SpellForce Platinum

Is an RTS, but also an action RPG, reminds me a lot of WC3, but you can equip gear and level up, and playing as a necromancer is pretty darn good, the auras are incredibly useful and helpful minions serve as cannon fodder, through the campaign you can control different factions, I particularly like the elves, with their infinite amount of wood you can build towers right in the middle of hostile territory and cheese the dumb enemy AI (they tend to ignore towers for some reason). Unfortunately , I was about to mount a big assault so I opened the menu to save , but the game crashed so hard I had to reboot my PC and lost like an hour of progress. That killed all momentum for me. (and this was not the first time the game crashed either) On top of that the game has a myriad of issues: - missing UI elements ( I read there's a widescreen mod that fixes it, but you have to sign uop to a forum to download it and I can't be bothered) - Building structures is frustrating, the game doesn't give you any "buffer" so even the smallest obstacle is insurmountable - units don't have buttons to change stances or behaviors, the extended tutorial tallks about keybinds to make your units patrol or hold their ground, but no quick access in the interface, and healing units throw themselves into battle with the utmost desire to die - No keymapping menu, so you are stuck with the default keybinds - No way to tell how many workers are doing what - Even though the game is very action oriented and wants you to explore, there's no fullscreen map, you are stuck with the minimap for all your exploration needs, and talking about that, why explored maps go back to unexplored status when you restart the game or travel between maps? is not like new enemies or treasure spawned In the end, despite its issues, and even if the graphics are not sparkling new or the voice acting is a hit and miss, the game is fun when you get down to it, just make sure to save often.

This game is so unstable that Bethesda could take lessons.

Still as good as even : D No dnying :D

Great combination of RPG/RTS. Kind of like Warcraft 3 except the hero aspect is a lot more in depth and awesome.

This is one of the very, very few games that truly are an RTS/RPG hybrid. Most are RTS with hero units that have skills and maybe limited inventory, this is an RPG (not a very complex one) that also has an RTS part on some maps, and both parts of the game blend together pretty well. The game has issues with unit AI, skills/spells/grear balance and the pace of the game in some parts, but overall it's fun to play. Great soundtrack too. A word of warning: the GoG version DIDN'T get patch 1.61 that the Steam version got. This is an older version of the game. Both are playable and have their pros and cons, but this one takes some effort to run properly on modern OS and hardware.