Spellforce Platinum

by Aspyr

Product Features

• Enter a world full of immeasurable greed and a constant thirst for power
• Challenging single-player campaign with 40+ hours of gameplay
• 30+ different enemy races; awe-inspiring 3-D graphics with zoom levels
• Multitude of spells; over 150 new items and 27 powerful set items
• Play with up to 3 players cooperatively over LAN

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BNKBDW
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 7, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,181 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

DVD Game All-new Russian & British allies, plus new German soldiers, add to the mix Great new player features like the new Tug-Of-War mode 12 new multiplayer maps that span the entire European Theatre of Operations!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Platinum Edition Does Not Work!, December 8, 2005

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Star54 "patricia" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Spellforce Platinum (CD-ROM)

This review is for the North Amercian version of Spellforce Platinum. Not for the game itself. I have Spellforce Gold and also the expansion Shadow of the Pheonix and both are great games. Would give them 4 stars, only 4 as the dialog is pretty lame and could have been better, but otherwise very nice game.

The Platinum Edition for the US does not work. It says you have a temp key expired and stops the game right there. You cannot play, period. Has to do with copyright protection, as usual. They put out a "fix", they call it a "small fix", which is a new exe file and you are supposed to replace your exe with this new one.

Guess what? It does not work. In fact the game crashed my husbands computer so badly he is having to reformat. My daughter wrote me that she cannot play it either, didn't crash her computer, just the fix does not work and won't let you play.

DO NOT BUY THIS PLATINUM EDITION! Even as cheap as it is, its not worth even a dollar if you can't get past the key problem. If you want to play Spellforce then pay the extra and get the Gold Edition which has 2 of them, and then the expansion. Probably $20 for each, but they play fine and nothing about keys in there. Out of the box, onto your computer and playing.

So far at their forum no one seems to be coming up with a workable fix, the other editions in Europe are fine, seems to just be the NA version and apparently we aren't a priority for getting the game around the temp key expired issue.

Hopes this keeps someone from buying the Platinum. If you do buy it be warned, do NOT install the patch that is out there, its for the GOLD Edition only, the Platinum has all the current patches, all you need is their fix. Which again, does not work.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You have to install the CORRECT patch for US, December 20, 2005

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Eric Campbell (Aurora, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spellforce Platinum (CD-ROM)

I agree with the folks here that it is insanely frustrating getting a game and not being able to play.

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The patch contains an executable which you will use to replace the one already installed in the game's folder. Here's where most people have problems. You HAVE to extract the file from the patch. Unfortunately, most people save the patch, open it, then copy the .exe file right there. If the file looks like a blue-edged square window, it has not been extracted - it's still a compressed file. You have to click on extract, then the file will look like a spellforce picture icon. That's what you need to copy and replace. After walking MANY people through this process (after finally getting it myself, hehe), it works like a charm.

Once you finally go through the hassle of getting the game to work, it really is a ton of fun. A great mix between RTS and RPG. I like the fact that not every single area is always "build up, destroy, build up destroy." There are a lot of areas that play more like Sacred, than an RTS. Some people may not like that, but since I'm not a big RTS, it breaks things up just enough to make for a very fun game.

Hope this helps :)

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SpellForce simple rocks, November 27, 2005

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Mark Cane - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spellforce Platinum (CD-ROM)

Well, I must say that I didnt expect that the game would be so great. But it is. Its the best Real Time Strategy game I have ever played.
Battle For Middle-earth and Warcraft 3 are bad games compared to SpellForce.

But SpellForce isnt an ordinary RTS game. It offers some RPG features. For example you can create & skill your main character and you can also loot items and gain experience points.

If you play it for the first time you will see that the graphics are awesome. There is no other RTS game with the visual power as SpellForce has. Then there is the sound. Its brilliant. The sound creates a great fantasy atmosphere. The controls offer some innovations. There is the so-called Click & Fight system where you can control your units easily.
The Platinum Edition contains also the 2 Addons and at all it offers an average playtime of 150 hours.

In a few words: SpellForce is a must have for every RTS and RPG gamer out there.