The strategic game we all love. Definately best in the series.
HoMaM 3 is probably one of the best turn-based strategy game I've ever played (along with advance wars). What you do in this game is quite simple, but yet it can get so in-depth: You conquer castles from where you can buy 7 levels of creatures and a special hero to put them in. Then you go out to explore the map, kill other heroes and guards in order to get new resources and artifacts to get your hero stronger and afford new troops/building in your castles. The objectives can be different. Sometimes you're just supposed to kill all opponents, and sometimes you have to dig up a treasure or kill a certain army.
What makes this game so fantastic is how well balanced and customizable it is. Just play a map or make one yourself, choose among the 7 castles, and have a go.
Building stuff is very satisfying in the beginning. And annihilating everything at the end is also a joy.
HoMaM has a great story (3 different if you get the complete edition) in the campaign and it makes the game more living. The campaign itself is hard but it'll teach you some good lessons.
The biggest deal with this game is the hot-seat multiplayer it features. It's really fun to play against/along another human being.
The graphics are acceptable and the sound is great but you'll get tired of it. For instance the battle interlude will be very frustrating to listen to all the time when you're on a killing spree (I think you know what I mean).
The game has two expansions that adds different stuff to the map, minor balancing, new campaigns and a new castle - "conflux". I recommend getting the compilation of the original HoMaM 3 and it's two expansions (Shadow of Death and Armageddons Blade).
As with all other turn-based games, this gets tiresome after long sessions but after a year you'll be picking it up again to enjoy it. Now that's what I call value.
Any PC gamer should try this out. And if you do - make sure to get the complete edition with all expansions included. It's a great deal.
Real Score: 8.9
And let's not forget the catchy cheat codes that is taken from the movie we all love so much ;)