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- Rating:9.5
One of the least known, most unique Role-Playing Games ever created. Hardcore, but intensely satisfying.
In the late 80's and early 90's, one of the most prominent game developers in the budding gaming industry was called Microprose. This name will ring a bell for many long-time players, and most people will at the very lea... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
What Gamespot Users have to say about Darklands
- Rating:9.5
It was released in the far 1992 but remains a great game up to now!!!
Darklands is a medieval-fantasy RPG set in the region of the Holy Roman Empire at the central Europe.Your party composed of 4 heroes begins it's journey across the land seeking glory,fame and wealth. In Darklands the "... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:10
Only game I've ever seen that comes with it's own bibliography.
I love the realism of Darklands. The idea of an RPG based in the real world, or at least a medieval perception of what was real, was an absolutely brilliant concept. I loved the fact that there were no a-typical charac... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful - Rating:10
A "re-make" of this is a game would be AWESOME... If not, this is one game that truly could use a SEQUEL!!!
This game is one of the greatest PC game ever created. This is a fantasy game, make no mistake, but a fantasy game set in the most complex setting imaginable: our own world. Set in medieval Germany and with more mythical... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.5
The definition of open-ended gameplay.
I remember playing this(I still keep the diskettes in a box somewhere. not sure if they still work) on my Intel 486sx 25mhz. It was around 60 megabytes and ate up half of my 120 megabyte hard disk. And it was worth it... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.3
Now 15 years old (Happy Anniversary, and still going strong!
As of August 2007 Darklands celebrates it's 15th anniversary, being released in August 1992! Despite it's age however, it is still one of the greatest RPG's ever released and joins the like of Daggerfall and Fallout a... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.3
The only RPG of its kind...
There are some games that are so great you just don't know where to begin. For me, Darklands is one such game. Bare with me as I try to describe why I love this classic that never got the attention it so richly deserves.... Read Full Review
6 of 7 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.1
Darklands provides a deep, engrossing journey through historically and mythically accurate medieval Germany. Classic.
Felix Weber and Gretchen of Stuttgart sit comfortably in the corner of Hamburg's largest inn and tavern. The rumor mill churns wildly over hot food and good beer. Fame. Felix left his farm for it, and Gretch ran from ... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.9
The best way to learn medieval German history.
I'm not saying Darklands provides an entirely accurate portrait of Germany in the fractured era of the Holy Roman Empire (it's a safe bet roaming parties of adventurers didn't travel the Prussian countryside punishing ro... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:10
Please play this game. It is amazing.the best game I've ever played.
This game is the greatest PC game ever created. Set in medieval germany and with more mythical than fantasy with creatures such as kobolds and goblins. You're party starts out as a self generated group of young adventur... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
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