Keeping the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II alive fheroes2 0.9.7 is out

fheroes2 is a game engine reimplementation for the absolute classic that is Heroes of Might and Magic II. It's free, open source and a new release is out now. Written from scratch much like OpenMW for Morrowind, OpenRA for classic Westwood RTS games, openXcom for for the X-COM and more it's another great example of a community of people reviving old games for modern platforms.

Here's what's new in 0.9.7:

• Add basic German translation support and heavy update French and Polish translations
• Add missing Farm image part in Knight castle and modify Captain Quarters in Necromancer town
• Add AI hero classes for more efficient task distribution
• Fix multiple issues with combat logic for pathfinding and AI
• Fix object passabilities and incorrect rendering on World Map
• Over 60 bugs fixed since 0.9.6 release

Check it out on GitHub and remember to grab the data from GOG.com which it requires to run.