Do you still play Heroes of Might and Magic III after the release of Heroes of Might and Magic V?

Well, okay!
But one strategic mistake by the player isn't a reason to criticize the game as a whole!
Of course (using poker terms), it's risky to bet on a third queen in a six-card hand, but...

You're right.
It's just that there's a lack of small conveniences: double autosave, the ability to hire all units, and the fact that you can only read the unit's properties by opening the help file, and a number of other things.

It's like with Windows; 2000 is more reliable, but the small conveniences of XP make you choose the latter; you don't want to give them up.