Dark Reign: The Future of War (Windows)

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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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Trailer

Part of the Following Groups

• Dark Reign series
• Gameplay Feature: Fog of War

User Reviews

Don't listen to the naysayers, this is a classic RTS!	Jonathan Hollas (25)
Good game engine, terrible game.	PCGamer77 (3234)
A great game technically, but lacking in gameplay.	Tomer Gabel (4645)
A terrible, terrible game	Maury Markowitz (248)	unrated
Although repeated plays reveal some flaws, Dark Reign is indeed a classic RTS	CKeen The Great (166)
A game that seems cool when you first get it, but becomes boring after a while.	James Kirk (168)
The best, most difficult game I own.	Nick Johnston (4)

Critic Reviews

GameSpot	Oct 02, 1997	9.2 out of 10	92
Game.EXE	Sep, 1997	92 out of 100	92
Svenska PC Gamer	Jul, 1997	91 out of 100	91
Pelit	Aug, 1997	90 out of 100	90
Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov 03, 1997	90 out of 100	90
PC Joker	Oct, 1997	88 out of 100	88
Gamezilla	1997	82 out of 100	82
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Dec, 1997		80
Oldies Rising	Feb 05, 2013	14 out of 20	70
Game Revolution	Oct, 1997	C+	58

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Trivia

German version

In the German versions the death animation was removed.

Awards

• PC Player (Germany)
  • Issue 01/1998 - Best Real-Time Strategy Game in 1997

Related Web Sites

• Dark Reign: The Future of War at Wikipedia (Article on Dark Reign in the open encyclopedia.)
• Dark Reign.ws - Home of Dark Reign! (Excellent site dedicated to the game and its expansion pack. Also offers patches, maps, mods, new units, you name it. They've got a server running for multi-player games and there's an active community forum.)