i spent untold hours on this game when i was younger, not only did the single player have a interesting story line, the summons were cool, graphics at the time were decent, the game also had a worthwhile multiplayer mode, its a game that sets itself apart with the summons, there really arent many games that you can compare it to, the closest would be the neverwinter series.
the original settlers 2 was awesome, and with the updated graphics in this version they did a fantastic job, the only real dissapointment for me were minor details they missed, for example when soldiers ranked up in the original they would fight differently and you could see they were more skilled, it made the battles much better to watch, sadly because its missing, the battles are a bit bland in comparison on the new version.