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Posted on: August 6, 2012
zetpawn
Games: 9 Reviews: 1
Nice game
I love this game and played it when it still had it's multiplayer. WON shut them down. Sad. Actually the source code of the game is available so why not take a look and try to fix all the problems it has?
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Posted on: June 2, 2013
wikkid1
Games: 28 Reviews: 3
Largely disappointing.
Dark Reign 2 is a decent RTS game, but for a number of reasons (some well deserved) it never became a popular title. Personally, after playing the masterpiece that was Dark Reign, this second installment is poor in almost every aspect. The attempt to go for hi-tech graphics largely misfired because while the engine may be advanced the actual graphics are not very good. Whereas the first game actually looked good, the scenery was pleasing to the eye the second game is a lot more barren and jaggedy. I also felt that the first game was truly ground-breaking, a lot of the mechanics that they used are today considered the norm for RTS games, for example being able to set your unit's behavior, not just aggressive/neutral/defensive but also set the point when your units flee to heal up, or even if they flee at all. The ability to set patrol routes for your units was another thing I haven't seen in any previous games. But I think the biggest reason DR2 didn't really take off is that it was released around the time when RTS was going really strong as a genre. With titles like C&C, Warcraft, Starcraft, along with a slew of other RTS and TBS games there simply was no fan-base to really make DR2 a lasting franchise. All in all this is not a game I would recommend to anybody but big fans of the original Dark Reign, and then only because it carries the same name. When Dark Reign did a lot of new and original things, Dark Reign 2 just follows the general formula set by earlier RTS titles.
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Posted on: January 29, 2020
Bloodrunsclear
Verified ownerGames: 1219 Reviews: 143
Works consistently, Old School Charm!
This game is a bit like the missing link between Command and Conquer and Warcraft 3. For an early 3D effort this still looks glossy and has tons of personality. I was surprised how smoothly and stably this ran in any resolution! The campaigns are voiced well. The situations are intriguing. You need to stagger your unit creation so unlike some RTS games you can't just mass produce a bunch of ground units to overwhelm anything and your base building is much more effective than other games thanks to energy walls branching between sentry gun placements. The first Dark Reign had a few more options, but for a classic this is a meaty and not horrible to look at experience!
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Posted on: June 6, 2016
DanZapix
Verified ownerGames: 393 Reviews: 1
My favorite RTS game
Having been part of the Dark Reign 2 closed beta team, I played this game months before it ever hit stores as it was shaped into the game it was. I am no fan of Command and Conquer, and Starcraft just never did it for me. Dark Reign 2, while not what you'd call an interesting game in terms of story, the gameplay and multiplayer were fantastic. This is a game best played against other people, which sadly short of LAN games, really just isn't possible anymore. The AI even on its hardest setting is sadly not that difficult, so do not expect a challenge if you're good with RTS games. That doesn't mean it isn't fun to play custom games against the AI though. So if you want to get the most out of Dark Reign 2, play your own custom games. You can use the campaign as a reference to learn the ins and outs, but that's about all it's good for. Throw yourself in a custom 1vs3 or harder scenario. Personally I'm fond of 1vs1vs1vs1vs1vs1vs1vs1 (me vs 7 AI) on the hardest settings. Maybe I'm biased because of my time during the beta, but Dark Reign 2 is my favorite RTS of all time. It's not about the quality of the story or the graphics or how hard it is, but how much fun you have doing it. Dark Reign 2 was and still is exactly that. Fun!
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Posted on: January 19, 2019
XOXO420
Verified ownerGames: 22 Reviews: 8
Loved it then, love it now
Amazing story, beautiful soundtrack and fun gameplay. Though I am already a bit biased having played this gem way back when it was only a year old at the time, its still a great game to this day. Got a bone to pick with some of the reviews though. Lots of people in the reviews talk about the controls, gameplay and movement issues but really, the unit movements and paths are the real problems that should be cause for concern. At $6, the soundtrack alone pays for it. Reguardless, I know these are the same people that play modern RTS games that allow you to "attack move" a bunch of units in one directions and forget about them, if you do this in this game, you will lose all those units. Surprise, this game takes a little strategy, correct unit placement and managment. Having 3 or 4 groups of units with heavy hitters in front and healers at the ready will win the battles, but its actual strategy moves like pincer attacks, flanking, finding weak spots in defenses, using air units well, using spies well, and focusing on the acutal objective that wins the war. As mentioned the soundtrack alone is worth the money. Even if you never played this game, go have a listen yourself on youtube.
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