simon
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Well do you remember it?
It was developed by Auran and published by Activision back in 1997. It was one of the first games that came out with a campaign construction tool.
The expansion came out a year later and was called Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand.
If not, well then there really is something wrong with you. Dark Reign was one of the RTS games that was an instant hit from the 90's along with Command and Conquer (also Red Alert), Starcraft, Total Annihilation, Warcraft, KKND and of course my other favourite Dune. Hey did anybody play War Wind (thinking of good rts games).
If you do remember it you will remember the glorious (back then) 256 colour in 640 X 480 of tanks and cyborgs and men shooting each other. When they died it looked like a how do I say "squelch..."
Well, honestly, I only bought this game from Cash Converters about a year after its release and remember what it did for me, it gave me a love for Dark Reign 2. Anyways this was a game that would set the standard for quite a few games in the future, hence the name "future of war"
, no not really but still...
Do you remember it now?
Do you remember Saturday mornings gaming playing this game instead of Red Alert because everyone was still playing Red Alert and you wanted to play something different because you wanted to be you and go against the grain?
Well not me, I loved Dark Reign 2 a lot more. I loved the rain effects in game, I loved the day night cycle, I loved the units, I loved the graphics and till this day it is one of my fondest memories.
In fact I bought a copy of the game last year, unfortunately the previous owner was a useless sod who scratched the game beyond belief, my hopes of returning to nostalgia were dashed when cyclical error occured.
I would still love to get this game, if it works on Windows 7 and give it a go again. Anybody know where I can get a boxed copy of the game?
What are your thoughts on this game? Did you play it a lot or a lot more then somebody else. If you didn't play it and had a pc I still don't understand what your excuse is, go play it. go play it now.
here is a link to the demo
http://www.fileplanet.com/11432/download/Dark-Reign-Demo
It was developed by Auran and published by Activision back in 1997. It was one of the first games that came out with a campaign construction tool.
The expansion came out a year later and was called Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand.
If not, well then there really is something wrong with you. Dark Reign was one of the RTS games that was an instant hit from the 90's along with Command and Conquer (also Red Alert), Starcraft, Total Annihilation, Warcraft, KKND and of course my other favourite Dune. Hey did anybody play War Wind (thinking of good rts games).
If you do remember it you will remember the glorious (back then) 256 colour in 640 X 480 of tanks and cyborgs and men shooting each other. When they died it looked like a how do I say "squelch..."
Well, honestly, I only bought this game from Cash Converters about a year after its release and remember what it did for me, it gave me a love for Dark Reign 2. Anyways this was a game that would set the standard for quite a few games in the future, hence the name "future of war"
, no not really but still... - The terrain height made a difference
- You could power down your buildings
- You had usage of a customisable way point system
Do you remember it now?
Do you remember Saturday mornings gaming playing this game instead of Red Alert because everyone was still playing Red Alert and you wanted to play something different because you wanted to be you and go against the grain?
Well not me, I loved Dark Reign 2 a lot more. I loved the rain effects in game, I loved the day night cycle, I loved the units, I loved the graphics and till this day it is one of my fondest memories.
In fact I bought a copy of the game last year, unfortunately the previous owner was a useless sod who scratched the game beyond belief, my hopes of returning to nostalgia were dashed when cyclical error occured.
I would still love to get this game, if it works on Windows 7 and give it a go again. Anybody know where I can get a boxed copy of the game?
What are your thoughts on this game? Did you play it a lot or a lot more then somebody else. If you didn't play it and had a pc I still don't understand what your excuse is, go play it. go play it now.
here is a link to the demo
http://www.fileplanet.com/11432/download/Dark-Reign-Demo
