SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm

SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm is an expansion pack for SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars.

Everybody loves a dragon. Sure, they’re big, they’re smelly, and they have a nasty tendency to burn holes in the couch when they drool, but we always seem to forgive them when they stare at us with those big, brown, eyes. Shortly before devouring us alive, admittedly, but still - they’re the puppy of the lizard kingdom. They’re also the major draw card for Spellforce 2: Dragon Storm, the expansion pack to Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars, released early last year.

Relatively speaking, Spellforce 2 : Shadow Wars didn’t get a lot of coverage in Australia. It was apparently quite popular in Europe, much like Spinal Tap. The lack of coverage, to be blunt, is quite a pity - the game pushed genre boundaries by combining RTS and RPG elements into a single experience. While that may instantly scream “below-par experience!”, the game was better than it deserved to be. The RPG elements, while nowhere near the complexity or depth of what Oblivion had to offer, were still about as good as any of the other action-RPG games out there. Better than many, even (Dungeon Siege, I’m looking at you). The RTS elements, while somewhat simplistic with limited tech trees and troop combinations, were also good enough to stand on their own. Overall, it really was a game that quite effectively skirted the potential chasm that always awaits these genre-crossing games.

On the other hand, it was also plagued by extremely bad camera angles, phenomenally cheesy voice acting, and bad AI. While they did get points for delivering almost all cut scenes using the in-game engine, I lost count of the number of times I watched a talking house for five minutes because the camera focused on the wrong element. That and watching your battalion of mounted horsemen get slaughtered one by one by a single enemy orc because they’re too dumb to act independently is ... shall we say ... somewhat frustrating.

In the gaming world it is a rarity to find a expansion game that seems better than the original. Spellforce 2: Dragon Strom is such a rare game.

Compared with the original spellforce 2 theres not much difference in terms of graphics, AI or game play. But there seems to be a general focus on adventure this time around compared with the original which had more focus on statergic gameplay. As always the games ability to blend both statergy and Adventure at the same time is a huge plus point for me. And in dragon storm the blend seems to be just right.

The addition of new abilities, weapons and locations to the game will make this game interesting for both newcomers to the series and for those who are familiar with it.

The expansion gives you access to exactly the same skill tree, but extends it with a new “Shaikan” category, kind-of a warrior mage. You can now summon companions that assist in battle in various ways (such as attracting damage or causing party damage) and have access to a new variety of spells (most of which focus on absorbing energy from your enemies and boosting your party).



Download:

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System Requirements

Minimum:
o OS: Windows® 2000, XP, Vista 32Bit
o Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 1.5GHz
o Memory: 512 MB RAM
o Graphics: 3D Graphics Card with 128 MB RAM (compatible with GeForce 4 Ti or higher)
o DirectX Version: 9.0c
o Sound: DirectX® compatible
o Hard Drive: 5GB Free space