What is your opinion about Heroes IV?

and then the process of clearing the map starts to seem monotonous

Hmm. There were times when I caught myself thinking that the gameplay was monotonous because of a really, really awesome hero...;
You know how I dealt with it??? For variety, I would load a very interesting map called "Seven Steps to Glory"... You definitely can't get by without a large army there... I recommend it :smile20: