What is your favorite installment in the Heroes series?

Personally, I enjoy playing any installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series because I really like the game's concept. But, of course, I have preferences among the games in the series. :) - Heroes of Might and Magic 1 is a very charming game; its naivety is captivating, so I can spend quite a long time playing it. :) However, the lack of a market is a big drawback for me. :( - Heroes of Might and Magic 2 has the charming naivety of the graphics from Heroes of Might and Magic 1, but the gameplay is more deeply developed, and finally, there's a market. Heroes of Might and Magic 2 was also the first game I ever saw on a computer screen... I can spend a lot of time playing it. :) - Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Hero specializations... 9 factions... Lots of neutral creatures... Lots of heroes... Lots of maps... As a result, there's endless variety in the game, and the graphics are very appealing; everything is great. :) - Heroes of Might and Magic 4. This is the most controversial installment. On the one hand, they removed hero upgrades and specializations; on the other hand, they added variety with hero mobility and creature selection... Despite the Equilibris expansion, the game remained somewhat buggy. But you know what? I admire Pushkin's work and recognize him as a brilliant poet, but I prefer to read a little booklet called "Memories of Summer," which contains naive poems by girls aged 12-18, with their awkward rhymes, limited vocabulary, and obvious themes. It's the same here. I acknowledge the genius of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, its harmonious factions, and its wonderful 2D graphics, but I still enjoy playing the buggy Heroes of Might and Magic 4 with its similar heroes, cookie-cutter towns, mishmash of creatures, and wild circles of neutral creatures on the map. Simply put, I like Heroes of Might and Magic 4 more, and that's a matter of taste, and as they say, there's no accounting for taste. ;)
- Heroes of Might and Magic 5. This is the only installment that doesn't run on my laptop. :( Therefore, I play it VERY rarely. But in principle, it turned out quite well. Unfortunately, the spirit of the series has been lost, but as a game, Heroes of Might and Magic 5 is still pretty good. :) Recently, I've noticed that I have a preference for the Heroes of Might and Magic games with even numbers. :) I'm waiting for Heroes of Might and Magic 6; I hope the developers come up with something interesting... (if they do). ;)

And once again, everything I've said above is just my opinion and a matter of taste, so please don't throw slippers at me. :o I'm not saying that Heroes of Might and Magic 1-2-3-4-5 are terrible. ;)