If you're a Heros fan than it's a 5, if you're not so attached than it's probably a 3 but not a bad 3. They carried over the feel of HoMM3 very well and improved on things you want inproved on. All skills seem to have some level of usefullness. I legit took scouting. First Aid tents can ressurect. The Warcraft graphics I could take or leave but it's cool, I've loved Warcraft since the first release. I don't put too much weight into the campaign. I usually do the custom maps. Story is a bit cheesy. The one truly annoying thing is how much you have to fiddle with the game screen to properly see things. Always changing view, rotating. Also the right click to see things, it's finicky. It'll pop up, then dissapear, then you'll have to click again. Get's a little rough after a while.