

Warhammer: Dark Omen 1998
Developed by Mindscape
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
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.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTacticalFantasyHorrorWarfareorcsmonsterswizardsvampiremagicmilitaryhorsereal time tacticsreal-timeundeadtankPC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
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Character
Earnest, grave, unpretentious and resolved.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
- Developer
- Mindscape
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- March 31, 1998
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 18 ratings.
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