The levels even in the tutorial line get really long and really difficult by the 3rd one. I feel like I have absolutely no tools provided to handle what the game's asking for. Units are flat (supposedly they learn powers, but they only use them themselves -- you're only giving orders to move and focus fire). There's so far no base building except "claim this island" building and some towers. There's TONS of downtime while you're just waiting for gold to feed in and there's nothing you can do. Because of leveling up, losing a single unit feels catastrophic. Cool theme and flavor, and I can see what was attempted. But it's not there.
The game includes a "free" mini-expansion, The Abbott, that is only enabled once you create a multiplayer account with the publisher and sign in to enable it.
