By the way, I still have the feeling that Heroes 4 appeared as a result of a cross between Age of Wonders, Disciples (or something like that), and Heroes 2.
Regarding the degradation: I was very disappointed with Heroes 5 because of the small size of most units on the battlefield. Of all the units, I only liked Rakshasas, well, Druids, Crusaders, Succubi, and Lords seemed okay.
P.S. Haha, now I understand where the town points in Heroes 5 came from: in AoW, a certain analogue was used, but it was tied not to the number of buildings, but to the number of city residents. The increase in the number of residents could be stimulated by building houses.
Все люди - братья, но в каждом из нас спит волк.