Bugs:
The press preview was plagued by some bugs including gamebreaking ones, but they were fortunately fixed for the release version. They are still hunting and fixing bugs, 4 small patches already in 2 days, but i didn't encounter any so far. Edit: Ok had one bug, but this was just fixed in patch 5 (day 3 since the game went live), so not everything was fixed, but they fix em fast...

RPG: You create a hero choosing 3 (out of 6) skill trees (ranged, offense, defense, elementalism, black magic, white magic) and get the leadership tree automatically. Companions get 3 predefined trees, one or two of them unique to the companion. Storytelling, quests and loot were great. They could sell it as a pure RPG and it would do well. 9/10

RTS: Playable races are humans, elves and orcs. I'm not that far into the campaign, so i only played humans so far, and only the lower tier units (more can be trained and upgraded as the campaign progresses). Map has sectors with resources (food, wood, stone, iron, magic-resource). Fights are realtime, there is a system called click-to-fight for ability selection which allows a kind of pause, but i would have much preferred a real tactical pause (with unit selection and task assignment). I enjoy this part, but the RPG part is why i play it 7/10

Graphics: Its missing some quality of life functions, especially the ability to highlight all interactable objects (loot is highlighted, as are some lore things, but many others are not), since depending on the current camera position and zoom level its very easy to miss things. Zooming completely out applies an ugly blur effect for some reason. But other than that, the graphics are great, and show some very diverse and interesing environments. 8/10

Music: The Soundtrack is really very good & orchestral 9/10, i would listen to it without the game or use it for PnP RPG sessions.

Sound: Environmental sounds and fights sounds etc. don't really stand out 8/10

Text & Voiceacting: The game is fully voiceacted, but there are still many (skippable) lines for lore and background. Many books to read more about the history and lore of the world of spellforce. They use some very amazing voice actors (including the voice of Geralt from Witcher 3), enjoyed the dialogues a lot so far 9/10

General: Unique mix of RPG and strategy, with a long campaign including tons of sidequests (including some well-hideen ones). 8.5/10

Bugs: The press preview was plagued by some bugs including gamebreaking ones, but they were fortunately fixed for the release version. They are still hunting and fixing bugs, 4 small patches already in 2 days, but i didn't encounter any so far. Edit: Ok had one bug, but this was just fixed in patch 5 (day 3 since the game went live), so not everything was fixed, but they fix em fast... RPG: You create a hero choosing 3 (out of 6) skill trees (ranged, offense, defense, elementalism, black magic, white magic) and get the leadership tree automatically. Companions get 3 predefined trees, one or two of them unique to the companion. Storytelling, quests and loot were great. They could sell it as a pure RPG and it would do well. 9/10 RTS: Playable races are humans, elves and orcs. I'm not that far into the campaign, so i only played humans so far, and only the lower tier units (more can be trained and upgraded as the campaign progresses). Map has sectors with resources (food, wood, stone, iron, magic-resource). Fights are realtime, there is a system called click-to-fight for ability selection which allows a kind of pause, but i would have much preferred a real tactical pause (with unit selection and task assignment). I enjoy this part, but the RPG part is why i play it 7/10 Graphics: Its missing some quality of life functions, especially the ability to highlight all interactable objects (loot is highlighted, as are some lore things, but many others are not), since depending on the current camera position and zoom level its very easy to miss things. Zooming completely out applies an ugly blur effect for some reason. But other than that, the graphics are great, and show some very diverse and interesing environments. 8/10 Music: The Soundtrack is really very good & orchestral 9/10, i would listen to it without the game or use it for PnP RPG sessions. Sound: Environmental sounds and fights sounds etc. don't really stand out 8/10 Text & Voiceacting: The game is fully voiceacted, but there are still many (skippable) lines for lore and background. Many books to read more about the history and lore of the world of spellforce. They use some very amazing voice actors (including the voice of Geralt from Witcher 3), enjoyed the dialogues a lot so far 9/10 General: Unique mix of RPG and strategy, with a long campaign including tons of sidequests (including some well-hideen ones). 8.5/10