I've been playing Heroes of Might and Magic since I was 6, and after putting 10 hours into Olden Era's huge Steam demo, the strategy series has never felt better

Olden Era.

Five hours into my first solo Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era demo campaign, I remember something. Well, my growling stomach remembers it for me. I do not appreciate the interruption. But I can't bring myself to get up from my PC just yet. I've finally unlocked Ashen Dragons and Black Dragons after weeks of in-game resource grinding, and I must get my favorite hero back to the city ASAP if I want any hope of defeating the computer AI enemy.

So far, I've sacrificed 10 hours and three mealtimes to Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era's huge Steam Next Fest demo. I'm absolutely obsessed with it, just as I was with Heroes 3 back in 2002, and not even the shiny spit and polish of modern graphics can hide the fact that this is a new game with the same old-school spirit that made Heroes so moreish in the first place.