What were your expectations for Heroes 4?

A large number of objects that are stylistically disharmonious with each other. This is in the third game. In my opinion, the first versions (The Restoration of Erathia, Armageddon's Blade) were still quite reasonable in this regard, but the subsequent ones, and especially Heroes of Might and Magic 3.5...

Well, hello, why bring Heroes of Might and Magic 3.5 into this as an argument?:confused: Heroes of Might and Magic 3.5 is not the third game as such, but the work of amateur enthusiasts. It may or may not be liked, but it should not be referred to when discussing the third game as such. I'll make my own add-on tomorrow with monstrously ugly monsters, and will that immediately discredit the original game?

Therefore, during the clearing of territories, you have to deal with "guests" from completely different castles. For example, fighting water elementals on volcanic soil...
In the fourth game, however, most randomly generated monsters correspond to the type of terrain, and the landscape looks harmonious.

Well, this is a bit of a stretch.:smile38: They are generated randomly in the fourth game as well. If that's the case, on what landscape, other than water, can water elementals look harmonious?:rolleyes: However, you won't encounter them on every map. They stand among the hummocks and bushes, gurgling, you see...

Tralosk, dear - why attack one of the games in order to praise another? The second, third, fourth, and fifth games are all good in their own way, and none of them has flaws that are monstrous enough to be considered a failure. Just look at our forum to see that each of the games in the series is loved.:smile01: