Well, let's go through everything in order:
Graphics:
1) I absolutely didn't like that the game became darker; I would have liked it if everything was bright, beautiful, and fairytale-like, as in G1, 2, 5, and 6.
2) The world has become flat; in G5, you really feel like it's a living world.
3) Terrible ratio of objects (cities, mines, units, etc.); it shouldn't be 1 to 1, of course, but in G5 and 6, everything looked much nicer!
4) Terrible effects.
5) 2D screens - :(
6) Stiff animations, to put it mildly.
7) Half of the creatures and icons are remakes from G6 :(
That's all about the graphics.
Skills:
Oh-oh-oh! The developers have pulled a fast one on us here!
1) They said they didn't want to limit the possibilities and therefore wouldn't make skill dependencies like in G5, but (!) these idiots (honestly) made 6 (!!!) classes for 1 (!!!) faction! And none of the classes have all the skills! What a limited number of possibilities! + Half of the skills can only be learned up to the expert level!!!!
2) The number of skills for creatures has been reduced, and now they are all the same! And do you know why they did this!? NO!? Apparently, the large number of skills in G6 prolonged the battles!!! I'm just furious! The problem wasn't the large number of skills, but the fact that the creatures had a lot of HP and very little attack and damage! And half of the skills reduced/blocked damage or resurrected creatures!! THAT'S WHY THE BATTLES WERE LONG!!
3) There are some interesting and good skills, but half of them don't work!
4) The governor's skills don't work! Not at all! Neither if the hero is the governor and is in a city with a whole bunch of special skills, nor in any other way!
That's all about skills and abilities... I already want to cry...
Controlled territory:
1) The developers promised to remove this mess, right? Or am I mistaken...? In any case, the fact that they left the territories is already a huge -
2) Cities and forts cannot be rebuilt, which is good...
3) Pillaging mines - at least it's a way to undermine the enemy's economy, which is a plus.
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About everything else:
1) The music is good only in the cities; everything else is terrible (and half of it is from G6).
2) I liked that you can choose your favorite spell.
3) I liked the flanking and cover system in battles overall.
4) The choice between buildings and level 7 units was a nice touch.
5) The building system is similar to the one in the 5th game, so that's a plus.
6) Encyclopedia +
7) In G2, the AI is smarter...
That's all...
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AND THEY CALL THIS THE GREAT REVIVAL OF THE SERIES!!! THAT'S IT! WE CAN FORGET ABOUT HEROES 8, 9, 10 - THEY WON'T HAPPEN!! LET'S GO BACK TO OUR FAVORITE GAMES...
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