I've played thousands of hours of several turn based strategy games, Age of Wonders I, II and shadow magic among them. I started the game trying the campaign, but quickly left it there to begin a new random scenario like I always do in all the TBS games I play. And this game, boy this game has such variety and depth that I spent over 1 hour just on the custom leader creation screen. Simply creating the leader was a whole experience, if you like playing these games to tell yourself a story --like I do-- then the very moment you begin making your wizard you will feel immersed in your own fantasy (there are so many customization options, so many, to make your own leader based on your own vision) The game doesn't disappoint, the Civ5-like interface is a pleasure to nagivate, the music is different but just as good as AoW:SM, and, what can I say... it's wonderful. Playing the game I continued feeling I was inside my story (I restarted the map to set the land to be more desolate, just like imagined it). The feeling was even more immersive than AoW:SM thanks to the immense amount of customization available, I haven't even finished my game, and I love this. If you're a fan of the previous incarnations of the game, and do not mind trading variety of races for other kinds of variety, then you won't regret purchasing this game. If you are like me, and enjoy random maps the most, then get it and play it!.
