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Rise of the Triad: Dark War

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4.2/5

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4.2

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Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Description
  Includes Extreme Rise of the Triad add-on pack that features 42 additional levels to play! You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. While scouting a remote island, yo...
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4.2/5

( 88 Reviews )

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Product details
1994, Apogee Entertainment, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 10/11, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
9 hMain
12.5 h Main + Sides
16.5 h Completionist
12.5 h All Styles
Description

 

Includes Extreme Rise of the Triad add-on pack that features 42 additional levels to play!

You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. While scouting a remote island, you are suddenly surrounded by enemy troops with guns blaring. In the distance you see your boat - your only chance to escape - blown to matchsticks. In front of you is a huge fortress monastery, and your only chance to stop the madness.

You are equipped with awesome, high-tech weaponry like heat-seeking missiles, split missiles and the Flamewall cannon, which leaves a trail of charred skeletons in its wake. It's your assignment to annihilate and destroy - to ensure peace on Earth.

Experience the zany and overly brutal classic FPS action only a game from the 1990 can deliver!

Rise of the Triad: Dark War™ & © 1994 Apogee Software.

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manual (30 pages) soundtrack extra levels
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Mac notice: The game will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

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Time to beat
9 hMain
12.5 h Main + Sides
16.5 h Completionist
12.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04)
Release date:
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Size:
29 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Animated Blood and Gore)

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Posted on: June 2, 2018

chlop

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Games: 2575 Reviews: 106

Tiring

There's simply no other way to describe it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game, but because it's an outdated game. Every new item, weapon or mechanic it adds to a level, is something you would have seen done somewhere else dozens of times before by now. So you don't get the excitement you would have got back in the day, from reaching a new level & unlocking something new. The newer weapons are fun, but it's best to use the basic unlimited-ammo ones, since by simply shooting at en enemy you incapacitate them - they can't shoot back when they're shot at. You can tackle half a dozen enemies that way and not lose much, if any, health in the process. The game does do its best in trying to kill you, by placing enemies just behind a door, or hidden in an alcove to your right or left, but since Rise of the Triad was released, that enemy placement became so stereotypical, you can sense when an enemy is going to pop up. And having dealt quickly & easily with the bulk of the enemies in each level, you're left with a sprawling empty level where each room resembles the previous one, and it's up to you to find the exit. Which, really, is half the challenge. It seems like a level design made with multiplayer in mind. In fact, it seems like it'd be a very fun multiplayer experience. But not as a single player game. Having to walk through sprawling empty levels just to get to the next sprawling empty level just isn't fun. I found it hard to even complete a level in one sitting, and had to force myself to finish a level because maybe the next one is much more fun. But it isn't. It doesn't help that the controls are fairly clunky. Rise of the Triad seems like a game one ought to play with a controller. Playing it with a keyboard just made me feel like I'm slogging through the levels. It's a far cry from the speed, smoothness and ease of use of a game like Doom, which, as linear as it was, felt more fun and much more challenging, and it achieved that with keyboard controls.


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Posted on: February 11, 2011

Leonean

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Games: 56 Reviews: 10

Good game!

Not one of my favorite FPS games back in the day but it was still fun shooting up pixelated russians, lol.


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Posted on: October 9, 2023

QUAKETALLICA

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Games: 208 Reviews: 14

Soundtrack is the Only Redeeming Quality

Since GOG only gives me 2000 characters for a review, here is a link to a Steam discussion page where I wrote my review without any such limitations. https://steamcommunity.com/app/358410/discussions/0/3882723820578996460/


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Posted on: October 2, 2010

snpr1

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Games: 90 Reviews: 2

ROTT

I used to play this game all the time. It reminded me of "Heretic" which had sort of a mystic twist to it.


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Posted on: May 2, 2022

sadlikd

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Games: 137 Reviews: 2

Ekstra gierka

Fantastic combat simulation.


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