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by NiteOwl066 1005 days ago
I think you are a little bit biased here. Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition from ubisoft has one major issue, it's lacking expansions. But the graphics itself is imo better than in hd mod. https://www.gamersgate.com/media/products/product/14687141/s... https://i.imgur.com/i1DNqNp.png The second one is a pic from hd mod. The first one is hd edition.
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j1elo 1005 days ago
The HD Edition from Ubisoft looks definitely better, I think it's not even subjective. Just look at that clock tower on the upper-left quarter, the hd mod is not even in the same league. Same with details like the main character, trees, and mummies.
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bombcar 1005 days ago
The texture complaint is specifically around the character portraits if I recall correctly.

The lack of expansions is the real killer imo, so many “basic” things were actually added in expansions.

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Kiro 1004 days ago
What basic things are you referring to? I've only ever played the original and didn't even know there were expansions.
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bombcar 1004 days ago
Depending on what "original" you played, it may have had the expansions bundled together - Heroes 3 complete came out in 2000.

Features added in expansions:

* Conflux

* Can choose to buy unupgraded creatures from an upgraded dwelling

* Can garrison mines

* New Heros

* Combination Artifacts

* Random Map generator

* Magical terrains

The Random Map generator is the biggest one, likely.

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thriftwy 1004 days ago
Can re-visit a place by pressing space bar (not present in 1.0, so I have heard)
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