One of the last DOS games. Yet the best ones. Also this can be described as the best slovak strategy ever made. Game had two parts tactical, similar to some UFO game with training, buying and research, second part of game had over 100 tough 1h-3hours missions (in slovak version). Game itself wasnt so hard, but Spellcross used an unusual, yet fair (which cant be said mostly about checkpoints) limited saving system which forces you to play every mission very carefuly or you risk fail of mission and playing whole mission again from beggining. Neverending fails is a main memory of most players, you will replay mission a lot especialy in first half of game, but its only way how to learn a way to survive Once you know all the tricks game becoming very tedious around last quarter of game. Final missions were oddly the easiests, end of game was cheap. Anyway, Spellsross was great game which main weakness was crazy lenght, slovak version takes at least one month of intensive gaming.
What is so catchy about this game? Apocalyptic science fantasy story and cutscenes with briefings, for most of game you are keep getting very pesimistic news despite you are winning your missions, but not whole humanity.
In its times Spellcross was quite dark game and in combination with hard strategy brought very unique experience.
Its important to say that there are two very different versions of this game. The slovak DOS original (with czech dubbing, yes czech one, no slovak :) and later world version in english. English version had slightly better controls, sadly game was much shorter, easier with different, worse music soundtrack. Even if GOG will ever be able to release this game, which has a very low chance thanks to problem with rights for this game, Im affraid that only ripped english version will be on store.