SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition

SpellForce 2 simplifies both its RPG and RTS elements and adopts a more stylized, cartoony look-but the result is a smoother, more accessible experience that still carries the heart and ambition of SpellForce: The Order of Dawn. Though streamlined, it never feels hollow. The passion behind it shines through, making it a worthy and heartfelt successor.

Good Game

[h1]Peak Eurojank[/h1] Game will crash and erase 2 hours of progress. Repeatedly. Including quicksaves, for some reason. Perhaps the game just stops quicksaving at some point. Don't know, don't care. Already uninstalled. [h2]Story[/h2] The game has a generic RPG story with a Big Bad who wants to rule the world, and we as a player control a bunch of heroes trying to stop them. It starts off just like any other 2004 RPG, where the heroes cluelessly bumble around various maps for no reason, suffer attitude from everyone for no reason, and where no one wants to believe them, again, for no reason. Despite the army of darkness lurking around the corner. [h2]RTS combat[/h2] There's actually no RTS combat in this game. It's just point move units and let the AI do the fighting. Units act too fast for the player to successfully perform any tactics, and there's no tactical pause. The most optimal startegy is to actually just run the entire army into the middle of the enemy camp, sit back, ...