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I started playing Heroes around 2003-2004, maybe even later. Back then, I bought the Platinum Edition of Heroes. (It was also my first licensed game :D) I installed Heroes 3 and, without going through any tutorials, I immediately started a single-player game. I chose the city purely based on its appearance; it was Necropolis. I also chose the hero based on his appearance. I don't remember his name, but he seemed to give gold. To be honest, I didn't understand much about strategy back then; I played very simply. Unfortunately, I don't remember the map either. It was designed for 4 players, 2 versus 2.

What I do remember clearly is that I won! I was so proud of myself! But in reality, I only captured one city during the entire game, which was guarded by a small group of manticores. It was Dungeon! And I liked the creatures of that city so much that I traded half of my undead for the unpurchased creatures of the captured city. (I had no idea about morale and didn't realize how it could affect things).
However, my computer-controlled ally defeated almost all of the enemy forces. :D

What I remember most is how I fell in love with Dungeon from my very first game!
I also remember seeing imps on the map and thinking for a long time whether or not to attack them! (I didn't know anything about the creatures back then)

I don't remember all the first games because I played them with quick battles...
But the real beginning was when I played with a friend on HotA, each of us for ourselves=))
That was intense... I already knew my way around the castles, so I played as Necropolis and grew to love them for their Liches=)) And the very first game (I think it was this one) I played was in The Shadow of Death. I played as Barbarians and in the end, I didn't capture a single castle; the computer did everything=(( I was upset and didn't play for a long time. Then, as always, I played at my friend's place (already as Inferno) and that's when it really took off. I bought The Shadow of Death, then Armageddon's Blade, and finally Platinum=)) Mmmm, Heroes is still my favorite game. I love getting together with friends, with beer and pizza, and playing HotA.

I remember when my mother's friend and her son, who was about 3 years older than me, came to visit. He saw my father playing Heroes 3, and I was watching intently... He asked to play himself, and I distinctly remember him starting the campaign for Adrian, but he didn't finish it. The next day, I sat down to play. I didn't understand anything, so for the first month, I played the same random map, and all the factions appeared in turn :D. Eventually, I figured out what was what, and I chose Conflux (I was about 9 years old then, and the faction was bright and beautiful, so I was drawn to it). That's when I won for the first time, and then I didn't play maps for a long time, but I always chose elementals... Only later did I discover the Sylvan faction, and I haven't switched to any other faction since then in any game. I remember most vividly how, in one of the first games, someone captured my Necropolis, and I couldn't understand where the open land had gone? :)

My brother taught me, briefly describing which castle contained what, I took a castle, and chose a Sorceress as my hero (a rather absurd choice, but I didn't care at the time). My brother played a Necromancer, and his hero was a Tantrum. We played "Breath of Death," and the map was "Monks' Retreat" (a cool map, by the way). I remember the scolding he gave me afterward. Roughly, the final battle looked like this: I don't remember my army exactly, but I do remember two numbers – 26 archers and 800+ halberdiers. His army was about one and a half times smaller, with the same number of dragons, 8. He killed me with approximately no losses (I destroyed two stacks of liches and vampires twice, but he successfully restored them to their maximum with the help of vampire lords and... 2:smile52:). In the end, I gave up an army that was approximately equal to 10% of his army... I'm even embarrassed:smile43:.

Inferno :) I remember liking the appearance of the devils.

Yeah... the author of the topic really set a challenging task – not an easy one, considering how long ago it was. Although the game was released on June 1, 1999, it reached our club in the fall, and that's when my journey "across three seas" into this fascinating world of heroes began.

1-Did you know in advance what you would be playing? (i.e., did you already know what types of castles there were, or did you decide to play based on your preferences from Heroes 2, or did you just choose randomly, or did you click through the castles and choose the one you liked based on its appearance and name).

Before the third Heroes game, I had some experience with the second, although not much, but nevertheless, it existed, which, albeit indirectly, influenced the choice of the "starting" race. And my choice fell on the race of ruthless and bloodthirsty barbarians, although I expected more from them in the third game, because it turned out that the monsters are not that fast (I chose the hero based on his appearance; I thought this "hamster" (a guy with puffed-up cheeks) looked so cool that it would be a sin not to choose him). Then, purely by chance, I came across the Inferno race, and I immediately understood that this was my native and desired race. That's how I fell in love with this race and still remain faithful to it, i.e., I serve it with faith and truth.

2-Were you able to win?

You're asking if I was able to win; I probably could have, if these monsters were not only "fat" but also fast, then I would have had a chance to "beat" these computers, even considering that I was playing for the first time, but I was on a roll.

3-What do you remember?

The unpredictability of the Arch-Devils, most likely, because my "chubby" monsters were simply crushed by the "skinny" Arch-Devils in a difficult battle with the computer. Then I realized that this is where the strength lies, the strength is not in the counterattack, and perhaps that's why my subsequent choice fell on Inferno.

4-What surprised you the most?

And in general, everything surprised me, every little thing that differed from the second Heroes game. And I especially liked the graphics, which reminded me so much of comics. Everything is so cartoonishly beautiful that sometimes you want to go back to childhood and remember the old days. Sincerely, K0Lb@zzeR.

1) Yes, I played the second game and was really looking forward to the third. I immediately started playing as Dungeon because it has the Creature of the Day. 2) No, I was too self-absorbed because I still didn't quite understand the strength of the monsters. 3) We used to discuss all of this with my friends at school. 4) Yes, and I'm still surprised why the money market doesn't bring any profit!

1- Did you know in advance which faction you would play? (i.e., did you already know what types of castles exist, or did you decide to play based on your preference for heroes, or did you just choose randomly, or did you click on the castles and choose the one you liked based on its appearance and name?) No, I didn't know what to play. I started with Necropolis. 2- Were you able to win? No, I lost. I didn't know how to recruit an army at the beginning; I only recruited heroes in the tavern and used their army. 3- What do you remember? Training = 0)) 4- What surprised you the most? Nothing.

The first castle was Inferno... it seemed very beautiful to me....
and the Efreet were the ultimate dream=) I couldn't recover for a long time from the feeling that some 5 guys took and killed 10 of my Efreet!!! (the guys were Giants)
I lost the map, but I was so interested in this great game!!!! even now...

The first castle was a castle :D
Everyone told me that archangels are the best, but then I realized that it's a misconception, because titans are better - 300 health versus, and the damage isn't much different - titans have 40-60 damage, while archangels have 50.

That was a long time ago! About 4 years ago! A friend of mine suggested we play! I chose the Inferno Castle because I liked the fire element. I didn't understand anything about building or upgrading the hero. Can you imagine, I chose skills that looked cool.)))))))))))) But then I spent a long time mastering Heroes 3! And I continued to play as Inferno in it! But after Heroes 5 came out, I chose Necropolis as my only faction! It was thanks to the third game that I fell in love with Heroes!

I also started with Inferno as my first castle. And only later did I start playing as Conflux.

My first Castle was the Castle faction, as my introduction to Heroes 3 came through playing the tutorial game... where Christian has to dig up the Grail after killing the evil Archdevil (Inferno).
And then, of course, there was the campaign for Christian... also for the Castle.
And my first online game against another player was at SOY 2007 "Spring," where I played as Tower against Dmitry Yuryevich Kopylya (Castle).

I started with Heroes Chronicles, and when "The Shadow of Death" came out, I switched to it. So, at first, I played as Fortress, and then for a few years, I got hooked on Necropolis. Now, I don't really have a preference for which town to play as. P.S. I don't like playing as Conflux because it wasn't in The Shadow of Death, so I don't really connect with that town.

I was playing "Armageddon's Blade" at a friend's house because I didn't have my own computer yet. I really enjoyed it, and he let me choose everything (or rather, we just left it as it was randomly generated). I even remember the map's name: "Brave New World." I got a Castle.
1. Well, I didn't know what, who, where, or when. But I really liked the Castle at the time :).
2. I wandered around the map for about two or three months, and the enemy had already developed. I was wondering whether it was better to build champions or hire a large army. In the end, I decided to build, but I built Angels, and my friend was shocked... I didn't win, and here's why:
3. There was a Crystal Dragon lair on the map. I asked my friend if I could take it with my army (I had 1 Angel, about a hundred Pikemen, etc.), and he said yes. So, naturally, I attacked. What I remember most is how he later tried to explain it away, saying he had confused the Crystal Dragons with Bone Dragons :).
4. What surprised me the most was how quickly the dragons took down my units one by one, and the Angel was the first to fall... That's when I realized that I was completely screwed.