Albeng
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Oh, playing as the Dark Elves. My favorite faction. Well, after Necropolis, of course. Especially since my favorite character, Railag, is here. The starting cutscene is beautiful. You can really see that the quality of the cutscenes is improving with each map. The scenario is divided into three stages. I'd like to discuss each one separately.
The first stage was interesting. You had to run away from the enemies, and you had to hide so they wouldn't notice you. I quickly recruited Chaos and leveled him up a bit, so I didn't have any problems with magic and dealing damage. The only thing was that there was a moment where you had to run quickly and jump into a portal. But I managed to defeat the dragons and get the boots, which will come in handy later, as it will be even more difficult later on. At the beginning, there's a small break, a chance to catch your breath, so to speak. But then the Faceless One appears again, only this time he's chasing the player directly. I had to run around in circles, as I wanted to collect everything, learn new magic, and buy Furies and Hydras. The first time, I went through the wrong portal and failed the quest. When I went through the right one, I didn't get the expected help, and they demanded resources. Then, with the help of the boots, I hid on an island from the next Faceless One. And there was Reveran. What a pain, he ruined my nerves with his Divine Intervention. I rolled back a bit and took another spell, Phantom Creation, and decided to try a different approach this time. I summoned Phantom Furies and used them to deal damage, trying not to use my main forces. And in the end, I resurrected them with a scroll. As a result, the first time I managed to reduce the loss of Furies by 30, and the second time by 8. It was long and difficult, and I had to replay it many times. I didn't want to lose too many troops, and it was worth it, as they came in handy later, so I managed it. At the end, before Jorgen, I was given a mentor, but I didn't change anything, as I was happy with the upgrades. In the battle with the Guardian, I also tried to lose as few troops as possible, as I didn't know if I would get a city after that.
The next stage was like hell. I was really struggling. Well, at first, I reached the city of the Faceless Ones, and on the way, there was a quest with the Black Guard, but I didn't take them, I just cut them down in the pit. So, when I reached the city of the Faceless Ones, I didn't capture it, as I would have to rebuild it anyway, and I didn't want to suffer losses because of that. Moreover, while the enemy is developing there. So, I only captured the buildings and went straight to attack. And then I was in for a surprise after capturing the first city. Frederick, or whatever his name was, who casts Berserk. There's a shield on the map, but by that time, I didn't have it yet, so I suffered. And then it only got worse. The Elves start, and they have a huge army, plus constant luck and Divine Intervention. And Orion, that idiot, if he captures a human city, he returns it to his ally. I had a hard time. Well, I defended myself against them as much as possible in the castle, destroying the catapult and first taking out the flyers and archers. And then the rest. Fortunately, I had a lot of spells and I was good at using Chaos magic. Even with the debuff on Orion. I cleared all the garrisons easily, but the heroes themselves were too difficult. Overall, I realized that I could have just rushed through, as was mentioned at the beginning, but I probably made things more difficult for myself by deciding to take out everyone. But I couldn't just leave anyone. After I dealt with them, I found another mentor. This time, I already changed the upgrades. I dropped some skill and replaced it with Darkness. There was also an epic fail here. Before going further, I decided to take another Dark Elf city and gather some more troops, taking the Faceless Ones with me. And then the entire army was taken away. As a result, I had to take them first. But I don't think they would have helped me much. Well, anyway, I managed to get through it without them and move on.
And the last, final stage was another chase. But before that, I had to defeat a mini-boss, so to speak. I watched other people on streams putting down crystals and kiting him with Furies. I don't know why they had to go to such lengths, maybe it's more difficult on Hero difficulty, but I just attacked him with all my available troops and killed him. Because of the armor debuff, he only took a few steps and cut down half of the lizards, which wasn't critical. And then the chase itself, I had to reach Sareta faster. There were no problems with this, as I didn't drop the log, so I didn't even take the boots at the beginning. At the end, there's a difficult battle with Isabel, but overall it's passable, it's easier than the Elves. At the end, there's a funny moment, Tieru appears and says he'll hold back the demons, and Railag just runs and jumps into the lava, lol.
Overall, I liked the first and third stages, it was very interesting. But the second stage was not so good, as the difficulty level was too high. And I was also pleased that Isabel and Sareta appeared. I was wondering what happened to him, where he was, and what he was doing? And finally, he appeared. I feel that it will be even more interesting in the future.
The first stage was interesting. You had to run away from the enemies, and you had to hide so they wouldn't notice you. I quickly recruited Chaos and leveled him up a bit, so I didn't have any problems with magic and dealing damage. The only thing was that there was a moment where you had to run quickly and jump into a portal. But I managed to defeat the dragons and get the boots, which will come in handy later, as it will be even more difficult later on. At the beginning, there's a small break, a chance to catch your breath, so to speak. But then the Faceless One appears again, only this time he's chasing the player directly. I had to run around in circles, as I wanted to collect everything, learn new magic, and buy Furies and Hydras. The first time, I went through the wrong portal and failed the quest. When I went through the right one, I didn't get the expected help, and they demanded resources. Then, with the help of the boots, I hid on an island from the next Faceless One. And there was Reveran. What a pain, he ruined my nerves with his Divine Intervention. I rolled back a bit and took another spell, Phantom Creation, and decided to try a different approach this time. I summoned Phantom Furies and used them to deal damage, trying not to use my main forces. And in the end, I resurrected them with a scroll. As a result, the first time I managed to reduce the loss of Furies by 30, and the second time by 8. It was long and difficult, and I had to replay it many times. I didn't want to lose too many troops, and it was worth it, as they came in handy later, so I managed it. At the end, before Jorgen, I was given a mentor, but I didn't change anything, as I was happy with the upgrades. In the battle with the Guardian, I also tried to lose as few troops as possible, as I didn't know if I would get a city after that.
The next stage was like hell. I was really struggling. Well, at first, I reached the city of the Faceless Ones, and on the way, there was a quest with the Black Guard, but I didn't take them, I just cut them down in the pit. So, when I reached the city of the Faceless Ones, I didn't capture it, as I would have to rebuild it anyway, and I didn't want to suffer losses because of that. Moreover, while the enemy is developing there. So, I only captured the buildings and went straight to attack. And then I was in for a surprise after capturing the first city. Frederick, or whatever his name was, who casts Berserk. There's a shield on the map, but by that time, I didn't have it yet, so I suffered. And then it only got worse. The Elves start, and they have a huge army, plus constant luck and Divine Intervention. And Orion, that idiot, if he captures a human city, he returns it to his ally. I had a hard time. Well, I defended myself against them as much as possible in the castle, destroying the catapult and first taking out the flyers and archers. And then the rest. Fortunately, I had a lot of spells and I was good at using Chaos magic. Even with the debuff on Orion. I cleared all the garrisons easily, but the heroes themselves were too difficult. Overall, I realized that I could have just rushed through, as was mentioned at the beginning, but I probably made things more difficult for myself by deciding to take out everyone. But I couldn't just leave anyone. After I dealt with them, I found another mentor. This time, I already changed the upgrades. I dropped some skill and replaced it with Darkness. There was also an epic fail here. Before going further, I decided to take another Dark Elf city and gather some more troops, taking the Faceless Ones with me. And then the entire army was taken away. As a result, I had to take them first. But I don't think they would have helped me much. Well, anyway, I managed to get through it without them and move on.
And the last, final stage was another chase. But before that, I had to defeat a mini-boss, so to speak. I watched other people on streams putting down crystals and kiting him with Furies. I don't know why they had to go to such lengths, maybe it's more difficult on Hero difficulty, but I just attacked him with all my available troops and killed him. Because of the armor debuff, he only took a few steps and cut down half of the lizards, which wasn't critical. And then the chase itself, I had to reach Sareta faster. There were no problems with this, as I didn't drop the log, so I didn't even take the boots at the beginning. At the end, there's a difficult battle with Isabel, but overall it's passable, it's easier than the Elves. At the end, there's a funny moment, Tieru appears and says he'll hold back the demons, and Railag just runs and jumps into the lava, lol.
Overall, I liked the first and third stages, it was very interesting. But the second stage was not so good, as the difficulty level was too high. And I was also pleased that Isabel and Sareta appeared. I was wondering what happened to him, where he was, and what he was doing? And finally, he appeared. I feel that it will be even more interesting in the future.
