Spellcross: The Last Battle (1997)
Genres:Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Themes:Warfare, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:A turn-based tactical wargame. In the game, you take the role of John Alexander, leader of the contemporary Earth military force – The Alliance, fighting for survival against an extra dimensional invasion of orcs, undead, harpies and other fantastical creatures – the Other Side.
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This is one of the first and few PC games I bought during its release, with box, manual and so on.
I really like the mix of fantasy and modern and the game is really well done and enjoyable.
You need to manage well the units in the battlefield and keep some others ready to protect your conquered areas in case the enemy make its move and attacks you while you are on the front elsewhere. Balancing money to buy and research is another winning point of this game, that mixing with the before mentioned issue of enemy attacking you, makes the game particular intriguing and challenging.
Fortifying units and morale are a great balance in this game that pushes you to take action if your units are playing too much defensively, but on the other hand you have the option to lure the enemy on a fortified position. Each time you have to consider the best action to take.
The game is turn based and that allows plenty of time for study the map and develop a strategy, especially in those missions were your resources are limited due to the carried over casualties of the previous one.
I am so inspired by this game, that I have on my to-do list the creation of a new game that takes the best part of Spellcross and mix them with some of my ideas that I am eager to bring to live soon.
After living 10 years in Australia, I went back to Italy for a couple of weeks, I wanted to play the game, but I couldn't run it on my new computer. Now 3 years more are passed while I moved to Japan. Time is running and still I can't play this not well known gem.
I hope GOG will release a new version that I can play again without hassle. This game also need some more recognition from players!
Instant buy. Just take my money and bring it here, please 💰🙏
A gripping story, units that level up and carry over from mission to mission, and a research system that enhances your chances of victory—this game has so many pros. Personally, it’s one of the best turn-based strategy games I’ve ever played ‼️
Absolutely zero boring missions! The mission objectives are one of the most captivating aspects of the game. The screenwriters really went above and beyond—120% effort! This is what makes this strategy game stand out among all others.
I absolutely loved the apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy setting, commanding human soldiers against orcs, mages, ghosts, and other supernatural foes. If I had to choose only five games to play for the rest of my life, this one would easily make the list 😎
I know the chances of it appearing on GOG.com are slim, but if you can make it happen, it would feel like Christmas, my birthday, and Valentine’s Day all rolled into one! 🥳🥳🥳
This game is real epic story of magic on earth. The intro in Czech version is so epic it's unbeatable.
Game itself have strong story or last efforts of earth defense where only the strongest and most frightening soldiers are.
They march to stop the terrifying enemy. And after hundreds of lost battles one is already won!
Prepare for huge battles with need of tactical thinking. First battle takes few minutes. Battles in endgame takes one or even two hours.
To the arms!
It came out of nowhere... Apocalyptic Sci-Fi TBS of my hearth. There was once a great PC/ Gaming expo in Brno. It was only a coincidence, that I bought there one of last issues of the Excalibur mag. Spellcross was the game supplement of this once great magazine. The dense atmosphere caught me in from the first moment. The game is probably not THE best TBS from a point of AI. You can master it quite easily and than it is not much of a challenge anymore, but the atmosphere builds up wery nicely and you can always choose to play the game in a hard mode. This can be easily done by going as fast as you can or choosing some funny research branch. The research is actually one of the greatest design. There you basically do not know, what you'll end up with (new armed unit/ better weapon system or something totally out of your mind). There is either a great build in wiki, where you can find a lot of lore and in game art (more close up). The overall graphics was good for the time, IMHO enough for anytime TBS. The soundtrack always makes me shiver. It really fits into the overall atmosphere. Spellcross stands for me on the top of my list.
I was a teenager like so many others. There was no tutorial, no explanations - no nothing as was common back in those days. A friend of mine gave me a quick rundown (it really isnt obvious from the start) and suddenly I was transported into this amazing world - a world where modern era world is invaded by magical beasts. Tanks against Golems, infantry against orcs, Dragons against AA - all that on top on an actually well thought out story. You will hear about refugees vanishing, segregation of people with magical talents and many many other tiny tidbits that create the amazing world of Spellcross.
And the ending ? oh .. Chefs Kiss.
10/10 for realism
That was my first original game i bought in stationary shop with games. I finished it many times, and i wan't to finisht it couple times in future. I wan't it becouse that's the true classic
My first original game. I was a Kid And I Worked almost three months in my parents shop to earn enough money to buy it. I played this game 23x Times Till the end at aby difficulity. Love this game.
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