It's good to see developers attempt to take a new approach toward the well-worn real-time strategy genre. These games, which typically let you harvest resources, build bases, and create an army to crush your opponents before they can do the same, have been getting more popular, and more similar, over the years, but apparently, German developer Phenomic is attempting to do something different with SpellForce: The Order of Dawn. This ambitious game from copublishers Encore and JoWood attempts to combine role-playing with real-time strategy along with a dash of gorgeous graphics.