HOMM2 actually was the best and it's considered so by most fans. It was perfectly balanced and had fabulous campaigns, a difficult AI and the best music in any game for its time. HOMM3 added to everyone's favorite aspects of HOMM2, but that totally threw the play balance out of whack with some castles and creatures being completely superior to others with little to no weaknesses. HOMM4 was just horrid for the reasons you mentioned and more. They pretty much just sequelled the games into the ground.Originally Posted by Simon Appleton
A great deal of the hope for HOMM5 comes from the fact that the original dev and producers have gone under. The game is being made by a completely new team who are going back to the very best elements of the series. Of course, we won't know how it will turn out until it has been released, but hopefully new blood will give this series a second life.
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