SpellForce: Platinum Edition (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

SpellForce: Platinum Edition

Includes the original SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and both the expansions - SpellForce: The Breath of Winter and SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix

85 3 November 2009

What SpellForce: Platinum Edition is

SpellForce: Platinum Edition is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Phenomic and released in 2009. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

How it plays

Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

SpellForce: Platinum Edition holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 1.5 Ghz or higher, 512 MB Ram or higher (1024 recommended) and 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram (GeForce 4Ti or higher) (256 MB Recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.

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What it launched against

SpellForce: Platinum Edition launched on 3 November 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins and Left 4 Dead 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for SpellForce: Platinum Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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SpellForce: Platinum Edition — frequently asked questions

When did SpellForce: Platinum Edition come out?

SpellForce: Platinum Edition was released on 3 November 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for SpellForce: Platinum Edition?

At minimum, SpellForce: Platinum Edition needs Intel Pentium 4 1.5 Ghz or higher, 512 MB Ram or higher (1024 recommended), 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram (GeForce 4Ti or higher) (256 MB Recommended) graphics, 4 GB of storage.

How many GB is SpellForce: Platinum Edition?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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