This is a real pleasant surprise. When I read the GS review, it really deterred me at frist. However, when I acutally saw the box in the shop and reading about the game from the backover of the box, I decided to give it a go. The is essentially at cocktail of arcade shooting/swordfight game, mixed in with strategy. However, the arcade bits are really optional but the bonuses gained from winning the arcade sections can assist you in the grand strategies by giving extra resources. The story is decent and is advanced by converstions that intersperse the gameplay. The cinimatic bits are well integrated into the gameplay and there is seemless transition form the cinematic parts and the arcade action. The only downside is that the game is quite short, but this may be exagerrated for my case as I am a seasoned strategy game player, and I guess some less experienced strategy gemer will spend much longer completing the game. The major upside of the game is the atmosphere. It is lighthearted, humourous and heartwarming but at the same time feel natural and spontaneous, and is a very pleasant and welcomed diversion from the increasingly oppressive and occasionally disturbing themes that now dominates the gaming market. I would highly recommend this game to any less experienced and younger gamer. It encompasses a nice intergrated mix of genres, non of which are very difficult but does add up to more than the sum of its parts. The game play is forgiving and comes with good in-game tutorials that can be skipped by more experienced players. (the castle siege took me a while to work out, but turned out to be very simple, the further back you wind the catapult, the farther and higher up the payload strikes - simple physics acutally !). As for the more experienced punter, I think this is still a good buy but you may complete this game quite quickly like myself.
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