You know how most games add to much stuff in that is not needed and ruins the game? This doesn't. This game is overwhelming and it has an epic scale of battles, events and tournaments. The AI are not the smartest but don't let that put you off as you can have up to 480 troops on screen fighting alongside your hero. What could be better than rising into power using your own personal army that you have trained? Absolutely nothing! My only concern though is that if you are to buy this game then like me I expect you will end up taking time out of your job or school and will spend almost 200 hours sat in your underwear slobbering over the sheer awesomeness of this game. You probably think this game is a cheap knock off of other series but the truth is that this genuine diamond-in-the rough is truly unique and if you haven't bought it yet then WTF are you waiting for? This game is like crack to sandbox fans. The mods are amazing too.