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Spellforce 3: Fallen God is the second and last stand-alone expansion (so to play this expansion, you don't need to own the main game) for Spellforce 3, released in 2020. and already included in Spellforce 3: Reforced.

You're playing as Akrog Bonecrusher, who after the death of the previous chieftain Narjak, takes its role and has to face the difficulties that go along with that task. One of which is that they are constantly hunted or taken as slaves by both light and dark races. To stop this from happening again, he decided with the help of the Stranger to find all the pieces of the Fial Darg and to revive him. What you will first experience is a small amount of confusion at the beginning, since the Trolls aren't as smart as Humans, they always use the he/she and they pronouns, but you will soon get used to it.
Unlike Soul Harvest expansion, in this campaign, you don't need to know the story of the original game, since the events take place 50 years after the main game's story.
You're taking command of Trolls, a race with different game mechanics compared to previously played races. The upgrade system is no longer done with blueprints. After every mission, you can, in your main tribe area, spend resources gathered throughout areas to have, for example, fewer resources to pay to build a building or train a unit. When played in an RPG map, you collect materials throughout the area, but in an RTS area, you can store up to 150 materials, but it has to be done before leaving.
The unit creation is tiered, meaning that you first need to create basic units that can be used as normal fighters or trained to fulfil different roles (melee fighter, ranged fighter, magic fighter).
This game also has many puzzles, which are easy to solve, but it's a great addition as finding all the pieces of the Fial Darg isn't an easy task, since the light races wanted to seal it for good so that no one can revive him ever again.

All in all, a great addition to the main game that adds only one race, but with that race comes almost completely new gameplay mechanics. To sum up, this one was slightly better when comparing the two expansions.