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Guide an immortal Rune Warrior through a fractured fantasy world, developing a hero and building armies in a blend of RPG and RTS play.
Released 03 Nov 2009
Shape a Rune Warrior
Build Monument-Summoned Armies
Choose Magic and Combat Skills
Included in the Platinum Edition are three titles:SpellForce: The Order of DawnIn a world beyond imagination...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.
Developed by Phenomic · Published by THQ Nordic









SpellForce: Platinum Edition bundles The Order of Dawn, Breath of Winter, and Shadow of the Phoenix. In a fantasy world shattered by magical wars, you play a Rune Warrior summoned to face new threats and travel between isolated lands.
Explore regions, pursue main and side quests, fight with your hero and companions, and collect equipment. Develop your character by choosing skills, attributes, and magic, with options for different combat and spellcasting styles.
Some maps focus on your hero and party, while others add real-time strategy: claim a race’s monument, gather resources, build a settlement, and raise troops to fight. The three included titles offer extended campaigns, and the collection also includes a free-game mode for trying different avatars.
Players who enjoy the game often point to its unusual combination of character-focused RPG progression and base-building strategy, with the freedom to develop a hero while also commanding armies. Reviews also praise the lengthy campaigns, varied builds, fantasy atmosphere, and music. Others find the experience slow or dated, and some criticize the controls, enemy behavior, or particular expansion missions.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 74/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |