Dark Reign narrowly beat Total Annihilation as the first RTS to incorporate 3D movement and positioning. This increases the strategic advantage of hills and mountains.

Each mission puts you in the role of commander of either the Imperial army or the Freedom fighters in a campaign to undermine and eventually destroy the opposing force.

This game has many unusual features for the RTS genre. AI patterns you to simply give a unit the order "Search and Destroy" and it would drive off towards the enemy's last known location, in search for something to kill. There is also "explore" mode which let your units do all the map exploring for you. A mission/campaign editor is also provided.

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Dark Reign series

Merchant	Title
	Dark Reign: The Future of War
	Dark Reign: The Future of War
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User Reviews

Don't listen to the naysayers, this is a classic RTS!	Jonathan Hollas (25)
Good game engine, terrible game.	PCGamer77 (3025)
A terrible, terrible game	Maury Markowitz (214)	unrated
A great game technically, but lacking in gameplay.	Tomer Gabel (4476)
A game that seems cool when you first get it, but becomes boring after a while.	James Kirk (159)
The best, most difficult game I own.	Nick Johnston (4)

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The Press Says

PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1997		100
Mega Score	Nov, 1997	95 out of 100	95
Game.EXE	Sep, 1997	92 out of 100	92
GameSpot	Oct 02, 1997	9.2 out of 10	92
Coming Soon Magazine	Dec, 1997	91 out of 100	91
Svenska PC Gamer	Jul, 1997	91 out of 100	91
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 1997	90 out of 100	90
Pelit	Aug, 1997	90 out of 100	90
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 1997	86 out of 100	86
Game Revolution	Oct, 1997	C+	58