Heroes of Annihilated Empires...opinions?

I was checking out Heroes of Annihilated Empires over on Steam and it seems pretty interesting. Some of the forums there say after playing the demo they really enjoyed it. Was wondering what opinions of the game here were like. From the reviews it seems to be about average as a RTS. However what really catches my interest is the story and the idea that it's only part one of the story, that is if it does well enough that the second part is made. I love playing RTS but honestly I like a strong story and single player more so then online at times. (Enjoyed Starcraft and Warcraft series a lot because of the good story).So how was it? Interesting? Solid offer but not offering anything new?How did it sell (sounds like it might be mainly a European game which isn't a problem so sales there might have been higher then outside of it, maybe)?Thanks.Heroes of Annihilated Empires...opinions?
I never bought the game but I played the heck out of the demo and really enjoyed it. I've played a dozen or so RTS games and I can't say it's like any other I played before. You can play it two different ways, one as part of an unfolding story/adventure as you move through the world where you can gain armies and power and the other as a base driven RTS. Even with the latter it's not a typical RTS as the units all seemed pretty creative to me and how they differed so much between different 'races' if you will. The game units don't offer as much detail as the world itself since they are sprites, but the pay off is in being able to have loads of units on screen at once without any slowdown. I heard a lot of complaints about that but I thought they looked very good to me.So why didn't I buy it? I lost again and again and again and again :) The AI plain and simple took it to me each time. I'll have to see how much it costs now as I would love to see how the full game is. Heroes of Annihilated Empires...opinions?
This game is also on my wishlist, I haven't tried out the demo yet, but I've read a couple of reviews and it looks good.
[QUOTE=''Krall'']I never bought the game but I played the heck out of the demo and really enjoyed it. I've played a dozen or so RTS games and I can't say it's like any other I played before. You can play it two different ways, one as part of an unfolding story/adventure as you move through the world where you can gain armies and power and the other as a base driven RTS. Even with the latter it's not a typical RTS as the units all seemed pretty creative to me and how they differed so much between different 'races' if you will. The game units don't offer as much detail as the world itself since they are sprites, but the pay off is in being able to have loads of units on screen at once without any slowdown. I heard a lot of complaints about that but I thought they looked very good to me.So why didn't I buy it? I lost again and again and again and again :) The AI plain and simple took it to me each time. I'll have to see how much it costs now as I would love to see how the full game is. [/QUOTE]IndeedtheAIisthesamereasonIdidn'tbuythegametoo.Itwasjusttoohardinsomecases,andthegameputsyouupwithsomereallybadodds.