Disciples II: Dark Prophecy

THE BAD:
nothing really serious

SUMMARY:
first about what was said by others:
" would hope that one character has more than one attacks, so it would live up the battle and strategy."
is that way. as example the doppelganger can either or attack or clone a creature. or the wolf guy can either deal damage or morph into a wolf.
i personally like it this way. the units are already complex with their damage sources, wards, immunity, ranges and whatever.

about the game itself: i like it more then homm4. especially because of the dark atmosphere, the smooth animations in the battle scenes, the nice effects and all that. i miss that a lot in heroes. too it has a far greater longterm motivation. first u got the campaigns for the 4 cities, then you can do it with 3 different people, then at different difficulty levels, then you have the lots of nice skirmish levels for single and multiplayer and on top it has a map editor that is very advanced for such a game and allows you to create great maps that offer far more then just slay everything or find an item.

ive to say that the screenshots on neoseeker are outdated, dont appear in the game and especially the face pictures of the units are now far better then on those screenshots.

the graphic is, unlike etherlords, 2d and has the tile system but looks really nice. and i commented the battle graphics too.
the sound is very nice too, really dark and fitting and especially the voice samples of all units and heroes are very proffessional.
the gameplay itself is very nice. it has this "just 2 more minutes. i need just 30 more xp to evolve the death dragon into a dracolith."
about the strategy aspect: you set up your units before you fight and cant change the position anymore. this is another aspect of the longterm motivation because there are always new possibilities how to set up a group and try how it works.
it is one of the few games i never deinstalled over a long time.

to sum it up: great game. i think that homm4 is more for younger people with the colorful graphics and squeaking dancing critters, while disciple is for people who like dark atmospheres and deep strategy.