The gameplay is simple in its design but thoroughly detailed and can be challenging at times since the CPU moves and acts way too fast. In fact, I believe that the CPU has different cooldowns on certain actions nevertheless some characters if played well can prevail even in mere seconds. Nonetheless, there are few "gamey" mechanics, that is stuff which breaks the immersion. The music is well integrated into the game and is part of the experience. That is the music flows with the gameplay and with how the player interacts with the menus and such. The graphical assets are "few" compared to other games but again are well integrated and show much detail and love. The story is the strong part of this game: this is one of the few fantasy-stories in which the nihilist and resentful perish and who thrives are people that can find meaning. The story itself is ripe with hints of meta-narratives which are rooted in old myths of our civilization(look at the Sumerian one for example) and also at some more recent events(the collapse of dictatorships). Overall if you are into simplistic gameplay and you are willing to experience great art(music, graphics and story) by all means buy this game since few other games can compete with this one. A playthrough takes about 20hrs and another difficulty level gets unlocked, so it is replayable if you wish. The story hits at somewhat different finales.
This is an RTS/RPG, their ideas are not only outdated but they are really poor. I've played hundreds of hours SCII and Wacraft 3 and it looks like that the devs of this game never heard of them, all the RTS UI features and commands of the MILESTONS of RTS are just not here. Example: stance of the units: no guard stance, no patrol, really bad pathfinding (it shows that there is no talent by the devs, go back to school seriously), The maps are ill concieved, there are no interesting points, they are designed just to get the player mad since the AI just sends massive quantities of units around with no purpose other than driving you mad. The music is repetitive and annoying, the announcer is REALLY annoying, The RPG side is really basic, the talent tree is uninspiring and ultimately boring. Itemization is a real mess the tooltips are jibberish place holder text. If you are a blizzard RTS fan, star clear of this bad designed and ill concieved boring stuff.
Everything that you have heard or read about this game is true. The mechanics are solid, the gameplay is fun, the graphics are charming and the voice acting is A+. The real problem lies in a really annoying game-breaking bug: endless loading screen and endless turns, so I have to close the game and start it again, so my immersion and focus are gone.... So before you purchase check the bug reports on the community feed and the patch notes.
