What were your expectations for Heroes 4?

Features from Heroes of Might and Magic IV were incorporated into Heroes of Might and Magic V (and correspondingly expanded) such as: - Alt-upgrade - Caravans - Faction without magic - Hero movement - Division of magic, independent of the element - Augmenting skills with special abilities. And from Heroes of Might and Magic III, only the battle principle, troop movement, and hero specialization were retained.

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That is, we get the same thing, but in a different wrapper.