Well, while replaying the unforgettable maps by samatron, I inevitably got hooked on this one too. I played it almost from scratch, because a considerable amount of time had passed since my previous playthrough, so I didn't remember anything, and I didn't even look at my previous comment.
Here's my new review:
1. The initial development was quite long, and only after upgrading the griffins to hydras, I managed to get things moving. After that, the army expansion was also not very fast, along with exploring the seas, etc.
2. During the game, I encountered my first enemy - the blue player. I quickly defeated one of his heroes, and then I saw Nagash... My first impression was, "Oh, this is going to be tough" - he was hanging out with 1000+ dragons, vampires, and other creatures, while my army was significantly weaker at that point, although the skills were roughly equal. Well, I continued to build up my army and strength. Later, after gathering for a new campaign, I gradually started taking over his lands, and even attacked him a couple of times - unsuccessfully. I also reached the other imprisoned heroes, and even managed to defeat the orange player and free Catherine; I liked her gift. But I still needed to do something further, so I gathered an even more powerful army and began methodically eliminating all the blue players. In the end, I managed to defeat the remaining necromancer, but I lost almost my entire multi-thousand army in the process (only the mega-powerful cavalry (oh, Turis :smile26:) and the supreme archangels survived).
3. After that, I suddenly remembered that there was a scroll - so I went and took it :smile04:. Initially, I almost immediately found it, barely making it into the Dungeon, but Nagash was a problem, and I got carried away with fighting him. In short, I fell for the typical quest "defeat one, then go further to the other". :smile44: So, I returned a bit late, but it could have been much more drawn out.
In general, after obtaining the scroll, the path to the finale became much shorter. The location of the island was already known, so the campaign ended quickly