He went on to compliment the audio and visuals, saying the graphics are "extremely detailed" and that the sound effects "stand out, with various combat noises that enhance the atmosphere during melee". He called the controls "instinctive" and "easy to master". John Terra of Computer Shopper mostly praised the game. The game was reviewed in 1994 in Dragon #205 by Sandy Petersen in the "Eye of the Monitor" column, who gave the game 3 out of 5 stars. SSI is moving to a more mature form of CRPG much promise for the future, and promises a good game to play right now". While criticizing the "inanity" of the AD&D 2nd edition rules, and insufficient documentation, she concluded that "my impression of Dark Sun is favorable. SSI is taking their role-playing line in a new direction, which is good to see". Scorpia of Computer Gaming World in 1993 assured readers that Dark Sun "is about as far from as you can get. Peter Olafson of Electronic Entertainment found Shattered Lands to be flawed, but he concluded that it was still "a very good game". Liam McDonald called Shattered Lands "a refreshing new twist on familiar AD&D games", and noted its "vastly improved interface" compared to SSI's previous products.
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Shattered Lands debuted at #17 on PC Data's computer games sales chart for the month of September 1993. The game was re-released in 2015 on GOG.com with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux. In addition, Data East was developing console ports for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation for release in 1996, but they were cancelled. It was later re-released as part of the AD&D Masterpiece Collection in 1996.
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It was available on both floppy disk and CD-ROM, though the CD-ROM contained no additional content and was merely used to install the game to the computer's hard drive. Shattered Lands was released in a somewhat unfinished state in 1993, and later patched to a more workable version. Shattered Lands also incorporates elements unique to the Dark Sun campaign setting, including unique character races (the Mul and the insectoid Thri-kreen) and extensive use of psionics. Characters are also far more powerful in Dark Sun than in ordinary Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings: base stats are 4d4+4 rather than 3d6, and members of one race, half-giant, receive double to their hit die rolls. Proper formation and spell use is a must, particularly when attacked from several directions. No two battles are alike, and many of the "boss battles" involve a large army rather than a few powerful mages or fighters. Shattered Lands is noted for its highly strategic combat thanks to its two-dimensional turn-based combat system. As with other Dungeons & Dragons computer games, combat features prominently in the game play. The game uses a variant of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition rules.
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Much of the game involves interaction with other characters, giving the Dark Sun series more emphasis on role-playing and less on dungeon crawling than in the Gold Box games.
The game uses a top-down view of the world similar to the Ultima series. Shattered Lands does not use SSI's older Gold Box engine.
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Upon escape, the party must unite the free cities to resist Draj's army. The player controls a party of up to four gladiators, condemned to fight in Draj's arena until they die, so naturally the first order of business is escape. Upon the completion of the pyramid in Draj, the Sorcerer-King desires to make a great sacrifice of blood by sweeping the desert and destroying the inhabitants of the cities not under his control. Nearby are several "free cities", surviving in the desert thanks to the hard work of their citizens. The locale is Draj, a city-state ruled by a powerful sorcerer-king. Network.ĭark Sun: Shattered Lands takes place in the fictional land of Athas, a dying and hostile desert world. An online MMORPG taking place in the same setting, Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands, was released in 1996 and hosted on the T.E.N. The game had a sequel, Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager, in 1994. It received positive reviews although released initially in an unfinished state. It was developed and published by Strategic Simulations in 1993. Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is a turn-based role-playing video game that takes place in the Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting of Dark Sun.
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