Empires of Magic has a solid look but seems caught between what it hoped to be and what it is. This game is overworked and that hampers what might have been a solid RTS experience. Is this game an RPG title? Not really, but it does have a solid grasp of the RTS fundamentals. Some of the individual aspects of the game need to be reworked simply because they seem forced. The game strives to attain a lofty place, but comes up a little short.