
I chose not to use magic skill trees because I didn't want to invest in intelligence or wisdom. Archery is my main skill tree, discipline has solid passives that increase my maximum health, and brutality has good passives, too, that increase damage. In the end, I picked Archery, Discipline, and Brutality. I wanted to make an archer build but it took me a while to decide which other 2 skill trees to use. You also get a 4th skill tree (Leadership) for free. Tahar has 6 skill trees that you can choose from and you can pick 3 of them. However, Sentenza Noria then finds Isamo's son.įast-forward to SpellForce III Reforced's character creation screen because Isamo's son is actually the player character! Of course, you can't change your last name which is Tahar but I named my character Rasha Tahar because that's a pretty cool name. Unfortunately, Isamo gets away after he jumps through a portal. Anyway, you get a warrior, mage, and an archer so you can get used to these characters' different play styles then you put an end to the rebellion which is spearheaded by a powerful mage named Isamo Tahar (sick name, by the way). When starting out, you play through a couple of tutorial missions while controlling 4 heroes including Sentenza Noria and 3 other characters who I can't remember their names. That should be enough to please everyone whether you've never played an RTS or you're a fanatic of the genre. When starting SpellForce III Reforced, you choose from 4 difficulties that range from super-easy to very challenging. Some abilities are also self-targeted and won't activate unless you put your cursor over a certain hero which makes things a little more confusing. When you're in this menu, time slows down to a crawl and the abilities don't trigger right away. When casting hero abilities, you do so from the R2 menu and it's a radial menu with 12 slots. All 4 shoulder buttons bring up different menus and it's sometimes difficult to remember which button corresponds to which menu. For instance, moving your camera around the map takes a little too long even though you can increase your scroll speed by quickly hitting the same direction with the left stick.

I believe it's an inherent flaw of console RTS games. It can still be a slog to play the RTS missions where you have to build up your economy and command an army. Of course, you need your heroes to talk to people, interact with the environment, and do tons of other stuff, too. Also, pressing the right stick selects your hero party with one button. Taking your whole army with you everywhere isn't great in every situation but it's certainly the easiest way to launch an attack.

Another convenient point is that you can double-tap X to select all of the units that you control. For one, holding down X creates a selection bubble that expands extremely quickly so you can select all nearby units at any time. To answer my second question right away, playing SpellForce III Reforced felt surprisingly smoother than other console RTS games. v1d30chumz 194-143-137-78 There's nothing like a good old human sacrifice to stop a monster from summoning When I started playing SpellForce III Reforced, the first thing I thought of was: will it become a slog to play through like Baldur's Gate 1 & 2? Also, will it be a hard game to play just like pretty much every other RTS on console? Let's find out. │ For your benefit, Video Chums doesn't indiscriminately promote press releases, Kickstarter campaigns, or industry-fed rumours. It's a unique formula that I haven't seen in any other game I've played so it can be quite a learning experience.

SpellForce III Reforced is an RTS/CRPG fusion and what we have here is the console version of SpellForce III's 2021 Reforced update.
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SpellForce III Reforced is also available for PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox One
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Reviewed by Alex Legard playing a PS4 on July 17, 2022
