The passage of the Heroes 3 campaign is a complete immersion not only in the world of old video games, but also in the culture of the nineties. Many gamers played at least one game in the series, and if not, they heard about it. All the noise that arose around this masterpiece appeared for a reason. It was the project "Heroes of Might and Magic" that became one of the progenitors of the entire genre of turn-based strategies.
How did the game "Heroes 3"
HoMM 3 is a video game that was released on computers back in 1999. It is a strategy in which developers have skillfully weaved an RPG component. The game was released by New World Computing, and the publisher was 3DO.
On the territory of the Russian Federation, it was implemented by the Buka association, appearing on the open spaces of domestic markets in March 2000. The name was optimized as "Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Rise of Erathia."
Short description
Like the previous parts of the series, the passage of the campaign "Heroes 3" takes place in the vastness of the fantasy world. The player gets the opportunity to control the characters that are called heroes in the in-game process.
The strategic component of the game is characterized in the management of units of warriors. During the passage of the campaign “Heroes of Might and Magic 3”, you can travel the game world, explore various locations, as well as capture other people's territories.
Tactically, the moment of the game is represented by the opportunity to fight the enemy in a separate game window. If you compare the game with the previous parts, you can immediately highlight a number of advantages, the main of which is traditionally called graphics. All models and textures of the third part were completely redrawn. The passage of the campaign "Heroes 3: In the Name of the Gods" with the blade has become much more pleasant because of this component.
The gameplay has been greatly changed. Dungeons were introduced, as well as the Holy Grail artifact. The passage of the Heroes 3 campaign has reached a new level, as an innovation has appeared in which the hero himself could fight with artificial intelligence.
The game was first introduced over the network. During its existence, it has become the most popular in its series. According to many critics, "Heroes 3" is the most popular turn-based strategy in the world.
Gameplay
The game is an ideological continuation of the two previous parts. The passage of the campaign "Heroes 3: Breath of Death" is in the battles of heroes who need to defeat the army of evil monsters.
The gameplay consists in moving through strategic locations that the player must capture and defend during the plot. Settlements are one of the most important components of the gameplay. The player can buy improvements and visit strategic objects of cities, while receiving improvements to troops, heroes, and this action also opens up new powerful spells. Also, from subordinate cities, heroes receive the main income for the further development of characters or buildings.
Unfortunately, the construction of new cities is not provided for by the game process, but this is not necessary, since there are a lot of introduced settlements.
Step by step and character development
The genre itself is called so because it has a special structure. The basic unit of time is a move during which a player can perform no more than one action. In global strategic mode, one move is one day. During this time, the player is given the opportunity to make no more than one improvement for each of the captured cities (there is also the opportunity to adjust the time after which the day ends).
At the start of the battle, the game window moves like a checkerboard. On both sides of this area, you control your heroes, after which you must defeat the enemy.
The most interesting moment in the passage of the Heroes 3 campaign in part 5 is the character development system. It consists in gaining experience that increases the level. With each new level, the player can increase the characteristics and strength of his hero, gaining new abilities. You can gain experience in numerous battles during the plot. Its amount directly depends on the total health of all killed units. If the game is played in online mode, then the defeated player does not receive anything. With each new level more and more experience is needed to move to the next level of pumping. In addition to opponents-heroes, the passage diversifies a huge number of neutral units, which are not assigned to any camp of players. Usually such creatures play the role of mine guards, and sometimes they even guard legendary artifacts. Sometimes neutral units constitute a force protecting neutral cities or groups of forces. In the game they are passive, but they will defend themselves when attacked. They are necessary in passing the campaign of the blade "Heroes 3", helping to improve the characteristics of the characters, and they also introduce the gameplay.
Characteristics of Heroes
Characters controlled by the player during the passage of the campaign play a major role in "Heroes 3". They move groups of troops on maps, and also use magic in battles.
You can increase their strength with the help of various artifacts, as well as raising the level of the hero. With each new stage, the player receives one development point depending on the class of the hero.
Hero Options
The strength of the player depends on the characteristics of the character, which are divided into:
- force;
- protection;
- magic
- knowledge.
Strength increases physical attack, defense increases defense, magic increases the effectiveness of magic, and knowledge increases mana.
Game map
The space on which the action takes place is extremely large. Nevertheless, a huge part of it is mountains and forests that are impossible to pass. Thus, it turns out a card consisting of many branches that make the game a little more linear.
But the developers did not make the passage of cards a casual action, and therefore added secret locations that you can get into if you use unusual routes. It also provides for the creation of dead ends in which the player can be closed by other troops.
The game map is divided into two stages - underground and aboveground. To move between them you need to use the gates of the dungeon.
Secrets and bugs
If you have already played "Heroes 3", then you probably know about the large number of hidden secrets, the intricacies of the game and, of course, bugs. Nevertheless, there are little-known chips, among which are the following:
- The player can upgrade cavalrymen for free using an external stable.
- If you hold down the C key, while not releasing it, click on your hero, a window with a book of magic will appear. This secret allows the player to use magic twice in one turn. The ability disappears if the book is closed.
- An adversary who feels hate will do up to 50 percent more damage, taking up to a half time damage on their own.
- Collected artifacts "Angelic Alliance" and "Cursed Armor" make it possible to use witchcraft even with silence.
- When improving the magic of the elements of Water to the maximum, the cost of the Teleport skill will be 1 mana.
- Units near unicorns gain immunity to magical attacks.
- If the player’s inventory has more than 5 items, then you can try to buy something on the market, and then sell it. After that, drag any other item into this slot. With a subsequent sale, its price will be as much as the cost of the item in this cell before it.