Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits - Excluding Diplomacy HOMM3

Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Is A perfectly Balanced Game with no exploits. Or is it perhaps broken when you cheese the diplomacy skill in the game to recruit an army that you should not have access to. You can probably tell that the game is broken when a new player of this game is able to decimate the AI with late game OP units. Suddenly you can have free armies that cannot loose in combat. It is going to lead to some rather funny moments with the spiffing brit whilst he roles a memey stack of mad lads across the map with no competition or balance. So let the exploit commence. Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a turn-based strategy game by the way!
What you have seen here today is part of a fantastic perfectly balanced series on youtube where I go from game to game and break them with wacky exploits to gain things like unlimited gold. If you enjoyed this then be sure to check out more. The style is similar to RT game and callmekevin in parts. A large influence on this series has come from Valefisk and The Killian Experience.
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Title: Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits - Excluding Diplomacy HOMM3
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[@MrNotBot]

I've been playing HOMM3 for 20 years now, and this was incredibly painful to watch.

[@Matt_uniqueHandle]

What were the painful parts? I played a little a long time ago, so I can't tell if you're legit or sarcastic.

[@talonviperchef4048]

@@Matt_uniqueHandle are you serious?

[@MrNotBot]

For starters you don't want diplo on your main hero but on the supporting heroes. He had a shit army composition. You don't walk around with dwarves and drenoids (or anything with low speed), they slow you down on the adventure map too much. He had dwarves instead of centaurs on his support heroes, same reasoning as above. He doesn't understand how ranged units work and overall misunderstood several mechanics. He took scouting instead of wisdom on a small map which was already half explored. He passed up earth magic. He found magic related artefacts and a hero with expert wisdom, and then proceeded to completely ignore magic. He replaced his main hero with expert leadership for the said magic hero who is far worse for the diplo tactic. He kept throwing away decent units for shit ones/smaller stacks. He upgraded pegasi instead of the elves, which are the best early game unit in Rampart. They are a beast in late game as well if you build around them. Centaurs are also a good early upgrade, either choice is way better than upgrading a handful of pegasi. He was walking around with both basic and upgraded drenoids, essentially costing him an army slot for 2 small stacks of units that are terrible at attacking. He built a treasury when he was broke. Generally you don't want to take XP from the chests, you want to take gold (granted this was on easy difficulty so it doesn't matter that much, but still you need loads of gold for diplo).

[@blueskies133]

That, and evaluating how "broken" a mechanic is against an AI on normal difficulty is pointless, the game is easy to win as is at that level... Diplomacy is only good for buying units from your own city, or otherwise sacrificing them on the altar.

[@pauldobberson6429]

@@MrNotBot Oh damn, I've also been playing this game for well over a decade and I never knew that your lowest troop speed affects the movement on the world map.

[@havardmj]

- wants a secondary hero - does not pick *Kyrre, the logistic specialist*

[@Jandalph]

Like, the fastest hero in the game. Give her a Silver Pegasus and she traverses the whole map in one turn.

[@eLsain]

i like jenova

[@ChristopherMaier.]

He literally did everything wrong during his play-through.

[@michaelwhity7382]

@@ChristopherMaier. Which further proved his point, on how bad the game is dumbed down lol.

[@Tobbzn]

The most hilarious part was where he claimed Cure was absolutely necessary and didn't even comment on Slow, which is genuinely the strongest spell in the game and it's not even close.

[@SURok695]

"The centaurs however have their special ability which is they're just cannon fodder" He says about the strongest level one unit.

[@Nurk0m0rath]

I do find hobgoblins and master gremlins good as well but yes, used correctly (and upgraded early), centaurs are super OP early game units. Certainly WAAAAAAY better than skeletoys. Really the only strength of skeletons is their raw numbers after the stack has been protected from casualties for the whole game.

[@greatdude7279]

@@Nurk0m0rath Shakti trogs are better.

[@Nurk0m0rath]

​ @Great Dude Not a fair comparison. Units will *always* be better with their specialist hero than without, and most towns have a level 1 unit specialist. Don't remember if rampart has one, but stronghold does, and hobgoblins in his army are terrifying, crossing the map in 1 turn with mass haste or expert tactics and one-shotting black dragon stacks. Probably the strongest of these heroes is Galthran, just because of the numbers skeletons can achieve, but they do need haste to accomplish much. Besides, you don't play dungeon for its overlords. What you really want are the warlocks and spells. My favorite is Alamar with his massive spell power, scholar, and resurrection. Grab earth magic as soon as you see it and you need never lose another unit. Pick up Gunnar to fetch and ferry and you're good to go.

[@greatdude7279]

@@Nurk0m0rath " Not a fair comparison." Why? In the terms of gameplay you pick what actually works. There are plenty of units that are good stat wise but its the growth that screws them over. "Don't remember if rampart has one," Don't think they have. "and hobgoblins in his army are terrifying" Stronghold has goblins. Shakti is Dunegon he has trogs. "Probably the strongest of these heroes is Galthran" Which is why he is banned lol. Infact he is not even in the HotA he has been replaced. "Besides, you don't play dungeon for its overlords. " All you need is either Shakti or Deemer. Shakti with his trogs can easily take hives, shops, pickets, conservatories or dragon caves at the start. On average you will get your start with few creature dwellings to portal and have few creature banks that gift you creatures. On average with Shakti you can already get 2 dragons and 12 wyverns before first week is finished and then just snowball from there the faster you break the better. Best hero for me is Luna with her firewall cheese.

[@Nurk0m0rath]

@@greatdude7279 It's not fair to compare units under specialist heroes to units separate from heroes. We were making a simple unit comparison. Adding hero specialty strats was not the point. But since you brought in first-level unit specialties, I did a comparison to other towns I know have that strategy. I don't play multiplayer or random maps and never owned the expansions, so I'm talking base game. Maybe multiplayer on random maps changes everything but from my experience, magic trumps might almost every time, and warlocks are probably the best magic hero. I say almost because there are some cheesy might strats that are hard to beat, like the defense specialist. But it's even harder to beat someone who can scout the whole map without leaving home, fly across half the map in one turn to capture a town, instantly teleport to any friendly town, mass slow your army, summon legions of elementals, and then resurrect any real units you manage to kill. Once a good magic hero gets rolling, they barely even need an army.

[@GepardenK]

This was actually pretty tame as far as Heroes 3 power trips go :D Exploiting stuff is a feature, not a bug, in this game. Heroes 3 is not a game about balanced tactical situations, rather everything is exponential making it a game about being the first player to leverage the map to pull off some crazy world domination scheme before any of the other players do the same. It's basically a turned-based competitive pacman that ends in a nuclear holocaust.

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

to be fair, while you are correct about everything being exploitable and its just a race of the player doing so before the rest, diplomacy IS in and by itself beyond ridiculously broken to the point it's usually banned by most tournament rules, if not all of them. Diplomacy is... absurd. I fully recommend watching TheKnownWorld's video regarding diplomacy explanations/games.

[@lancasterlion8252]

I love the sum up, basically pacman ending with a nuclear holocaust 🤣🤣🤣

[@luxinterna3370]

interesting statements and video. I will link this video to every homm 4 hater from now on.

[@fulla6967]

Am in tears this game discription is way too accurate

[@josefrobert6644]

As someone with a ribcage I can confirm it gives +2 to power skills. Also gives structural integrity and helps with breathing, can recommend 👍

[@danpowell806]

Can I borrow yours for a week just to try one?

[@kingfishergaming7102]

This comment made my day lmao

[@lupusinvictus2229]

He's just mad none of His comments get* more than 5 likes. Probably because He Himself is 'great at parties'. ;)

[@WeirdOne19142]

@@lupusinvictus2229 I get the feeling that masilith is the kind of guy that thumbs his own comments up.

[@rianvoogt4701]

oh the humor.

[@dane7584]

When he picked advanced archery over earth magic, I spat my tea at my monitor, by the gods! Edit: now he's picked Scouting two times on a revealed map, madness!

[@ArbiterDan]

True. This particular brit is a noob.

[@TheFlyingBlueWhale]

I spilled my baked beans and plack pudding because of your coment mate xD Old Heroes-Fans triggered

[@yenlabuda9289]

was it a cup of yorkshire tea?

[@Notmyname1593]

I think he just felt sorry for the AI and didn`t want to become even more OP.

[@Mimirai]

He picked scouting instead of wisdom...

[@selensewar]

Fun fact: in russian edition of the game color "Teal" got mistakenly translated as "chayniy", which literally means "tea color".

[@Phelixc]

Oooh, shiny...

[@philippsobecki8510]

cool!

[@DudeWatIsThis]

In the Spanish version of Age of Wonders 1, _"X turns left"_ (like, "3 turns left", like, the time left for a city to build something) was translated as "3 gira a la izquierda". You know, as in 3 (who is a person) turns to the left, with his car.

[@selensewar]

@@DudeWatIsThis :"D i love poorly translated editions sometimes.

[@user-hh9ig5dy5i]

It's true. All my childhood i had tried to imagine "Tea color". I love Fargus and their translations) (If you don't know the etertal classic of early russian translations, you should read anything about russian localization GTA San Andreas. It is so funny)

[@steveh.9925]

Lets play a game called "How long will Spiff leave the mercury behind his base"

[@peterhartmann3386]

It was so painful to see :(

[@thisguy00]

Even though it was released 20 years ago, its still probably more polished than most AAA games from today...

[@Themilesrock]

Yeah I agree the game is old as I am and I love it

[@BlackDonMetallo]

Play the horn of the abyss fan mod and you'll have the best experience

[@lionelboulay9732]

i personaly only played the 5th and realy enjoyed it ( gona take the 3rd just to cheat out those cheaters)

[@Volvith]

Probably? How awfully, optimistically innocent of you. :')

[@Kalleosini]

They don't polish games anymore today because people buy them anyway. back in those days if your game wasn't polished, it wouldn't sell. they don't sell games on merit anymore, they sell on advertisement and hype... or actual lies.

[@hyper6500]

Someone needs to make a Yorkshire Tea Simulator thats perfectly balanced.

[@aloniada]

I don't think it even possible to program Yorkshire tea that not perfect in any way. But i do wonder what happen if Chuck Norris drank Yorkshire tea?

[@sircamo4633]

@@aloniada He Does! How do you think hes a legend and so strong?!

[@harjutapa]

Impossible, Yorkshire Tea is infinitely powerful.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@aloniada I believe that's how Reanu Keeves was born.

[@tank2543]

It shall be done.

[@Sharnoy1]

Half of the video I just wanted to scream "NO SPIFF DO NOT DO THAT!" But it was no use and now my wife is mad at me for some reason...

[@MeldrickCz]

Because you fail at the correcting Spiff doing that terrible terrible mistakes. You married demanding but after all just one. That was terrible mistakes.

[@Opiate1987]

The number on the right of "shots" isn't the ranged damage, it's just the number of ranged shots they have. In the case of Ice Elementals, that number is 24. If you have a fight longer than 24 turns, they run out of arrows, and you have to use them in melee mode. Fun fact :)

[@michaelsamchuk1819]

I was going to say this too… I can’t believe how anyone could mistake this never mind someone making a video talking about it. Like I think not even 1 out of 100 people would now understand that. How much damage do titans do? Lol

[@iholkih360]

@@michaelsamchuk1819 Haha Exactly..... He made at least 5 mistakes like this that I could count. Mistaking luck for morale was one of the.

[@likeblawk168]

I almost went in rage how much wrong infos he gave 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@zanon__]

@@likeblawk168 You probably need to go outside and touch grass if someone saying something wrong about a videogame puts your panties in a twist.

[@zanon__]

@@michaelsamchuk1819 I can see how that happen with a new player or someone with little experience - the UI isn't exactly the cleanest and the most intuitive, and the way it displays info can be misleading if you're just starting yourself. I say this despite thinking Heroes 3 is (imo) the best game in the Franchise. But it has its flaws.

[@gunlocksp]

So triggered Spiff didn't even pick up the mercury thats literally above/beside his main city. Also, yes, please stream it!

[@HavardSlettvold]

And the camp fire -.-

[@johanchannel1368]

SAME

[@spacemonkeyentertainment6413]

Oh good, i thought i was the only one that pedantic, but for some reason i just couldnt let it go. Noticed a few other things that werent 100% accurate, but the Mercury somehow bothered me most ^^

[@DommHavai]

You actually don't have to pick it up since rampart only needs mercury to upgrage mage's guild, and starting resources are sufficient to reach lvl 3 (to get gold dragons). You can often see pro players not picking up free resources because it can be a waste of movement points, especially for the main hero. Of course, the actual reason in this particular case is that Spiffing Brit didn't pay enough attention.

[@Zabiru-]

Scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else was going nuts over that haha xD

[@Qba0B]

There is no single person in Poland who was born before 1990 who don't know and played this game.. This game in Poland has a cult status, period

[@Bipolarbaer]

This game was Russian made wasn't it?

[@Sparcle]

@@Bipolarbaer Only Heroes 5 were made by a Russian company, Nival Interactive; Heroes 1-4 were developed by an American company called New World Computing and I'm pretty sure Heroes 6-7 do not exist.

[@NeblogaiLT]

@@Sparcle I am pretty sure Heroes 5 do not exist either :)

[@NeblogaiLT]

@@Bipolarbaer This game is made by New World Computing (USA), led by Jon Van Caneghem, who have made lots of true classics- Might & Magic 1-9, and then spin-off Heroes of Might and Magic 1-4 games. Speaking specifically about HoMM3- it was already made when 3DO had purchased New World Computing, and were investing/expanding a lot- but then went bancrupt some years later, bringing down all their game studios with them.

[@ilkoftw]

it's pretty much the same in Bulgaria. I still play it 20 yrs later.

[@Neolisk]

17:44 It's not a ranged attack of 24, it's 24 shots, 3-7 each. Also ice elementals have melee penalty, so they only deal 3-7 damage in ranged combat, melee is 50% of that (1.5-3.5 per creature).

[@MattnessLP]

Don't forget range penalties, so their first shot usually only deals half damage anyway.

[@Diver13666]

@@MattnessLP well, it doesn't matter caus he's mostly using autocombat giving Artificial Idiot a chance to waste units o_O

[@mrbdwastaken]

Centaurs: are one of the best lvl 1 units in the game The Spiffing Brit: *"absolutely useless"*

[@legion999]

THE best lv1

[@jinn-tonik]

Y B Halberdier: "I object". Although I really enjoy playing just centaurs, elves and pegasi as a mobile early kill squad.

[@JJ-ku8bm]

well i always prefered skeletons while playing necromancer , this was so nice feelings to see their numbers grow after beating massive armies ;)

[@jinn-tonik]

Jakub Jakimiak yea, skellys are not even bad individually, their stats are good. And having couple hundred of them by the end of first week helps a lot! ;)

[@Novocane23]

Second best, Pixies are still the best tier 1 unit in the game - simply because of their speed, and the no retaliation is nothing to scoff at. Pixies, and the fact that Conflux can build the Pyre in week one is why Conflux is often banned in tournament play.

[@9Saper]

Non Heroes3 players : "wow, so many exploits" Heroes3 niBBas : laughs in 16k power liches

[@fernandoraymundo3934]

the power of the power liches on week 1 :D

[@tarkwiniuszpyszny6912]

Still Diplomacy> Necromancy, but the best is both

[@ambidexter2017]

Diplomacy is just one of broken things in HoMM3. Off the top of my head: Necromancy, Armageddon, Resurrection, Town Portal, Dimension gate, Vampire Lords, Firebirds, Demons, Pixies…

[@zmyslowykalosz]

@@ambidexter2017 how about gorgons?

[@evonthon]

Firewall and one pixie is still my favorite exploit

[@samclukey9802]

You know, i'm something of a level 16,000 Power Lich myself.

[@C0mplicat3dd]

Actually u made me read comments in the beggining of the video

[@samclukey9802]

@@thespiffingbrit another exquisite vid, sir spiff

[@darkrite9000]

And here I thought I was the only high-lvl death being around here, don't mind me, just your local shinigami passing by (oh dear the world's burning, well seems Spiff is at it again, I don't think any game is safe, nor is your mortal world). Now then if you don't mind I'll just be putting in a notice that a whole village's populace has fallen into a volcano, you wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you@@thespiffingbrit .

[@andreasottohansen7338]

@@thespiffingbrit Sounds like Necropolis is involved. That is bound to be broken.

[@Daggs12]

Hurt my heart watching him skip over Kyrre

[@Flem100DK]

Yes. Who wants logistics...

[@RainingMetal]

Even after only remembering that she has logistics by reading the comments, I still would have picked her over that Stronghold hero because Kyrre is a Rampart hero and would have therefore fit better in terms of using Rampart units.

[@likenot3073]

I love how confident you are about explaning the game you have no idea about, basicly perfect youtuber

[@su2767]

he admits that hes a noob at this game.. whats the point of your comment?

[@skizzeh_]

I love how confident you are about explaining a video you evidently have no idea about , basically a perfect person

[@likenot3073]

Im not being sarcastic, i get that he doesnt play the game, i just admire pure confidence in saying whatever he can come up with, making expression that he's the master of the game

[@nofanfelani6924]

I love how confident i am about leaving a pointless reply here, basically a perfect manners from a perfect gentleman.

[@masansr]

What did you expect, actual research from this wannabe BuzzFeed channel?

[@missrosethegirl]

They dont' deal 24 damage each unit, that's how much ammo they have before they run out, and can only do melee, unless you have an ammo cart :D

[@CaitiffFTW]

@@thespiffingbrit You mean there isn't a Yorkshire Gold blend, to help with that yet?

[@rjsteeves]

what's worse is he didn't delay his turn with his archers. If he did, the enemy Halbarders would have moved close enough so that he could have shot at them without suffering ranged damage penalty at the end of turn 1, and had a followup shot on turn 2 before the Halbarders got their move. The whole fight could have been won with 0 losses.

[@jeffreyhoon]

@@thespiffingbrit That Yorkshire Gold Blend Tea must be blindingly good for you to not notice.

[@aonodensetsu]

if you have enough of them then there is no way to run out tbh

[@Chr1s_1986]

24 damage for a low tier unit would be op af xD

[@Saxim]

17:42 19:06 >range 24 attack What? It is ammount of their shots in every battle XD

[@furioni333]

also he picked scouting , lel. Such a memer.

[@BlackDonMetallo]

@@furioni333 scouting ain't that bad if you play on an G size map (3x XL) to get some ground covered. But for a small map its wasted.

[@Rusulki]

I'm also worried that he thinks cure is the best spell ever and slow didn't even blip his radar

[@kangaxx41]

I think he just picked a guide without knowing much about the game. Otherwise he would have choosen UD as faction and didn't made all those mistakes with range/shots for dmg. The most obvious thing was just as he got rid of the elven archers which are kinda the second most op unit in the game if upgraded.

[@HonestChuckle]

Yeees I just made a comment about this lol

[@tomasplanicka2539]

I was physically unable to watch in peace due to the ranged damage misunderstanding!

[@ColinPower1]

I stopped watching after that.

[@brenno344]

yes it's painful

[@eultheripper]

Me 2

[@NadyaCoolCanal]

It’s actually quite cute watching a beginner play this game. Takes me back to when i first started and had no idea about what i was doing. I’m still not great at it myself, nor do i use the diplo strategy, but here’s some general advice: 1) invest into magic. It’s worth it. Choose wisdom and learn spells. 2) never pass down on earth magic. It’s arguably the best school of magic in the game with the most op spells. 3) make sure that your army is well-balanced and not all over the place. You don’t need random small-numbered stacks of random units. Have (for example) a ranger-based hero and a speed based hero (pro tip: don’t carry slow units with your main hero as your land movement is determined by the speed of your slowest unit) 4) before recruiting a hero from a tavern check their stats/skills to decide which one is more useful for you. 5) (a minor detail) “shots”’ refers to the number of times a ranged unit can shoot during one battle, not the strength of their attack. There are more things that could be improved, but these are the key ones. It takes a while to get to know the game and it’s nuances but the key goal is not to powet up by looting everything and collecting random units. Experienced gamers put a lot of thought into every step and only get the units and the skills they need. Good video to get people interested in the game, not a great tutorial though.

[@twingo440]

3) pro tip: that it depends on the walked terrain ok, but the unit speed has influence over that too?

[@legion999]

With diplomacy you can win even as a complete noob. I had a crushing victory literally the first time I played, on a large map with 5 cpus. I was so new I didnt even know I could save the game.

[@carnob.2726]

@@twingo440 yes, indeed.

[@gabenght9316]

@@legion999 Try it on harder difficulty than

[@joahnaut]

To bad you didn't keep the original music in the game, as it's all in the public domain now and royalty free. Also because it's fucking one of the best OSTs ever.

[@Tekisasubakani]

I don't think I could ever get tired of it. :)

[@davenhla]

Paul Anthony Romero. I think he has a youtube channel. Oh I mean that's the guy that wrote music for 3DO and te Might and Magic games back then.

[@Tekisasubakani]

@@davenhla Cool, thanks!

[@has489]

I like the rampart theme song

[@kingfishergaming7102]

I've always been a fan of the fortress theme song theres a piano tutorial for all the theme songs on youtube btw (makes for a great party showoff lol)

[@valepu86]

If I remember correctly the rainbow critical attack was from luck, not morale

[@kingfishergaming7102]

Yeah i heard that and im like wow hes new to this game lol

[@WeirdOne19142]

You remember correctly, lol.

[@wolfybat3335]

Yup, Luck gives crits, Morale can grant additional actions/turns

[@narcolepticaxolotl4970]

I caught that too

[@DraggyLordeOfficial]

the experience of watching this while an expert is right next to me squirming in pain over the damn pot next to your castle is hilarious, keep it up!

[@realandreimania_old]

Honestly, i love this game. I cant say ive played it for 20 years because i am only 13 years old, but i used to watch my dad play this game all the time when i was little, i still do when he is around. I play it everyday and love it with all my heart. Im still happy because my dad showed me such a masterpiece! Its up here with Diablo 2 and Age Of Empires 2

[@Novocane23]

Good tastes kiddo - check out Horn of the Abyss if you still like playing this. It's a fan/community made expansion that adds on a new faction - and balances the game a bit more.

[@pandaman1331]

A Gen Z kid with good taste in video games? Your father reaised you the right way.

[@torylva]

As soon as I saw "Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits " I thought to myself "It is going to be diplomacy or Necromancy."

[@Hoogstaaf]

Not Eagle eye?

[@shayak3236]

@@Hoogstaaf not advanced leadership ?

[@goldhetman729]

@@Hoogstaaf eagle eye garbage

[@Bary_McCokner]

I was on the Armageddon boat.

[@MattnessLP]

I don't exactly remember, was Necromancy so ridiculously overpowered in HOMM3 or 4? Because I played both games a lot and remember having stacks with several thousand skeletons, zombies and ghosts in 4

[@sten0ne]

what about necromancy being over powered? having like 20000 skeleton or lich army from artefacts and several necro castle boosts? am I remembering this wrong? edit: kinda hurts to see how much better he could play this :D

[@sten0ne]

@@Riktos You're right =) have'nt played for a long time but I always loved playing necropolis. gg

[@martinbooyens6013]

Since this is the first game he's played that I've also played I've noticed he isn't as knowledgeable as he sounds. But he does play an absolutely mad amount of games so can't blame him

[@Noobie2k7]

Necropolis has always been broken. It's why how they work get changed in like every game, and they're always still broken.

[@harjutapa]

@@martinbooyens6013 He's really hit and miss with games. In many of his videos, he's very clear that there are dozens of exploits that he's not using for reasons... those reasons usually being that many exploits aren't as funny or "on brand" with his channel's theme (aka being British and obsessing over tea and making ridiculous amounts of money).

[@brohvakiindova4452]

also you could focus on diplomacy as well and transmute the additional troops to undead with the portal (or was this in a later game?)

[@Grimgnawgasm]

-Gets slow in mage guils : "OMG I GOT CURE YES"

[@EternallyVibing117]

19:21 "500 experience" MY GOOD SIR, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 3 ZEROS THERE!

[@JasonNewsted420]

5k exp just dismissed

[@xunnex.]

what about armageddon+efreet suicide bombing? as well as the cloak of the balanced king?

[@Kalleosini]

I too have seen Seths review of this game.

[@cp1cupcake]

My first game of this was a mp game with my brothers. I got the Armagedon Blade from a guy on driftwood in the first week or two....

[@vodkavecz]

Ah, I see. A man of culture as well. Don't forget the 'giving magic rabies to everyone in a ten mile radius'.

[@thefool8224]

basically all combined artifacts are broken, but no other can match the cloak of the "balanced" king.

[@Drakenwild]

I believe that would be too much to show off in one video xD There is also Fire Wall exploit and one that uses upgraded wampires to kill large enemy forces without losses.

[@Justaz122]

Stockimage: How many of our pics do you want to use this time? Spiff: Yes

[@youcan2657]

I think I am getting an aneurism from hearing him say "Rynald" when the hero is called "Ryland" ...

[@sekirosshadow9319]

It's Leviosa not léviosa

[@dawidek4267]

VERY FUNNY

[@carcharoclesmegalodon6904]

He always mispronounces everything though.

[@adinfinitum5398]

17:44 "But they also have a range attack which does twenty-four." This guy knows how to exploit this game properly.

[@Reeykz]

''I don't know what army they have, I have no way of knowing'' I mean, if you hold right click on them, it shows you!

[@Bjarkenb]

Excuse me, Spiff, do you have a moment to hear about our lord and savior Crag Hack?

[@zbynekurbanek3345]

the feeling when you make Crag Hack into a powerfull magician with expert earth/air magic and shitton of mana, teleporting everywhere, jumping castle to castle like proper hero should :)

[@martinez206045]

You do realize he passed up Earth Magic when leveling up... :)))

[@Bjarkenb]

@@martinez206045 I swear some of his choices made me cringe so hard my teeth nearly cracked

[@martinez206045]

@@Bjarkenb My mild ocd tendencies did not help me enjoy this video :D

[@zbynekurbanek3345]

I found it cute... its like watching apes use tools for the first time...

[@Jay-nb8or]

God I just got a flashback to 2008 where my dad and I would sit and play this game for hours. What a nostalgia trip.

[@briankay3146]

classic time portal game... start playing and suddenly it's 10 hours later.

[@arddermout6946]

"Google Is A Perfectly Balanced Search Engine With No Exploits" please!

[@Ultrox007]

So much of what you're saying is wrong... But I grew up with this game...

[@dylans7742]

With that much diplomacy, nothing he says can be wrong

[@Leubast]

And the magic towers in the towns are not that random, it's just depends on the town it's built in.

[@wisecrack3461]

He ain't smart but he's robust

[@kardoxfabricanus7590]

5:05 "For the low low cost of 3 pounds 99 or 14 million Russian rubles" damn spiffin Brit be spittin future predictions out here.

[@TheLordGodric]

Playing for almost 20 years and this was hilarious to watch

[@fourcgames7568]

I'm pretty sure you meant "painful".

[@matthi5146]

Loving HoMM2 and 3!! thanks for featuring this gem! :)

[@mrtonttu]

Ohh best game ever Edit: i died a little when you chose archery instead of earth magic

[@DarthEstebanMontoya]

I mean he had a lot of ranged units and was playing a 1v1 on a small map. Was the better choice for the situation.

[@Somegirlwander]

@@DarthEstebanMontoya huh.

[@dejanf8168]

@@DarthEstebanMontoya having +15% range damage is never in any situation better than teleporting across the map, slowing all enemies so you can kill them all without any problem, and completely imploding everything. I even forgot to mention your abilty to bring stuff back from death...

[@sonyblank1487]

@@dejanf8168 it's a 1v1 small map. How quick do you rush guilds?

[@Wargasmo]

Didn't he say he didn't even pick up any spells for his hero before?

[@lordcrowler]

With this tactic,if you play on nightmare or whats the name of the hight difficulty(i forgot),the AI will beat you in max 14 days of gameplay :))

[@brianmayabella5992]

Impossible difficulty.

[@jcdenton4911]

@@brianmayabella5992 I don't think he cares anymore.

[@dominikvachl8439]

HOMM III is actually the 1st game I have ever played and HOMM IV is the 1st game I have ever owned. HOMM made me a gamer.

[@Crimson_Edelweiss]

☠️☠️☠️

[@SzalonySzatan]

Somehow that was the same for me. H3 as the first game, HIV as first owned... And first major fuckin' disappointment

[@aabrightlove]

​@@SzalonySzatan uh You enjoying having HIV?

[@SzalonySzatan]

@@aabrightlove You must be popular

[@aabrightlove]

@@SzalonySzatan teehee

[@Necromancergames]

My dad actually pulled me into Hero's of might and magic 3 and this game is "perfectly balanced" as every game should be

[@Knihti1]

"Week is ended, meaning that all of your mines give us the resources..." How you can destroy the balance when you knowledge is -2 and playstyle is not-optimal. :D

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

Balance and Homm 3 should not even be in the same sentance together. The entire game is about "Can my BS stragedy beat your BS stragedy?"

[@vasiljambazov]

hey hey, Suika. This is correct!

[@nebbalf1171]

Watching this video was like slapping myself over and over with the lid on my washing machine. Slightly amusing, but overalt a painful experience. Props for giving it a go however. You’re still my favourite tea enthusiast and gaming youtuber

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Perfectly balanced" as all things shouldn't be.

[@OmniscientWarrior]

Except tea. Tea should always be perfectly balanced. Unlike coffee.

[@zbynekurbanek3345]

ahh...the classic Key to Victory... that map can be won in less than 2 weeks on impossible if you go with the notorious combination of Tower, shitton of master gremlins and Solmyr with his chain lighting... you just smash it through the lower cave, rush into undefended enemys castle and let him break against your (formerly his) walls... try it guys, you can have your archangel rating of won game in no time...

[@JasonNewsted420]

Now that's the comment we've all needed, just honest advice instead of bashing a dude for not understanding this complex game

[@yoloswaggins1579]

Me when he passed up Kyrre for Gretchin--->😵

[@iancasleton6356]

"may-or-may'notacus"----- ty, I so seldomly genuinely laugh these days and that was well put together. Ty, this channel and a few others keep me sane.

[@reececlassick4825]

Cup of tea was ready for this! Great video Spiff! Keep on chap!

[@adamhynes7535]

Do a skeleton snowball! Moral let's your unit go twice but its luck that can give you double damage Retaliate happens when you attack a creature and they hit back not just if you go next to them. To find out what army the enemy has just right click the enemy. Those tips should help any beginners about to play HOMM 3. Great video!

[@varsoonhks3211]

Watching someone make so many missteps while talking about exploiting the game made me shrink from the video and have to boot my own copy of the game just to feel better about things.

[@legion999]

Well yeah but this is about diplomacy

[@StRanGerManY]

@@legion999 he didn't do much with diplomacy. It wasn't an expoit,but a game mechanic. Which he executed terribly. Which worked because of low difficulty level

[@DarkZtorm]

I have been playing this game to death over the years and I still feel sometimes to play it. It is like a vintage wine or whiskey. My goodness.

[@seushimarejikaze1337]

you just didnt find anything better. the moment ive found Disciples (and later Age of Wonders), ive found how hollow gameplay of this game is. it was good for a time but got boring quickly.

[@Novocane23]

Don't listen to the guy above me. HoMM 3 is still considered the pinnacle of this series, and was was advanced for it's time. Even to this day, people still play this competitively - and if you didn't know about it, there is a fan/community made expansion called Horn of the Abyss (HotA) that introduces an entire new faction, The Cove, and balances a lot of issues the original HoMM 3 had - such as decreasing the gold costs of nearly everything in Tower - to making Conflux a little less broken.

[@seushimarejikaze1337]

@@Novocane23 homm 3 might be a pinnacle of heroes of might and magic series, but its not a pinnacle of turnbased strategy games. homm IV was good, too, but got forgotten, because it tried to change things. that didnt go well with stagnant homm players that wanted more of the same, boring gameplay. of course there are fans of this entry, but here is the news. every game got fans, that play it past its "expiration date". i, for example stopped playing homm 3 more than 15 years ago and cant play it since, as im getting sleepy after first week of gameplay. its simply boring.

[@Novocane23]

@@seushimarejikaze1337 I mean, you're entitled to your opinion - but I thought HoMM IV was awful - it just completely gutted everything that made HoMM 2 and 3 good and the standard that everyone was expecting.

[@seushimarejikaze1337]

@@Novocane23 yes, it was different, but i still keep homm IV for the simple fact that its different than other homm games and has really nice soundtrack. there are couple of other reasons ( like free roaming armies and similar improvements) why homm iv is still on my hdd while homm III is long gone. to each his own i guess.

[@howdoilogin]

"Iron golems - they're basically dwarves, but better in every regard." Well yeah, that's what Dwarves metamorphose into. What, those bearded things with the axes? Yeah those are dwarf larvae. When a dwarf reaches full maturity they weld a cocoon and their body melts and refines itself into its perfect form.

[@Jasza676]

And then there is the crazy Diamond Golem who laughs at magic and ora-oras anyone who gets in his movement range. Trully a perfect lifeform.

[@Poppadop1]

@@Jasza676 Wait, is that a JoJo reference? :-P

[@kingfishergaming7102]

😂😂😂This is the best comment ever

[@Unfortunatetribes]

Urist likes iron golems for their stern appearance.

[@wizardom]

Dragon Age: Origins much?

[@jestemwlodzimierz]

Perfect timing! I just so happen to be playing this game! Though to be fair that it would be just as perfectly timed in the next 20 yrs ;-)

[@kungfuskull]

Sooo many childhood memories, thank you for this. More!

[@Fan-wj9mx]

Even though all the mistakes and misinformation were painful, it was a very quick and fun half hour :D Please do more, good sir!

[@tarapita]

Key to victory? Easiest map even on impossible difficulty? You surely can do better than that!

[@Tekisasubakani]

So many hours spent LAN partying all night with HOMM III. One of the best games ever!

[@jordan7077]

Heros 2 was the first game I played with my dad... love the nostalgia

[@hujuibertyu31]

Mine was commandos 2. Fun fact: if you pronounce commandos 2 in Turkish, it would've sounded like "Commandos' cock" and we used to make that joke too. Nostalgia.

[@faksake1630]

i was 10 when i got this game on cd back in 00s my childhood game here, and im stunned. 2 weeks ago i bought from gog homm3 cuz of nostalgia and bam. spiff is covering game. much respect to you for playing this gem :D

[@carsonspears8568]

I've been eagerly awaiting this one. I've played this game waaaay to much, and never found any exploits myself. Plus, I played it in the preinternet days, when secrets were secrets.

[@talltroll7092]

You've never even split a stack of Skeleton Warriors across a necro-bois entire remaining army slots to force rezzed skellingtons into a free upgrade?

[@carsonspears8568]

@@talltroll7092 No... *hangs head in shame*

[@AgentFSB]

Thank you so much for doing this! Heroes of Might and Magic III is an absolute classic. Please do a stream of it. :D

[@swedeonhisway8608]

this is filled with information so wrong and bad its not even funny

[@baraka629]

Except for the fact that Diplomacy is OP

[@FlanneryYT]

He did state, outright and in no uncertain terms near the beginning of the video, that he is bad at the game.

[@balazsfenyes3880]

He doesnt know that monsters only accept the join for free or for money if your forces are overwhelmingly more powerful. Yes, Diplomacy is OP but not as OP as Expert Earth magic Town Portal or Mass slow.

[@THEpaulyBOY44]

he said he hasn't got loads of hours in game he is just showing off a few exploits that's all its not a review bro it's part of what he does on he's channel the whole exploit thing is he's shtick mate

[@MrNotBot]

@@THEpaulyBOY44 And abusing/exploiting the game is HOMM3's shtick. You win the game by making sure that your bullshit strategy beats out your opponent's bullshit strategy. Diplo is quite low on the bullshit totem pole.

[@robertthompson4393]

This is got to be favorite games of all time. Sometimes I get to play this game for days on end. I love the HD Edition and I'm hoping soon to get the expansion complete which looks like the one you're playing here because we could have the elemental castles and so many more scenarios open up

[@nemtudom5074]

The HD edition looks like texture filtered garbage and he's playing with the GOG version + the HD mod, which doesnt do the ugly filtering shit and works much better instead Also, it has all the expansions + the unofficial fan expansion called horn of the abyss. It might aswell be official because its as polished as the rest of the game

[@nemtudom5074]

The HD edition looks like texture filtered garbage and he's playing with the GOG version + the HD mod, which doesnt do the ugly filtering shit and works much better instead Also, it has all the expansions + the unofficial fan expansion called horn of the abyss. It might aswell be official because its as polished as the rest of the game

[@babyplaneswalker341]

I love this game so much. I used to play it for hours on end when I was a child and even made my own custom maps

[@hazmatheimerdinger3256]

Heroes 3 is my favourite game while heroes 2 is my childhood

[@alexanderkondratov]

I’m just glad to see people uploading heroes of might and magic 3 content, and he’s got over 1 mil subs which is nuts

[@crescentmoon169]

I love HOMM3. My uncles introduced it to me and I have been playing it ever since.

[@dimitrilium3912]

That's just normal gameplay actually, it feels odd by current game balancing standard, but the game was designed that way.

[@_to_dream_or_not_to_dream]

Actually diplo works as intended. HoMM3 is immortal classic nevertheless.

[@indifly]

yes, one more Heroes of Might & Magic 3 video, larger map and more action and thx for this one

[@belmarduk]

loved this, incredibly awesome game. Please do more!

[@molkanbee1169]

OH MY GOD I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D DO HEROES 3.

[@AdurianJ]

Heroes of Might and Magic is actually a spin off of the "Might and Magic" RPG adventure games the first being released in 1987. I used to play some of the late 90's versions and they always seemed to begin in a fantasy world and end with you fighting aliens with plasma guns !

[@lagduck2209]

yeah, it's kinda cool twist to the universe. I'd like if there would be some sci-fi castle in HOMM, with starcraft-like feel. some zerg, some tech, some templar magic and glow

[@adrien007]

@@lagduck2209 it actually was VERY close to happen, look for "forge heroes of might and magic 3". This was supposed to be in an expansion, but fans said no.

[@lagduck2209]

@@adrien007 I researched a little; seems like there is unofficial HOTA version of game, and as right now it has, or very close to, bring the game to what it's actually meant, and the Forge city is close to playable, if not already

[@CraigJukes]

May or May Noticus had me in stitches, well done, dear fellow..well done!

[@pickledtoasterbean7217]

I was born in 1999 and my uncle introduced me to this game as the first computer game ever. my first true love. played for years and still do when I am with him. absolute legend

[@petotrubacik]

Nice, grew up on this game

[@JustinY.]

Would you be willing to make a video in Kenshi, the ultimate de-limbing and death simulator?

[@Hyvexx]

Sounds fun

[@JustinY.]

@@thespiffingbrit Thanks for the response!

[@timleffler6217]

Kenshi is a supremely exploitable game, especially prison start and beating up guards until your character is a god

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

@@thespiffingbrit built Tea Empire in Kenshi

[@DeadAzz2]

Why you are here on my favorite video for my favorite game you even don't play those kinda games but comment on each video on youtube kid lol

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I remember playing the first M&M game (not Heroes, the original RPG). I had to make maps by hand for the thing. It was amazing fun but I remember going through a horrific dungeon, barely surviving but beating it, then hitting a random mob and being killed ONE SQUARE away from the Inn (save point). It was one of those maddening but epic times in the game. The level of tension at points was unbelievable and I really haven’t encountered anything like those old 80’s games.

[@brainstormsurge154]

Finally! Been waiting ages for you to play this.

[@Litepaw]

This is my damn childhood right here. Also starcraft.

[@indifly]

born in the ´80 ?!

[@narcolepticaxolotl4970]

My childhood was Heroes 2, but I know a little about this game too.

[@Mans334]

In a smell competition the game "Pizza Connection 2" would win. They sold CDs with some sort of "scrape-smell" where the CD would smell like oregano when you scratched the surface. I still have one of those CDs and it still smells like oregano!

[@RandomLastStand]

This is absolutely.... GLORIOUS! Thank you senpai!

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

Download the Horn Of The Abyss patch. It adds tournament rules which: 1) Nerf Diplomacy so only a small part of the troops join you (a half or even a quarter) but you must always pay as if all of them would join you. They never join you for free. 2) Nerf Necromancy by halving the skill's power. Vampire lords are still the same. Necropolis still has to have some top units :-/ Maybe I forgot something about these rules. Also new heroes and new specialties like scouting and Interference (new secondary skill which lowers spell power of the enemy hero and scales up with spell power reducing artifacts). It is a nice new mechanic.

[@OneSuperLan]

Also he can download "In the wake of gods" fan add-on, really love it

[@hill2750]

The Spiffing Brit has taught me one thing in his videos. That life is a balanced game, and by that I mean completely broken, because we have the grandest blessing of Yorkshire Tea.

[@moepShinChan]

I remember whole days playing this in hot seat mode, man we spent a lot of time xD

[@minilink55]

man my friend got me the fifth one years ago and we couldn't get multiplayer to work so I got three and damn we had some good times playing the game so thanks for giving the wave of happy nostalgia spiff

[@thewhitestjavelin2314]

I would LOVE a video on Heroes VII too, dropping an instant like for the Heroes series!

[@bloodred255]

Not sure calling it an exploit when its working as intended. Expert Wisdom gets you the good spells, advanced air magic improves your ire spells (dimension door +1 per day per level) earth magic upgrades your town portal spell to jump you to any town you own. its just how the game is.

[@michaelwhity7382]

I guess its more acturate to just outright say, that the game is dumbed down.

[@RNorthex]

24:22 "Girlfriend the death knight" the new venture bros season is sounding pretty good so far

[@ghosti3820]

Love the video man

[@thebobkap]

This was one of the first games I ever played on a computer it took me YEARS to remember enough about it to search and find it again. It's been great since