Dungeon Keeper™ 2

When I first attempted to start the game, I would see nothing but a frozen black screen and had to use Alt-F4 to exit the screen. Thus, the game would not start for me on Windows 10 at first. However, due to having used the same patch to help other good old games work previously, I was aware of a patch that is available on the following GitHub page: https://github.com/elishacloud/dinputto8 I then downloaded Release v1.0.75.0, and after unzipping the downloaded file, I added the dinput.dll file into the game's installation directory. Next I went to the Properties of the DKII-DX (.exe) file and changed the compatibility to Windows 98/Windows ME. Now the game starts up properly and is working for me on Windows 10.

I've owned this game since its release but never been able to play it properly due to the incessant crashing. GoG's patch fixes this and allows playing uninterrupted! Almost! There are issues with multiplayer. There are sync issues that will cause the game to revert to last successful sync point causing a multiplayer game to get stuck in a loop and eventually crashing. It also occasionally crashes throughout multiplayer. I think it's only multiplayer that causes the issues as I haven't had problems with single player and skirmishes. Having said that occasionally using the HW acceleration fix will cause the game to be super sluggish. I've only seen this on two of four computers I've tried it on and it's gone away on one of them. Good job GoG, now please help me get multiplayer working and I'll gladly buy more copies!

Unlike a great many other games of its era, this game held up to the test of time. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself immediately dumping hours and hours into it right after I got it working. In fact, the only thing that stopped me from giving it a 5/5 is that the game DOES take a great amount of work to get working, though quite frankly it's nothing that Google can't provide answer for. It's also somewhat disappointing to see some of the old bugs persisting despite the years. All in all, really, really great game, but more effort could've been made when making it available for the more modern OS'.

The game description posted here does not do this game justice. This is hands down one of the best games ever made. I have lost months of my life enjoying it. Imagine you're a goodly hero, set loose upon lands to save a princess - right after you invade some dungeons and beat some dragons. It's the plot of many games. But wait - WHY do all these stupid dungeons exist, filled with monsters and treasure for no explicable reason? That answer is the Dungeon Keeper, and he exists because you do. Foolish goodly heroes need a place to charge brainlessly into battle, and you are that evil genius who builds these dungeons, luring them in, and righteously crushing them. Then amass treasure and monsters and dig more because, you know, this dungeon's not gonna build itself. Creatures get grumpy because they've not been paid. They glowstick dance because they won the jackpot. They mercilessly strike down sparkling heroes. The gritty voiceover guides you through the game, encourages you to be evil, and taunts you when you bore him. Play to 4am for a secret gaming tip.

The game freezes. It'll go for some time, then for no apparent reason, the video will freeze (though the game will still be playing). This seems to be a known issue, and GoG has apparently refused to fix it. So, save every time you do something you don't want to do again. I've been saving every 5 minutes or so. On rare occasions, it will unfreeze, but this has happened about twice out of dozens of lockups. So, great game, classic, otherwise runs well, but be prepared for the issue. Also, I had to download the patched map files, since the ones provided will not allow for spawned goblins, dark knights, and dark angels in several maps. You can search around to find them.