Lol, I had no idea that just by opening the game I will spend the entire night playing it and finishing it.
HotK is a relatively short quest game with simple mechanics and story that is quite perfect for people who like to not stress out over a game. And you go from zero to hero as well. The way it looks like can be seen from the logo shot, it's very simple and does not require much from your computer, so much so that my poor and outdated laptop did not go berserk on me from overheating, huffing and puffing (I mean the hidden object games I play should be the easy ones, but they're not) and this was essential to me for finishing it in one sitting. So yay for games like that.
As for the quests and the adventure it is simple as well (it's shallow but what to do with it, it is how it is). You come along with your sister to a shore, but your sister is kidnapped by pirates. Thus you build up your reputation and money to find a way to save her which is to build the ship of your own and by the order of the king you also travel the sea in search of the pirates only to find out there is more to the story.
The world of the HotK is a fantasy world (which we always love), so among the historical type of setting you'll see some creatures.
The quests are simple find and help and sell and get reputation and money type.
I must say, the moment I found out how I can make money without looting and support the expenses without stressing it out I was the happiest (after all with all the looting things stop from appearing on the screen, so you can't just loot the woods and sell things indefinitely). Because that combo of buying wood, making it into a charcoal and then selling it to the blacksmith and earning on the difference was a game changer.
It's great that this is a series. I suppose each time you start as a new character and build your way up. Even in this game there is a reference to the first game.
All in all nice.