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Editorial Review
Chaos and disorder rule Eo - the mysterious world of Spellforce. In their immeasurable greed and constant thirst for power, the thirteen most powerful Mages doomed and shattered the land. All that is left are a few islands, connected by magic portals. As a rune warrior you have been called upon to face the powers of fire and ice. The battle between good and evil has been inflamed. After the final battle the magic portals of Eo are slowly loosing their magical powers! In a desperate search for a source that can replace the fading magic, you and a band of heroes set out on a journey following the path of the Soulbearer. Discover the ancient ruins of the corrupted Formers and their powerful enemies, the dragons. You will have to face a storm that will change the face of Eo forever. This amazing Spellforce compilation includes Spellforce, Spellforce 2 and 3 huge expansion packs! The unique genre mix of RPG and real-time strategy makes for an exceptional gaming experience Lead your hero and his army into a total of five epic campaigns with over 200 hours of thrilling gameplay Click n' Fight: The revolutionary control system guarantees instant action, the best possible overview and completely new tactical possibilities Experience spectacular and massive battles in breathtaking 3D graphics in SpellForce 2 Extensive co-operative campaigns for up to three players online or via LAN in SpellForce 2 Command an additional faction, choose from hundreds of new equipment items and maps ESRB Rated T - M for Teen to Mature
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Customer Reviews

Warning to potential customers:

2008-06-16
While I've greatly enjoyed the Spellforce games, it's important to note that some of the Spellforce Universe copies (perhaps all of them, though I'm uncertain) have a corrupted installation for Spellforce 2. Specifically, the file sf2_base05.pak is installed improperly. On trying to play the campaign for either Spellforce 2 or its expansion, the game simply crashes with an error message before loading.

To make matters worse, the company - despite shipping the game (or at least half of it) quite literally unplayable - has apparently abandoned its product, as it seems no patch is forthcoming.

Fortunately, a few gamers in the community have provided workable solutions, but it's a bit of a headache to fix, and not something that should ever have passed quality assurance.

For those crashing when trying to start a game of Spellforce 2, you have two solutions: search a torrent network to download a ~550 megabyte .pak file to replace the version that's installed with this compilation, or visit http://www.spellforce2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50534&highlight=Universe

The second solution only requires a 14 megabyte download, but does involve some hex editing - a complete walkthrough is provided for those unfamiliar with the process.

Great set of games for a good price

2008-06-09
As a big fan of rts games and rpgs, this was a pleasant combination of both. It did a great job of balancing the heros abilities with the rest or your units. And for the price you can't go wrong with this game. It was an easy clean install and after the initial install the game played perfectly. The only complaint I have is with the first spellforce, there is now way to do a skirmish with just the computer so after you finish the campaign there is only online multiplayer and there really isn't any of that. However, skirmish mode has been added to spellforce 2 which is fine since I only played the first one for the campaign.

Great Game

2008-04-04
This game is really fun for those who, like me, are into RTS and RPG games. (I also like FPS and think they should have added that one little Detail!)

You will have to overcome a few problems, there was a CD-Key issue, the latest patch fixed it. then there was a CD Not recognized issue (don't ask how i resolved it ;) My system is pretty powerful, so I maxed out all the settings, which included setting the Video to 1280x1024. every time i close the game and launch it again it says video not supported. so I have to manually edit the config file change a 5 to a 1, then relaunch the game and change the video back to 1280. I'm sure it is the intro videos that are making it pop.

All that aside, the game rocks! I am only 75% through the first campaign there is three in this 'Universe' plus the Version 2 campaigns.
I have spent 3 weeks or so. (I am a turtle when it comes to RTS)

My overall opinion, Great buy, Great game, just mail a boot to the programmers and ask them to kick themselves for you.
5/5 Story
5/5 Graphics
4/5 Controls (let me bind keys!)
5/5 RTS
4/5 RPG (I want First person, and right-clicking on spells toggles auto fire)

So far 4.6
:)

Great RPG, Adventure, Strategy Game!

2008-02-09
This is an excellent RPG, Adventure, Strategy game. it successfully combines all these game types into one game. i would suggest this game to anyone who enjoyed playing games such as Final Fantasy, or Star Craft, or Neverwinter Nights, or with any other game related to this very popular game titles.