Obscure games you love to bits, and why you love them

[The_Liquid_Laser]

m0ney said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - Occasionally I will find someone who really likes HoMM3, but I don't think I've found a person in the past couple of decades who has even played HoMM2.  Personally I think this game is the better one on the single player side.  (HoMM3 is a lot more balanced and therefore much better for multiplayer.)  Before I encountered this game, I had played several fantasy strategy games like Master of Magic.  But my favorite part of those games was just building a single army or two and just wiping the floor with the enemy.  Well in HoMM2, you are encouraged to do just that very thing.  Get a hero (or a few heroes) and focus on building up a huge army for him to battle the enemy.  It's just so well executed on this simple premise.  It has several expansions.  It's only obscure because of age and being from the PC.

It has been one of my fav games for the last 20 years and one of my most played PC games. I prefer it over HoMM3 because of the imo better visual style and animations and tighter gameplay. I was really disappointed in HoMM3 when it came out, the maps looked like medieval paintings and the units looked like plastic figurines. I ended up playing HoMM3 for hundreds of hours anyway but its HoMM2 that I still keep coming back to. Ironically I was introduced to HoMM2 by my airhead neighbor kid, I would have never thought he could like a turn based tactical strategy game like that.

Yes!  I fully agree.  I just love the visuals of HoMM2, and the gameplay is awesome.  I also played a ton of HoMM3 when it came out, but I still prefer HoMM2.  The gameplay just feels right to me.