If you are a big fan of HOMM34, as I am, you'll get disappointed. That said, I'll start my review talking about the heroes gameplay: 1.Heroes: in this installment you'll not be able to gather an army with more than one hero, you also will not be able to have an army with only a hero without units or an army with only units. Your army must have one hero and at least one unit. And there are some limitations for controling your hero during the battle, you cannot strike the enemy's hero, for example. Those points were a huge improvement in the previous installment. 2.Buildings and Units: it's very cheap to build your castle and recruit units, you don't have to gather a lot of resources and you don't have to choose between building a structure, that allows you to recruit a particular unit, or another. 3.Campaigns: you have to play the campaigns in a particular order, you cannot choose which campaign to play. 4.Other observations: there are no caravans and artifacts do not have a significant contribution to your hero skills. Also, the game music is terrible. Despite that it's a fun game to play. But, I still prefer HOMM34.
I grew up playing HOMM, but this one is my favorite chapter of the series. I remember when it was released, I've spente many nights playing delighted by the game music. Many things were changed in this installment, such as the battlefield layout, heroes participating in battles and caravans. I feel sorry that some players don't value those innovations, but I get it. Unfortunately, 3DO had some issues and left some things behind in this chapter.
