I just remembered a post on GOG (or somewhere else) regarding how HOMM4 is undervalued. From the time perspective (also considering the fate the whole MM series has shared) we can say, that 4 had a good strength of fantastic ideas. But that is because we can see what a great leap forward the game was and (as with oldies) we tend to overlook things that were wrong.
Still, when the game was released, it was a huge disappointment. The first release had tons of bugs (it froze after each battle on my system :/ ) and I can remember how I hated the game for quite some years. It was only after I bought Heroes 4 Complete after several years that I felt in love with this game. But that's due to the pacing and storytelling in campaigns, not the game quality overall.
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