Dungeon Keeper 2 - 1999 Retro Review and Why There is No Dungeon Keeper 3
281Bullfrog Studios made some great games. Shame they were EA'd and wont be making any more
I love Dungeon Keeper 2, it's one of my favourite time-sinks. There have been imitators and spiritual sequels, such as the Dungeons and the Overlord series, but nothing quite hits the D-spot for me that DK2 did.
Dungeon Keeper 3 will not happen, as there's no one left to make it, and Dungeon Keeper Mobile was an insult, so maybe it's better to let this series just go off in to the night. I'll keep a torch burning for it.
Dungeon Keeper 2 is a strategy game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. The sequel to Dungeon Keeper, the player takes the role of a 'dungeon keeper', building and defending an underground dungeon from the would-be heroes that invade it, as well as from other keepers. In the campaign mode, the player is charged with recovering the portal gems from each area in order to open a portal to the surface. The player can also construct a dungeon without strict objectives, and multiplayer is supported over a network.
The game carries over many ideas from the original and adds new elements including units, rooms, and objectives. Development was carried out by a team of around fifty people, who focused on the graphics on multiplayer. A PlayStation version, and a sequel, Dungeon Keeper 3, were in development but cancelled. Dungeon Keeper 2 received positive reviews: reviewers lauded the graphics and artificial intelligence, although some reviewers criticised its similarity to the original.
The game is available on gog.com and Origin, as well as dodgy keys off of eBay
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