I am a long Age of Wonders player. Finished AoW and AoW II few times. Spent a lot of time with III. This one... Great idea - especially provinces, diplomacy and so one. Yet, boring campaign (conversations written by children ? Written - because all is to be read). Sounds - you just don't want to hear sounds of lasers and so one, they are annoying. ANIMATIONS?? Strategy games in late '90s had better animations, this is just crap... GREAT dissapointment. I played 5-6 missions and uninstalled the game.