: The AI is terribly stupid! Why does it either endlessly hang around in the Castle or ignore mines and resources right under its nose?

I've noticed this, especially in the Campaigns; it's very annoying, especially when the developers added a one-way portal just one day's travel from the city:mad:

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Battles with the computer come down to destroying lone units, minor heroes, and, as the height of absurdity, storming cities where the computer has been stockpiling units for the entire game for some unknown purpose.

Not always.

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Thirdly: the music! Why does the same music play when a hero travels around the map, regardless of the terrain he's walking through?

I think the music is fine.

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This is a gross violation of tradition!

But if they didn't make any changes, we'd still be playing Heroes 5, where there are no skills, only stats, no upgrades, spells would not be based on mana, but on conditional units, there would be 4 Castles, 6 levels of units. Modernization is necessary. And Heroes 4 has many good ideas implemented.

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Fourthly: where did the upgrades go?

What's the point of upgrades? Of course, units are cheaper, and some units don't make sense to upgrade, but it's better without them.

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and what is this stupid system of "excluding" units from the Castle?

This is to diversify tactics, for example, in the Academy, the hero can only play with archers - halflings, dwarves, mages, djinns, titans, or warriors - halflings, dwarves, golden golems, nagas, dragon golems.

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In short, it needs major improvements, which no one will make anymore.

They just had financial problems; if the fans had loved the game, John Van Caneghem would be making Heroes 5 right now:(