Heroes of Might & Magic 3 HD Edition

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Sometimes censorship is necesary, due to copyrights.

I remember hearing something, maybe it was from TB, that said that they had lost the assets and code for the expansions, and that's why the HD edition is so limited.

Its crap. Get the GoG version.

I was excited about it too when I first heard about it. I already have it from GOG and I think I even have my original boxed version somewhere. I might still get it on Steam if it goes on sale real cheap. HoMM is my all time favorite game series.

you can still play in android, but use VCMI instead (look it up)
but i completely understand you

hope H7 will be good, notpaying 50$ for beta, before i know how things. and the shadiw council is not helping. not until we have a working game

I posted my thoughts on it in the Steam forums when it first came out and nothing has changed since then.

Basically it's just a lame cash-in on the part of Ubisoft. It's not even a real HD re-master and for the most part what they did was make it compatible with today's higher resolutions and widescreens. The problem is there was already a free HD mod out there that did that, and as you pointed out the new 'HD Edition' is missing some key things, the biggest of which are the two expansion packs that added a ton of content to the game (and better campaigns imo).

The one new feature addition that might actually be useful for convenience's sake is matchmaking for multiplayer if they have done it right (that's a big if), but even so it would not be nearly enough to justify it in my opinion.

Like numerous people have said I'm sure, you are better off just getting Heroes III Complete on GOG given that it's priced cheaper and includes both expansion packs. And you can just slap the HD Mod on it and call it a victory.

1. The source code of the expansions was lost when the publisher went bancrupt more than 10 years ago. Afterwards the rights for the Might & Magic franchise were bought by Ubisoft. That is why they can't update the expansions.

2. Please stop talking nonsense about the HD mod (as opposed to the HD version sold on Steam), which is a totally different thing. It only enables higher resolutions, but the graphics themselves aren't updated at all by it. That means the world map will show a larger area and everything else is simply upscaled from 800x600. I made a comparison gif between HD mod and HD version here.

The lack of expansions is certainly disappointing, but understandable and unlike some conspiracy theorists I don't see why they would lie about it (would have been only a few more creatures to update in exchange for a lot more sales). Whether the HD update without expansions is worth $15 to you is something you have to answer yourself - personally I think it's too much and my only criticism about the HD version.

Don't bother, get the GOG version and look for the HD fan patches. This one is a waste of money as it's missing stuff that actually made HoMM 3 great, especially the RMG,

Eh, I'll still buy it to go back through the campaign, despite having the original on CD. Not until it's 80%+ off though.

What does it censor? I don't remember anything in HOMM3 that needed censoring.

It's ubishit, what do you expect?
Still waiting for 75-80% off.