Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
| Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager | |||
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| Studio | SSI | ||
| Publisher | SSI | ||
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1994 | ||
| platform | DOS | ||
| Game engine | Dark Sun engine | ||
| genre | Computer role playing game | ||
| Subject | Dungeons and Dragons | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Mouse & keyboard | ||
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| medium | Floppy disk , CD-ROM , download | ||
| language | German English | ||
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Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager is the sequel to the computer role-playing game Dark Sun: Shattered Lands , published in 1994 . Like its predecessor, the title was developed by SSI and published for DOS . It takes place in the Dark Sun campaign world of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPG set of rules . In 1996 the MMORPG Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands was released based on the same technology .
action
The game continues the storyline of the previous game, but this time the setting is the city of Tyr. The player's group of adventurers gets caught in a robbery at the beginning of the game and witnesses the murder of a woman who turns out to be a member of a secret society ( Veiled Alliance ). The group uncovered a plot by the so-called Draxians, who were responsible for the death of the god-king of the city and who wanted to take control of the city. The army commander of the Draxians sent by order of the Dragon King of Ur-Draxa also pursues his own plans with the awakening of a monster that has been sleeping for a long time, which threatens the entire world of Athas. It is the task of the group of adventurers to end the siege of Tyr and prevent the Draxians from carrying out their plans.
Gameplay
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager takes over the gameplay of the predecessor unchanged. The player controls a group of four adventurers, which he can either recreate or import from the previous one. The game offers a mix of turn-based combat and puzzles. Character creation, in addition to the options of the first title, includes the ability to create dwarves and druids. The main story is complemented by a number of optional side quests. In some cases, alternative solutions are available to avoid extended fighting by sneaking. Although the technical basis remained the same, the perspective was slightly changed compared to the predecessor.
reception
Volker Weitz from the game magazine Power Play described the program as a "sluggish program" and a "quick shot", which did not contain any innovations in terms of content and contained the same errors as its predecessor. Michael Schnelle from PC Joker also criticized the technical quality, but praised the less combat-heavy gameplay compared to the predecessor, which had more puzzles and small jobs to offer. In addition, Wake of the Ravager contained numerous bugs that prevented users from ending the game, among other things. Tester Scorpia of the American game magazine Computer Gaming World described the game as a disappointment due to the numerous bugs and a not very original main storyline, which one can see that the release was premature. However, she praised the interesting design of some of the side quests and the possibility of avoiding fights with alternative solutions.
Rating table:
- PC Joker : 73%
- Power Play : 49%
Web links
- Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravagers at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michael Schnelle: Solar eclipse in Tyr: Dark Sun 2 . (Article scan) In: PC Joker . No. 12/1994, December 1994, p. 14.
- ↑ a b "Scorpia": The Dark Sun Also Rises . (Article scan) In: Computer Gaming World . No. 125, December 1994, pp. 185-188.
- ^ Andre Vrignaud: Postmortem: SSI's Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands ( English ) In: Gamasutra . UBM plc . October 24, 1997. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ a b Volker Weitz: Built on sand: Dark Sun 2 - Wake of the Ravager . (Article scan) In: Power Play . No. 12/1994, December 1994, p. 97.
- ↑ Andrew Park, Elliott Chin: Gamespot's History of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager ( English ) In: GameSpot . CNET . Archived from the original on November 10, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ↑ Allen Rausch: A History of D&D Video Games - Part III ( English ) In: GameSpy . News Corp. . August 17, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2012.