Summary
Its good, but not really THAT good
The Good
Presentation is swish, straight from the start of the game you are lead thru things in a very graphically beautiful way.
Interface is `unique`.. simple to look at..
Creatures are fun to begin with, are funny and quite well animated
Interaction with email... WAY too cute an idea
The Bad
Interface is `fiddly` way too easy to get the wrong spell in heat of battle.
Graphics are just eye candy glossing over basically an updated Populous (not a bad thing really, BUT means not everyone can see all this as it pushes tech specs to the heavens)
Creatures are DUMB, they may get better later on, but the simple fact that they will wander outside your area of control means u have to drop things to go tend them (yeh i know people will say its part of how you play the game to keep control of them)
LINEAR - its not as `open ended` as made out.. set pieces are all over the shop, and you have to do certain things to enable progression (again i expect people to say that you have expect this)
The Bottom Line
Populous with graphics, and big creatures
