Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis
3 unique races to play with different strategies for success: Colonists - High Tech (a sci-fi mechanized army), Sorin - Swords and Sorcery (a fantasy army with magic powers), Dreil - Monsters (use brute force…
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Creative Edge Software, released 21 March 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis is
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Creative Edge Software and released in 2002. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
For eons, the planet Natrolis was controlled by the magic of the reptilian Sorin race. But when a fleet of tech-powered humans arrives to colonize the surface, they awaken the unimaginable: the Dreil, a hyper evolved insectoid warrior race hibernating deep within the planet's core. Now, all three forces collide in a mortal struggle for domination.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis holds a critic score of 56 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis launched on 21 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Heroes of Might and Magic IV. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis — frequently asked questions
When did Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis come out?
If you like this
