Heroes of Might and Magic® 4: Complete

I do not regret picking up this title. It's fun, just as in childhood just as now, great. What i like the most that your heroes are killable units with real presence on the battlefield. The graphics aged like fine wine, the game runs smoothly hadn't had a game crash or freeze. Yet that there isn't a 1920x1080 resolution bugs me a little. But the replayability, soundtrack and campaign lore compensates for any tidbits that get on my nerves. And thanks to Sset for reminding me of this gem

I remember when I first played HOMM3, yes it was an awesome game and I really enjoyed it. When I started hearing about IV, I heard all the complaints about the RPG elements being added. Being an RPG fan, that intrigued me a bit. When I played the first campaign(I happened to pick the hardest one Chaos), I was very impressed, even though I had to restart the campaign a couple times. Nice graphics and the music is very good. Good music really ups the experience for me. I liked it that the heroes got involved in the fighting, made more sense and it was more fun. You felt like you had more skin in the game. Oh and since this is the complete, with the expansions included, forget about the price and just buy it. There are countless hours of gameplay here. It felt like such a long, long time before it was all finally over. Excellent value for money. Enjoy!

Interesting and sometimes very challenging campaigns , very long game play, excellent soundtrack (probably the best in the series), strong RPG elements and, for me, beautiful graphics are the pros of the game. The cons would be sometimes very unfair difficulty and lack of some mechanics introduced in Heroes 3 (eg unit upgrades). For a HoM&M veteran this game is solid 3/5, just a good TBS. To me though the game's soundtrack and grpahics create an amazing atmosphere and bring the good old "one more turn and I'm going to sleep" experience. This and the nostalgic value this game has for me makes me add an extra star to the rating. Still, I think that unless you are a true die-hard fan you can skip this instalment of the series.

Gra mojej młodości i pierwsze heroski, przy których zarwałem parę nocek ;-) Piękna muzyka i świetna fabuła wszystkich kampanii podstawki. Od niedawna istnieje również możliwość zagrania w wysokich rozdzielczościach co skłoniło mnie do odświeżenia sobie tej gry. Dla zainteresowanych polecam wyszukać sobie HoMM IV Resolution Mod.

This is the first HoMM game I played and which defined my look on the franchise. I am saying this with huge respect to all other reviews glorifying the HoMM 3 as the best version, but to me this one simply rocks. As most of 3 and 4-star reviews come from players which started with previous versions, the same applies to me: I tried HoMM 3 and 5 after it, but nothing could occupy me that much. As stated on HoMM website "intenion was to make unique game, not bigger or better than HoMM 3". + Overall graphics were great (although widescreen fix was never issued) they were jump ahead due decentl 3D view. +Fact that hero is actively engaged in all the combats (esp when leveled up in Scenarios and can defeat whole armies by him/herself). +Soundtrack - Orders are simply strongest class here due to: Mage Orders most diverse magic skills. (Forgetfullness, Teleport, Hypnotize). If he/she is accompanied with Genies (split in several units in hero's army, lets say 20+1+1+1+1) nothing can beat them. Lord Orders with their Advanced Nobility already speed up creatures growth significantly, and essentially you dont need to leave the town and fight but just end turns, await money and buy more Genies until you have enough to fight anyone. Cheers