SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest

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The two new factions were interesting with unique gimmicks that don't make them feel like a coat of paint, meanwhile the story is more linear but you get side contracts to clear. The reworked skill trees feel more contained and I really like the signature skill depending on which dual type you chose. Fantastic game, interesting mix of RTS and RPG mechanics. I wish there was more games like this. he story picks up very slowly, then gets really good in the middle, especially since you don't revisit the same maps over and over again, apart from smaller side missions (if you want to do them). Then it loses itself in its own "grandeur" like so many fantasy RPG stories that want to be different. Great DLC that adds about 18-20 hours worth of content. Even better than the base game in some ways.

Design & Presentation
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 5
Gameplay
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 5
Story or Uniqueness
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 6
Quality & Performance
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 4
Content & Price
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 4
Sound
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 5

Score
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Score Board:
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⬛ 00-09 Garbage
⬛ 10-15 Only if you really into it
⬛ 16-19 It’s okay, worth a look
⬛ 20-23 Good Game
⬛ 24-27 Above Averange Game
🟩 28-29 Aweseome Game
⬛ 30 Masterpiece
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- It looks great
- More of an RPG than an RTS. Both offer quite some depht
- The Story is one of the best I have ever seen!
- Ingame no bugs at all. During loadtime opening the steam overlay locked me out of the game
- Worth the price. Must buy if it's on a discount (got it for 4€)
- Germany voice acting is phenomenal

Great DLC that adds about 18-20 hours worth of content. Even better than the base game in some ways. It has a slightly better balance of party-based vs RTS segments (a little bit less RTS), there's good environment variety, and the Dwarven faction feels really unique (didn't really care for the elves though). Unfortunately, the story is pretty bad overall and the characters aren't particularly interesting.

Very fun RPG element, dungeon diving, etc. Incredible lore, especially if you're familiar with spellforce 1. The score is incredible. Having the ability to form a romantic attachement with one of the other heroes is great. I wanted that in the main Spellforce 3. The RTS element is fun, but it's discordant with a significant difficulty with movement of troops between numerous bases being attacked at once. That happens in every RTS, but the movement of troops is very laborious. It's an improvement over the base game because they give you a glyph mid-game that one of your heroes can use to teleport to other sites, but it's still a pain. The dwarves have a built in mechanism for this, but the other races should too.

My main review is under SpellForce 3 Versus. The odd thing is you have to individually download these expansions. And Steam sees them as their own game. This is a first for me. As for a review...the summary is: it's not for me, but I don't think it's a bad game.

At the moment I have to give this a negative review because there is a gamebreaking bug in the first Windholm Outskirts village. The game ALWAYS crashes when I build the tunnel system as per the mission objectives.

cool game

if this was just a top down RPG it'd be good. but its got command and conquer elements to it, and thats what i have a problem with. if you've played the game before the storm, or anything like it. the troop management is like that. so essentially they mixed a adult RPG with a baby game. you manage where your workers go but you dont control them...which begs the question why im controlling the troops? and if im controlling the troops why i also have troops with abilities that go in their troop menu, and then my hero abilities are up on top of my screen, but it selects your heros as the first unit in the selection so you cant even use the abilities without clicking on the unit. and because you really only get to pick one hero as you and then they give you the other people, which have preset classes, ones a archer healer, and the other is a necromancer, youre essentially forced to be a knight or something, otherwise youre gonna be haveing duplicate powers and not really know whos they are. and theres so many abilities you should have one hero but theres 4 at like all times with one bar thats just lightly color coded so you can know whos abilities are what,
but that doesnt matter when youre in a fight. its like i wana keep giving it a chance and wanting it TO BE good....but theres just so much on the meh side. it feels like im playing a RPG or C&C game somtimes...but half the time i feel like im playing a game managing a bakery. and then they say theve made it easier by making a point and click system where you hit ALT which pops up a weapon wheel, then click what ability, and then it auto targets the spot you selected teh ability from so you dont even hit the spot you clicked wasting the ability and also making that control completely pointless. which because their controls dont work properly it also makes the game harder than it should.
its like they made sure the things worked but didnt make sure that it would do what its supposed to.
on the same thing, its as if they played the game to make sure the levels worked but not if they were fun.
also you're going to be forced into an hour tutorial every time you want to start a new game.
its like the game was an april fools prank of a good game. like it wants to be, but its just not, and it could have been, but instead of using real game elements like C&C, AOE, Warcraft3, etc....like you know when those games are turned into tap and wait games and they just ruin everything fun about the game? but you still try to play cause you downloaded it? thats how this feels.

Fantastic game, interesting mix of RTS and RPG mechanics. I wish there was more games like this.

"Welcome! Thank you for playing SpellForce 3 ! For the best experience, please sign into your THQ Nordic Online account, or create a new one for free if you aren't registered yet."

This is a thing you will see when starting up the game. If you hit play offline it will try to guilt trip you to make an account for fear of losing out on some bullshit level or whatever.

You will see this in the other SpellForce 3 games: Fallen God and Reforced.

How about no! I am done with this series. The first game was the best and what came after it was sloppy written garbage and online forced bullshit.

I don't know what went wrong with the translation, but I really didn't picture Dark Elves saying (in a broad Bavarian): "A small step for Bavaria, a giant leap for beer culture". I laughed my head off :D :D :D Otherwise it's fun.

The second one of the games. It's more of what you got in the base game while being different.

The two new factions were interesting with unique gimmicks that don't make them feel like a coat of paint, meanwhile the story is more linear but you get side contracts to clear. The reworked skill trees feel more contained and I really like the signature skill depending on which dual type you chose. There were a lot more puzzles. Too many quest items stayed in the inventory after usage unlike the base game and the free blueprints kept cluttering the inventory, which was pretty annoying.

Despite playing in Circle Mage difficulty, I started getting a craving for RTS gameplay because it would end too fast, I suspect the way it works means you don't get the kind of slower progression from freeform building. At least, it's very pleasant when all the parts click after making your team skills for a powerful squad While the main beats after fairly standard save the world stuff, you get to see characters and worldbuilding that make up for it. I was pleasantly surprised by what the story was about for the MC, despite it feeling like a trope, it's quite rare to have the character you play as have badly failed before, and the partial amnesia isn't here just for convenience, you know you messed up despite that.

While not perfect, the package was again a pretty fun experience, if the base game was enjoyable then there's no reason to skip this one.

Completed: 11\15\2024
+Story
+Dialogue options
+Some beautiful textures
+/- A little more room for base building. Not much though.
+/- Most voice cast is great. Others are good and then have really bad moments. Almost like AI was used for the voices.
-200 unit cap. Morons.
-Boring locations
-These as.sclown devs did Tahar dirty
-AI still cheats like crazy even on easy
-End boss fights

This time although the campaign feels a lot "small", still loving all the mechanics on this RPG/RTS gem and not one mission feels like a chore. Liked the ending.

Excellent DLC, maybe better than basic game ++++

GREAT GAME