Against The Storm's latest update adds a a River Kelpie, a "legendary water demon" that can mesmerise villagers in your rain-slick settlements.
I've been mesmerised myself by another part of the update, however: the ability to zoom out 66% further than before. Why does a big zoom compel me so?
Partly it's that I often find management games leave me feeling claustrophobic, never quite able to see all I want onscreen, and thus desperately flicking across the surface of the world in an effort to keep tabs on what's going on.
Partly it's that Supreme Commander spoiled me in 2007 and now any game that doesn't let me move the scrollwheel until every unit is a speck feels like it's got a hand on the back of my head.
Against The Storm's new zoom isn't at Supreme Commander scale, but it's the consequence of performance improvements introduced with 1.3.