Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Shadow of Death - PC

Once again they have made a very enjoyable game here. More campaigns and adventures. Same great game. Better graphics. Very fun. Fun for the whole family.

I love Hereos of Might and Magic 3 with the Armageddon's Blade add-on. I find it to be a fantastic turn based strategy game with role playing game elements. The whole game has a certain "hobby board game" feel to it as well. This product above is nothing more than the old HOMM3 with a few new terrain sets, 12 artifacts, and a handful of scripted scenarios for the price of $40. This is bad for existing fans of HOMM3. Secondly, NO new monsters, heroes, or buildings are added. Thrirdly, to date, NONE of the new terrains or artifacts work with the randomized map generation (with no plans to implement this according to NWC CSR). Lastly, the game will not work at all if you install HOMM3:SOD with Armageddon's Blade, despite the press releases and what is stated clearly on the game box.

With HoMM3:AB, I found that I enjoyed that expansion pack but it didn't really keep me interested as much as this one does. On HoMM3:SOD, there was not only a more sinister plot throughout the campaigns, but you are able to pick the difficulty level of the campaign - a sorely missing feature, previously. True, the Elemental Conflux town type is absent from this (which was stupid to remove), and there really are no new creatures. That hampers the game. However, the ability to combine several artifacts to make a super-powerful one adds a nice touch. I found that picking up a bunch of random artifacts in previous games became tedious, but now it's worthwhile finding some of the less-powerful ones just to assemble something that makes your hero supercharged. Is it worth the money, even with the rebate? I can't say it is unless you really enjoy the HoMM3 series. If you are a fan, then the new campaigns and features should keep you rather entertained.

This is a great game to buy if you don't own the first Heroes game. However, if you are like me, and have bought the 1st, then you might not want to get this game. The good things are that you can choose the difficulty level on the new campain(something that was sorly needed on AB, and RoE). Also it has a ton of new maps...but other then that it is not all that good. If you think it is worth $30 for it, then buy it. I for one, am glad that I bought that game

Falsadoom, The Shadow of Death DOES work with Armagedon'sBlade. Run a defrag program or format your drive, because this is agreat add on and the $10 rebate accounts for the high price tage with repect to previous owners of Heroes 3. This is one of the most fantastic fantasy/stratagy games ever produced and it is a shame that one might post such an impulse review without first considering other possible causes for their concerns.

I enjoy playing this game. "It's a never want to stop playing a kinda of game". I would reccommend to all others that are interested in these kind of games!!!!