In my opinion, the game is at best a 3 out of 5. At first, you have to run around, avoiding enemies, trying to preserve your army and gather at least some leadership, and then, having gathered enough of both, you defeat everyone in a row, regardless of losses...
The game is beautiful visually, and the combat tactics are definitely not monotonous (you can't apply the same strategy to all neutral creatures). The randomness is diverse, and a good spell may appear, for example, only in the second half of the game... and much more.
And here's a question - why was it necessary to return to the islands after the dwarves? Maybe you couldn't defeat someone there right away? (and you had to first level up your hero, buy stronger troops to deal with the enemies on the islands?).
Well, if all the enemies in your path are easily defeated, there is a solution - play on the very last difficulty level, it will definitely be more fun...
Or complete the game as quickly as possible - in about 10 days :)
The downside of the game so far is the lack of a map editor, multiplayer, and the inability to play as a Hero for other factions (demon, elf, or necromancer, for example).
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and regarding money - don't worry.
I completed the entire game with one wife, didn't even have children, and by the end, I had more than 6 million gold (about 6,500,000).;)
