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It's a very strange question, even if it's rhetorical. How should one understand "did it not diminish the desire"? When I buy a game, I look at the overall impression, and if I don't like the graphics, the genre, etc., I immediately stop playing. That's how I choose games – I see it, I evaluate it, I buy it. Or was the question directed at those who first played Heroes of Might and Magic V and are now comparing it? Sorry if I misunderstood.