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Posted on: August 9, 2014
petitmal
Verified ownerGames: 163 Reviews: 26
Beautiful
Wonderful old-school strategy game; with flaws that come with its age. Resource management is tough and relentless. Turrets have no range. Some units one can do without. Plays wonderfully on a Mac using CrossOver.
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Posted on: April 23, 2018
Kappa_Ocean
Verified ownerGames: 96 Reviews: 1
Dark Reign
Just point out that it is no longer possible to create save points and load from them for the single player campaign in both the base game and expansion without generating a fatal error and crashing the game client back to desktop; applicable to all versions of Windows 10 as of 23/04/2018. It is a known bug when running Dark Reign and the expansion set on Windows 10 since 2016.
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Posted on: June 15, 2020
Pace61
Verified ownerGames: 10 Reviews: 1
My Favourite SciFi RTS
pure nostalgia, the game is also very good and graphics have aged considerably thanks to the great pixel art. (i play it on win 10, game works fine for me there are no Problems until now)
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Posted on: June 2, 2013
wikkid1
Games: 28 Reviews: 3
A true gem!
This game, while never really making it big, did manage to collect a loyal fan-base. Largely because DR really stood out, there were a number of mechanics that were not seen in similar titles of that period. Something as basic as playing the campaign and having the ability to play each mission from either side without interrupting the flow or re-starting the campaign quickly drew in the people who were exposed to it. The ability to set your unit's behavior is still largely unmatched, add on top of that the ability to set up patrol routes for your units, something I have not seen any game do before, gave the player the tools to really manage their bases. With a decent patrol route set up and a few units following it you will never be surprised by an attack. The resources system was also very interesting, it allowed the player to either wait a little longer and get the full payout or if one needs funds immediately that could also be done but the amount would be much lower. One mechanic I found really great in situations where a large force is needed is that building multiples of the same unit production facility would actually speed up the production at all facilities of that type, it makes sense from a realistic view because obviously having more experience at something will improve the speed. I could go on and on about Dark Reign for a bit, it was the *only* PC game I bought until well into 2000s.
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Posted on: May 9, 2021
Bloodrunsclear
Verified ownerGames: 1219 Reviews: 143
Now That It Works, It's Frantic Fun
For a long time this game would constantly crash or not open at all, but thanks to some kind of update we're back in business! This game is simple to learn but has a ton of depth. The one divisive issue I see, beyond the fact that this IS a very classic looking RTS game with crunched but charming graphics, is that the speed is on FAST without any adjustment possible I could find. Everything works and in fact there's systems here like custom pathfinding commands and unit stances I wish were in more games. Within seconds you can command a unit to go scouting but come back if it takes damage, or harass enemies by shooting them a few times before running away, or just stand and fight to the death. Cue times are seconds long. Resources are gathered like lightning. And fights are over in a couple action packed blinks of an eye. This aint Star Craft where units line up and fire twenty or thirty shots. You can clear out a base in the time it takes to read this sentence with the right team...or get wiped out just as fast. But it's still great fun. Several levels of tutorial are nice and concise. When the worst you can say about a game is that it's almost too fast and that the two groups have almost no difference between them but both campaigns are lengthy and diverse, it's not a bad RTS at all. Play if you felt Total Anhiliation was WAY too slow and you always wanted the opportunity to make and save patrol paths you could assign to units and squads.
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