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Turn-based strategy gets no respect

We should play Duel Mode sometime. It gets old playing that against the computer.

Turn-based strategy gets no respect

Fire Emblem??!!

That's what I'm currently playing. Arena abuse ftw!

which one?

The reason that gamestop is so popular is because there are not many other stores that sell games. If there are, like gamexchange, there not any good compared too gamestop. Another good thing is that you can get the games cheaper than newly bought. They should make a gamestop where they have all the system/ games and they will never stop selling them. That way there will be a comstemer satisfaction. Not alot of them but just a few in popular areas of most states.

I don't think it's worth getting a TV, console, and games, when I already have a DS I barely use. I'm a board/card game man, with the exception of a couple computer games (Heroes of Might & Magic, StepMania, Pocket Tanks, and the occasional web game, for the most part). I could go into more detail, but it'd be a total derail.

Just to take a "short cut" for a bit, which Heroes Of Might And Magic was your favorite?

HoMM was life-changing. I think I'll have to give it bonus points just because it was the first (like I give Warcraft bonus points, even though II and III were successively much better). But ultimately, it was a very small game.

HoMM II was great, and fairly well balanced, but still suffers from being dated. Having played it again recently, I enjoyed it, but it's kind of like going back to RTS games that don't allow you to queue unit production.

HoMM III was astronomical in fun factor. The story line was interesting, the atmosphere was absorbing, the gameplay was tight, and the scoring was epic. This one will have to get my pick for overall favorite. If you can get your hands on it, it's still fun and not remotely dated and will likely be so for years to come. (Then again, I still enjoy some DOS MPS games so salt, grain and all that)

HoMM IV was a bowel movement. After just a few levels, your Heroes become invincible and can take down entire armies by themselves. The graphics are goofy, the towns claustrophobic, the gameplay alternately rushed and painfully slow, the campaigns stupid, and the atmosphere two-dimensional.

HoMM V gets my pick for sheer gameplay, especially in multiplayer (and doubly-especially if you have all the expansions). After fixing the Necromancer balance issues in a patch, I have zero complaints about the balance and the gameplay. But it just failed to suck me into its world like III did, and while the new graphic style was flashy, it was also a little soulless. All in all a fantastic game, and much better gameplay than any of the others, but I still enjoy III more as a whole.