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Dark Reign 2

The Imperium and Freedom Guard war lies in the distant future. Now is the era of another brutal clash between two sword enemies: the wealthy Jovian Detention Authority and the Sprawlers, a ragtag group of…

90 30 June 2000

Dark Reign 2 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Pandemic Studios, released 30 June 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dark Reign 2 is

Dark Reign 2 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Pandemic Studios and released in 2000. It was published by Activision. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Zero.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dark Reign 2 is a 3D real-time strategy video game developed by Pandemic Studios and released by Activision in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. A prequel to Dark Reign: The Future of War and its expansion pack, Dark Reign 2's storyline focuses on what came before the conflict in the first Dark Reign.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Dark Reign 2 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Dark Reign 2 launched on 30 June 2000, within three weeks of Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX and Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition.

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When did Dark Reign 2 come out?
Dark Reign 2 was released on 30 June 2000 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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