Heroes of Might and Magic® 4: Complete

I can only give this game three stars. There is some truth in the complaint that I only wanted more HoMM 3. 3 was one of the best games I have played, and 4 fell... very short, in my opinion. The campaigns, for the most part, felt lame and uninspired. I don't remember or love most of the characters like I do Gelu, Sandro, Catherine, etc. I don't remember any of the artifacts, or why I was intended to care about the majority of the heroes. The cut-scenes were just bad, to me. Outdated graphics, scrolling text, repetitive motions of the poorly animated characters. The combat and map movement were different from HoMM3; not necessarily bad, but different. The first noticeable change is your hero in combat. You could tweak a hero to be an awesome force of terror on the battlefield, and sometimes I felt the hero to be far more important than several unit stacks. The fact that you could send heroes and monsters out separately on the map is a good innovation, but I think they could have done more with it. Dungeon combat seemed even more frustrating than usual; NOT the direction I wanted it to go. Sadly, I ended up cheating through a lot of the game. I just didn't care about it that much. Still, it IS HoMM. Just like a pizza with toppings other than your usual, it is worth trying. You may find something you like, and it won't kill you. I, however, am going to go re-re-re-re-replay HoMM3.

Freezes on Windows 10. Tried different settings - no success. Unfortunately unplayable right now.

Works up to a point on windows 10

Why not Win10? :'<

Homm4 promised a lot, but the good things delivered were overshadowed by the bad ones. Battlefield and map perspectives are awful, just as some races. The hero itself being active can be good and a bad thing, but certainly a fresh idea.