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Very Interesting ideas

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In the very unlikely event that you are considering purchasing this game, here are some descriptions and thoughts:
1. This is a relatively old game - that's why it's cheap
2. It is a highly original game with a good sense for black humor.
3. It goes as follows- a real time strategy/tactics game where you rule a dungeon and build rooms, produce units, train them and fight the good guys (yes you are the bad guy). The game follows a series of missions but can be played in a single scenario mode as well as varios training missions. I guess you can describe it as an underworld version of WarCraft but this game definetely has its own identity.
4. The original ideas are as follows:
a. You have significant control over the landscape as you are the one digging through the rocks. That means that you define if you want wide open spaces (if you have a large army) or long narrow corridors that are heavily trapped (if you are the small guy). Results in the game having an entirely different dimention than most of the real time strategies.
b. The game allows you to take posession of one of your creatures (assume a first person look) and play for a while in a first persion shooter perspective. You do that in order to accomplish a specific task.
c. The ability to convert units, train uints, etc.

Overall, a really great game. It's age shows here and there but otherwise truly great. I am looking forward to any sequels.

Technical support wise, it's a bit capricious in terms of video and audio cards - because the game is old your computer probably has the requirement but never hurts to check before you buy. You may also have to make special adjustments (I had to disable hardware acceleration on the audio). If you have NT based Windows you probably already know the drill by now.

It's not easy being bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: September 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be very entertaining and fun. It actually shows that being a Dark Lord is not all what the fantasy books say it should be. (I don't know how guys like Sauron kept their sanity) You have to dig out your dungeon, recruit creatures, build them homes, supply them with food and entertainment adn training. You even have to pay them. (Ugh) I found it very interesting to find out how the 'Other Side' lives. Like the game says, 'It is good to be bad'.

One of the best games I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to preface this review by saying that I am very, very picky when it comes to computer games. I usually find even the most highly-acclaimed titles dull and uninspiring. That being said, what a breath of fresh (er, dank and moldy?) air Dungeon Keeper II is.

I bought this game on a whim. Like most games more than a couple years old, it was dirt cheap, so I decided to take a chance. And how happy I am that I did! Dungeon Keeper 2 is absolutely one of the most fun and addiciting games I've played in 20+ years of gaming. The gameplay is so simple, yet so compelling that I was hooked within 10 minutes. The music and sound effects are great (love those moaning evil mistresses and the groans of the prisoners being tortured). The voiceover work is absolutely the BEST that I have ever heard in a computer game. Whoever the narrator is, he's a voiceover god. Also, the humor in this game is actually funny -- very funny. Unlike most games that fail pitifully in the humor department whenever they attempt it, Bullfrog really pulled it off. And in terms of the graphics, even though they're considered very old at this point, they still look good to me.

Anyhow, I look forward to my next session of Dungeon Keeper 2. My last one went until 2AM (I just couldn't stop). I'd advise anyone who's going to play this game not to start too late, unless you're a night owl. But do yourself a favor and GET THIS GAME. You won't regret it.

Fantastic game with superb attention to detail.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Dungeon Keeper 2 was obviously a labor of love. The 3D graphics have a fairly low poly count by today's standards, but they're colorful, lively, and well-textured. The gameplay cleverly draws novices into the world of dungeon management and teaches them the ropes while keeping the material varied and interesting. Best of all, the game's dark sense of humor and deep appreciation of the fantasy genre make it a must for fans of dungeon crawls everywhere. It's worth buying the game just to hear the narrator's running dialogue, reminiscent of Vincent Price in some of his classic faux-Poe horror films from the 60's. Although the game does feature a bit of hack and slash action, it concentrates more on building and managing a fabulous Rube Goldberg machination of horror than anything else. I recommend playing it late at night.

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a few years old, but it's still fresher than 99% of the games that came out this year. It's a classic.

A classic that has incredible replayability

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Every aspect of Dungeon Keeper 2 is an enhancement over the original. The graphics are earthier, the isometric view now adds a zooming quality as you move over the word. All of the characters - imps, warlocks, bile demons - are familiar, but the graphics are vastly improved. This is especially apparent when you possess a creature and look around your subterranean world.

The levels follow the standard strategy game model. At the beginning, the game leads you through what you must do, prompting you if you do not build a large enough lair large enough, or if you forget to build a hatchery to feed your minions. The familiar joy of designing rooms and foraging for gold is improved by the new, interesting graphics used both for rooms and for walls. Libraries are supplied with extra reading shelves if you fortify their walls. Lairs are decorated with new carpeting after a length of time. Chickens sometimes wander out of the hatchery into the adjoining corridors, much to my son's amusement.

One slightly annoying improvement involves the end of a level. In the previous version of Dungeon Keeper, you could hit the space bar when you were ready to end a level and move on to the next. This gave you time to gather up any extra secrets you missed, or to simply wander around and explore the level. In DK2, as soon as you kill the Lord of the Land, a Horned Reaper descends to collect a gem, and the level is ended.

In between levels, there are vastly amusing cut screens. One has a bile demon using a pair of chickens as martial arts weapons, while another has a hapless chicken being used as a handball. The violence is not graphic. The little imps hacking at each other are quite tame, and even the introductory movie is far less violent than the original from Dungeon Keeper.

In addition to the deliciously interesting campaign, there are also a number of other ways that Dungeon Keeper 2 can be played. There are multi-player missions that will work wonderfully over the Internet. There are also "My Pet Dungeons," stand alone missions where you can explore and roam to your heart's content. You get extra points for following their suggestions, but there is no compulsion to do so.

Even with all the new games that have come out since this release, we'll be playing it continuously until they finish up with Dungeon Keeper 3!

Best black comedy, tongue in cheek fantasy game around!:)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Brilliant and witty, Dungeon keeper 2's sure to make you laugh and keep you occupied for hrs on end. Crawl into the skin of the main evildoer of the land, just as you've always wanted to do. Build your magnificent dungeon. Kill all those nasty heroes. Better yet, make them suffer or corrupt them or make them into evil undead. Thumbs up to the people at Bullfrog for the best game I've played in yrs!

A hoot.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is a hoot. Taking the original's over-the-top Evil to a new level in graphics and a far improved first-person engine, it basically polishes and refines the gameplay of DK1.

You control a variety of minions (from Goblins to Dark Angels) with a variety of wants and needs, all toward the larger purpose of wiping out the good in the world. And a simpering, pompous sort of good it is, full of bloated speech and poseurs who care at least as much about how good they look as they do about fighting evil.

Much like Bullfrog's Populous: The Beginning, however, there isn't a lot of game here. It's more of a puzzle game than a real-time strategy game, and once you solve the puzzle, actually enacting it is usually pretty straightforward. Like P:TB, the beginning levels are easily won by accident, making this a good game for children if you don't mind the "suggestive content". (Actually, all there is is that the Pain Mistresses enjoy being tortured. But we're not talking about "Soldier of Fortune" violence or "Panty Raider" sexuality, here.)

Anyway, the aesthetics of it, the humor, the "My Pet Dungeon" feature, and the overall attention to detail make it a hoot to explore, even if it doesn't have a lot of depth, particularly for casual gamers with a dark sense of humor.

A nice one

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Doungeon Keeper 2 is a major improvement from the first one. For those who are not familiar with this series, you play an evil Dungeon Master, building a dungeon and sponsoring the monsters who come and settle, create traps and fill it with treasures. Then, you wait for the unlucky adventurers who come and try to rob the dungeon and kill the monsters. If you did your work right, they will die in the process and you will get their treasures.

Dungeon Master 2 implements better graphics from it's prequel. It also offers many more options to the player in the fields of monsters, traps, dungeon rooms, etc.

The only fault I was able to find in this game is the fact that it's a bit old today.

Overall, 4 stars for most gamers. 5 stars for classical gamers.

For those who liked Dungeon Keeper

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you have played the Sims or Age of Empires and enjoyed them, you will certainly enjoy this twisted 3D world.

The game is great for those who haven't played the original Dungeon Keeper and also those who have. The game teaches you as you go, so when you have the option to build an extra room you aren't left pondering what it's use is. For those who have played the original it gives you enough new stuff to keep you interested.

You are the master of your domain. Come to wreak havoc on towns such as "Smilesville." In an effort to gain control of the region. How you do this is by maintaining your dungeon. You get to build rooms such as a torture chamber, training room, and a prison.

You attract certain creatures to your dungeon like trolls, dark elves, and warlocks by building rooms that compliment their skills.

It is a fun and imaginative game. I highly recommend it!

fun and funny

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I never played the first Dungeon Keeper, but I love playing this one. It's like a SimCity, but in my opinion more fun. It's fun, especially if you role-play, getting to play the nasties that you're usually trying to kill.

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