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And the soundtrack, which was made quickly, but somehow still turned out to be amazing.

The same people who worked on the soundtracks for other games in the series also worked on this one. I have no idea where you got the idea that it was made "quickly."

Guys, I have to confess something... I don't know how you'll look at me after this, but I'm ready for the fact that I'll remain a sick pervert in your eyes and forever ruin my reputation, but in general... I played the sixth Heroes game, and I even kind of enjoyed it...

I also played a few missions, or maybe even one Campaign (I don't remember, there were either separate Campaigns for each faction or one general one with alternating factions), but it's still quite boring. Especially the unusual units, which give the feeling of a typical schoolchild's creative burst in an attempt to come up with something original, resulting in soullessness and artificiality, even by the standards of ordinary Heroes bestiaries. Although, maybe it just seems that way against the backdrop of the fifth game, where everything was forced into one seemingly viable theme.
I also played the free demo of the seventh game, it was closer to the classics, but I don't know what happened to this part in the end. I couldn't find a decent version in the online store of Blu-ray discs with a 100% discount. I think it's permanently tied to Ubisoft's DRM.

And the soundtrack, which was made on the fly, but somehow still turned out to be top-notch.

(until you open any Castle)

The Chaos Castle theme is one of my favorites in the series.

I completely agree.

The unusual units didn't turn out to be unusual enough – just -_- Even the demons have two units, what are they called, something like sadists and tormentors, and I periodically confuse them with each other and with the undead ghouls. There are also two types of water nymphs from the Sanctuary, one of which is also a copy of the water elemental. And the mechanics are bad; in previous parts, you immediately remember the characteristic features of the units: this one is fat, this one is fast, this one shoots, this one casts spells, this one has an awesome ability, even if the unit only appeared in one part, but in the sixth game – "Um, well, this one is a healer, this one is also a healer, this one seems to shoot, and who is this one, I don't know."

1 -- haven't played it
2 -- played it for about an hour, it looks decent, there are some interesting ideas in the gameplay, but I didn't feel like getting too involved
3 -- it will never die in our hearts
4 -- I felt repulsion from the first minutes, and it didn't go away even after a couple of years of playing it when I was in school
5 -- I share the enthusiasm, it's like the first time I entered a town – I fell in love
6 -- a neural network created it
7 -- it should have been a 5+, but it turned out to be less than a 5.

And there’s no version of the seventh game with the dwarf DLC in the green store, yeah. I was looking for it just for fun, but apparently, nobody cares about the game that much.

The same people who worked on the soundtracks for other games in the series also worked on this one. I have no idea why you think it was made "on the fly."

Paul Romero himself wrote about this. He had to use loops, remixing the same moments, and so on. In short, it was a shoddy job, and he was surprised when the game was praised for its soundtrack. Apparently, there wasn't enough time to create a full-fledged soundtrack.

By the way, I really liked that in the pre-release version of the seventh installment, they brought back the hippos for the Barbarians, which are my favorite, and added a couple of units from my favorite swamp faction. Unfortunately, the game didn't become any less awful because of that. Especially considering that they took away the unicorns from the Elves and deprived the Humans of griffins.

It’s like I’ve entered a forum dedicated to the Heroes series.

You won't believe it...

Actually, griffins are present in the seventh installment, and they can even be recruited in Ivanushka’s campaigns.

What are these campaigns you're talking about? I only played through some of them in the fourth game, and not all of them.

Campaigns are like the main storyline in the expansion pack. You can play through it, or you can go to work and enjoy life.

Heroes is a game that I play not so much for the storyline.

I always appreciated the story in Heroes of Might and Magic, even though it only accounts for a relatively small percentage of the total time spent playing the game.