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A sequel, ''
A third game, ''SpellForce 3'' released in 2017. An expansion to that, ''Soul Harvest'' has been announced.
Both games take the RTS/RPG concept and run with it, using slightly different leveling concepts along the way. There are Diablo-like hero-only maps, and full scale RTS maps as well.
[[The Wiki Rule|Like everything else]], there's a [https://web.archive.org/web/20150104162558/http://spellforce.wikia.com/wiki/Spellforce_Wiki wiki].
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=== All games in the series provide examples of: ===
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Background information to the units and races are found [http://spellforce.de/ here]
* [[
** Played straight with the [[Our Demons Are Different|Demons]].
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Bosses tend to be the leaders of their factions.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: How {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] kills the [[Big Good]].}} Also, {{spoiler|[[The End of the World
* [[Blessed
** Maybe more a bit of a case of [[Cursed
* [[Broken Bridge]]: Many of them. Most portals don't become available until you've done something on that map. A new quest arc is usually kicked off by a previously-inaccessible gate in a major city becoming available.
* [[Call Back]]: ''
* [[Contemptible Cover]]: Look at that smoking hot elf chick! What do you mean the graphics are nothing like that?
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: Almost. One's damage output is unaffected by [[Hit Points]], but at about 15% of a unit's health, it slows way down. Useful to you when hunting down enemies, but it cuts both ways.
* [[Cutscene]]: Most in-engine, the beginning and ending ones are cinematics.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The PC can use [[Black Magic]], if you like. Also, both the light and dark races are playable, and form a segment of the campaign.
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Expy]]: Craig Un'Shallach is a [[The Dark Elf Trilogy|dark elf who wields two swords]] and had to [[Defector From Decadence|leave his homeland]].
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: The light races suffer from [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Obstructive Bureaucrats]] in ''[[Shadow Wars]]'' and [[Jerkass|Jerkassery]] throughout. Also, the PC is more than willing to slaughter armies of the light races if they get in his or her way.
* [[Head Desk]]: To get your siege units to use their anti-building attacks against buildings, you have to set them next to the buildings ''without'' ordering them to attack -— otherwise, they'll bang their heads against the walls as they melee attack the buildings.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: There's always some convoluted quest to craft or find one. The quest for Amra's Armor (from ''[[The Order of Dawn]]'') particularly stands out.
* [[Lady Not-Appearing-In-This-Game]]: Every cover for every
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Flink McWinter.
* [[The Medic]]: Various healing units, the player if they choose [[White Magic|Life Magic]].
* [[Mana]]: For the PC, heroes, and basic units alike.
* [[Portal Network]]: The world is set up as a series of interconnected RTS or RPG maps. Travel is via portal, or [[Check Point|Bindstone]] for the player character.
** Furthermore, the [[Portal Network]] was set up by the [[Big Good]] during the timeskip between [[The End of the World
* [[Novelization]]: A trilogy written by Uschi Zietsch about the Shaikan.
* [[Precursors]]: The Formers. No plot significance {{spoiler|until ''[[Dragon Storm]]''}}, just the source of some [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]] and [[Plot Coupons]].
* [[RPG]]: Whenever it's not a [[RTS]]. Notably:
** [[Adventure Towns]]: Each inhabited island generally has a big problem and some little ones. Uninhabited ones generally have a whole bunch of demons/undead/orcs/whatever to kill.
** [[AFGNCAAP]]: The [[Player Character]], which is used in all the cutscenes. There's a male and female voice actor, but that's it.▼
** [[An Adventurer Is You]]: Pretty much any option is available.
** [[Black Magic]]: Direct damage and life-sucking spells.
** [[But Thou Must!]]
** [[Cap|Level Cap]]: 30, except in ''[[Shadow of the Phoenix]]''. 24 for the rest of the [[Player Party]].
▲** [[
** [[Player Party]]: Up to five heroes serve the player character. In the first game they don't level, you just replace them with new ones as you level. In the second one they do level, and are actual characters in their own right.
** [[Sidequest]]: Aplenty. Some particularly convoluted ones lead to the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] and Armor, and stretch throughout entire games.
** [[Take Your Time]]: Unless you've opened up a headquarters for an RTS mission. In that case, get an army ready, and quick, because the CPU will start attacking soon and the attacks will get stronger and stronger unless you destroy their camps.
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* [[Standard Fantasy Setting]]: Just about everything on the list. Notably:
** [[Five Races]]: [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarves]], [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]], and Humans for the [[Light Is Not Good|"light"]] races. Fairy and Cute are excluded.
** [[Fantasy Axis of Evil]]: [[Our Orcs Are Different|Blizzard-style Orcs]], [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls]] and [[Our Elves Are Better|Dark Elves]] for the [[Dark Is Not Evil|"dark"]] races. ''
** [[The Horde]]: Of [[Undead]] or [[Our Demons Are Different|Demons]], usually. They're the primary unplayable races. Also the [[Mecha
* [[Storming the Castle]]: If the enemy has a legendary, nigh-impregnable fort, you'll take it from them. No Exceptions.
* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|Urias in ''[[Shadow of the Phoenix]]'', Borias and Lyen in [[Dragon Storm]]}}
* [[Take a Third Option]]: The Circle Mages began to research and create rune warriors as a result of their need for reliable assistants. Standard magical servants such as bound elementals were loyal but unable to think for themselves, human mercenaries had the power to think and learn, but were prone to treachery. The rune warriors, humanoid souls bound to magical runes, have the best of both worlds.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Logistics don't apply to the CPU ''at all'' in
* [[The End of the World
* [[Time Machine]]: Terminator rules. The [[Player Character]] helps build at least one in the first entry of each game. In both cases, it's an extremely elaborate process and takes the entire game. {{spoiler|The one in ''[[The Order of Dawn]]'' is by way of [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]], and is used by the [[Big Bad]] to go back in time and... become the [[Big Good]].}}
* [[Unholy Nuke]]: The Death sub-branch of [[Black Magic]].
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* [[An Ice Person]]: Any mage specializing in ice magic, of course. Notably, both [[Big Good|Rohen]] and [[Big Bad|The Dark One]] (in-game, not in the opening cutscene). Also, all offensive elf spellcasters, since they worship an ice/nature deity.
* [[Animate Dead]]: Classic style and {{spoiler|high-powered, magic-induced [[Face Heel Turn]] style.}}
* [[Back
* [[Beef Gate]]: Of undead at the gate from Greydusk Vale to the Northern Windwalls. And another at the Frost Marshes made of [[Mecha
* [[Big Bad]]: The Dark One.
* [[Big Good]]: Rohen.
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: The elves can only recruit their strongest units if they have iron, but they CAN'T GATHER THAT RESOURCE ON THEIR OWN.
** They can, but are highly inefficient in it.
* [[Deal
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Hokan versus [[Deal
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|''[[Big Good|Rohen]]'', as a result of [[Animate Dead]].}}
* [[Free-Fall Fight]]: In the opening cinematic, between [[Big Good|Rohen]] and [[Big Bad|The Dark One]].
* [[Giant Flyer]]: Griffon Riders. They don't actually fly (in gameplay terms) until
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|The ''[[Big Bad]]''!}}
* [[Horny Devils]]: "Seductress" demons.
* [[I Hate Past Me]]: {{spoiler|The [[Big Good]] in "The Order Of Dawn" is the future self of the [[Big Bad]].}}
* [[Late to
* [[MacGuffin]]: The book. Later, the Phoenix Stone.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: The emperor in ''Shadow of the Phoenix''.
* [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]]: {{spoiler|Just about every single [[MacGuffin]] you get your hands on. See [[Unwitting Pawn]].}}
* [[The Magocracy]]: In the backstory, the thirteen Circle Mages were ''the'' single most powerful power bloc. And when they had a falling out, well, see [[The End of the World
** Notably, Circle Mages (specifically, Hokan and Uram) were responsible for the creation of [[Undead]], [[Mecha
* [[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]: {{spoiler|By the ''[[Big Good]]''. He knew he would die and that the [[Big Bad]] would get the [[MacGuffin]] because, well, see [[Stable Time Loop]].}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Dark One.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: {{spoiler|1=Rohen/The Dark One's goal at the end of [[The Order of Dawn]]. At some point while taking [[The Slow Path]], he resigns himself to the [[Stable Time Loop]].}}
* [[Stealth
* [[Stock Shout-Outs]]: [[Edgar Allan Poe|"The Raven"]]. Specifically, an undead called the "Nevermore" drops an item called the "Ravencap".
* [[Unwinnable By Mistake]]: Present in ''The Breath Of Winter'', on the Firefangs map. Did you get the Shadow Ring from the hermit before activating the Dark Elf monument? Have fun restarting the campaign from scratch, provided you didn't just break the CD first. However, if you are not above cheating, you can cheat yourself to victory and continue your adventure as normal.
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* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: {{spoiler|The Shaikan fall to the Pact nigh-immediately.}}
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