Originally Posted by Thoth
I was very disappointed with the HoMM games after 3.

HOMM 5 is rather different to the first games in the series, but I found it rather rich in it's own way. (Haven't even finished it yet).
All in all I found the HOMM games to be richer and have more depth than Disciples, but Disciples made up for that in that I loved the art and atmosphere of Disciples.