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No need to experiment! They should have just improved the third game!

No, experiments are necessary. Without them, there will be nothing new. That's why I don't want to criticize the fourth game. Even though I'm not a big fan of it.

I share the same opinion!

But some elements from the fourth game could be implemented in the fifth. For example, the same simplification of micromanagement, so you don't have to run around to every mill.

Yes! This is the best new feature in the fourth game!

The verdict is good if you don't compare it to other games in the series, but rather appreciate it as a standalone game.

The verdict is acceptable if you don't compare it to other games, but rather appreciate it as a standalone experience.

And let's not compare. Let it be a necessary step. Without the fourth game, there wouldn't be a fifth (it would just be another fourth game).

I agree, it’s not worth comparing them.

Besides, it's not the worst game! For example, I don't like the second one!

The second game is really great! If you take into account the time it was released (10 years ago), and make allowances for that, you could easily say that it's better than the fourth game.

It's awesome in the second game! If you take into account the time it was released (10 years ago), you can safely consider it better than the fourth game.

I can't even call the fourth game "Heroes"; in my opinion, it doesn't deserve that title. (sorry, fans of the fourth game)

It’s good that the fourth game isn’t just an improved clone of the third. At first (before I got the hang of the game’s tactics), I didn’t like it, but then I started enjoying it just as much as the third, and I play both with pleasure. And it’s also good that (according to reviews) the fifth game isn’t a direct or improved clone of the others – you have to develop new tactics and strategies again.

It’s good that the fourth game isn’t a clone of the third, but it’s bad that a clone of the third would have been better than the fourth. There are many, to put it mildly, questionable innovations that cannot be explained logically; it feels like the game’s creators didn’t know what they would end up with until the game was released. I won’t say anything about the AI; those who tried to play the game themselves know. Perhaps some of the ideas were good, but most of them were copied from Disciples, and since these games are too different, it wasn’t possible to implement them properly.

And now, they don't even want to preserve what was good in the fourth installment. For me, the fourth game was the one where you didn't have to do unheroic things (running around mills), but could focus all your attention solely on combat.

And some interesting abilities! Like the nobility skill tree!