That's my point: as a child/teenager I could dive deep into those worlds, and fill the gaps in graphics/gameplay with my imagination, and just like yours my time was pretty much unlimited. Today I feel alergic towards any kind of game that feels like a job, and requires work and some effort.
HoMM from adult perspective is this type of game, it's not a hop-in hop-out type of experience, it's fully opposite.
