Dark Reign: The Future of War (PC, 1997)

31 August 1997PAL

Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy

No shop has one today1 shop holds a copy

Where to buy

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PAL · 31 August 1997

Held by 1 shop · 0 in stock

Level Up Gaming NZ$10.00$9.00Sold Level Up Gaming NZ$7.00$6.00Sold Level Up Gaming NZBoxed$31.00$30.00Sold

Details as each shop states them

Also listed as“Dark Reign: The Future of War * CLASSIC PC Game” · “Dark Reign: The Future of War - PC Game” · “Dark Reign: The Future of War - RARE + BOXED PC Game” (the names New Zealand shops actually use for this release).

About this game

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.

Where this came from

Title and release dates from Wikidata (CC0), enriched from IGDB. Availability and price read from each shop’s own public catalogue, nightly. The price shown is the shop’s own, stated by the shop.