Heroes of Might And Magic 3 - great game

[@harrymahnster5350]

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!

[@n_core]

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.

[@key1792]

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!

[@christopherrobin7984]

​@James Bond Eh they'd fuck it up faster than you can drink a martini

[@KingLich451]

@@key1792 wow, thanks for telling this, i'll check it out

[@sootsweep6485]

"Hey hey people, Phillip here"

[@newamil1438]

So.... You're influenced by seeth divine knowledge

[@Benzinilinguine]

I was shocked seeing it wasn't him.

[@AleK0451]

my love for this game increased exponentially after he told me all the stupid fucking strategies especially the cloak of the undead king """""strategy"""""

[@kungfutyla]

Clicking on this video I didn't realize it was Phillip and thought it was Seth lol

[@the_toeknee]

Have YOU ever decided you don't like reality anymore?

[@dontfightmenow]

It might be the nostalgia, but the vibe of this game is still unmatched for me

[@codefire88]

I first played this game as an adult. I can confirm it is not just nostalgia. The game is magical.

[@DubstepSon]

@@codefire88 right there with you.

[@Shootamen]

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

[@relikvia4]

Same here it's so special.

[@mrcookies409]

The music is unbelievably good.

[@supra107]

One of the greatest Slav cult classics. Source: I'm Polish

[@knucklesfan463]

I'm a Croat and can relate.

[@necrisro]

Romanian here, this was a favorite in our "internet cafes" of the day.

[@Hellblazer191]

Dutch, this was my childhood around '03-'04

[@shortcat]

Greatest game ever. Source: I'm Russian

[@vasiljambazov]

@@shortcat Greatest game ever. Source: I'm Bulgarian

[@paternoaparente2196]

I'm a simple man. I see Heroes III, I press like.

[@whodatninja439]

me too

[@ryanscottnix]

You are a person of culture and refinement!

[@assrammington7961]

I see heroes 3. I disappear for 4 months

[@HorrorCoffee]

The game every Russian is taught how to play at the age of 3.

[@jakeezetci]

can confirm

[@d1psy85]

As a Russian, my dad taught me how to play the 5th game at the age of 3, surprisingly.

[@b3fr1enderbetr4yer8]

Some romanians too

[@damir.a]

I’m Russian and I skipped that day, so I’ve never learnt how to play it 😓

[@b3fr1enderbetr4yer8]

@@damir.a No worries there. It's easy to learn the basics.

[@Rawnesss]

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.

[@pavlevrabac1289]

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[@DoodooFarter]

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

[@Cyril86]

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.

[@dustinjowen4427]

im waiting for the Factory faction but seems might take few more month since they are lacking human resources

[@blackiwi3926]

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.

[@Brizioss]

Played it for the first time one year ago, so no nostalgia involved. Masterpiece of atmosphere and mechanics

[@bouabadahamid]

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[@michaelandcarina_personal]

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!

[@spiderjerusalem8505]

Heroes 3 is a timeless masterpiece, thank you for covering it

[@Daetnas]

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.

[@whaaaatttttt]

heroes of might and magic series so underrated, always good seeing old pc game content on yt

[@Tikomer]

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).

[@rasrandir]

This game is my childhood. I loved this so much omg

[@thegurem]

God. The nostalgia I am getting from this video is giving me physical pain. Buying this tomorrow.

[@damyanpetrov5827]

Legendary game. I remember watching my dad play it when i was little.

[@intersellarodyssey]

Same, i also played but because i was so little i wasn't realy good

[@Ivan-ou1pk]

Same:)

[@AnatomyHero]

My siblings and I used to play marathon sessions of this on every holiday. Great game.

[@mysha2705]

I remember playing this game so much in 2010. I was 7 back then. This game is my childhood.

[@spongemagic7351]

My FAVOURITE turn based strategy, still playing it with HotA

[@JnK69]

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

[@maiskorrel]

There is an indie game called "Hero's hour" which I think is pretty good HOMM inspired game

[@spiderjerusalem8505]

Well said

[@Mexximillion]

This game is so amazing, have been playing it since when it came out with a friend from school, and I keep coming back to it every so often. The soundtrack is absolutely marvelous. I listen to it a lot. Even though it's computer generated music. It just always brings me back to better days.

[@meph5291]

I am 37 and this game is my childhood. I still install it to every computer I have. What an amazing combination of fun & sadness this game is for me.

[@IchHaba]

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

[@denytheentry]

Heroes III was introduced to me by my dad, and even if the days change and our lives move, going back and playing heroes when we have time together is one medium we both still fondly enjoy.

[@H4CKER_M4N]

One of the best games of my childhood. Im happy you made this video Phillip :)

[@dunkelwelpling]

Awesome video! I especially love the nostalgic childhood memories you throw in. I feel somehow like i can relate.

[@PonzooonTheGreat]

My Lithuanian mother in law played this a lot. My wife and I started playing it coop a few weeks ago.

[@lolicamevoli]

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

[@thexorus]

THANK YOU for adapting your video ratio to its content and letting KZbin to the work ! I wish more people did that instead of forcing black bars on a 16:9 ratio.

[@markolumovic2750]

When I just hear that music I literally travel back in time.

[@HuwgeGrin]

It's like someone who has never played Heroes 2 played Heroes 3! Glad you loved it dude!

[@Welshhorrorguy]

I used to play this game nonstop when I was younger, I had so much fun playing it.

[@14pat78]

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 :).

[@q8793]

Q

[@Thanatosdan]

one of the best games of all time the music alone is worth playing it for.

[@MrCarrot04]

Every time someone i watch and admire talks about this game it puts a smile on my face

[@1994TeeJay1994]

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.

[@Leafblade15]

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

[@heroees8106]

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.

[@ogdamo3167]

@@heroees8106 the same studio made both games

[@heroees8106]

@@ogdamo3167 yep, just checked. Both are made by arcance studio, im glad they took inspiration from there old game

[@TheImpactus]

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.

[@niguiopt]

i just loved that game to death, very fond memories of it

[@xorinzor]

After all these years this is probably still one of the best games out there. It's amazing, and just doesn't get old.

[@PrivatisingPrivacy]

I played this game so much in my childhood, it’s insane that you’ve made a video about it, I thought no one ever played it

[@josephvanwyk2088]

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.

[@twoteesful]

i've played this game inside out, including all of the expansions and I still sat through your lovingly crafted homage to it.

[@katakis1]

Blast from the past right here. Seeing those sprites after 20 years is such a nostalgia trip.

[@KowitaG]

Bro the memories this gives me is beyond belief, I've had so many great hours playing this game when I was a young kid. Damn. Also made me realise how old I'm getting lol

[@maksymilianberth8371]

You gotta love it even more if youre a Slav. Any Slavs here?

[@johnmarston4012]

a scot here, a slav of the west but love heroes nonetheless 👋

[@spiderjerusalem8505]

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

[@maksymilianberth8371]

@@spiderjerusalem8505 same

[@MaMastoast]

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.

[@h.s.5907]

Arya

[@Espritviril]

Such a childhood gem. One of my old favorites! I only wish you praised the outstanding soundtrack more, the music in the game is amazing. I still listen it from youtube time to time.

[@sebidragu4439]

homm 3 and 4 are my beloved childhood games. they werent the most perfect, but they were really fun

[@Johnny-ud8mf]

I used to play this game 20 years and i still play it from time to time.

[@joshuastahl8071]

I play about 8 hours a week lol I have played this game for 20 years now and it almost never gets old.

[@Dzonnyg]

I really like it when you talk fondly about older games, whether I played them before or not

[@Matticitt]

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.

[@biscuit715]

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.

[@proot.]

@@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.

[@iateyourgranny]

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.

[@Qgal5kap123]

I'm not sure how many thousands of hours I've spent playing HOMM3, but I loved all of it.

[@hplkntiinen1030]

Man the menu music takes me back 10 years and I love it

[@Daetnas]

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?

[@carl7534]

Playing this game with my brother is an annual tradition for Christmas. It has been for the last ten years. It’s just an amazing game.

[@uraletz]

This timeless game is still played completely online. It's amazing actually

[@tomburns5231]

This is a game my brother, cousin, and I played together as children around its release. We were staggered by the 3D intro and used to imagine to ourselves how amazing games would be in the future if they had that quality. Perhaps you played it at a later time, since I think we played it around release. It was and is truly amazing. I just played a game of it online with my brother a week or two ago. We've probably played all of the multiplayer allied campaigns, but that doesn't stop us from playing them again. There is something so charming and wonderful about that game. Even the Steam HD edition is worth playing, especially for its Steam integration and easy ability to play with friends.

[@kissdomi]

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 😁

[@somerandomguy___]

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

[@Sharnoy1]

By far my favourite Heroes game and the only one I still play to this day!

[@estevansmith6697]

I remember going to this summer program as a kid and one of the activities was you could sign up for the computer lab where every PC had a handful of games installed. One such game was HOMM3 and I fell in love, me and the boys would do 4 man lan parties as long as we could sometimes it was just magnificent. Still have it downloaded to this day

[@klerotik]

Phil: 1:47 "A slight edge over your opponent" Also Phil: Has hundreds and thousands of minerals.

[@0730bcorm]

I played this for the first time at my grandparents house when I was a kid in the 90s and had to search the internet for the game because I couldn’t remember it and now i play it a couple times a year and it’s honestly my biggest nostalgia game that holds up today.

[@NIKENKO]

Heroes 3 will forever be one of the best games ever!

[@danedane9905]

OMG YES Dude I LOVED this game. Though I was still very young when I played this in the early 00's, It's still one of my favourite games!. The theme music along with the iconic battlefield 1945 music gives me goosebumps

[@Lego4KilIer]

One of my very favourite games

[@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

And the music, omg the music is just perfection.

[@igoralhasov2957]

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.

[@easysofa]

Timeless game. The HD mod makes it playable on modern PCs, still pick this up with mates once in a while for that nostalgia kick. Playing it on a large TV is what younger me would have wanted.

[@supra107]

For a second I thought Sseth uploaded something about HoMM3 again.

[@maxellsworth6184]

I've been looking for this game for years!! The nostalgia!

[@kaamoshaamu]

Homm 3 Complete + HD mod is the best version.

[@AleK0451]

the HD version is terrible, the original graphics are perfectly fine as they are

[@Kirik285]

@@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.

[@rage9715]

Most mp for homn3 is done via hota since it balances out all the towns via a check box.

[@degrengolada2360]

+Hota

[@AleK0451]

@@Kirik285 my bad

[@Nvideogames]

most iconic menu theme

[@Bru7aLis]

Nostalgia level over 9000. All of my friends loved this game when we were kids. We spend so much time playing it and it was amazing. Maybe I'm biased but I still think it is the best thing in this genre. I really hope I'm proven wrong but I don't think the modern gaming industry can come up with such a game.

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

The HD fanpatch for this makes it much more crisp and beautiful on modern displays, it's worth the time to look that up

[@sandwich2473]

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.

[@theDomCorporation]

I love these videos about games that I'd otherwise never learn about :)

[@jxun4l3ht10]

What a timing, just as i click this, i get a notification that one of my friends just started HoMM3 on Steam!

[@doufmech4323]

If I remember correctly you can only buy the HD version on Steam, you should consider buying it on GOG.

[@nargaman261]

allways loved the citys in 3. I like the way they look

[@Tinkuwu]

This was my favorite game as a child. My dad loved it when it came out and gave my brother and myself a copy on our terrible windows XP computer in 2000. I've played it even to this day. I really wish the HD version had the expansions. :c

[@Iwatoda_Dorm]

2kliksphilip is the only channel that makes a video on a Mac OS games in 2160p60 youtube resolution. _And i’m grateful for that._

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Damn, I love and miss the look of older games like these. I wish they'll make a resurgence.

[@tanjinpang]

The reason I love this game for more than 20 years is because of the music!! My most favorite is Inferno. It sounds like the very short version of Damnation of Faust.

[@TackerTacker]

Great game, I always played the necromancer and raised a huge army of skeletons.

[@bunkymag]

I still regularly play this today. It is still excellent

[@GrimmerPl]

This game *is* my childhood memory. And it is so bizarre that it never took off big in the so called Western Europe. I was playing it night after night with my brother and sister, I was playing it after school with my friend, I spend crazy amount of time playing randomly generated maps in a hot-seat mode... And when I bought it on GoG I somehow pulled an all-nighter. Hell, we still have championships with prizes and stuff in Poland.

[@_wayneman_]

2 Games everyone should own: - Heroes of Might and Magic III - Master of Orion II

[@Miksha]

Me and every other eastern european playing this: yes decent game

[@Vvopat96]

This is my childhood also, great game, still like to play it with brothers

[@Rhyds86]

I've never bought so many copies of one game. Says a lot :)

[@danielemondmusic]

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.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

I remember playing the first one and having a blast with it

[@smitias_8474]

As someone who still uses 4:5 monitor, great gratitude to you, Philip, for keeping original resolution.

[@grzegorzwojdyla2850]

Dont know a single polish person who hasnt played this, games older than me but i still play it from time to time

[@kuvisit]

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

[@alexmuller6752]

it is simply the best. next in line are the first and then the fifth in the series. i always come back to it

[@musiikkimies9241]

Such a breath of fresh air to find a Bri'ish accent amidst the oversaturation of 'Murican content creators.

[@Biegspoon]

My grandma got me into this game about 20 years ago and I’ve loved it ever since. I’m really surprised you didn’t bring up any of the map editing parts of the game. Once I had finished all the content the base game had to offer I started making my own maps since I didn’t have internet back then. I probably have more hours in this game than any other.

[@AliceAttentionWhore]

It's a crime 2kliksphilip didn't use the HD mod for this video.

[@yoimsecond]

Might not know it

[@siliablackfame5771]

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

[@AliceAttentionWhore]

@@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.

[@siliablackfame5771]

@@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

[@AliceAttentionWhore]

@@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.

[@southwardfaun9008]

One day in the mid 2000s, my dad gave me the cd for heroes of might and magic 3. He found it "by the dumpster" In his apartment complex. Turnout out to be a right proper banger.

[@aavernox7441]

I'd also like to mention that this game, since my early childhood days, taught me to respect old, classical music? I guess we can put it like that. Heroes 3 soundtracks are truly breautiful. Dirt theme is at the top of my heart. I'd like to know what's yours most favourite soundtrack, my dear comment reader.