Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
IMO the best thing to do is pick up one of the special HOMM5 packages. If you are in the UK you can get the entire series for £29.99, including all add-ons, as an Amazon exclusive. Outside of the UK the bundles vary; I'd investigate them. Sure I heard about one with HOMM 3 (minus add-ons)and 5 in ...

Myself, I find that most of my time is going into HOMM5. Somehow it feels more fun than what I tried of HOMM3. In 3 the towns were too simple, upgrading them to the maximum was too easy; the higher level units could be reached far faster. Then there's also the many tiny tweaks made to the series, such as showing how many creatures are killed as well as the damage an attack will do when you place the cursor over an enemy unit, or the bar which shows the order in which creatures will get their turns. Small things, yet good improvements, and together they add up. The fixed low resolution doesn't help, it gives me a headache and hurts my eyes after a short time; I still haven't found a way around it. Damn LCD monitors and their native resolutions.

Not that I dislike HOMM3, or have given up on it. Simply, I'll finish with 5 first, because I don't see any reason to do otherwise.
You should give 1 a try.. The most awesome HOMM game ever.. I really rushed for it as soon as it went out (And I was younggggg back then), but it held me for more than a year!!

What I dislike about 5, is how easy to become strong, how hard it makes life for my PC and how limiting is it (If hero XXXX dies, you lose <-- I understand this was in 3, 4 and many others too, but I guess that's why I liked 1 the most).