King's Bounty - Preview @ Frictionless Insight

Gaming site Frictionless Insight posts a preview  of Katauri's and Atari/1C's fantasy strategy title Kings Bounty:The Legend with a few words on the RPG aspect of things:

I had the chance to play through the tutorials and the opening areas of the game, as well as see some more advanced combats, and King's Bounty: The Legend is shaping up to be an impressive combination of turn-based strategy and role-playing epic...

Players can pick from warrior, mage and paladin archetypes. Warriors start with stronger leadership skills (allowing them to lead more troops into battle) while mages start with more powerful magical talents (allowing them to support their forces with powerful magical spells). Paladins strike a balance between the two, with added strengths against undead creatures. All classes can grow, becoming more powerful by increasing leadership, gaining levels (role-playing-game-style) and learning new abilities in a developmental skill tree...

....I also got a taste of the RPG-type character development, and while I was only able to learn a few basic skills, it's easy to see how there are innumerable choices for configuring your character. By focusing on spell casting, leadership or special talents, it looks like one will be able to enjoy a tremendously different gaming experience.