Scratches a specific itch but sadly doesn't really grab me beyond that. The maps are gorgeous (at the expense of being a little hard to read, but thankfully there's a toggle to nametag every interactable), the combat pacing is great, I feel like I'm doing all the stuff I like doing in HoMM3, but for some reason it's just not grabbing me as much as I think it should. It might be the incredibly dull writing or the fact that the factions don't seem all that different mechanically. I'll keep poking at it though, I'd love it if the game fully clicked for me.