What is your opinion about Heroes IV?

The hero participates in a losing battle; the hero always gets blamed, and if the hero is a mage and you've put all your hopes on him...

That's the whole point. My husband, for example, plays in a very interesting way: he levels up his heroes as much as possible, gathers them into one army, and goes around defeating everyone without any creatures. About 4-5 heroes and 0 creatures. You have to admit, it's original, right?
And, by the way, I think it's more realistic that a hero participates in a battle rather than standing on the sidelines like a coward, watching his army get slaughtered.

The fact that you can withdraw troops without a hero is also not a great idea,

But I, on the contrary, think this function is useful. You don't have to run to the city to get your army or hire an escort hero, which takes a lot of time, and the army comes to you on its own. In my opinion, it's great!

There are a lot of experiments in the fourth game.

100% agree!) The fourth game is very experimental; you can come up with a lot of tactics... It's an interesting game...

The Zebra is awesome! In general, the graphics in the fourth game are so fantastic, like a painting... it's as if you've really entered a fairy tale...
Oh well, I like the fourth game!
The only downside is that there are a lot of bugs. And I haven't quite figured out the mechanics either. Like, dividing the army into N parts to pass through a small gap between mountains... It's complicated... :confused:
:)