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I Had Fun!

I've read through the reviews on this game and was surprised at how many bad reviews it received. I do think that some of the points in the bad reviews hold some merit but I don't think it is as terrible as they make it out to be. It is true that it doesn't play like HOMM1-HOMM3 but then I wouldn't want it too. If I wanted HOMM 1-3 I'd just load those games up. As far as the "poor" graphics...well...HOMM 1-3 didn't have exactly the best graphics I'd ever seen. HOMM4 I believe does have better graphics but they do have a different "feel" then the previous games. However I say 'So what?' As for there not being much difference in the difficulty levels, there wasn't much difference in the difficulty levels for HOMM 1-3! Once you know how to win at a game you can always beat it whatever the difficulty level is.

I think that this game suffers from the same sequel difficulties as everything else, whether its a movie or a book or a video game. If you change it too much the "cult" crowd goes crazy and if you don't change it enough everyone else gets bored.

I believe the ultimate question is whether I have had fun playing the game. The answer is 'yes, I did'. Is it worth the money? In my opinion 'yes'. There were some things I would like to see different and I do agree with some of the negative comments. In a nut shell I'd say that if you are looking for a total repeat of HOMM 1-3 then you probably won't like it too much. If you are interested in something a little different and are not to picky about having just a graphically glorified version of the previous game then I think you would enjoy this. I do believe that the negative reviews have been too harsh.