r/heroes3 • u/KinzzaBadd • 1d ago

Fluff In popular opinion: HoMaM4 is freaking awesome!

So I've recently bought HoMaM4 off of gog for $2.49. and I can honestly say I can't get enough. It's a little poor in the quality, but the game itself is a masterpiece. Don't get me wrong, it has nothing on heroes, or the classic heroes2 gold. But this game gets way to much hate from everyone for being as awesome as it is.

Please I wanna hear everyone else's opinions on this. This game is underrated.

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u/doto_Kalloway 1d ago
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  • the rpg dimension of heroes is very fun. Advanced classes can be extremely fun to play around, although sometimes hard to commit (e.g. the vampiric touch of life and death magic is OP but useless if you don't also have combat. But for it to be effective you need combat and melee to be high level, so you need life and death even higher, so an absurdely high level hero before it works)
  • music is s tier
  • scouting ability is extremely fun on big maps
  • efficiency can be insane if you micromanage lots of troops.

  • artifacts are fun because they add abilities to your heroes which can be hilariously broken. I love broken things and my main goal when playing homm4 is to build an op hero and raid the whole map with him alone.

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  • the game isn't finished. All the tiny great mechanics of homm3 like external dwellings giving you additionnal growth are gone. Castles don't shoot arrows, so citadel is almost useless on its own. The list is unfortunately quite long.

  • no upgrades on units

  • no real choices between tiers as there is always one clear winner. E.g. vampires vs poison creepers ?

  • ai is a joke

  • mana management is far less problematic than in 3 as heroes get lots of spell points every day

  • some units are hilariously bad (leprechauns? Nature globally ? ) and units are globally weak

  • no chaining means large maps are even more a pita.

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u/HLPIMP 1d ago

Right, I used to just play heroes 4 as an adventure game with a group of heroes going around leveling and exploring like the first person Might and Magic games