Heroes 5 – “A masterpiece or an unfinished product?”

Hello!
Dima is feeling unwell today, and with your permission, I will answer your questions instead of him.
The release date was postponed by Ubisoft; I won't comment on the specific reasons. I can only say that there was no definite release date until the very last moment, and there was always a possibility that it could be postponed by about a month. So, the community's statement may have served as an additional argument.

There is no talk of postponing the release by six months. Even in the official statements (which Ubisoft representatives didn't rush to make, meaning they thought it over several times), the second quarter of 2006 is mentioned.

And one more thing... I would still like to add. When I said that the work on the game was almost finished (I already commented on this), I meant that the development of the game – the game mechanics, design solutions, etc. – was completed. And there was still work to be done on optimization, balancing, polishing, and so on – everything that is traditionally done in the final stage of development. Neither the size of the map, nor the interface, nor any other game elements will be changed; the additional time will be spent on bug fixing and improving the balance.