I like the idea that quests are unpredictable and, despite the best preparation, they can fail, wiping out some of your best characters. But if you invest the time prepping for them, by learning the lore, assigning quest points and hoarding magic, should you really fail 4 times in a row? At some point you get sick of it, especially when you have to guesstimate your chances of success, since there's nothing to reference. As you might imagine, it takes forever to learn the mechanics of this game. The tutorial is pretty broad and it's a niche game so even if you google how to do this or that you can come up empty handed. If you enjoy learning the ropes by trial and error mixed with a healthy dose of cross referencing google, then this might be for you. But then, as far as I can tell, even you do things "right" you have a substantial chance of failing. Finally, as other people have said, the writing is pretty uninspiring. It's true that you have million different decisions to make, but the way that the game gets away with giving you all that freedom is by making the outcomes of those choices relatively meaningless. You will probably get a few follow up events each requiring all of one click, but story doesn't change. You just end up with slightly more or less men/resources. Meh.
