As I was fanatic about HOMM3, I bought HoMM4 as soon as it came out. I absolutely hated it when I first got it. I rejected it simply because it was different, not that it was bad. As I play more and more the game just grabs with with its much improved skills, spells, combat, and town building. People may say that some aspects I listed are not improvements; I did at first. Combat, although no grid for precise positioning, is much more fun with individual heroes on the battlefield. Town building, though lack the graceful design of HoMM3, contains much "cleaner" building process with no creature upgrades. This IMHO is better than HoMM5 or 6.
