Heroes of Might and Magic® 4: Complete

What liked in HoMM 4 were the new ideas they tried in it. All the units are able to divide to small guerrilla groups, heroes can now fight in the battlefield and die, new interesting units and the choice to build alternative monster dwelling. For example you can choose to recruit between demon or undead units depending on your will. Moving mobs (mobile guards) were also a nice new feature. Best thing in HoMM4 is the much better skill tree. In HoMM3 you could pick couple skills and then upgrade those to advanced and expert grade. In HoMM4 you can take 5 master skills and 3 lesser skills under the master skill and upgrade each skill 5 times. You need lvl 100 to grandmaster every skill. What I did not like in HoMM4 was the new fighting system, because moving in it is too vague. Tactical strategies are therefore little bit harder. I prefer more hexagonal or square battlefield where I can calculate better the safe spot for my troops. HoMM4 is not a bad game but it differs too much from the old parts The spark might be there, but it doesn’t burn as bright as it has in the past. BUT for this price it would be a shame not to complete HoMM series.

If you have got problems with performance on modern PC in Windows, try run this game on Linux and Wine 3.0. It helps.

Game didn't work before GOG Preservation Program it doesn't work after... Win11, Intel i7-12700H, RTX 3700.

crushes! crushes! crushes! crushes!

I dumped more hours into this game than I will admit considering it is widely regarded as inferior to HoMMII and HoMMIII. When I saw the opportunity to pick up the complete edition here for $10, I jumped on the deal. The game is unchanged. However, the file here on gog DOES NOT RUN correctly in windows 8.1 despite all the technical fixes the support team requested I try. They had me jumping through hoops downloading zip files and reinstalling things just to run a game. My time spent on that alone was not worth the $10. To clarify, the game runs, IF you are willing to tolerate framerate issues and game lag galore. The only fix to this issue that I found is to change the in-game settings to 600x800, lose the fullscreen functionality, disable gameplay animations, and lose a chunk of the viewable map. Who would be willing? The technical support specialist, while very kind, could not provide a fix for the framerate and lag issues in fullscreen mode. For those who are considering this game in the series and purchasing from gog.com: Game itself: 4/5* - Good. Different from II and III, but not all bad. There is a lot of unwarranted negativity surrounding this game because it was not a carbon copy of III. Necro is still the most OP class, but I welcomed the overall variation. gog.com support: 2.5/5* - While very kind and responsive, the support specialist assigned to my case sent me a laundry list of things to try just to run the game. It's a $10 game. That's not worth the headache. Either it runs or it does not. gog, take note. gog.com game file for windows 8.1 ONLY: 1/5* - To gog's credit, the game does run, albeit without full functionality. Not acceptable. I should not have to sacrifice features to play the game. Final summary: if you like HoMM, try this game at this price, but NOT on windows 8.1. You will surely be disappointed with the performance. gog.com stands behind their money back guarantee.