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SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars

The most beautiful, perfect and deadly of the Dark Races, the Dark Elves, in league with the mysterious Shadows are threatening to overrun the realm of men… Lead the Avatar and his band of heroes in forging…

88 5 April 2006

SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Phenomic Game Development, released 5 April 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars is

SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Phenomic Game Development and released in 2006. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

For five years the terrible conflict around the mysterious Shadows sundered the country of the Dark Elves and fanned the flames of a civil war amongst them. Even beyond the borders of their territories unrest prevails: a new power rises in Eo, a threat that seems to spread its shadow over the whole realm and endangers the people's ancient alliances... Craig Un'Shallach, Dark Elf General and member of the Dracon caste, fights alongside his clan against the influence of the ominous Shadows, but the tide of war turns against him. When defeat seems imminent, his daughter Nightsong escapes in order to warn of the approaching menace. She flees into the borderlands between the realms of humans and…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 23 points above the year average.

What it launched against

SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars launched on 5 April 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, Ōkami and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, Ōkami, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All.

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When did SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars come out?
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars was released on 5 April 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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