So, buying a bunch of demons like in HoMM 4 and gathering everything you can without any particular effort or risk is considered "complicated"?
Of course, positioning your troops before a battle is easy.
But how about having angels arrive at the very beginning of the battle and decimate and block the enemy archers? And how about picking off the hero's guards and using your turn priority for a successful deployment?
Now everyone has the opportunity to build an army, which is, of course, easy and simple.
Okay, let me give you an example:
In HoMM 3 (if you don't use tactics) or in HoMM 4, you can't immediately block your archers completely, so you still need time to reposition. It's also harder to attack neutral units through archers (well, in a certain sense). But in HoMM 5, you can hide behind a tree, close yourself off with thick infantry for good measure, and then good luck trying to break through.
In any case, I specifically wrote about positioning in a separate paragraph. And regarding the "simplicity," I gave you the movement example. So, you've highlighted the wrong thing.
Now everyone has the opportunity to build an army, which is, of course, easy and simple.
a bunch of patches, WoG, TE, and other crap.
Whirlwinds, storms, equilibriums - OMG, what else!!!11
Let's count...
HoMM 5: 1.0; 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5; 1.6
2.0, 2.1
3.0, 3.1
Plus TE and another map generator.
That's 8 patches (!) + 2 expansions, totaling 10! + TE (I don't know how many versions you have), so let's say 10 + TE.
Now HoMM 4:
2 expansions + Equilibrium (I think there were two).
As for HoMM 3, I don't know very well, but it seems like there was 1 patch for the base game and Armageddon's Blade, and 2 patches for SoD, totaling 4.
But comparing HoMM 5 to HoMM 4, version 1.0 of HoMM 5 was almost as buggy as version 1.0 of HoMM 4 (and one of the main arguments against HoMM 4 is its unfinished state).
And WoG for HoMM 3 is something completely separate, not closely related to HoMM 3. Well, except that TE seems to have grown out of its ideas, if I read correctly.
Okay, Vistrit, this is still a pointless argument. :) Why don't you write something about HoMM 6? Are you even looking forward to it?

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