However you have not access to all of them immediately as the alliance has fractured and you must recruit the support for the others first. I say fractions as these consist of multiple groups like your first alliance is made out of humans, elves and dwarfs for example. There are multiple fractions which play / are a bit different. Your workers are used to harvest them and build buildings. There are 3 resources with stone, silver and lenya that are limited per map. RTS part: You are in control of a faction, harvest resources, building structures and recruiting / producing units. There are lot of side quest for bonus experience or useful items. For example you cant use plate armor or longbows without the corresponding ability. Most have restrictions to learned abilities and / or level. There are tons of weapons and equipment to find or buy from merchants. Your party members are always a bit behind your level. Level cap is 30 as you cant get enough experience to reach level 31 (by far!). There are some branches for abilities and you should plan ahead as you cant learn all abilities. RPG part: Your created main character and party level up and learn abilities like in an RPG. To give you a better explanation I will describe both parts. It was the unique concept of the Spellforce franchise and I think it works really well. The Spellforce games are a mixture of real time strategy (RTS) and role playing game (RPG). The Spellforce The gold edition contains the main game and the first expansion Dragon Storm which is big enough to be rated as its own game. The gold edition contains the main game and the first expansion Dragon Storm which is big enough to be rated as its own game.

Spellforce 2 gold edition gameplay