Spellforce: Conquest of Eo Review

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

The obvious question, which I failed to answer in the video, is: Will there be a Let's Play Series? The answer is: Yes, several. But ya'll know totally swamped by the School of Rock play until the end of June. Be patient. I'll get to it. And thanks for watching!

[@janwagner4490]

We are addressing the enemy stack size issues and the enemy attack pattern with the next update. We think this will alleviate some of the issues you mentioned.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Excited to play it when that happens!

[@bclayj]

Great review, and pretty fun game so far. I just started playing on the lower diff setting to get a feel for it. Like you, I have been looking for a game since my 90’s infatuation with MoM and Heroes of Might and Magic 3 that balances turn based battles with a big world map to explore and heroes to level. This is as close as I have found, but I worry about replayability due to the single map.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

They recently released a DLC that includes randomized maps. I haven't had a chance to play or review it, but it's in there now.

[@MrNerdKaiser]

Great review! It seems like a fun game and I was impressed with how high quality the artwork was, but this video ultimately helped me decide to stick with Age of Wonders 4 instead of trying to split my free time with another 4X game just because it's on sale.

[@ITribe]

Definitely an underrated review. Good job!

[@innerparty1]

This got into my recommendationa because I look for Spellforce CoE content all over the place lol. Game is absolutely crazy good, probably the best game since HoMM3 in the genre You explained it well what makes it unique.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks! Appreciate it. Totally agree with you. Best thing since HOMM3.

[@TheBigJuicyOne]

Been hooked on this game since the demon update, love it!

[@ginomartino-f1s]

I just started playing and I have a few issues. 1: There about 12 active quests on the left side of the map screen but I can't seem to check what exactly the goals of each quest are. It shows the location of the quest on the map when I click on them and that's it. Isn't there a quest log somewhere? 2: Once I discover a recipe they show up on the left side of the alchemy screen but for most recipes the ingredients aren't listed. Are we supposed to memorize every single quest and almost every single recipe? Or am I missing something?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

For the vast majority of quests, all you need to do is show up to the location. Nothing more complicated than that. There's a couple quests where you need to bring an item, but that's like 2 out of a 100. So, that's why there's no quest log. It's a common asked for feature, but it's also not necessary and it took me a while to adjust as well. As for the recipes, you need to discover the ingredients to unlock them. A user on Steam made a handy guide for all the recipes, so that's what I use. I'm too old to memorize stuff like that. Here's a link: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2928982080

[@ginomartino-f1s]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Thanks for your quick reply, really appreciated!!! What irks me a bit is the total lack of any info. Some quests are battles, like the one where a demon is taking over your apprentice and you have to go kill him within 36 turns. Obviously you need to build up a decent stack before you can take him on. But 15 turns later this is just another quest in the list and I don't even have a clue on how strong I need to be to go fight him or any other info. Then there's a few "go harvest quests" but if you click a bit too fast through them you don't even know what it is you're supposed to go get. How hard is it to add the bare minimum of basic info? For the recipes, I discovered quite a few brews and potions, which now indeed show up on the left side of the screen, but there are no ingedients showing. Am I supposed to tab out and go to that steam page every time I want to craft something I already discovered? Why not just give the ingredient list when I hover over it with my tooltip? I've rarely seen such an absolute lack of basic info in a decent 4x fantasy game.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

@@ginomartino-f1s It's a really small development team though - 10 people. Personally, I forgive them for skimping on some QoL features when everything else about the game is so well done. Great graphics, great gameplay, no bugs. Yes, it's a bit annoying having to look elsewhere for recipes. I get it. I have a 2nd monitor so it's less of a problem, but I'm always an advocate for putting all relevant information in a game and not relying on external resources. But man, this game is so fun to play. I forgive them the small faults. Especially when much larger development studios are making big faults with their games.

[@ginomartino-f1s]

​@@ColorsFadeGaming Thanks for your help!

[@Byeohazard]

I will have to look but isnt demonologist a dlc class. i don't recall seeing it in vanilla.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You are correct. I should have mentioned that.

[@Dz-sg4ib]

Thank you! Great review 👌

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@alfarabi73]

Wow, you do great reviews. Too bad I only found you so belatedly!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you for the kind words! Appreciate it.

[@alfarabi73]

@@ColorsFadeGaming As an afterward, I was reluctant to buy because of the re-settlement mechanic. A Steam friend persuaded me to give it a second look. But your review gave me additional reason not to buy. So you saved me some thirty bucks! ;)

[@dennissvitak5475]

Are there random maps for this game?

[@Deltium5683]

very godo review, thank you.

[@parabolgravity]

Thank you

[@cyllananassan9159]

You run out of money, cos the game mines run out , you never become powerfull, i got it for free and even with the gold cheats it gets really boring

[@saulspanco854]

😂😂 skill issue. You have to move your tower. If you havent felt powerful than something has gone terribly wrong in your game if you made it past week 20

[@cyllananassan9159]

@@saulspanco854 20 players on steam charts, crap is crap

[@jal-kx6tm]

so they turned this series into a generic fantasy 4x game? no more RTS elements?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

No. This is the game between 1 and 3. Both of those are RTS.

[@docrock3234]

I hear you say Age of Wonders 4 is a favorite of yours… do you take issue with their offal Ai/diplomacy and uselessness of vassals?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I haven't played enough of the game to take issue with either of those aspects. In most games, I hate vassal systems anyway. I hated vassals in Galactic Civ 3 and in Stellaris, and basically avoided them. It's always a broken mechanic in every 4X (for reasons too long to get into in this reply). And as far as enemy AI goes, I never bitch about that. It's difficult to write good AI.

[@docrock3234]

I hear this game doesn’t have great replayability. Can you confirm?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I said in the review I didn't have an issue with replayability. The issue *some* people have is that there's only one map, but I didn't have a problem with that. I played dozens of games from start to finish and had a blast every time.

[@docrock3234]

@@ColorsFadeGaming thanks…

[@grant9068]

New dlc dropped today with new and random maps. FYI ​@@docrock3234