Dungeon Keeper 2 (Windows)

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Description

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a genre-defying blend of real-time strategy, god sim, first-person action and fantasy role-playing. DK2 turns the traditional tables by placing you in the role of sinister archfiend and master of the cavernous Underworld. Build a dungeon to your own design, lay traps and doors to protect yourself, recruit an army of foul creatures and lure the heroic adventurers to their doom in your quest to reach the surface world of humankind.

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Alternate Titles

• "地城守護者2" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "DK2" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Dungeon Keeper series
• Gameplay feature: Monster capture / training

User Reviews

It's GOOD to be BAD!	Indra was here (19215)
Technically a hands-OFF RTS, this is a true genre-bender	Kasey Chang (3655)	unrated
Brilliant idea, massive potential, flawed but fun result.	ShadowShrike (311)
One of the only RTS games I ever liked.	Jeff Sinasac (315)
More RTS's should be like this	xTSx (15)
YOU are the Dungeon...	Dr.Bedlam (53)	unrated
Be Sauron!	Terrence Bosky (5237)
Fun for awhile, but not the game it purports to be	Jim Newland (53)	unrated
More Chicken Slappin' Goodness	MadCat (55)
A great game in its own right, though I like the first one better.	Tomer Gabel (4416)

The Press Says

Game Revolution	1999	A-	91
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Oct, 1999		90
Computer Games Magazine	Jul 24, 1999		90
Power Play	Jul, 1999	90 out of 100	90
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Jun 26, 1999	90 out of 100	90
PC Gamer	Sep, 1999	89 out of 100	89
IGN	Jul 09, 1999	8.9 out of 10	89
Power Unlimited	Sep, 1999	8.6 out of 10	86
Player One	Dec, 1999	83 out of 100	83
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Aug 13, 1999		80

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
DK3	10	lilalurl (778) Aug 20, 2010

Trivia

Dungeon Keeper 3 trailer

A game trailer for Dungeon Keeper 3 is available for viewing from the Main Menu-->Extras page. Thus far (2010), an official Dungeon Keeper 3 has yet to be released.

Gags

• Dungeon Keeper 2 can keep tabs on the system time. Play too late into the night, and the advisor will tell you (out of the blue and with no warning): "Your nocturnal presence has prompted the following secret hint: GO TO BED!"
• If the player doesn't do anything for a while, the game will say: "The very rock yawns in expectation of your next, fascinating move."
• If a dungeon attracts almost exclusively Dark Mistresses, the advisor will say: "You have an excess of Mistresses... There's a word for Keepers like you..."

German version

In the German version the blood around corpses was removed and the torture animations were changed so that the torturing itself can't be seen.

Horny

Unlike Dungeon Keeper, the Horned Demon in this game, Horny, cannot be summoned in every level where the player has the right ingredients. In Dungeon Keeper 2, Horny is a unique character who must be specially summoned, and cannot appear more than once at a time.

References

Whenever the player selects a spell, an eerie voice says the spell's name in Latin. The Latin name for the Create Gold spell read by the advisor is Expressus Americanus. This is an obvious joke referring to the American Express credit cards.

Patches

Bullfrog have since released multiple patches that enhances the game, including Elite Creatures, a new creature type Maiden, and many more multiplayer maps. Check the Patch History for more detail.

Secrets

Build a casino and set the bar at "generous". When one of the monsters wins the jackpot, the advisor loudly announces: "Jackpot winner!" and Disco Inferno begins playing throughout the dungeon. In addition, all monsters inside the casino will begin disco-dancing, each with their own style and moves. This little moment of evil frivolity lasts a couple of minutes.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • March 2000 (Issue #188) – Best Voice Acting of the Year (for The Keeper)

Information also contributed by Bhatara Dewa Indra I, DreamWeaver, Jake Beasley, Jason Musgrave and Kasey Chang.

Related Web Sites

• Dungeon Keeper 2 (Official site)
• Dungeon Keeper 2 Europe (EA Europe Dungeon Keeper 2 site)
• Keeper Klan Forum (A still active DK2 community, with many tips and solutions for technical problems. )