The Austrian video game publisher THQ Nordic has released the newest installment in its role-playing game (RPG) series, SpellForce.
THQ Nordic announced that SpellForce: Conquest of Eo went live on PC last February 3 and can be purchased through Steam, GOG, Humble Store, and Epic Games.
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo is the 11th installment in the series. Unlike other titles, it does away with real-time strategy (RTS). Producers instead introduced turn-based combat for the single-player game. While it deviates from SpellForce's signature RTS mechanics, THQ Nordic confirmed that they kept other familiar elements, including the 4X experience.
Three days since its release, fans and players have had different opinions about the creators' choice to add a new style to a SpellForce game. Twitter user @Hat4Wizard commented on THQ Nordic's Tweet announcing the game's release that he did not like the new style of gameplay.
On the other hand, some players came to SpellForce: Conquest of Eo's defense. Steam user Whisk3y_Fire wrote a review, saying that he had a lot of fun playing the game within the first five hours. Whisk3y_Fire added that players should read the description before immersing themselves in the game.
As of February 6, SpellForce: Conquest of Eo still enjoyed 'mostly positive ratings' from gamers. The latest game in the SpellForce series received a gamerscore of 7.6 from more than 350 reviews on Steam and GOG, according to Whatoplay. We also took into account the reviews and ratings of four critics and assigned the game a criticscore of 7.6.
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo was called a delightful spin on the 4X strategy genre
by Catherine Daro of GameSpace.com.
In a review published on February 2, Daro, however, pointed out that the game fell short of the ambitious project players had expected it to be. She gave SpellForce: Conquest of Eo a score of 7. Andrei Dumitrescu from Softpedia also shared the same observation as Daro. He said the game was "pretty standard when it comes to fantasy universes."
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo is a good-looking experience, mixing a wide range of influences when it comes to presentation,
he wrote in his review.
THQ Nordic first announced SpellForce: Conquest of Eo in June 2022.