While I know people who prefer other parts of the series over the 3rd entry (personally, I prefer HoMM IV), I never heard somebody hating HoMM III, so I'm a bit surprised to say the least, and I wonder why the dislike of that entry specifically? |
2 is one of my all time fav games, in fact I played it today for an hour or so on my work pc. When 3 came out in 1999 I was super hyped because I loved 2 so much, but.. I did not like the art style at all - it looked something like a medieval painting, the town screens looked too 'realistic' and I hated that the units in battle screens looked like plastic figurines. I did not like the classical music either alhough you can always turn it off. I was so disappointed that I uninstalled the game. Of course I ended up playing it for hundreds if not thousands of hours for the following several years, but the disappointment never went away, and it's the second game that I still keep coming back to, while the third game gives me an 'eww' feeling whenever I think about it.
Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.
