This game does offer quite a bit for anyone looking for the strategy fix. However you do need to do alot of planning and even break out the scratch pad if you really want to conquer all. The only downside is that your need at the very least 1hr to play this game. So for anyone with kids such as myself I find myself picking WCIII over this one for the quick simple hack and slash gaming. However now with the amount of cheaters in WCIII it's near impossible to find a legit server. Oh well, there's always KessenII for the PS2 which I give very high marks!!!
In short Medieval is worth every penny!