There are definitely some things that AOW does better here than FE:LH, but I'm wishing that AOW learned some of the lessons that FE did. 

More to come, but there are definitely strengths and weaknesses here in comparison to one another. Also, graphics aren't quite as good as I expected, but gameplay > graphics.

Well, I bought it on the basis of comments made in this post, and.....

I don't like it.

Please elaborate...

Never mind, it was only £30, and I think you can get a refund from GOG, if I wanted one that is.

It has done one thing good that is worth mentioning.  It has made me appreciate LH much more.

Oi, at least I had something to say that's related to the game, you're just on here name calling. 

I think Tattyhat can definitely say the game was not to their liking. That wasn't trolling in any sense. There are aspects of the game that LH did better and some that I like from AoW. There is also a very nice character when playing LH that I don't feel when I play AoW. But, I like both games as they provide me with different enjoyment from each.

Yeah, that tactical combat in AoW seems very well thought out... boy that AI is merciless.

edit: I tried to egg it to hit someone else, and it went straight for my throat.

But to say an opinion doesn't mean he is trolling.

What he said was after purchasing the game following some advice here, he did not like it.

One could deduce from this statement that the advice / presentation of the ideas in this thread do not accurately reflect the game play experience he thought he would have. Hence it is a very informative post to others that

A. The game is inexpensive. (his follow up comment)

B. You should be wary following this advice from this thread without doing research on the side. As this thread might not accurately portray everything about the game.

I was playing on normal. There is some element of luck and so far if I was looking from playing both sides, the AI is doing roughly what I would choose to do. There are times they are not, but sometimes their attempt proves extremely profitable for a long-haul game.

But I should note, I'm not that great of a player and I play most of these games casually and for fun.

For example, when the computer suggests that I would likely be defeated, then if I didn't use any magic to turn the tide, that statement would be true. I'm not saying the AI is doing mistakes, but it is pretty accurate on expectations (in my situation)

Did you play much of the first two games? They(ESPECIALLY Shadow Magic) were very close to a MoM successor. I feel that AoW3 has actually moved away from MOM with this installment.

I'm still getting used to the more rigid class system. I'm not sure I like that particular change, but I am enjoying the game overall. And it does a great job of retaining the essence and flavor of the previous games despite the huge gap in years and the changes. 

I'm sorry, Tatty, but I disagree in regards to the AI, especially the battle AI, which has traditionally been on of the series' strong suits. When you look to other games in the same vein, such as WoM or Warlock, you find some truly mediocre tactical AI. I won't even touch on the Heroes series, as I'm pretty certain the AI cheats.

In regards to AI rushing out during a siege, I've noticed that happens a lot when I hold back and pelt them with spells. It seems they decide it's better to get some hits in rather than be slowly pecked to death.

My computer is pretty good, but I found the campaign map to be a little laggy,  but I would say a few patch's from now and it might be a different story.

When  it come's to AI, I'm a bit back-to-front.  When people say the AI is hard, I usually find it easy. When they say the AI is easy, I find it really hard.

I have only played 10 min so far. Gal Civ III alpha is still grabbing my attention too hard

But I should eventually give it a few hours in the next days. My first impression was pretty good.

I played two nights straight and i think it beats LH through the next wall. I think it is just better at everything it does. You could say it is, what i hoped LH would be. Also it has much more flair then LH ever had for me. The (elven) campaign intro is much more inspiring then anything i ever read in LH (sorry Frogboy). The little stories that are attached to every unit are a labor of love. Hero leveling is done better, giving hard choices everytime and making me care much more about my heroes. The tactical battles are much better done, so much in fact that i like to play them. Which i sadly never did in LH.

I also tried Multiplayer with a friend and its unbelievable good. Its Multiplayer done right. It's easy to setup, stable and features simultaneous turns.

Friend and me got both an army adjecent to an enemy city and he attacked. What a great surprise, when i was able to participate in the battle with my army. That was grand!

For me its the new benchmark in all things TBS.

Disclaimer:

Yes it has bugs (no crashes tho)

I suck at TBS games, so it is a nice challenge for me. I am sure some cracks here dont agree with me on that.