

If a hero can gather all of the artifacts in a specific series, they join together to create a powerful combination artifact.

By far the greatest and most influential change in gameplay is the addition of powerful combination artifacts. To make matters even better, Heroes III: the Shadow of Death is fully compatible with Armageddon's Blade, which combine to make one gigantic Heroes game.Ī majority of the changes and fixes in the gameplay appear to reflect requests from the gaming community. The result is both a perfect introductory game for Heroes newcomers to experience the series with and a title that even veterans who own both Restoration of Erathia and Armageddon's Blade will want to buy for the sheer amount of extra playing time it brings. So, Heroes III: the Shadow of Death contains the entirety of the original Heroes III: Restoration of Erathia and adds a slew of new features you won't find in Armageddon's Blade. Plus they decided to bundle that with the original Heroes III instead of including Armageddon's Blade. Instead, they created a huge set of new scenarios, campaigns, neutral creatures, and other neat features. So, where does that put Heroes III: the Shadow of Death? 3DO went against the logical progression of releasing the game, releasing an expansion pack, and then releasing a bundle containing the original game and the expansion pack. The expansion pack, Armageddon's Blade, was primarily well received by both gaming critics and the public. Heroes of Might and Magic III: Restoration of Erathia was a brilliantly addictive, well-designed masterpiece of a turn-based strategy title.
