Warhammer: Dark Omen (1998)

Developer: Mindscape
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 15 player ratings

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How it feels

A brooding, deliberate medieval-fantasy war game where every battle feels weighty and consequential, as you carefully maneuver vulnerable troops across a dark and hostile world.

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About

This sequel to Warhammer: Shadow Of The Horned Rat is an overhead role playing game in which you play Morgan Bernhardt. The game consists of a series of battles where you view the battle from overhead via a rotatable view. You go through the game managing your army, deciding whether to fight in optional battles, and advancing through a deep and engrossing storyline via a series of conversations played out by talking portraits.

What players say

A slow-paced fantasy battle-tactics game where regiments shove and clash with real sense of weight, but the PS1 port's single speed and one-order-at-a-time controls make it feel clunky and unforgiving. Contemporary critics panned it, yet fans who push through find a rewarding, story-driven strategy gem.

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