After playing for 4 hours and getting a win under my belt, I feel like the game just isn't balanced enough to recommend it.
Issues:

The enemies spike up hard between the first and second act (and from the second to third, to a lesser degree) even though beating the act boss doesn't increase your power at all. you don't even full heal after the act boss, so suddenly you're thrown against much harder enemies with little counter play

your units die for good barring some items/unit [unit singular], and there isn't any post battle healing. it is incredibly easy to get chipped away and lose with no counter play because you just didn't get offered a healing unit

the new units offered in the second and third act really aren't balanced/scaled well, leading them to get one or two shot the second you get them. then they're gone for good so you might as well have not gotten that event.

I encountered a random battle in the second act that had 200 health and did 40 damage to all of my units, clearing my entire team instantly. zero counter play, nothing I could have done. this isn't an uncommon occurrence either

I could go on, but those are just some examples of the game being too unforgiving and poorly balanced. will be updating review if the game becomes more fair

After playing for 4 hours and getting a win under my belt, I feel like the game just isn't balanced enough to recommend it. Issues: The enemies spike up hard between the first and second act (and from the second to third, to a lesser degree) even though beating the act boss doesn't increase your power at all. you don't even full heal after the act boss, so suddenly you're thrown against much harder enemies with little counter play your units die for good barring some items/unit [unit singular], and there isn't any post battle healing. it is incredibly easy to get chipped away and lose with no counter play because you just didn't get offered a healing unit the new units offered in the second and third act really aren't balanced/scaled well, leading them to get one or two shot the second you get them. then they're gone for good so you might as well have not gotten that event. I encountered a random battle in the second act that had 200 health and did 40 damage to all of my units, clearing my entire team instantly. zero counter play, nothing I could have done. this isn't an uncommon occurrence either I could go on, but those are just some examples of the game being too unforgiving and poorly balanced. will be updating review if the game becomes more fair