Quote Originally Posted by factotum View Post
If you've never played them then you should definitely give HoMM2 and HoMM3 a go once you're done with that one. HoMM3 in particular is probably the absolute peak those games achieved. Get the original, though, they did do a remaster but it was missing half the content because they lost the data somehow...?

Oh, and undead are absolutely sick in HoMM1, from what I recall. Sure, an individual skeleton is weak, but they're not as weak as Peasants, and when you're raising hundreds of them to replace your losses after every battle things can rapidly snowball.
I would argue that 2 is the best of the series. I know most people prefer 3, but 2 had much better campaigns, custom scenarios, and the the art style is the best of the series. 3 is also a very good game, but I just don't prefer it as much.