HOMM fanatics are so vocal and opinionated that Ubi actually postponed the release of the fifth game after a community smack down of the beta build. I've talked to my more fanatical HOMM-addicted friends, and naturally, they've started bitching about the fifth game as soon as they opened the game box. It's the nature of the beast so to speak. To avoid such traps, however, I have decided to simply review the game on its own merit.