Good upgrades to a great game, but I still miss something to make it perfect…

User Rating: 9 | Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death PC
By gammis | Review Date:
This is a expansion to the original Heroes 3. So if you want my whole opinion on the game you should check out the review on the original as well. Here I only write about what changes with the expansion:

Overall feeling: (still) GREAT
The expansion makes
Difficulty: (still) GOOD
The singleplayer expansions are much harder this time around, which is great!

Game length: (still) OK
Stability: (still) GOOD
Control: (still) GREAT
Graphics: (still) GREAT
Detail: (still) GREAT
Music: (still) OK
Cinematic: (still) OK
Quantity of units / skills / spells / whatever: (still) GREAT
The new heroes (for the singleplayer campaign) and the new artifacts and artifact-sets are awesome!

Possibilities / Choices to make: (still) GREAT
Story: GOOD
I miss some story about my favourite races, it's all rampart and necropolis – no fortress nowhere!  But still – The storyline is easier to follow and more exiting since you get to carry your heroes to new scenarios and campaigns.

Tension / Excitement: (still) GOOD
Humor: (still) BAD
Singleplayer / multiplayer usage: (still) OK
Game editor: GREAT
Now you can generate an entire random map from start, which I love! This is a significant improvement!

I also like to say a word about WoG – another expansion to the game. This expansion isn't official (3D0 went bankrupt and the code was modified by some Russian dudes) so there isn't any page for it here on Gamespot – but it's a interesting mix of the best from both Heroes 3 and some from heroes 4 as well! It's worth checking out if you like this game.
Hints:
There is a hidden campaign!

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