While the storyline for the campaigns are better than those of HoMM 3 and the sound and graphics are great in my opinion, this game has one serious shortcoming; if you boost up your main hero with bonuses to your attack/defence skill and secondary skills, then you will be able to defeat all other scenarios without even considering your towns/armies. One hero can run around and curb-stomp everything on standard difficulty. If you do _not_ boost your main hero, however, you might find the game really challenging.
