The third Heroes were great with their hand-drawn, heartfelt sprites.
Hand-drawn heartfelt sprites apply more to the second Heroes; in the third game, creatures were made in 3D and then rendered into sprites, which is why they look a bit blurry compared to everything else. But overall, I agree that the game doesn't have much of a future, although the most interesting feature (for those who like building the Capitol) in my opinion is full support for old maps — it should be cool to see some well-known maps in this form.