Oh don't worry, I like Heroes of Might & Magic IV not any less than HOMM3 or HOMM2, there are simply many new things you can do in it which you couldn't in previous games.
Considering that with a high level Demonologist hero who masters Demonology and Nature Magic (summon Poison Spitters, Ice Demons or Devils) or with an Arch Mage hero (3 or more magic schools, +20% effect on all spells I think) with Life, Order and Chaos magic (you can add Nature to that, but not necessary) you can pretty much solo almost any battle, if you don't also forget to master his Combat skills and maybe Tactics, this alone is a pretty different experience from previous games in the series, and a huge freedom I very much enjoyed to exhaust to it's limits.
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