Darklands

Darklands

PC

Release Date: August 20, 1992

RPG, the middle ages, isometric view, classic RPG, singleplayer

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A unique cRPG with isometric view, developed by the experienced Microprose studio. It doesn’t take the players to a typical fantasy world, but is rather set in XV century’s Germany. Authors also tried to adhere to historical facts, such as the growing influence of catholic church or the Inquisition. Darklands doesn’t feature a clear plotline, offering unbounded freedom of playing and fulfilling quests instead.

Darklands is an unusual for its genre RPG by MicroProse, which instead of taking us into a fantastic land, allows us to immerse ourselves in the reality of 15th century Germany, along with all the events characteristic for this period: the growing role of the Catholic Church, spreading chaos among the ordinary inhabitants of the papal inquisition or upheavals at the royal courts. Of course, there is also a place for fantasy elements (dragons, monsters and devils' worshippers calling their master to visit Earth's paddle), but in comparison to the rest of the factors, they do not constitute the overwhelming majority.

The authors of the game approached the subject of creating new heroes in a very interesting way. The whole process is reminiscent of arranging a curriculum vitae, in which we determine the professions of each of the charges, which he or she passed during the years of his or her existence. Depending on how you manage your character's career, you will receive a certain number of points, which can be distributed between the available skills and character traits. Age is important here - the older the hero is, the more he can do, but it is not the best idea to send sixty-year olds to battle. Please note that the passage of time is very visible in Darklands and it may turn out that our newly created heros will die of exhaustion after a dozen or so days of travel.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015

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Darklands Summary

Platforms:

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

Developer: MicroProse

Publisher: MicroProse

Age restrictions: 12+