Oh and the tablet version crashes to desktop if you try to attack a ballista with a melee unit... Sheesh. Those can be annoying!
"Loving it so far. I miss the Conflux and combo artifacts about as much as I expected (i.e. not at all).

I mostly just miss the improvements from the expansion, even the small ones. And yeah, the Conflux too - it was a fun town and finally made elementals useful for once.
Not missing the munchkin artifacts of the SoD expansion. I might be a veteran player, but SoD, after a while, stopped being fun and became a mad race against the AI.
"I'm so happy to find out that Heroes III is still as relevant as it was back in 1999. Despite the crude animations, it still looks quite fine and most importantly, it's still a lot of fun."
I had the same experience with my half-brother who is 15 years younger than me.

regarding the below - check this screen: https://ubistatic-a.akamaihd.net/0004/p ... _1_HUD.jpg What can you tell about who is battling whom? Little colorful blobs with big number tags... In HOMMIII you could see which unit was which easily.