Matt Keller writes:
''For the uninitiated, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn was one of those titles that came out of nowhere and offered something different; in this case, it was a perfect meshing of RPG and real time strategy gameplay. The game was popular enough to spawn two expansion packs, The Breath of Winter and Shadow of the Phoenix, which added new stories and play modes, along with a plethora of new items and spells. SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars followed in 2006, addressing issues such as linearity and the complexity of the economy that held the original title back, while adding new items and spells and improving the game's visuals. The final SpellForce release to date, Dragon Storm, expanded upon SpellForce 2 by offering a new campaign and a new faction, alongside the usual trimmings.
You'll get all of the above for just over half the cost of the average new release. But that's it. Don't expect a deluxe celebration of all things SpellForce like you'd get from a Blizzard BattleChest. All you'll see inside the SpellForce Universe box is a SpellForce Platinum DVD, SpellForce 2 Gold DVD and a SpellForce 2 Gold manual. It seems a bit cheap and tacky when you think about it – they could have at least provided a paper manual for the original game.''
GamersGate are having a sale on the Spellforce franchise with at least 70% off on every game in the series.
Add the Victoria sale up to 75% off as well. I was going to do this yesterday but time permitting...
http://www.gamersgate.com/g...
Gamers Gate, one of the up-and-coming download services for PC gamers, has sent out a press release to all of their press accounts about their upcoming promotions and releases for this week.
Compared that that of Steam I guess, and it's not as wideknown. But you are right.
Straddling too genres is never an easy thing, and often games that try to do this will find themselves falling between the two in a crushed, uncomfortable kind of way.
Not SpellForce though, which mixes the two big PC genres of real-time strategy and RPG together with great success, providing a refreshing take on both and an excellent game all round. Even better is the news that this new collection features both SpellForce games and all three expansion packs! Bargain of the year? You'd better believe it!
i love Spellforce; but i stopped playing it the day the "starforce" protection killed my DVD drive
