I took the bait with the 30% off on gog via sseth.
The first campaign is great. short though 4 missions. not sure if EA will expand. I would assume so..
difficulty ramps up in second one, and skirmish. I need more time to really recommend.
the overly detailed sprites are rough at first. you get used to them in play though.
the spell system is fairly interesting, with units giving mana types on their turn. I dont love most of the actual spells though. and ranking up tiers is an odd process. magic seems like it might be a bit of a "win more". where is garbage, unless you are already winning, then, its OP..
Along a similar route, It feels like you need to win every early battle with no losses. any losses puts you into an insurmountable deficit.
I don't love the various factions much, or think they are really varied enough. only like knights/fey really.