A Satisfying yet very repetitive game.
The idea of the game is pretty revolutionary (for those who didn't play the rest of the series, take me for example). It includes an interesting base building mechanism, which requires you to build a couple of structures to gather every single resource (of which there are many, such as wheat, deer, gold, lumber and some 20 more). To gain access to better structures, such as soup merchants, you will need to upgrade your hero.
heroes are the main characters who will guide you through the storyline. As your city gets bigger, they will be able to gain level and turn from knight, to sheriff, to baron and so forth.
The UI is pretty innovative, yet the learning carve is steep; I'd estimate a 4-5 good hours for learning all the aspects of this game, Including the technology trees.
One problem with this game though is that it's repetitive: after a few hours of play I found myself using the very same strategies in awkwardly very similar missions. The second problem is the Specs: you will need a pretty strong pc to get the most out of this game.
All-in-all, S:RoE is a fun game, yet it's complexity and repetitity will only appeal to more novice gamers.
Sorry for my poor english :) it's not my native language