Well Heroes 5 is supposed to be like Heroes 2 and 3, not like King's Bounty so you have a point there, it's no King's Bounty. You have to control lots of cities and resources and the randomized leveling is part of the challenge. It's much more a TBS than RPG than King's Bounty. Still, it will last you forever. Single levels (of which there are hundreds) can take multiple days to finish if you don't game 8 hours a night.