SpellForce 2's Project Manager, Martin Loehlein has talked to IGN: RPG Vault about the development of this fantasy RPG/RTS hybrid.

Martin Loehlein - Fortunately we did not have to think about how to set SpellForce 2 apart. No other game - except the original - is so completely an RPG and an RTS at the same time.

We want RPG players to like this game because it is a fully-fledged RPG where you own whole countries and command whole armies. You all know these RPGs where you end up having godlike powers, but somehow all you own is what you can carry? Where you hear of whole armies roaming the land, but somehow it is always just you and your buddies fighting a handful of monsters? Well, in SpellForce 2, you can go to battle with a real army and you even get your own realm to protect and develop.