GEMs - GEMred (Pre-rendered textures, PRT) и другое

Some models, even with the same number of polygons, look really great! But comparing what Nival Interactive created in 2004-2005 is not entirely fair, as 3D designers were limited in the number of polygons they could use in the models, because the game needed to run and even work on 32 MB video cards! However, it should be acknowledged that, if desired, they could have approached the limitations less formally and used more imagination; this is very evident in the case of the "wood" textures! IMHO. P.S.

I agree, the library is very cool, the standard one didn't fit the design of the heroes. The shipyard is good. The other buildings have a worse design than the originals.

Well, that's correct because objects from Heroes 6 and 7 don't always fit nicely into the atmosphere of Heroes 5. If they were to create a kind of mix, it would be very interesting!