You are Ser Lev Arris in this "sequel" to the original Privateer. Go on a search to regain your identity and memory in this interactive movie/space combat game. Along the way, you can trade commodities, go on missions, attack strange mutants, rescue damsels in distress, meet weird characters, and visit unusual planets. You can hire wingmen and cargo ships, upgrade your ship or buy new ones, and watch lots of live-action movies.

Stars Clive Owen, John Hurt, Jürgen Prochnow (of Das Boot and the Wing Commander movie), David Warner, Amanda Pays, Mathilda May, David McCallum, Brian Blessed, and Christopher Walken as Hassan.

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Alternate Titles

"The Darkening" -- Working title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform
	Wing Commander Privateer 2 the Darkening Deluxe Edition	Windows
	Privateer 2: The Darkening
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User Reviews

Not really that bad. It just requires a VERY open mind to enjoy.	DOS	Zovni (9427)
William Hurt, Amanda Pays and Clive Owen IN A FREAKIN' GAME!!!	DOS	Michael McKinlay (5)
Goodish	DOS	Ashley Pomeroy (230)
A strange departure from the series, both superior and inferior	DOS	Vance (98)
A step back regarding game design	DOS	Mr Creosote (32)
For you to like this game you have to forget that this is a sequel and treat it as a totaly different product.	DOS	William Shawn McDonie (1153)
Decent space trade/combat sim with decent FMV	DOS	mobster_lobster (20)
A $40 frisbee	DOS	James Hicks (20)
This one was just "different" from Privateer; better in some areas, worse in others.	DOS	Spectre (120)
Space shooter with a story	DOS	Baxter (39)

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The Press Says

PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Nov, 1996		100
PC Zone	Windows	Aug 13, 2001	9.4 out of 10	94
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	DOS	Jan, 1997	92 out of 100	92
Edge	DOS	Dec 25, 1996	9 out of 10	90
Gamezilla	Windows	Oct 06, 2000	88 out of 100	88
Gamesmania	DOS	1996	85 out of 100	85
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Nov, 1996	84 out of 100	84
Privat Computer PC	DOS	1997	77 out of 100	77
GameSpot	DOS	Feb 06, 1997	6.8 out of 10	68
High Score	DOS	Mar, 1997	3 out of 5	60

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Forums

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Will editing money make you skip side quests?	1	Kreshna Aryaguna Aug 15, 2012

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Trivia

A very strong rumour (read: unproved but very strongly backed) says that in a a post Wing Commander 3 press release Origin had prepared a 3 space-sim lineup on the wake of WC3. Wing Commander 4, Privateer 2, And a little british game already in development called "The Darkening". Subsequently thanks to WC4's humongous budget and the fact that The Darkening already had a working rendering engine and was in Beta. Privateer 2 got scrapped, and the Darkening became what we know now as Privateer 2.

Furthermore, it seems that original promotional material for Privateer 2: The Darkening referred to the game simply as "The Darkening", offering further indications that Erin Roberts' game was christened a sequel to Privateer after it was completed.

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