SpellForce - Platinum Edition

probably the failures are a product of it's time, but certain things are not forgivable. rpg elements REQUIRE time to STOP when in the character menus. if you do not have the game pause when in these menus, it becomes impossible to play that element of the game. the game doesn't even pause the rts elements when you are talking with an npc. so while you are getting details about a quest, you are getting blaring horns telling you that you're under attack.

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Spellforce 1 has aged like spoiled milk in many ways! If having to see the same scripted animations in the game over and over again for 50 hours to beat a game no thanks it's just not worth my sanity! Spellforce just feels limited because there's no standard skirmish mode! Was a cool looking game with good soundtracks but the gameplay itself in Spellforce 1 sucks now so we may as well leave Spellforce 1 in the past!

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There isn't a game quite like it, mixing the RTS with RPG. Maybe Sacrifice of the old ones, but not quite. It's slow, deliberate in its mechanics and general gameplay pacing - some missions would take you several hours to beat. And although you can sometimes bypass building an army and get it done quicker with just your heroes - that would be really missing the point of this game. You build a huge base, an equally sizeable army - and you also get to enjoy seeing both from a 3rd person view. The game is also quite massive even without the 2 expansions, so you will likely sink 200+ hours into the whole thing. The music is among the best in the genre and deserves an award on its own - definitely in my top 5 for fantasy games (another one being Spellforce 2 heh). It's just such a treat to listen to. Hat's off for the composer and the orchestra - that's quite a talent. It's certainly not without its flaws. Writing is often questionable with many odd errors (probably lost in translation ?), voice acting - downright terrible at times. In fact, I even bought a German version of it back in the day, to see if it was better - it was, and substantially. Even though I'm not a native s…

They don't make 'em like this anymore... A unique blend of RPG and RTS from the 2000s, when companies competed by creativity rather than by shareholder value. For todays dopamine over-saturated brains it may take some patience to get into the game's pace, but once you do it's a wonderful journey with such a classic sound design. There is nothing else out there like Spellforce 1.