xep624: Why HoMM3 is sooo goood?? Well, let me tell you something - many of those people who rave about this game spent hundreds upon hundreds playing campaigns and maps in Homm3, expansion Armageddon's Blade, Shadow of Death, Heroes Chronicles stand alone campaigns and then there was a great mod called WOG (Wake of Gods)... This was a game that became a first multiplayer for me - I spent so many nights and days playing Hot Seat mode with my friends. Even my brother said to me that his best memories of me spending time with him were when we played this game together in co-op mode and kicked some ass of AI controlled armies!! The game has great depth and great balance - the town alliances have different set of units with different skills (the units could be upgraded as well), the source management was great, the development of your heroes was so thrilling (after leveling up you could assign points for their attack/defense/magic power and that had direct impact on effectiveness of your army). There were heaps of great artifacts, heroes had many skills to choose from, the new creatures were available only on "Mondays" (first day of the new week), so sometimes being able to get reinforcements just at the beginning of new week was a great tactical advantage. Conquering castles was lots of fun and your hero could not be killed in the fight (like it was the case with HoMM4 and so forth). Even the 2D graphics seem so much nicer and eye-appealing than those 2.5D in HoMM4 and 3D in HoMM5. Everyone admits that this was and is the best game in the whole series... Don't be scared of the graphics and give it a go!! Oh, and BTW: I tried hard to jump into HoMMIX, but the gameplay was not as good as it was with MM6,7, and 8...

mobutu: It'll be Windows 8

grviper: Crap... $30 of approximate spending, if I get the classic Heroes. Then again, I don't fancy Heroes all that much. Although I could get 4 for something different... 2 for the classic formula... 3 for expanding on it... 1 for being the closest to the good ol' King's Bounty. I've got 5 for free from that mcgame. Chronicles... well... maybe just to throw in with the lot.

hedwards: I no longer have a wallet, I have a direct deposit into GOG's bank account.

gandalf.nho: Nice promo, already have almost all the games which interested me but maybe grab HOMM 5.