Description
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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User Reviews
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 |
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Trivia
In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/1998)
Dark Reign: The Future of War was named as "Best Real-Time Strategy Game in 1997".
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Zhentarim7 (186) on May 30, 2000.