Can be addictive
The Settlers: Rise of and Empire is one of those game genres you either love or hate - a city building sim. ROAE takes place during the middle ages and you a king (or queen) are planning to expand your empire and with that the first mission of the story mode kicks in as you choose a knight to carry out each "quest". The tutorial level is very helpful and makes you remember everything but as the game progresses and you gain more knights naturally the missions become harder, and some more infuriating.
Unfortunately, depending on how you look at it bits of the game are repetitive such as at the start of each mission you get a briefing from your knights, then they argue it out as to who you should choose and then you have to build the same buildings at the start of each mission but after that things can change.
Buying this game really depends on whether you like the city sim genre or are a fan of the series, but buy it and play it.... it can become quite addictive.
Hectron