homm 3 did kick ass
sadly they aren't making that version better of 3, they just made shitty gimped versions
homm 3 had 9 races, and the newest one, homm 6, which comes out in october has 5 races
homm 3 had a 15x11 hex grid for battles, homm 6 is 12x10 square grid
homm 3 had 4 special resources (gems, crystal, sulfur, mercury), homm 6 only has one (crystal)
i played the demo, definitely not worth shelling out $50
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