The combat actually reminds you of Etherlords, only it looks a whole lot better. In the combat demo we saw, a Knight Hero battled an Inferno Hero and it was a spectacle of light, spells, and fantastic unit animation. To see the Griffin unit vanish from the screen for a turn in preparation of its dive attack, and then to rapidly swoop down unexpectedly on a stack of enemy Nightmares … it's just something that fans of the series will have to see to believe. On top of that, Nival had the people viewing the demo wearing headphones and the sound during combat was outstanding.