"Heroes of Might and Magic III" released on iOS and Android

Ubisoft company simultaneously with the remaster of Heroes of Might and Magic III, the cult turn-based strategy of the late 90s for PC, published its mobile versions.

Illustration: “Heroes of Might and Magic III”
The game will cost 599 rubles, both in the App Store and on Google Play.

It’s a little cheaper than downloading the game from Steam. There “Heroes” cost 799 rubles.

As for the reissue itself, it is difficult to call it ideal.

Firstly, the graphics, despite all the efforts of Ubisoft, looks a little stretched. However, it could not be otherwise: to enlarge the image with the preservation of quality and without total redrawing from 800 by 600 points to at least 2048 by 1536 points is an almost impossible task.

Secondly, management. You need to get used to it. Double quick taps (attack in battle) and just constant confirmations (indicated the target, ran – on the main map) are by no means the standard for the industry. On the other hand, Ubisoft’s intuitive management was quite consciously sacrificed in favor of destroying misklik, which mobile ports often suffer from.

So it turns out that the gift received from Ubisoft is a product built on compromises.

Was it possible to make a remaster (and then a port) better? Probably, yes, only in this case – it would be a different game, with a completely different graphics and interface. Moreover, most likely with other maps, since a radical change to the first one would require a design edit.

You can download the iOS version here.You can download the version for Google Play here.

P.S. Screenshots from the PC version of the remaster.

Ubisoft is a French multinational company founded by five Guillemot brothers in 1986. Its 29 studios, scattered around the world, employ more than 9,000 people, and its annual revenue has long surpassed the 1 billion euro bar. In the mobile market, the company prefers to release games based on console projects coming out at the same time with them.