First Impressions

The first impression is excessively negative. I hope it’s misleading. Cons: 1) Very bad music; 2) The upgrade system is not random at all; 3) Many bugs; 4) Long, far-fetched names for resources; 5) Lack of contrast and other differences between active and inactive objects; 6) The level of detail in objects is so high that everything looks very poor from a distance; 7) Lack of an initiative bar; 8) Poor town screen and its buildings (in terms of appearance); 9) Clumsy or poor animation; 10) Subjectively, I didn’t like the appearance of almost all units; 11) “Strange” creature cries; 12) Elven heroes; 13) Stupid AI; 14) A shift towards Dis (I like Dis, but a mix of heroes and Dis is nonsense); 15) Flanking attacks, now everyone is constantly turned… hmm… backwards!; 16) Greater emphasis on RPG style; 17) Division by elements in the form of magic (I liked the division of schools in 5 more); 18) The worst Campaigns; 19) Cutscenes, if you can call them that; 20) System requirements; 21) The presence of incomprehensible combat machines (some repeat units); 22) Long AI turn without visual progress indication. Pros: 1) In-game encyclopedia; 2) Structure of town building; 3) Map editor – its presence; 4) The presence of flanking attacks (but not their implementation); 5) Some skills; 6) The presence of alternative level 6 creatures. P.S. Even the sixth installment didn’t cause such negative emotions initially, which is strange, because the seventh part seems better.