the more complete versions of the original game on sale elsewhere online.

Set aside the aforementioned caveats for a moment, though, and note that this revamped HOMM III is mostly like the fantastic original game. As the title indicates, Heroes of Might & Magic III HD is the same 16-year-old game with a facelift to satisfy modern tastes for high-resolution graphics. The gameplay is fundamentally identical: You take on the role of fantasy heroes in campaign scenarios, some 50 individual scenarios (most with stories and settings that make them play like mini-campaigns), and a number of local and online multiplayer modes of play.

Activities are split between the three components of play: exploring, building cities, and engaging in combat. Exploring the world maps representing regions of the fantasy realm of Erathia is probably the most enjoyable part of HOMM III HD. There are an incredible number of goodies to be discovered, including resource pits, treasure piles, magical artifacts, wandering monsters, and even goofy treats like leprechauns with pots of gold. The intricate nature of these maps has long been a hallmark of the HOMM franchise. It's all a little ridiculous--you can't go five feet into the wilderness without tripping over a bunch of gems or running into a murderous pack of halberdiers--but the style perfectly brings to life a colorful, much-missed fantasy atmosphere that went out of vogue about the same time that Erol Otus stopped drawing the covers of D&D modules.

Combat runs a close second. Armies are fronted by heroes who level up and gain skills with might and magic as in any traditional Gygaxian RPG, but their ranks are filled with warriors, wizards, monsters, and more drawn from factions based on D&D archetypes. Castle comes with knights and angels, Inferno features imps and demons, Necropolis boasts wights and liches, Rampart is home to elves and unicorns, and so forth. Battles themselves are turn-based affairs taking place on hex maps, either out in the open or in sieges before city walls. The great variety of the units gives these scraps some real tactical texture. Armies need to be built smartly, with a real balance between melee and ranged units, or you'll inevitably get chewed up and spit out. Magic is also crucial. Your hero needs a reasonably thick spell book to be able to deal with larger battles, as the assistance of a well-timed fireball can mean the difference between victory and being vanquished.

Finally, you have to spend time conquering and then building up towns specific to each faction. Conquest is a big part of every scenario, as you need access to new cities on the maps to increase production levels, vary the types of troops you can create, and just generally creep your way to victory. This can get a little grind-happy after a while. The selection of buildings and upgrades is fairly limited. You max out buildings fairly quickly with your first city, then do it again, then do it again. There are also few meaningful differences between the cities of the factions. So basically, there is a lot of rinse, lather, and repeat going on here while you're cranking out streams of troops.

Even after the passage of going on two decades, HOMM III remains one a sprawling, immersive experience that can take over your life. Time hasn't had much impact on one of the biggest (you could easily play the game for hundreds of hours between the campaign scenarios, the skirmish maps, and online multiplayer) and best titles from the golden age of PC gaming. It actually is a bit shocking today by comparison with modern games. The sheer size and intricacy of the maps, the diversity of the units, and the challenge presented by the AI even on the easy difficulty setting is like stepping into an ice-cold shower first thing in the morning.

Your hero needs a reasonably thick spell book to be able to deal with larger battles.

I am particularly taken aback by how tough the game is in the beginning. I had to restart my opening campaign four times before I got back into the groove and figured out the proper pace. HOMM III always forced you to maintain a tricky balancing act. Hole up in your cities to build up sizable numbers of troops, and you give away the goodies on the map to adventurous opponents. Expand too soon, and your troops wind up spread too thin, opening the way for enemy armies to sneak behind you and capture your cities without a struggle. It's still impressive just how thin a line you have to walk in order to succeed. In addition, the artificial intelligence is formidable when playing solo. It cheats a little, as enemy forces always know your weaknesses and notice when you make dumb moves like leaving a city wide open. Suffice it to say, the bad guys here are never pushovers.

So HOMM III is just where you left it. That's good. And that's also bad, because publisher Ubisoft could have been more generous. First of all, HOMM III HD doesn't include the two expansion packs released for the original game, apparently due to the loss of the source code. Regardless of the reason, this HD edition is not the entire HOMM III package. That causes some concerns about pricing, as $14.99 for this game via Steam arguably gets you less than the HOMM III Complete version with both expansions selling for $9.99 at GOG.com. Granted, this cheaper edition is the unadorned original game in all of its pixelated glory. But seeing as you can apply a free--and quite good--high-definition mod to that original game, the differences suddenly become a lot less significant.

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And the HD aspects of this re-release don't really amount to much. Yes, the game looks better, particularly in the combat screens, thanks to support for higher modern resolutions and widescreen monitors. Unit art has been dramatically upscaled, to the point where creatures look like little cartoons instead of the old-school colored blobs where you had to squint to make out a dragon's tail. But the animations are still rudimentary. Units just shrug when they rip off spells or swing swords. There are no frills whatsoever, so don't expect any snazzy cutscenes showing an ice bolt spell taking down a horde of skeletons. And some miscues spoil the presentation a little bit, mainly the way that map features like castle walls and other units in close combat frequently block key information like the number of units in a stack.

The main adventure map has some problems. While it is clearer than it was before, it still isn't actually clear--not even close. I had to constantly peer at the screen like an old man checking labels at the grocery store. Is that a gang of demons? Or is that an artifact? Is that odd-looking lump of grass just an odd-looking lump of grass, or is it something I can activate to grab some goodies? This map is also finicky when it comes to clicking, often demanding three and four tries to choose points of interest due to the game demanding that you select very precise spots before activating encounters. All in all, the 'Huh?' factor is strong with this one, which can be frustrating in a turn-based game where wasting even the slightest bit of unit movement can kill you.

The sheer size and intricacy of the maps, the diversity of the units, and the challenge presented by the AI even on the easy difficulty setting is like stepping into an ice-cold shower first thing in the morning.

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Even given the greatness at the heart of HOMM III, it is impossible to fully recommend the HD edition. Making such a legendary game accessible to a modern audience is always a good thing, but Ubisoft just didn't do enough here to set this refurbished version apart from the original and its free high-definition mod. More effort could have--and should have--been made to ensure that this would be the definitive and complete HOMM III that all fans of the series would have to have. As much as I loved this trip back in time, I would recommend that anyone else interested in the same sort of journey book it with a different and cheaper travel agent.