SpellForce 3 Reforced Reviews

Having played through the campaign in its fullest, I can say for certain that this is a wonderful RTS and RPG mix of a game. The combat is fun on both sides - moving around small squad of elite troops, or managing a full army. The story is good, I liked the character diversity and all of the main companions felt like complex people with a unique perspective on the world, which makes sense for the story. There are some flaws - the AI can be a bit dumb at times with its pathing, melee heroes are difficult to keep alive in big fights, and the game does require that you enjoy and are proficient at both real time spellcasting like in an MMO, and RTS, if you happen to be not experienced in either, you will get frustrated with one aspect or the other, like you see in many other reviews. For me personally, no bossfight throughout the game took longer than a minute or 2 on the second hardest difficulty. The RTS missions can sometimes be a big grindy, but if you are aggressive with your expansion early and have a good composition, you should be fine. TLDR: If you are a fan of both RTS games, especially something like Warcraft 3, and Action RPG games/MMO's, and dont mind a diverse cast of characters that dont fit into the usual fantasy stereotypes there a good chance you'll enjoy the game.

It's been a pretty fun RTS/RPG mash up, though not without its flaws. Definitely worth giving it a shot if you can get it and both expansions for cheap on sale like I did.

A nice mix of party based rpg and a real time strategy.

I'm a big RPG fan and I can't believe I never heard of this game until recently. I think anyone who likes RPGs and has some level of interest in RTSs should definitely give it a try. The RTS side is a bit intimidating at first but fairly easy to learn. I was most surprised by just how well written and voice acted many of the characters were, and I actually found myself pretty invested in them and the overall lore. I absolutely think there are some flaws with the game and things that could have been done better, both from the RPG and RTS side, but all in all I found it to be a good experience.

It's a good one imo. The story is engaging and so are the characters. The endings are a bit lack luster, but for 100 hours of gameplay for all the campaigns I think is worth it.

This is an amazing game! I enjoyed every part of it, but especially music and voice acting. My or my! The main song of the game (if you know, you know) will crawl under your skin and stay there. It's been over a year since I finished Spellforce and I still remember it. Voice actors work is incredible, top level. I'm a sucker for a good story and guys! this game has a lot to offer. World and story are rich, deep and captivating. Characters are unique, interesting and have their own perspective on the events unfolding. And voice acting, did I mention voice acting? I would say this is more RPG with elements of RTS (though RTS is quite significant). Speaking of RTS, this part is quite challenging, if you're playing solo. I recommend playing with a friend, you'll get amazing experience together. In coop mode players don't have equal possibilities, the one controlling Tahar will do all the speaking and plot choices, the rest can only sell/buy stuff. In RTS mode everyone can build everything. Overall 10/10. Now I want more games in similar genre mix but there are none and I don't understand why.

I bought this game with around 80% off. It's worth it. I'm glad with this traditional feeling of ARPG and RTS

6 One of the few flaws of this game is that Prof. Twiddle or Flink McWinter doesn't show up. Dave's butter knife was here at least and is good on a tank/meat shield character. Other then that the economy and worker system was a nice call that allowed you to focus on combat, the scale of combat gets pretty crazy even if the computer cheats with resources, AOE spells are your godsend so never make a character without one, didn't expect the almighty katana or nagamaki to show up in the game but is still welcome, and finally screw you catapults. For mods that don't break immersion I suggest the following: Treasures of EO , Unique Bandits , Level cap 70, Undead fcation, and SpellForce 3 - Universal Reforced Content Patch

It's not a bad game, it just didn't age well and I could never make it click with me. Combat is extremely boring, but one thing that really frustrates me is way too many loading screens.

I went from Dying Light, Lara Croft and Snaper Elite to play SpellForce III and this game is just great. I thought it won't run well on my PC, but it is constantly over 60 FPS {GTX-1070 / Intel i5 10400F, 16 GB RAM} with everything set to max. {1920x1080} Game has great graphics and beautiful interesting world. Love to explore the maps and find different items to shape my characters the best possible way. Just don't know if i have created my lead character: 2/3 Soldier and 1/3 White Magic very wisely?! Well, progressing well so far. Playing on normal difficulty. Building, creating soldiers, take care of the food and needed materials etc. is making this game even more interesting.