Like seemingly every epic fantasy score after 2001, it borrows from Lord of the Rings, but in a way that works well for its own world. It has just the right amount of chanting to feel epic and it fills you with a wonderful sense of curiosity as you travel around Eo.
The soundtrack in SpellForce 3 is excellent. Have I already mentioned the game has great voice acting? Yes? Okay, then let's skip the to music. (For those wondering, I did return to the golem quest and it was also just as good.) And the side quest goes even more intriguing from there, largely thanks to that voice acting I talked about. My golem hunt was now replaced by a quest to stop a mage-hating Batman and his disciples. My interest was piqued already so I approached him, only to find out he was a mage smuggler and that there's a messed-up vigilante running around the city that kidnapped two of his clients. There I was in Everlight, making my way to find a golem with a soul when I hear a woman begging her husband to listen to her. (See: my review for Just Cause 3.) But thanks to the aforementioned solid performances from the voice cast and the game's choice of auto-playing dialogues when you are near side quest characters worked together to lure me into doing side quests entirely out of curiosity.
Recently, I had gotten into the habit of playing side quests only when I needed a break from the main storyline. There's a variety of side quests for you to tackle as well. The evolution and demise of certain characters, some of which rests in Tahar's hands, made me put down my controller several times as I contemplated what is to be done. This is all to say, the game is at its best when you're twenty hours in and are no longer simply trying to understand character names but more so focused on who lives, who dies, and who is allying with who. I liked how deep the game felt and small touches like having history narrated on the loading screens allowed me to take in bite-sized chunks of lore as I played without feeling overwhelmed or like I needed to read a history textbook beforehand.
Like I said, dialogue choices feel meaningful and it is always nice to see something you went out of your way to experience come back (however subtle) in a conversation much later. On that note, I guess we can tackle this game as an RPG first. Right from the get-go, the game weaves different storylines together and it lives up to its RPG characteristics by making them complex and (mostly) meaningful.
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