The game didn't become a major hit, but it is fun to play. Each town type is quite unique from the others, having its own strengths and weaknesses. The game has many great innovative features and a new graphics style. It caused a noticeable decline over the entire online Heroes community. Many fans were severely disappointed by Heroes 4, for many valid reasons. Heroes 4 was obviously underfunded - the game release was dellayed significantly, campaign scenarios only feature drawn pictures which often repeat between different campaigns, and the multiplayer feature was implemented only after the game release. Clearly, the intention has been to make a unique game, not a bigger and better Heroes 3. Some of the major differences are: 3D perspective on the adventure map and on the battlefield, heroes now take part in battles along with their creatures, six towns with standardised graphic layout, no more creature upgrades, requirement to select between creature dwellings, addition of potions, heroes of the same type are identical, different primary and secondary skills system, more spellcasters among creatures, schools of magic are aligned with town types, creatures can walk on the map without heroes. Heroes of Might and Magic 4 is radically different from Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

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