Dark Reign

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Dark Reign: The Future of War
Dark-reign-logo.jpg
Dark Reign logo
Studio Auran
Publisher Activision
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 1997 (Windows)
2013 (Xbox 360)
platform Windows
Xbox 360 (Redux version)
genre Real time strategy game
Subject Military science fiction
Game mode Single player , multiplayer
control Mouse , keyboard
system advantages
preconditions
medium 1 CD-ROM , download
language German
Current version 1.4 (1998)
1.7 ( Community Patch , 2008)
Age rating
USK approved from 16

Dark Reign: The Future of War is a real-time strategy game from the Australian development studio Auran , which was published by Activision for Windows in 1997 . In 2013, a remake for the Xbox 360 game console was released via Xbox Live .

action

In the distant future, two parties will fight against each other in our galaxy: the technologically and materially superior empire and a force of insurgents, the Freedom Corps.

The Freedom Corps is a muddled bunch of former slaves of the Empire. The latter is a runaway agency trying to usurp control of the galaxy. To prevent an organized rebellion, implants are implanted in the necks of the slaves by their masters, which they kill when they are 25 years old; this is to prevent the development of leaders who might lead a rebellion. Nonetheless, at the time of the game, a bitter war is raging between the two factions, and the determined rebel force can stand up to the decadent empire.

Against this background, a third party tries to ensure their survival: The secret society Togras, which calls the player for help in the last mission. With the help of a time machine, the player can travel back to the point in time when a new imperial secret weapon not only destroyed an entire planet full of rebels, but also accidentally destroyed the headquarters of the Togran Order located there. The actual game turns out to be an "acceptance test" for the final mission.

Development history

Dark Reign: The Future of War was developed by the Australian development studio Auran . In 1997 the game was published by Activision for Windows .

Extensions

In 1998 Activision published the add-on Rise of the Shadowhand , with which the main program was expanded to include several, mostly very tricky missions and two new parties. That same year also appeared the official map pack Battles of the Outer Rim of Macmillan Digital Publishing , the six single-player missions and 79 multiplayer - maps contained.

Dark Reign Redux

On January 27, 2013, the development studio Magnetar Games released a port of the base game Dark Reign for the Xbox 360 game console . The game was offered under the title Dark Reign Redux as a download title via the online distribution platform Xbox Live . Originally it was a fan remake that received an official license and approval from the publisher Activision.

Press review

Reviews in PC game magazines:

Dark Reign 2

In 2000, the sequel Dark Reign 2 was developed by Pandemic Studios and released again by Activision. The game tells the prehistory of the first part, but unlike in part 1 you only fight on earth and watch how the JVB (Jupiter Enforcement Authority) is changing more and more into an empire. While the predecessor was played from a two-dimensional bird's eye view, the successor now used contemporary 3D graphics. Effective Media GmbH took over the German localization.

The source code for Dark Reign 2 was published in 2011 by a previous Pandemic developer to prevent the game from remaining abandonware and no longer receiving support, but the legal status is unclear ( leak ).

Web links

Reviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unofficial Community Patches (English)
  2. ↑ http://kotaku.com/5880157/activision-goes-indie-with-dark-reign-on-xbox-live
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ timothy: Dark Reign 2 Goes Open Source ( English ) In: slashdot .org . August 7, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ darkreign2 ( English ) In: Google Code . September 1, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2013.