- Comparison of creatures from Heroes 5 with creatures in Heroes 3.

It’s important to remember that in Heroes of Might and Magic III, the battles are in 2D, while in Heroes of Might and Magic V, they are in 3D. If in the third game, a cavalry unit or a cyclops is shown in full size, several units might be obscured behind it, as the camera cannot be rotated. In the fifth game, the units are, of course, more beautiful, considering the years that have passed between the two games, but even if the dragons look like "pregnant kangaroos," they don't get tiresome because you can feel the excellent work of the designers, even though technically, the third game wasn't perfect for its time. In the fifth game, the units seem somewhat lifeless, while in the third game, they look alive.