There are also unique recruitable characters called 'veterans' who can die permanently as well, and I lost two of them trying to help Fane get his research and escape to the Lady Vengeance as we were ambushed by the Black Ring. When my cleric died in my mission to rescue Fane, he was permanently dead, but in the next mission I could recruit another generic cleric with the same suite of abilities. As you progress through Fallen Heroes you'll unlock more skills for your heroes and your basic soldiers in each class, which is an important distinction from games like XCOM. And my demo was early in the game, with only a small handful of skills for each class. I spent whole minutes clicking between the members of my team, thinking about their skills and what order I should use them in. But if I used those abilities now, I'd end up hurting my own soldier, too. Then I realized I could have attacked with my archer first, coating the enemy in oil and then lighting them on fire.

For example, in one fight I brought my heavy-hitting polymorph in close to deliver a melee hit on an enemy, dropping them down to low health. You need to consider all of the abilities of your entire team and in what order you should use them. This means that the number of tactical decisions you can make at any one time explodes enormously.

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