rampancy: All of the Heroes games pretty much rock, with the potential exception of 4; I've been playing it with the
Equilibris mod (which is the closest thing that game has to a fan patch), and while it is somewhat different from Heroes 3, it's surprisingly good.
mistermumbles: As I've just finally decided to buy Heroes IV this morning I'm a bit curious about it. I've seen that mod touted before, but, frankly, more often than not I'm wary of fan patches and such as they can unhinge things as much as they fix them. How balanced is it and does it really make the game better?
It's basically a balance mode (hence the name), originally geared towards people who play the game online (some of them do it competitively). I'm a largely single-player gamer, but I don't mind trying the game with an altered set of stats for characters.
Truth be told, my memory's a little fuzzy on the gameplay experience because I've been going through other games in my backlog, but there's a list of changes here:
http://equilibris.celestialheavens.com/eng/changes.html
