Overall if you enjoyed Renaissance and don't have Reincarnation, it might be worth having this on sale.
Otherwise, just get Reincarnation.

+Continues story from III Renaissance
+Same graphics/gameplay, familiar and enjoyable if you enjoyed Renaissance
+New race to play as the Undead
+Length of story comparable to Renaissance

-Extra DRM: Kalypso account required
-Similar problems to Renaissance
-Esc key for menu and right-click info only work intermittently
-No subtitles in voiced cutscenes
-No voiceovers in text dialogue
-Little in the way of new gameplay elements, only 1 playable race

I just really can't understand how is possible that in disciples 2 was multiplayer and here isn't ! I bought this game with my friend becouse we wanted to play together. But reality was different. So if you like singleplayer game, I can recommended this for you. This game is similar to Disciples 2 and graphic isn't bad, but like i said, only hot seat support is not enough.

Dont buy this game... If you want Disciples III go for Reincarnation bacause its was made with other team and game is x10 better that this.

Reincarnation > Resurrection > Renaissance

I read a lot of reviews on Disciples III. A lot were bad however there was a lot of positive as well so I took a chance because I loved Disciples 2 so much. Well let me be another that is in the bad review camp.
I also read that D3-Resurrection was the game that should of been released in the first place. They said they fixed most of the bugs. If that is true then I would hate to play the hot mess that was before this one because there is still tons of bugs. Some of those same reviews said how beautiful the graphics were, are they playing the same game as me? Your move points are very low, so just going to get that gold pile that is about 5 inches away takes two turns. Its also really hard to logically see where you can move on the map without triggering combat. Sometimes during combat there is no walking animation, the units just glide as they move. Most of the time when an archer fires the terrain will block the camera view. Really cheesy! The combat is slow, repetitive and boring. The only real tactical dission is what unit to attack. Then it boils down to just exchanging blows and hope you can win.
I dont recommend Disciples III. If interested get Disciples 2 as that is the game the fans fell in love with.

Bugs, bugs, bugs everywhere. The basics of the game are good, but the overwhelming flow of bugs keep the fun out of reach. The game stile of this 3rd chapter of the series has changed a lot, you may enjoy, you may not; but the realy is... it doesnt matter. Sooooo many and anoying bugs can make you hate the game. For real.

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At one point, kalypso changed the login procedure associated with this game where we suddenly had to register on their sites to actually play the game. At that point, i entered my key and managed to play a few hours. Those hours were not incredibly fun. The strategy would boil down in having werewolves as soon as possible because all the melee creatures were unable to touch them making most fights trivial.
The features they had changed from renaissance didnt look like good ideas balance wise so i ended up quitting the game. Fast forward 5 months and i suddenly cannot login the game anymore because it decided that my online key isn't valid. Nothing has changed in my setup. Since the game wasn't super fun last time around, i gave up. Couldn't recommend the game to anyone because of both the balance issues and the key issues on their server.

Terrible. This is a good exercise in how to not make a game. It barely works, it's not fun to play, and there's tons of logical failures; they assume you understand the interface and don't tell you that you need to right click to get to a lot of the options.

Not as good as disciples II but I would still recommend it for any disciples fan. I think the game was made a little dummer this time but the graphics are better. Story line will put you to sleep. Every map features a lot of objectives. Huge maps to explore. more advanced combat from the one we saw in disciples 2. Here both parties actually can move around during fight which is both good and bad. If a melee unit gets close to your ranged unit it will take heavy damage. If you take out enemy unit that has healing properties you will gain advantage.

Stick to Renaissance. The game is pretty much unplayable thanks to an astonishing number of crashes (considering how far the gaming industry has come since the 90's). The game itself gets extremely boring after just an hour of gameplay as there are very few differences between fights, only a bunch of characters, and leveling is as slow as it can possibly be. Overall it's a bad choice to spend your money on...

A disappointing addition to one of my favorite fantasy series. Poor AI, questionable design decisions, and a surprising lack of challenge mar the venerable Disciples pedigree. Truth is, everything that is novel about Disciples III was already in Disciples II, and the new stuff is basically a retread of features from other games.

Bought this on sale. Feels like an unfinished, unpolished game. Played it for a bit, but was so bored I am not sure if I'll play again. Graphics are, at best, passable. Mechanics are confusing and lack coherence. The voice acting is HORRIBLE (I never notice this kind of stuff normally, but this is just pathetic).

A big delusion for a fan of Disciples II...

Unless you loved the origonal don't buy it. It adds a new faction and a new campagin but the leveling system is so slow you need to go though half the map before they level once... which means a lot of time spent running back and forth healing your troops. It adds to the story, revamps some misc units, and adds some new ones but It's just not worth it. Other than the experience thing it is still a good, working, game so 2 / 5 stars

Terrible with bugs. Wasted $20 on a game that crashes or just becomes unplayable if you change any of the graphics options. Gameplay is counterintuitive when bugs arent preventing you from seeing anything. Sad I couldn't stand it long enough to see all of the other bugs that people talk about.

FIX BUGS PLEASE !

Heyyo, after how much fun Disciples 2 was? This game takes a dump on it. avoid this one.

Heros of Might and Magic. But worse.

If you want a single player experience for Heros of Might and Magic, play King's Bounty.
Otherwise just play Heros of Might and Magic.

Bag graphics, terrible voice acting, and simply out dated. This game is not worth the bandwith it is downloaded on.

I lot of people seem to be having difficulty in the first act. The trick is that you need to save gold to buy units that you can spawn in battle. I recommend trenant and guardian. Then you need to research werewolfs asap and 1 & 2 nd acts will be a breeze.

This game IS good as long as you have the right approach and do not get put off by hard difficulty at first.
The storyline is also interesting. I am about to finish the game and I actually look forward to the ending

the worst features of heroes of might and magic and disciples 2 combined into one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ inbred bug ridden baby.

Take a good game and ruin it. That is what they've done here. Disciples II was by far superior.