Some games can best described as "gateway" games. The Heroes of Might and Magic ("HOMM") series is one such example; people who would normally never dream of trying out a turn-based strategy game get sucked into the HOMM world and play turn after turn after turn. "I'll quit after I finish this turn," becomes your mantra. But you don't.
The series is currently up to its fourth installment, which came out earlier this year. It generally wasn't considered as great as its predecessors (it certainly didn't have quite as many changes), but for the most part it was a solid title. An expansion made sense, and so 3DO and New World Computing have given us The Gathering Storm. But it's an expansion in only the barest sense of the word.
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