SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix Review
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However, oodles of new content does not a great expansion make (stick that in your book of quotations). If you've already invested 60-80 hours in the first two adventures, it would be churlish to dissuade you from completing the trilogy. In fact, in spite of the done-to-death plot and naff characters, the underlying gameplay remains fresh and invigorating, moving effortlessly from arcade role-playing and exploration to epic real-time strategy - almost as if Diablo and Warcraft had been fused together. If such a hybrid appeals, you'd do well to seek out the original game and come to this at a later date. SpellForce dogmatists of course will have much to enjoy, but if you found your interest waning through previous episodes, it's very unlikely you'll find anything here to get you back in the mood.
