Sir Syddan
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I completed the scenario on the second attempt with Vittorio, finishing in 216 turns. On my first try, I attempted to complete it with the Elves on Direal, but the lack of wood and a large army of mages disrupted my plans to complete this map in a non-trivial way 
. The beginning seemed interesting to me – tolerable starting positions, the presence of quests, and custom objects. The design is good; you can see that the author worked on the details, although some questions arise in certain moments. The enemies are moderately strong, which makes the game quite interesting at the beginning.
What I didn't like was the altered stats of the wolves, water elementals, and manticores. I believe that if you are going to change the stats of standard units, it is better to recolor them and give them different names so as not to confuse players and force them to reload the last save. I also consider sudden battles to be a bad practice in map design. In cases where the second hero captures a sawmill without saving beforehand, and then a pack of buffed wolves with increased speed attacks you, it's unpleasant. I appreciated the creativity of adding custom music; it's a cool feature, although I personally prefer the original soundtrack composed by Paul Romero. It's a pity that this feature works poorly, causing the music to overlap. All interest in playing disappeared after defeating 3 companions. I would cut out the segment where you have to find 4 companions underground without hesitation. Moreover, for some reason, the author didn't place a shipyard underground, so I had to wait for the dwarf to get off the ship so that I could take it by summoning a ship. I didn't understand how to finish the map because I had one last task left – to survive. I hope the author will fix this bug.
In conclusion, the map is for those who like it (and I am one of those people). It contains interesting ideas, a good map design, moderately difficult opponents, and quests. The author has room to grow, and I hope that in the future, the author will release new interesting maps. My rating is 6.5/10
. The beginning seemed interesting to me – tolerable starting positions, the presence of quests, and custom objects. The design is good; you can see that the author worked on the details, although some questions arise in certain moments. The enemies are moderately strong, which makes the game quite interesting at the beginning.
What I didn't like was the altered stats of the wolves, water elementals, and manticores. I believe that if you are going to change the stats of standard units, it is better to recolor them and give them different names so as not to confuse players and force them to reload the last save. I also consider sudden battles to be a bad practice in map design. In cases where the second hero captures a sawmill without saving beforehand, and then a pack of buffed wolves with increased speed attacks you, it's unpleasant. I appreciated the creativity of adding custom music; it's a cool feature, although I personally prefer the original soundtrack composed by Paul Romero. It's a pity that this feature works poorly, causing the music to overlap. All interest in playing disappeared after defeating 3 companions. I would cut out the segment where you have to find 4 companions underground without hesitation. Moreover, for some reason, the author didn't place a shipyard underground, so I had to wait for the dwarf to get off the ship so that I could take it by summoning a ship. I didn't understand how to finish the map because I had one last task left – to survive. I hope the author will fix this bug.
In conclusion, the map is for those who like it (and I am one of those people). It contains interesting ideas, a good map design, moderately difficult opponents, and quests. The author has room to grow, and I hope that in the future, the author will release new interesting maps. My rating is 6.5/10