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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Expansion Pack: Armageddon's Blade

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Expansion Pack: Armageddon's Blade

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tougher campaigns than first HOMM3
Review: HOMM3 Armageddon's Blade includes a campaign called "Dragon Slayer", which is easily one of the nastiest, most diabolical campaigns I've ever seen. You have to fight 3500 Naga Queens at 2 occasions, kill throngs of dragons of all kinds, including a throng of Azure Dragons that has 1000 hit points each! I had a lot of fun playing it, especially when my hero got up to 40+ attack and power skills carrying swarms of titans and giants in order to slay those dragons. Also, in the final scenario, there were no mage guilds or wells to refill your mana! Any self-respecting HOMM fan should challenge him or herself with the Dragon Slayer campaign in this outstanding HOMM3 sequel.

Enhancements in this sequel include a new town type, Conflux, which is home to elementals, sprites, and phoenixes. You can guard your mines by dumping creatures in them, just like dumping them in garrisons. New wandering creatures include the aforementioned Azure Dragon and 3 other dragons, Sharpshooter (ranger with no distance penalty), Enchanter (ranger who casts group spells), and creatures seen in HOMM2 such as Peasant, Rogue, and Nomad. There is also a super-artifact called "Armageddon's Blade"; in one campaign you help necromancers build it, and in another you help Queen Catherine take it from the necromancers.

Great fun!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tougher campaigns than first HOMM3
Review: HOMM3 Armageddon's Blade includes a campaign called "Dragon Slayer", which is easily one of the nastiest, most diabolical campaigns I've ever seen. You have to fight 3500 Naga Queens at 2 occasions, kill throngs of dragons of all kinds, including a throng of Azure Dragons that has 1000 hit points each! I had a lot of fun playing it, especially when my hero got up to 40+ attack and power skills carrying swarms of titans and giants in order to slay those dragons. Also, in the final scenario, there were no mage guilds or wells to refill your mana! Any self-respecting HOMM fan should challenge him or herself with the Dragon Slayer campaign in this outstanding HOMM3 sequel.

Enhancements in this sequel include a new town type, Conflux, which is home to elementals, sprites, and phoenixes. You can guard your mines by dumping creatures in them, just like dumping them in garrisons. New wandering creatures include the aforementioned Azure Dragon and 3 other dragons, Sharpshooter (ranger with no distance penalty), Enchanter (ranger who casts group spells), and creatures seen in HOMM2 such as Peasant, Rogue, and Nomad. There is also a super-artifact called "Armageddon's Blade"; in one campaign you help necromancers build it, and in another you help Queen Catherine take it from the necromancers.

Great fun!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Heroes of Might & Magic III: Armeggedon's Blade
Review: The original Hereos III lacked something vital that the new version possesses -- challanging campaigns. Believe me, if you thought the original campaigns were tough, you are in for a big suprise. The new units are OK, and not really anything special, although they do provide a few interesting twists. The random map generator, like all random map generators, creates a totally random map. If you want an all-out battle challange, start yourself at a high difficulty and have the computer ally with its self. Used correctly, the random maps can provide hours of gameplay, AND make creating scenarios and campaigns a whole lot easier.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It's good, but....
Review: Ths game itself is great. I like the conflux town very much.... If I play a single scenario, my top choice will be it!... But one thing... The campaigns are really hard... Harder than I would imagine.. By the way, if you download the patch from 3DO, remember that the cost of angel and archangel slightly increased by 1 gem and 3 gems each.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Bigger, better, faster!
Review: Very much a case of more of the same, but this is most certainly NOT a complaint. The computer AI has been vastly improved, there are more creature types, new heroes and heaps of new maps. The new campaigns are excellent, although the later stages are quite difficult and time consuming.

My only critiscm is that a few new spells would have been great, but overall the new levels and campaign make this a very worthwhile purchase.

*WARNING* as with the original - this game is addictive in the extreme!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Bigger, better, faster!
Review: Very much a case of more of the same, but this is most certainly NOT a complaint. The computer AI has been vastly improved, there are more creature types, new heroes and heaps of new maps. The new campaigns are excellent, although the later stages are quite difficult and time consuming.

My only critiscm is that a few new spells would have been great, but overall the new levels and campaign make this a very worthwhile purchase.

*WARNING* as with the original - this game is addictive in the extreme!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I suppose it's fine if you're a 16 year-old boy
Review: We were very disappointed by Armegeddon's blade. It's rated "E" for everyone, but it encourages violence & IS NOT appropriate for "E" everyone.


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