Dark Reign 2

 PC
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
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  1. Spank!
    71
    Competently put together, with some lovely graphics at times, but totally lacking in any originality, personality or a reason to buy it.
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  2. PC Gamer
    70
    Not much innovation, but a solid 3D RTS that purists and online addicts should enjoy. [Oct 2000, p.139]
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  3. Evil Avatar
    70
    An often entertaining and graphically stunning title that fans of the genre will want to play.
  5. Happy Puppy
    70
    My only major beef with the DR2 is that the problems of unit pathfinding that plague just about every other strategy game are alive and kicking here as well.
  6. Gaming Age
    67
    "Dark Reign 2" might fail to stand tall with titles like "Ground Control," "Homeworld," and "Starcraft."
  7. Hot Games
    60
    There's nothing all that special about the units or the missions, and there's absolutely no innovation to the gameplay itself.
  8. Total Video Games
    60
    If you mastered and loved the previous "Dark Reign" you will probably despise this game despite its beauty.
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  9. GameZone
    60
    Lack of game speed control, poor pathfinding and AI, and other problems put Dark Reign 2 at the lower end of the scale for RTS games.
  10. CNET Gamecenter
    60
    A solid if unassuming 3D real-time strategy that will score well with "Dark Reign" and multiplayer fans.
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Awards & Rankings

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#58 Best PC Game of 2000
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#61 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 4 out of 20
  1. hwanin
    Sep 17, 2021
    8
    I played a lot with this title when I was a teen.
    It's just the run-of-the-mill RTS game with some unusual game mechanics.
    For example, if    I played a lot with this title when I was a teen.
    It's just the run-of-the-mill RTS game with some unusual game mechanics.

    For example, if I remember the resource here was simply the water that could be "extracted" from wells.
    In order to cripple enemy's supply there was water contaminator unit that could "poison" the water source. Unusual method in comparison to other games' resource management and tactics.

    The graphics and controls were all great of its age/era.
    I don't remember its sounds and story, but these must have been at least alright if I have such good memories like I do have.

    I bought it at GOG to relive the old memories of the game, but strangely the GOG release did not run properly under Win7 Pro (there was some graphics glitch that made the game impossible to play).    … Full Review »
  2. Cavemaximus
    Aug 8, 2021
    4
    Been a long time since I played this game, but I remember it bored the hell of out me. Played a lot of RTS games too.
  3. KrisB.
    Apr 2, 2008
    7
    Well balanced single player campaign caters to noobies to serious RTS strategists, on and offline multi is good, quite a good looking RTS for Well balanced single player campaign caters to noobies to serious RTS strategists, on and offline multi is good, quite a good looking RTS for its time. DR2 loses points however due to slow game speed, more lack of a game speed bar at all, very small unit and build trees.… Full Review »
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