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Hey there.
I'll share my impressions too.
At first, I was very annoyed and furious...
I was complaining about everything.
I started thinking that it's just because I'm not used to it, but no.
Now I understand that everything is good in the 5th installment: the modern graphics, the fresh ideas, and the music. What they lack is the atmosphere of the 3rd game... They're a bit too cartoonish. It doesn't mean that the magical world should shine, sparkle, and explode in all directions.
In the 3rd game, even the small details were enjoyable, for example, when you found an artifact, a scene was shown describing how you obtained it. These small details filled the game with life. Even the fact that flags fluttered above mines and castles, instead of shining icons.
Of course, everything is possible in this magical world, but still. Let's imagine a movie based on Heroes. How would it look? Would the main character rush forward, leaving a magical trail behind him, and so on...?
And the map feels somewhat lifeless. If in the 3rd game, your imagination worked at full capacity, then in the 5th game, there's simply no room for it. This 3D graphics somehow shows that everything is exactly as it is and not any other way. A forest is just a forest, and park trees are on a lawn. There's no feeling that you're going on an adventure; there's a feeling that you're just taking a walk in a playground. And I don't even want to go into the hero's inventory.
Heroes 3 is infinitely cozy. For example, in the tavern, there's a window with animation, and you immediately imagine yourself sitting at one of these tables. From the window of the mages' guild, there's a view of the city. There's an animation of the setting sun, marking a new day, as if giving value to each turn (Hello, new day in this infinitely new magical world!!!). And so on. Perhaps the developers thought that since everything is in 3D, everything can be rotated and examined, but this was their fatal mistake.
It's a pity; there was a chance.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE GREAT FUTURE OF HEROES LIES IN THE GREAT FUTURE!!!
I'll continue playing Heroes!!!