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SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
Released On: Feb 11, 2004
74
8.3
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
74
67% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
29% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
74
67% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
29% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
SpellForce enlisted my involvement and playing dedication with the incredible opening cinematic, the brilliant tutorial and, ultimately, the absolutely captivating game adventure itself.
If you enjoy third person action titles or RTS games, and enjoy some really good battles in between building and resource gathering all wrapped around a good vs. evil story which is interesting and contains some decent plot twists, you will definitely want to check out Spellforce.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 115 User Ratings
8.3
79% Positive
91 Ratings
91 Ratings
14% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
7% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 115 User Ratings
8.3
79% Positive
91 Ratings
91 Ratings
14% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
7% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Spellforce: The Order of Dawn is one of the greatest games I have ever played! And that is saying something because I have played some awesome games! Such as Elder Scrolls, XCOM, Fallout, Super Mario 64, Dawn of War, Civilization II and Black and White!
This game has such immersive and fun game play, you will be glued to your computer for hours and hours before you glance at your clock and notice it's 6AM!
It gets everything right here! The units, the races, the story, the characters, the missions, the music, the side-quests, EVERYTHING!
It blends RPG and strategy so well, it never feels out of place or awkward! It's just so well crafted and you can tell the developers really knew what they were doing here!
Every map you play feels fresh along with a brand new mission you have to accomplish!
The game design in this game is so good! The map design in this game is one of the best I've seen. The main story is very long! One mission can take hours depending how skilled you are!
Yes, it does have flaws. But these are minor compared to the amount of fun you are having playing the game!
This is a German game, so there are translations errors.
The English voice actors are terrible compared to the foreign ones! But, there are great voices actors here! But, they are limited to the important characters!
The maps are big compared to how slow the units move, but this is never game breaking.
The AI isn't the best I've ever seen. It definitely can have it's dumb moments.
It can also get annoying as controlling many units can get difficult. But, you get used to it.
This is one of those games where you really have to play the game to understand how awesome it really is! It's difficult to put into words the sheer amount of fun I've had playing this game! But trust me! It really is awesome!
When you boil down to it, the game play here is very impressive and fun to play for hours and hours! It's very immersive and pulls you into the world! You actually feel like you are the hero saving the people from an evil mage and his dark army! And that is what a game should be about!
This is only the main game! I have not played the two expansions yet!
But, I have heard they are just as long, addicting, awesome and impressive as this game was!
If you are a fan of RPG or strategy then do yourself a massive favor and buy this game!
Obviously play it after!
P.S. if the game crashes when you click options, make sure it's using your processor in 3D settings - Program settings.
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The music and visuals are excellent. And you know what? So is the core play of the game. There's a lot of innovation here in SpellForce. Although parts of it are rough around the edges, there's too much good gameplay here to pass up.
The RTS portion of the title, which is mostly very well-done, suffers from one problem that almost utterly kills my enjoyment of it: Unit AI is freakin' terrible. [Mar 2004, p.113]
It's a quality game that can become addictive very quickly, and only loses a few points on replayability, linearity, camera controls and voice acting.
In the played-out field of fantasy real-time-strategy games, SpellForce rises above the muck with ambition, a few original gameplay touches, and some truly spectacular graphics. [May 2004, p.80]
A disappointing compilation of ambition without practical delivery. It's a game broken into several fundamental components that never work on their own and never contribute to a whole that can be appreciated.
Deffinetly a great game, but very monotone expierience, your characters or army just standing while they need to fight and bad voice acting make this game a little bit boring. Even though it has a nice ost and quality of product itself. 8/10
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It's a good game from the past. However, for the new users it may be very boring.
I had the game when I was a teenager. I didn't play it though. I couldn't finish the game either, because the gameplay was too boring.
Pros.:
- Different races and versatility of building, armies.
- Story.
- Differences of the races really affecting the gameplay.
- Music. Sounds.
- Difficulty.
Cons.:
- Gameplay is boring. You have to do the same thing over and over again on the new map. It's ridiculous.
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PC
Spellforce suit une approche légèrement différente et mêle des éléments et statistiques de jeu de rôle à la stratégie en temps réel classique... mais en vérité lorsqu'on regarde plus attentivement et qu'on expérimente ces systèmes imbriqués les uns dans les autres, Spellforce n'est que complications (au pluriel) et complexité embrouillée...
L'adage, la devise du développeur n'est ici que de "faire compliqué pour faire compliqué" afin de se différencier de la concurrence (acharnée) en matière de STR... or, ce qui est compliqué, inutilement compliqué ne sert à rien et ne fait finalement qu'ennuyer grandement et rapidement le joueur téméraire perdu dans ce merdier inexpugnable !
Les héros, les artisans, les runes, l'inventaire, les "monuments", les 7 ressources différentes (!) à collecter, exploiter, farmer (etc, etc) : tout est conçu pour faire "style" et genre "jeu riche et profond" mais cela n'aboutit en vérité qu'à un jeu inutilement lourdingue et barbant. L'interface trop perfectible n'est pas à la hauteur des "ambitions" affichées et n'aide pas à la jouabilité pas jouable d'un tel bordel à gérer en même temps...
Echec patent donc pour ce STR qui voulait péter plus haut que son cul et a dégringolé brutalement jusque tout en bas !
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PC
Summary In their immeasurable greed and constant thirst for power, the thirteen most powerful Mages of all time doomed the land, hurling it into an endless spiral of chaos and despair. Entire countries were wiped out in the blink of an eye when the devastating power of the Elements was unleashed ? Elements summoned by dark rituals. Continents sh...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Feb 11, 2004
Developer:
- EA Phenomic
Publisher: Encore Software
Genres:
