Unfortunately, this is yet another game that doesn't stand the test of time. There are better RTS with better controls and an overall better experience. Some examples of awkwardness: (1) you can zoom to your shaman with a hotkey but cannot select her with one. (2) In pause mode, you can do hardly anything but scroll, which means that the fast moving troops are almost impossible to click. The AI can cast spells back-to-back and you really don't have a chance to. (3) there doesn't seem to be any auto actions; have an idle villager next to an unbuilt building and you still have to notice and action it. (4) the radius for auto attack is ridiculous; lots of times I have 15 warriors 'guarding' a pass and enemies walk right next to it or attack 2-3 and the rest just stand there. (5) you can't just select idle followers to do something. (6) 800x600 is the max resolution, which is just plain frustrating on a huge screen. (7) there's no auto-save feature so if save at the start of a level, finish the level to unlock the next one, and forget to save you have to repeat the level you saved on. Other, more modern, RTS have solved these issues so I'd recommend sticking to one of those. PS: Other reviewers if you can't play a game, don't rate it 5* sheesh!