Fight, trade and explore to get your hands on eighteen different ships and a wide variety of technology upgrades — you'll need them in whatever career you choose. What do you think of this game? Please rate it below on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest score. Privateer 2: The Darkening. Game screenshot. Gamers who have not played the original will most likely be very pleased with the game, although other Wing Commander veterans may be disappointed that the game is practically unrelated to the original universe depicted in the series.
Instead, we see little that is familiar other than planet names. While this is a let-down for avid Wing Commanders, this is even more so for players of the original Privateer.
This game is missing many of the original elements of the original Privateer. There is no slave trading of captured enemy pilots , you can't pilot cargo ships and you don't have to maintain relations with any outside factions. These "oversights" have upset a lot of avid fans who expected a high-tech version of the original with a few additions and nothing removed.
I, however, am not one of them. While I miss some of the classic touches of the original, I really enjoyed this game a lot, along with many of the enhancements from the original game. The acting is excellent if at times a little overdone , there are many available missions, cargo pilots and co-pilots, and the plot is non-linear.
Even after you have won the game, it continues on, and there are still several side-plots and missions developing several with full-motion video from that point out. Although I don't think it is as classic a game as the original, it is still definitely very enjoyable.
The interface in Privateer 2 is both fresh and impressive, but it is fortunate that you can turn parts of it off at times. Don't get me wrong -- the first time I played the game, I was really taken aback by the obviously well-thought-out interface, the excellent landing sequences, the beeps, bells and whistles, and the transitions from different locations and menus.
Unfortunately, after seeing and hearing the exact same sights and sounds twenty times, it can get a little irritating. However, almost all these items can be activated or deactivated. I found myself deactivating most of these features after a couple of days, but actually began to miss them later on.
Privateer 2: The Darkening features quite possibly the best 3D space flight engine available, with the possible exception of Darklight Conflict, which is also produced by Electronic Arts, Origin's mother company. Both the speed and the look of the engine surprised me, running smoothly under all but the most straining conditions on a P The ships are not the blocky, squarish hulks they used to be.
This game features smoothly-shaded, well-designed ships, as well as many excellent visual effects. Beyond the newer but not uncommon effects like lens flaring and Gourad shading, there is obviously attention to details, as in the smooth flash that occurs when a shot or missile disperses itself along a ship's defensive shields. The full-motion video is about the same quality as that in Wing Commander IV but, unfortunately, the intended film noir effect makes for a video that is way too dark to see well in places.
Still, this game has set a new standard, and is especially commendable for doing so in spite of its emphasis on the trading and interaction that occurs planetside as well. The sound itself is done well in most places of the game, although the music is lacking at times. Battles sound rather good, enough to make the neighbors complain of the low bass thump of a torpedo rupturing the hull of a capital ship.
On the other hand, the music is all MIDI non-Redbook audio , and while it is not totally annoying, it is a step below mediocre on occasions. The most lacking area of audio in this game is in the video sequences. There are multiple places in the game where plain poor direction and editing step in, as an actor will say something in a low voice as he turns away from the camera, right as the background music builds up.
It is something like trying to understand someone talking with a mouth full of crackers, except with the crackers, you know that they'll eventually swallow, and you'll figure out what they were trying to say. This is an obvious blunder in my opinion, since no matter how you try, you simply cannot understand what is being said in certain parts of the game.
Fortunately, this does not happen all that often, and not in really crucial parts of the game. All in all, while the audio has its sparkling moments, there are a few oversights that detract from the quality of the game as a whole.
The documentation is pretty much standard for a game of this type; sufficient enough to play, but not enough to keep you from searching either the web or your local computer bookstore for a guidebook. While Privateer 2 has a nice map and some decent documentation, it is obvious that just enough was left out to make a strategy guide desirable. All in all, the manual deals with all the basic facts you need to know to play the game -- it does little more than teach you the fundamentals and point you in the right direction.
While this is not uncommon in manuals nowadays, it would be nice to have a little information in the form of either strategies or tips. Privateer 2 : The Darkening is a very fun game. The game does have its share of shortcomings: the AI is often mediocre, the game is DOS-only, there is no multiplayer support, and the video is dark and the audio hard to hear at times. In addition, fans of the original Privateer will likely be upset by The Darkening's lack of resemblance to its predecessor.
However, this is a game that doesn't need to stand on the strength of the original, and is probably even more fun if you think of it as a new, totally unrelated game. The movies are well-done, the graphics are satisfying, and the game has an altogether great feel. If you enjoy a good blast-'em-up and don't mind smuggling a little extra cargo in the hold, this game just may be for you.
Browse games Game Portals. Privateer 2: The Darkening. Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. View all 18 Privateer 2: The Darkening Screenshots. Game review Downloads Screenshots And the game? Download Privateer 2: The Darkening. Mega sets and mega actors The atmosphere on set is understandably tense, but I still manage to grab a few words with Aaron Roberts yes.
We think it's a lot of fun. Overall rating: 7. Overall rating: 8. If the game runs too fast or slow, manual customization can be enabled by altering values in the dosbox. Save and restart dosbox. We recommend approximately 12, cycles and 0 frameskip for Privateer 2. You may want to turn up the cycle rate when near large ships or planets. Hold down ALT and press enter if you would like to enlarge the playing window to full screen. Important Note: It is highly recommended that you install the Privateer 2 Patch.
This fixes a critical flaw in the gameflow of the UK release and fixes numerous other glitches such as Privateer 2 Fatal Error - setstreamspeed messages that appear when trying to load the game. Save the file to your Privateer 2 directory. Running it will create four new files.
Run patch. This will upgrade the game to Version The -ioctl switch does the trick. This may also alleviate setstream and other errors that the P2 Patch does not resolve. This is most common with laptops or motherboards with built-in sound that have a hardware conflict with Privateer 2.
While DOSBox provides a stable and consistent environment, the huge variety of hardware and software configurations in Windows makes troubleshooting more difficult. On the other hand, some obscure or motherboard based sound and video adapters conflict with certain WC games in Windows. Specific issues with known work-arounds are provided in the Windows tutorials below. There are also a handful of tweaks that can help with all Wing Commander games depending on the setup each person has.
Some of these are described here. This mode is set by right-clicking on the program's main executable file and selecting Properties. Click the Compatibility tab and examine the different options.
Depending on each system, different combinations of settings enabled on this tab will produce different results. The most important thing to do is to check the Compatibility Mode box and try Windows 95 or 98 mode. If this does not solve the problem, experiment with different settings on this tab. It's important to make sure that these settings are being applied to the actual executable file for a game and not just shortcuts, batch files or launchers.
Under the Audio tab, press Advanced. Under the Performance tab, there should be sliders for hardware acceleration and sample rate conversion quality.
To adjust video acceleration, open up the Run box, type dxdiag and press enter. Sound can also be tweaked from this interface. A variety of video card-specific settings can also be found under Display Properties in the control panel, under the Settings tab after pressing Advanced. Last note: here is a list of how I found all of the extra cinematic missions Then went back to playing the regular game. When I got there, he offered me 16, to protect an arms shipment to the mutants on Karatikus of which half he would give me up front.
I couldn't resist such a sweet deal so I agreed. I met the cargo ship in orbit of Crius and escorted it to Karatikus destroying quite a few pirates on the way. When I returned to Crius, Xavier paid me the remaining credits. I hurried to her Nav point and managed to destroy the fighters attacking her. Melissa sent a message thanking me and telling me to meet her at the Rampant Robot Bar on Hephaestus.
At the Rampant Robot, Melissa thanked me in her own unique way. She told me how she had been getting shot at since she started asking questions about her dead brother and asked me to be escort her to Nav Not being blind, I said yes and she was definitely appreciative. I only had to space a couple of fools in defending Melissa on her way to Nav Once there, she sent me a message and promised to meet me soon.
Once there, he offered me credits to escort a ship from Bex to Anhur. I took the mission and kept various pirates from trashing the cargo ship. Maddox might not be able to hear very well but he paid up the next time I saw him at the Shadowplay Bar. I agreed and it was a clean run. I met her at the Rampant Robot and she paid my fee but seemed curiously distressed at my mention of beer. She was as stunning as ever and I had some company in the dark. Serra Louissa Phillips CD?
I arrived there and took care of the pirates attacking her.
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