Has anyone played it?

Like many others, I started playing Heroes with the third installment, played it for a while, and then the fourth came out, and I immediately got hooked. Then I got a disc with all the parts (except the fifth), and I immediately installed the first Heroes out of curiosity. At first, I laughed at the creatures, but then I didn't find it so funny anymore. Firstly, it's bad that you can't choose a starting faction. Secondly, there's no market. Thirdly, because of this, I can't build Phoenixes even on the easiest difficulty because there's simply no mine! But overall, it's a very good game, but I don't play it much because of the reasons mentioned above. In principle, the creators of the subsequent parts had something to build upon.