When this game came out back in 1997 it was truly ahead of its time. You were able to set waypoints, the units could be set on different strategies and behaviours. There are only a few games offering such great features, even modern games mostly lack this. The gameplay itself is pretty fast and offers many different strategies to win the game. The sides are also pretty well balanced and provide pretty much fun. The base defense turrets are pretty strong, but with a good tactic it is possible to get through. The units are pretty well done and provide much diversity. When you select many units and let them move in one big move there might be perfomance probs and the platoon is seperated and only regroups at the target point, which might let you use many units. It`s also not good, that the Togran Side simply combines Freedom Guard and Imperium, I would have wished a whole new side. Luckily there is the "Togran Empire Mod" available for this. The Missions in the original game are different and in the end pretty challenging. You can play each mission with both sides, so winning a mission with Imperium and than defeating it with Freedom Guard is fun. The Missions in the expansion are also in some cases nice to play but in total much weaker than the original ones. Modders have various opportunities for easily implementing new units,blogs, maps and missions. Hopefully there will be an option to get the gog version working with the mods available at www.darkreign.ws. For playing online you should also get the new DROM client there. Hands down, this is my favorite RTS game and always enjoy my time spended with this jewel of a game.
