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The undead... and the opponents are those very basilisks with dragonflies. All of this was quite captivating, especially as images – and that first feeling of surprise and bated breath never returned, no matter how many times I loaded that same map with those same undead and basilisks).

The first time I played, when I was only 4 years old, I chose the Castle as my starting faction, but when I reached the Inferno Castle belonging to an ally, I just stayed there (I didn't understand why). Then I left the castle and defeated the enemy hero with a single archer. I was very happy then, not realizing that the opponent had a more powerful hero. And then, let's just say, I got blown away by the Vampire Lords, killing only three out of twenty. Since then, I've really loved Heroes 3, and later I also came to love other games in this series.

I played Erathia right after it was released at a friend's place, taking turns. I chose Necropolis because I liked the skeletons. The hero was some kind of specialist in Black Knights; they looked cool. I don't remember the map anymore, but what I do remember is that bone dragons are completely useless.

I played the "Blood of the Dragon" campaign in Armageddon's Blade for the first time. I was surprised by everything, as I hadn't played any games of this type before. However, I was disappointed that in the beginning, after 3 weeks, an enemy hero with a huge army attacked me, and I had nothing. At that time, I didn't know that I needed to hurry and start building, but instead, I wandered leisurely through the dungeon, wasting time on each group of monsters.

The first town in the trilogy, and indeed in the entire series, was the Tower. I really enjoyed playing as the mages, and that's why they became my favorite faction in the whole series.

I went to a computer club back in the day, and there was this game called Heroes 3: The Restoration of Erathia. I sat down with a friend to play. The admins gave him a Castle, and me a Tower. I remember being very impressed by the Titans. And that was my first loss against a Naga bank! I was 11-12 years old at the time.

My first castle was a Stronghold (Barbarian), and I really liked the name. I don't remember the hero. But I do remember losing for the first time. I remember why I lost – I attacked a Sapphire Fortress with my army (at that time, I thought it was a large army, I already had a couple of monsters). I was very surprised when the Sapphire Fortress killed my monsters in one hit.

I only remember playing as Fortress (at a friend's house on some Pentium), but I mixed up the troops in the campaigns so much that I lost even to the average difficulty AI.

I think that for the vast majority of players, the first castle they built was the Castle. :) This is related to completing the campaign.
From what I remember (ah, those were the days :) ).
The mission in the third campaign, where you either have to use Chaos Druids or Archmages to storm Steadwick, was quite challenging.
And I also felt a little uneasy when I first saw an unbuilt Dungeon and harpies. =)

I started playing when I was about 8 years old. For such a young age, I was very knowledgeable about computer games and understood everything very quickly, but there was one problem!:smile08: I had a very bad computer, even for those times!
16 MB video card and 64 MB of RAM, no game would run!, but then came the day! when I found that very game, it was Heroes 3, I played it constantly, and I still feel a strong sense of nostalgia!.
1. I don't remember the first faction, I remember that I played Fortress and Dungeon constantly (now I don't like Fortress anymore).
2. I often lost, I played with the Knight, and many times I didn't finish the games.
3. I only recently realized that Heroes 3 is so multifaceted, and every day I discover something new, and I'm also rereading your forum):D

I have an idea, and I still plan to save up money and give the game to my acquaintances from a company that specializes in reverse engineering software on demand. They will restore the source code for me (there is a guarantee), and I will be able to rework it, at least a little. But the price is quite high (but it's worth it).

I have an idea, and I still have it: to save up money and give the game to my acquaintances from a company that does reverse engineering of software on demand. They will restore the source code for me (there is a guarantee), and I will be able to rework it, at least a little. But the price is really high (but it's worth it).

Maybe you haven't heard, but there is a project called vcmi. They are trying to rewrite the engine from scratch with open-source code. The client is already working, but not everything has been implemented yet.

The source code is here: https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi

The forum is here: http://forum.vcmi.eu/portal.php

(compilation: http://wiki.vcmi.eu/index.php?title=How_to_build_VCMI_(Windows))

If you are a programmer, join in.

For example, I am waiting (and hoping) that someday they will write a good AI. But at the moment, there is no one to do it. So, I'm just keeping an eye on the project

Lider1, wow! Hallelujah, my ideas have been heard by the heavens!) It wasn't for nothing that I advocated for rewriting it from scratch)))))
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out)
By the way, about AI. There's this guy, Dmitry Gusarov. Everyone in the Generals and King's Bounty community knows him - he's one of the best in the CIS region when it comes to writing unbeatable AI.
(For testing, I took the very first version of King's Bounty - it turned out to be the most difficult).

By the way, regarding AI. There's this guy, Dmitry Gusarov. Everyone in the Generals and King's Bounty communities knows him – he's one of the best in the CIS region when it comes to creating unbeatable AI.

Yes, he exists. And I suspect he's not the only one who knows how to do it. But it doesn't really affect me; I can't force him to do anything, and I don't have the money to pay for his professional services.

1) Yes, that was more than 10 years ago. I was playing at a friend's house. They are "Heroes" players, third generation. I hadn't played "Heroes" before, so in that environment, you could safely call me an absolute beginner. I chose a castle randomly. I got Inferno with Fiona and 3 dogs. 2) Honestly, I don't remember. 3) The fact that three dogs are a powerful force among weak monsters is AMAZING!!!))))