the game is too short if you don't bother to do all the optional quests. it's more like a proper 3D version of underworld 1(by looking glass) , except smaller and more stupid jumping "puzzles", rather than a sequel to underworld 2. the weapon and armor enchanting spell is a nice feature... too bad they nerfed it in most patched versions because it get madly overpowered if you combine all possible ingredients into your final weapon or the easter egg weapon. remember to save often for AFAIK the lastest patch doesn't fix some game-breaking bugs that will stop you from winning the game unless you use an FAQ and kill everyone for mission critical stuff. lastest patch does however nerf the unbalanced overpower fireball spell. however just like the underworld games, creating a magic-user right from the beginning is far superior than creating a musclehead or a "thief" character.
i bought this from a bargain bin instead of GOG . for people who played warcraft 2 and 3 before they discovered this game, i fear they would be disappointed like me. it has a novel and non-tedious way to gaining resources for building stuff, but it's rather non-intuitive unlike the warcrafts. otherwise feels like the missing the link between WC 2 and 3. nothing really impressive. but worth looking into for fans of fantasy themed RTS games.
as most of you already know, there's an open source SDL port of this game. so why download this version? a) you're a idiot with dosbox settings b) you want to play it with midi music except (a) is probably not applicable since most modern machines should run the open source port better or faster than with dosbox. so yeah, download this version if you want to listen to the music in midi and/or you actually want the game to run slower for reasons.
