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As good as I remember it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had played this game years ago when it first came out, but since had moved and lost my CD. For a while now I had the urge to play again. There are not many games out there that allow such a simple thing as building fences or walls around your base, yet that is the main reason I fall back to this game from time to time.

A good follow-up to a great game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was honestly surprised when I first played this game. It isn't nearly as hard as its predecessor, Dark Reign: The Future of War, yet it still has its own challenges to overcome.
Since it is a prequel (in the Dark Reign storyline), it builds on the great storyline presented in the first game. The 3-D graphics add to rather than subtract from the practicality of the gameplay, but still have some room for improvement. The graphics and game itself run smoothly for me, even though I run Vista.
In my opinion, this game is well worth the money I paid for it, and I don't regret my purchase at all.

I want to like it, but had a hard time getting into it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

So this game is really well-done. I'll say that first, unequivocally. The 3-D rendering rocks. The characters are well-defined and well-balanced. The scale and atmosphere is a brooding-film noir-post modern epoch that would make Huxley jealous.

But it's just not that fun to play. I had a blast with Dark Reign, but I can't really describe what's missing here. I think it's a lot slower (the base takes forever to build), and for all the balance of units, combat tends to feel lopsided. Or maybe I'm just lousy at this version, with all the 3-D, since the new terrain shifts the tactics around from the original.

Worth getting, even if you're disappointed with what seems like lousy graphics now (remember this game pre-dates NVIDIA 4 chips).

Think Again

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Now that I have played the full version game, my previous review was written based on the beta version, I have changed my mind DRASTICALLY. THIS IS THE BEST RTS EVER MADE. If you are a beginnging rts player this game can be made easier with amazingly easy to operate difficulty settings. But for hardcore gamers and rtser this game offers so much. Superb lighting, special effects and realistic day night system make this game excellent its very easy to control your camera once you get the hang of it,(Which usually takes about 5 minutes to get the hang of) it is great because you can go from top down to directly behind a unit(YA is does look sick). The multiplayer is very easy to start and to get playing in games. I love this game, but my opinion doesn't matter unless you want a good one so but the game. Right now dont wait if you do your only hurting yourself, see I dont care if you buy the game but you should. Oh ya and if you need any help my email is spencer@joesmail.com and my screen name on the game is Joe Grady. Hope to see you there.

All Hype No Substance

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: August 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

At first look the game is beutiful. I'm a die-hard RTS fan and I am glad that the genre is moving toward 3D (Ground Control, Earth 2150, etc). The real problem with the game is the gameplay itself.

First I'd like to point out that the camera model or 'perspective' as it is called is severely lacking. The camera can only be position up, down, left, and right. With many passages in the game on a 30-45 degree angle it is very hard to view the action. I wish Pandemic would have allowed the freedom to rotate the camera a full 360 degrees (maybae by holding the Shift, Alt, or Ctrl keys while moving the mouse.

Secondly the missions just are not fun! There is no fast and frantic gameplay. Taelon extraction and unit creation is just too slow.

the first dark reign is cheaper

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: August 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

you could easily be equally entertained by any game from the past decade as you could by this game. There is nothing new or exciting (alright i have to admit that techno music really gets me into the commonly abused post-apocalyptic theme of genetically engineered superhumans killing each other with "blasters";"rail guns",etc.) But the graphics are nice. And um, the textures are decent, and can easily be viewed with that nifty camera. But when you actually play, there is nothing to do, but use the same old tactics from starcraft or dark reign or whatever. I did have fun with those snipers though =]

THIS GAME GOT GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 30
Date: June 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although I have not yet played the game (release isn't 'till July) I know for a fact that the game will be one of if not THE greatest games of the year. I have played the original Dark Reign, and the sequels before and they were really interesting and totally fun. The game is easy to learn to play and was a smash hit. With the free floating camera, campaign editor, multiplayer levels, and everything else, I know for a fact that THIS GAME GOT GAME!

Unit Bloches, Gameplay Ups, SP Downs, MP Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Dark Reign 2 is awesome game. They have really outdone (and sucked) at this game.

Pros: This game has a brand new engine, which can run as smooth as an Unreal Engine on one of those new Gigahertz PCs...Units are detailed up close and still appear detailed from far away (but aren't...nice) Units are well balenced. JDA has the Guns, Sprawl has the Defensive. Also, nice Map Studio.

Cons: Use of Formations. They suck. You get 4 Formations, which they take 4 Minutes to get in a 5x5 Box Formation. Even after that, they are still not in full formation! NEED FIX! Group Ops. If you move someone in the middle of a group, they won't get out for 5 minutes. Units Slows. These units are super slow. On SP, there is in the readme a 'speed up' command. It hardly works. It speed my Guardians, to get from the bottom of the map to the top of the map, from taking 5 minutes, to taking 4 1/2 Minutes.

Buy/Rent: BUY! You can't do everything in 3 days.

Yes! Another Tiberian Sun!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: June 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game reinvents real time strategy with such revolutionary concepts as resource gathering and the mother of all tactics: The Tank Rush! These terms might be foreign to you now but when you get into the game, you will see the beauty of building up fast and bum rushing your opponents. This game takes its roots from such classics as Warcraft 2 and Command and Conquer. Isn't it strange that so few games have been made to model those? Well, the wait is over. Start up your resource collectors and get ready to click. The long awaited sequel is waiting at your neighborhood store.This game takes its roots from such classics as Warcraft 2 and Command and Conquer. Isn't it strange that so few games have been made to model those? Well, the wait is over. Start up your resource collectors and get ready to click. The long awaitted sequel is waiting at your neighborhood store.

Absolutely Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I played the first dark reign and its expansion and got hours and hours of enjoyment, espically the humorous, rebel traning missions, however dark reign 2 just doesn't cut for me.

I think the 3D environment is a bit distasteful and the game maps are generally cluttered with useless obstacles. Units move too slow, buildings take up too much map real estate, and resource run dry to quickly.

There however one redeeming quality about the game I enjoy very much and that is the music.

Don't spend your money on this one, stick with the first dark reign.

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