Heroes aren't just some random thing where you have "gargoyles like in Disciples," 50 races like in Warlords, or 20 resources like in who-knows-where. You even forgot about Protoss and Zerg, it seems.
Also, heroes can't be "like they used to be," what's the point of a new installment then?
I like the idea of a single resource; it's very interesting to see such a system in Heroes.
Overall, it's really interesting to see what will come of all this; there's definitely progress being made.
And of course... there will be so much drama after the release of the sixth installment, maybe even more than after the release of the fourth and fifth.
Except the ones we've made