I was one of poeple who preordered  elemental  war of magic before, and while not hating the game , i was overall disspointed , specially with ai that didnt challenge you.

Now  i have played i think at least 6 hours of fallen enchantress and i think its a  great game, what elemental should be, great stuff having it for free

For me ai on normal was challenging , lost first 4 games, now wining my  fifth. So im really happy with this, will try further difficulties soon:).

Only thing i  miss from elemental is what i remmber to be muchmore quests and more funny descriptions, but seems altarn kingdom gets the quests as bonus here.