Comedian Evgeny Chebatkov has revealed that he enjoys Heroes of Might and Magic IV more than the third installment in the series. He shared this somewhat unconventional preference during an interview on the “Navigator of the Gaming World” YouTube channel.
Chebatkov admitted that his fondness for the fourth game is often met with disagreement. “I’d like to start with a bit of controversy, so I’ll talk about a game that historically – it’s just the way it is – is perceived very painfully and negatively by many,” he explained. “I haven’t argued about any other game as much as this one. Many of my friends turned away from me after I said that I loved именно this part, let’s say. Because the series is truly legendary. I’m talking about Heroes of Might and Magic IV.”
He continued, “Because everyone tells me: ‘You must have misspoke, you meant the third part, because it’s Heroes III, of course.’ I say: ‘No, I love the fourth ones.’ After that, the person looks at me a bit as if I said I had tried human meat. I say: ‘No, I like the fourth ones.’ He says: ‘What? How can you like the fourth ones? It’s just… They ruined everything, they messed everything up.’ I say: ‘No, well, there’s a cool feature there, you can even play as a single hero without an army – there’s some RPG element there, cool stories, nice graphics.’ With all due respect to the third [part], the fourth [‘Heroes’] after it look very soft and cool to the eye, everything is so smooth.”
Chebatkov elaborated on his favorite aspects: “I really loved playing as barbarians, with berserkers, centaurs, cyclops. They were full of some kind of brutalism, I really liked them.”
Chebatkov has previously mentioned that he got into gaming in childhood. Among his early favorites, still cherished today, is Spyro the Dragon. The comedian also shared his impressions of Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Last of Us.
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