Receiving news of her father's death, Catherine Ironfist, Queen of Enroth, sails for Erathia to attend her father's funeral. Fearing the worst, she assembles a military fleet as her escort. Arriving on the coast of Erathia, Catherine finds an allied wizard's tower, devastated from battle and abandoned. There she learns Erathia is falling to its enemies. Mustering local armies, Catherine marches to Erathia's capitol, restoring lost land along the way. Rescuing Erathia's besieged capitol, Catherine learns her father was poisoned with a goblet of wine. Setting herself up as queen, Catherine goes to war to restore Erathia's borders and discover her father's murderer. In the course of war, in an attempt to counter Catherine's recent successes, her enemies resurrect her buried father as an undead lich and make him general of their armies. Fighting her dead father's undead armies on the battlefield, Catherine continues her murder investigation and learns one of her most trusted generals was responsible. At the war'sconclusion, Catherine and her armies surround the last standing. Battling to the throne room, Catherine and her generals come face-to-face with Erathia's former king, now their undead enemy. From her assembled generals, Catherine points out the traitor. The undead king attacks and kills his murderer as Erathia's allied generals stand by and watch. Hunched over the dead body of his killer, the lich turns to the woman he named Catherine and once called daughter. Using a spell book, Catherine summons a lightning bolt from the sky and destroys her undead father. Sitting to the throne of her vanquished enemy, Catherine speaks, "Rest in peace father."

Better graphic, more colors, amazing animations, louder music, and same controls. The battle for lands continues, with different story and more units, spells and characters to use.

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Alternate Titles

"魔法門英雄無敵3 (主程式)" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
"Герои Меча И Магии III: Возрождение Эрафии" -- Russian spelling
"HOMM 3" -- Common abbreviation
"Heroes of Might and Magic III: A Restauração de Erathia" -- Brazilian title
"Heroes 3" -- Informal name

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Heroes of Might and Magic III	Windows	$12.00
	Heroes of Might and Magic®		$9.99
	Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold Edition		$9.99
	Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete Edition		$9.99
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User Reviews

This game defines "turn-based fantasy RPG strategy"	Silverblade (1428)
Even now a great game.	Ajan (260)
Very, very, VERY addictive.	hikari_no_tsubasa (11)
A damn fine game.	Tomer Gabel (4418)
Fun for a short while	Technocrat (176)	unrated
A turn-based Strategy game that will fill many of your hours.	El-ad Amir (110)
Classic game, but graphics really need improvement.	Grov (647)
This game has taken up many hours of my life.	Attila (496)

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The Press Says

GamesFirst!	Mar 26, 1999		100
OK PC Gamer	May, 1999	96 out of 100	96
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jul, 1999		90
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Mar 18, 1999	90 out of 100	90
Svenska PC Gamer	Apr, 1999	90 out of 100	90
IGN	Mar 29, 1999	9 out of 10	90
Legendra	Feb 08, 2004		90
Power Play	May, 1998	87 out of 100	87
Jeuxvideo.com	May 14, 1999	17 out of 20	85
Génération 4	Jun, 1999		83

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Trivia

In the German gaming magazine GameStar (issue 03/2000) Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia received a special award as "Most Addictive Game in 1999".

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