Alright, I want to speak my mind, so here it goes
I feel that for a game, it's not even the gameplay itself that is important, but rather the soul! I know many people who did something similar (I live in one apartment with 5 friends, 6 of us total, and we all play differently): O!!!! Peasants, hurry up, hurry up! Those are skeletons! Mine.......get them quickly before anyone kills them; NOOOOOOOOO!!!!! MONTH OF PLAGUE!! I don't want it!!!!!; attack upgrade, quick.... I could go on forever, but I feel that if a game has a soul, you definitely feel it and merge with it... each of us plays differently and not the same races because the style and soul are different... I think a game without a soul and continuity is just a wrapper..
Tell me, how long have we been playing Heroes 3? (not counting 1 and 2) At least 4 years!
In that time, there have been tons of topics and messages... that right there is the soul of the game, the soul of Heroes, and it is eternal......