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Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Set in the Forgotten Realms, the game features real-time combat and dynamic co-op gameplay, and pits the infamous Drizzt Do'Urden and his legendary companions – Catti-brie, Bruenor, and Wulfgar – against some…

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Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Tuque Games, released 21 June 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Tuque Games and released in 2021. It was published by Wizards of the Coast. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the frozen wilderness of Icewind Dale, a remote and unforgiving corner of the Forgotten Realms, Dark Alliance draws on the beloved characters of R. A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt novels. The story unfolds after the events of The Crystal Shard, following four iconic heroes known as the Companions of the Hall: the dark elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, the fierce warrior-woman Catti-brie, the stalwart dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer, and the mighty barbarian Wulfgar. Amid the howling snows and jagged peaks of the tundra, ancient evils and monstrous foes stir once more, threatening the fragile settlements that cling to survival in this harsh land. Alone or united, the four companions venture…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy.

Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is the 120th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. It arrived 7 months after Dungeons & Dragons Online: Fables of the Feywild. The next entry was Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance - Steelbook Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 68 is 5 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Baldur's Gate III at 95.

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How it was received

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 28% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance launched on 21 June 2021, within three weeks of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission.

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When did Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance come out?
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance was released on 21 June 2021 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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