As much as HOMM 4 was a disaster there were good ideas poorly executed in there. The idea of personalised heroes for different kinds of strategy was good, but poorly implemented. HOMM 5 manages to implement this idea alot better. Your choice of hero makes a difference. How you specialise him will define how you fight. With the final expansion this element is perfected by allowing you specialise your army as well. Where HOMM 3 stood out in design, deep strategy and myriad of army compositions HOMM 5 have done a great job matching it while adding its the extra hero customisation. While HOMM 3 will always a special place in my heart I do think that HOMM 5 manages to make capture the essence of HOMM 3 and build upon it. Making it the superior game.
