Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

by Strategic Simulations, Inc.

Product Features

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Game
• Award Winning Game
• Instructions on CD (no Box)
• Packaging: Jewel Case
• PC: DOS, Windows 95/98/ME DOS Mode

Product Details

• ASIN: B0002KUA0S
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,657 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Mines played out, rendering metal extremely rare and valuable. Scarcer still were any sources of water. The creatures of Athas were twisted by the free use of magic. They constantly adapted to the harsh conditions. New monsters emerged from the deep desert to plague the remnants of man. Now the only stable concentrations of humanity are in tightly controlled city-states. Without exception, these are ruled by vicious sorcerer-kings - the last remnants of the wizards who depleted Athas. These kings call themselves gods and rule through a religious organization known as the templars. Their rule is uniformly harsh and capricious, and a large proportion of the populace is enslaved. Only the strongest can feel any measure of safety because the templars can condemn anyone without a trial. The few places with any freedom are isolated villages founded by escaped slaves. Though free, life in the wastelands is precarious. Water supplies can fail, marauding monsters can devastate a village, and slavers are a constant threat. Until these tiny villages can look beyond day-to-day survival and ally with one another, they are unlikely to survive more than a few years. Shattered Lands takes place in and around the city-state of Draj, ruled by the sorcerer-king Tectuktitlay Includes User Manual On CD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best PC RPGs of all time, January 6, 2005

By 

Isackson "Reader/Gamer" (WA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (CD-ROM)

I first picked this game quite a few years back (In the early 90's) and since then i have played through it not once but several times.

If you are a fan of old RPGs you must get your hands on a copy of Shattered Lands.

While many RPGs on PC from that period have aged terribly that certainly isn't the case here - quite the opposite. Shattered lands is just as playable as it was when it first came out. In comparison it looks and plays alot like the more modern baldur's gate PC games.

Another big plus is that compatibility with newer PCs doesn't seem to be a problem. I've played the game without issue and without any customization of my computers settings. (The game is XP compatible)

Check it out.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game IS great, but it doesn't work on XP, January 23, 2005

By 

J Montgomery - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (CD-ROM)

When I was able to play it five years ago it was fantastic, but I have Windows XP (on a NEW computer btw) now and I can NOT play this game any more.

2.0 out of 5 stars still a good game, February 10, 2011

By 

setzco - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (CD-ROM)

This is still a good game it was the first they added Psionics to (which I didn't really care for) and I don't see a mage catagorey anymore but it plays like the old games which I do like just requires a third party product like DOSBOX to make it run under XP; this is not for a typical user it requires some technical expertise to use if you are comfortable with DOS or Lynx then you should be able to set this up and play any of these old games using it.