![]() ![]() It’s irrational, but it’s believable – it is not uncommon for people to judge by superficial characteristics in the real world.Īfter getting your bearings and exploring the city of Greyfell (which looks incredible), you are sent on a mission to find out about a plague called the Bloodburn – a disease that has been randomly killing people off and seems to have no cure.įrom here on the story gives you its first motivation – to find out what the Bloodburn is. While you are a soldier for the crown, many people look down on you because you are “the son of the Betrayer”. ![]() However, you start eight years after the events of the prologue, which culminated in a rebellion led by your father that killed thousands. You end up creating a custom character from this point and are a soldier of the Wolf Guard – an elite group of fighters who protect Greyfell, the largest city in Nortander and the seat of the crown. It begins with you controlling four characters in a prologue which is also a tutorial mission for the game mechanics – but it ends by subverting your expectations and switching around the character you play as completely. Separate to the excellent and absorbing world building, the story of SpellForce III is also very good. That and much of the notes scattered around the world have plenty of information about other aspects of Eo, such as its history, famous battles and folklore. It’s excellent, and I see myself actually playing through the game again solely because I enjoy the writing so much. I haven’t experienced this kind of grounded RPG in a long time – at least since the first and second Witcher or even Baldur’s Gate II. It’s important that a game is relatable and grounded when telling a story and world building, as it brings to life a world that is actually believable. Some characters were legitimately frustrating to chat to because of their views, while others brought a big smile to my face because – hey, I can relate! Yria, one of your companions, was my favourite overall, and her backstory once I got to it also hit some strong notes for me – but the rest of the companion cast with their backstories were also excellent and memorable. Overzealous theists, atheists, cult members, doomsayers, traditionalists, liberally-minded people.Eo is full of different philosophies and ideals, and exploring and speaking with the many different types of people was a very pleasurable experience. It’s highly relatable to real world contexts. You have cults such as the Purity of Light, who see using magic as a “sin” and await the return of the “All-Father” exiled Elves called the Morhir who disagree with the traditionalist and religious ideas of the Finon Mir and left to make their own paths and even individuals of different races who split off entirely from these groups, do their own thing and hit the road. Where the game really grounds itself however is in the small groups and ideologies that run rampant throughout the world. Beyond the superficial differences, all of them are capable of reason to some extent, and like many other high fantasy worlds it makes for interesting differences in approaches to handling situations and seeing the world. There are a rather large amount of races throughout the world, and all with different cultures and traditions. SpellForce is based in a world called Eo, where it’s not just humans that have a rational faculty but Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, Goblins, etc. The most impressive part about SpellForce to me was its ability to ground its high fantasy world to the point where it was quite relatable to the real world. However, the main thing keeping me away from writing has been the topic of this post – SpellForce III, a recent gaming purchase that ended up being a sublime, addictive and beautifully told story behind an excellent game. I haven’t been as active these past few weeks in my blogging because I’ve been busy with personal things, including things related to the book I published.
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