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I once pondered why, back in the early nineties, when the possibilities for implementation were so limited, they released so many truly brilliant games that you can still enjoy playing today. And now, games are released by the thousands, and there's so much trash, very rarely are outstanding games released. I think it's simply a matter of demand. Back then, computers were not available to everyone; they were mostly in companies, and owning a computer at home was considered an incredible luxury. So, those who had access to computers were generally intellectual people, and accordingly, intellectual games were created for them. Now, the focus is on the dumb majority.

I completely agree with you – both with the assessment of the situation and with its main causes! In general, there is also an objective difficulty: today it is almost impossible to come up with something completely original, unlike dozens and hundreds of other existing games; there probably can't be any new genres anymore, and in the old ones, there are their undeniable leaders, which are impossible to surpass, and to create something worse than them – what's the point?
The same goes for "Heroes 3". I am happy with them, and I don't expect anyone to "reinvent the wheel" in this genre.

I also have my own list of favorite "old" games (from memory): Lost Vikings 1, 2, Tomb Raider 1-4 (I haven't played the latest versions, so I can't evaluate them), Duke Nukem 3D, Resident Evil 3... and many others that I can't remember right now.