Be careful, though, since unsupervised training can result in the death of fighting partners. The training pit is even more important because when creatures reach a certain level, they can't advance any further unless they partake in the training sessions you set up for them. The casino keeps idle creatures busy and, in a backhanded (get my drift?) sort of way, earns you more money, as simply smacking lucky casino winners makes them drop their loot. For example, you can now build a casino and a training pit - both integral aspects to being successful. Of course, you'll design traps, provide "work" for the exquisitely designed creatures, quickly learn to smack them around to make them do your bidding and occasionally "possess" one of them in order to handle things on a more personal basis from a first-person perspective.īullfrog obviously listened to consumer feedback and adjusted and tweaked many of the aspects of gameplay. What's right with DK2? Just about everything except the somewhat anti-climactic battles that occur when you've finished hacking your dungeon's many required rooms out of solid rock that cater to an extremely diverse and magnificently rendered population. Dungeon Keeper 2 is a case where the means don't quite justify the end but the means are so fulfilling that you may not really care. However, that isn't intended to discourage fans of the first game because the overall presentation is nothing short of fantastic.
But, therein lies the tiniest part of a problem with Dungeon Keeper 2 - in certain ways it is simply more of the same. The trouble shooting related posts however are valid and apply to the GOG version to (which is exactly the same, latest version DRM free) and should hopefully resolve any issues you have running this! Please do not ask us to restore any old links in people's posts, as now the game is for sale for the extremely low price of $5 with no DRM there is no excuse not to purchase! Anyone posting links to unauthorised or illegal copies of this game will find their posts deleted and account suspended.Anyone who has ever played Bullfrog's original Dungeon Keeper will have some idea about what's in store for them in the sequel. As such, we have taken out any links to unofficial copies people have referenced in the posts and added GOG.com links to the thread so you can purchase this game safely and legally! Well since the original post in 2008 it looks like they finally listened and released the game on GOG.com which is a fantastic site for buying old games, updated and DRM free. People did this as you couldn't purchase the game anywhere and no matter how much fans asked EA/Bullfrog they wouldn't put the game up on Steam or anywhere to purchase.
This game is confirmed working on the lastest build (0.9 at time of writing).ĭownload Dungeon Keeper 2 Full Version 1.7Īt only $5.99 for a fantastic old game DRM free, why not get it?īig fan of Dungeon Keeper? Check out the successor War for the Overworld which is pretty much Dungeon Keeper 3 without the name, with Peter Molyneux's (original Dungeon Keeper developer) approval!Īny posts below may be referring to the original unauthorised download which was all over the internet. You can access these settings by right clicking on a shortcut and selecting the compatibility tab. If you have issues running the game like I did, I used the following Compatibility settings:
It has been patched to version 1.7 automatically, with all three official Bullfrog bonus packs slipstreamed, as well as the map editor.Īs you can guess, this game is old and designed for Windows 95/98 and not for the newer NT based Windows versions. This copy has had the disc security stripped out (DRM Free), so no more problems with the game failing to recognise the CD.