Meanwhile your main character is in an assignment as Shaikan mercenary.
This is a catastrophe as see travel is to dangerous to be reliable and resources getting scare. The magic portals that connect the islands are stopping to work.
The story starts with something you already encountered during the main game. For the story it helps knowing the main game and characters as some knowledge helps and there will be familiar faces. There are also party member related quest. Also the sidequests are more memorable and the one where I do my judgment of people is quite memorable as there are no easy answers (Still doubt my final decision and would also if I chose the opposite way). The variety of the missions is superior to the main game. While your party is stronger than the other units they are not overpowered and will fall to groups of enemies or use of poor strategies except you outlevel them by far. As you level up your units do too but not to the same level (Will be at an overall lower level than your main character and party).
You get not access to all units and buildings immediately and must unlock some by progressing trough the story. For example archers can use fire arrows with higher range or fire 3 arrows with one shot.
What makes them special is that unlike other factions you can develop or upgrade your units in two ways (mutual exclusive). Now exists a Shaikan faction with unique units you play most of the game with. 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. Some are continuous through the game (follow up quests) or can only be completed later in the game. 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 items have restrictions to learned abilities and / or a minimum level. Added are now set items that give additional bonuses the more parts you equipped. There are tons of weapons and equipment to find or buy from merchants. Your party members are always a bit behind your level (max level is 24). Level cap is again 30 as you cant get enough experience to reach level 31 by design (far beyond the experience you can archive!). The expansion added a lot of new abilities including a Shaikan branch of abilities that allow you to summon helpers. 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. It is a mixture of real time strategy (RTS) and role playing game (RPG). Lets start with an overview and explanations. It improves aspects of the main game and is long enough to be valued as a true new game. It improves aspects of the main The first expansion for Spell Force 2 which is added in the gold edition and works also as standalone game. The first expansion for Spell Force 2 which is added in the gold edition and works also as standalone game.