While Battle Mages treads the same ground in terms of game play, graphically this game does succeed. It looks good and, with the exception of the mana timer and slowed game play, it plays well. In case of the latter, the loss of mana in slowing troop movement is fine, and tying mana to a wizard’s tower or town is also a solid idea (after all, centers of power are not a new concept in the magical fiction world), but to slow camera movement as well is counterproductive. But then, this is an alpha build, and not totally indicative of what the final product will look like.