Rise of the Triad: Dark War

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Score Breakdown Based on 276 ratings

1. 10 (42)
2. 9 (89)
3. 8 (83)
4. 7 (36)
5. 6 (17)
6. 5 (4)
7. 4 (0)
8. 3 (3)
9. 2 (2)
10. 1 (0)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:8.4

  Despite its tiresome platform puzzles, Rise remained one of my favorite shooters throughout the ‘90s…

  By JOE714 | Review Date: Dec 05, 2006 | PC

  I retired my copy of Rise of the Triad years ago, but I can still recall the sights and sounds of the Dark War as though I just played through it this morning. Rise was among the very first FPS games ever made, back in ... Read Full Review

  4 of 4 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Rise of the Triad: Dark War

• Rating:7.5

  A good shooter with cool graphics, neat weapons and features, and the best Wolf3D engine based game around!

  By Clonehunter1 | Review Date: Dec 17, 2010 | PC

  Dual pistols, Heat Seeking missles, bloody explosions, and killer columns are found throughout the land that makes up Apogee's Rise of the Triad, or as many abbreviate it, RotT. Triad was created by Apogee Software,... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Facing labyrinths and lots of obstacles is strangely fun in Rise of the Triad.

  By ChristianKiss | Review Date: Aug 11, 2009 | PC

  After the release of Wolfenstein 3D (1992, id Software), many developers started to work on First-Person Shooters. Between many games released back in those times, Apogee Software came with something really different. By... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:6.5

  Over-the-top gory & quirky FPS experience from now disfunct 3D Realms, cannot keep up with their other titles though

  By Ravenhoe | Review Date: May 26, 2009 | PC

  Rise of the Triad: Dark war, or oddly enough abbreviated as ROTT is Apogee's (later 3D Realms) follow up game to Wolfenstein 3D, but it soon departed from the former's style and visuals, becoming a game of its own. Obvio... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  This was THE game that no other was like at the time.....

  By DrewTheSchu | Review Date: Mar 02, 2008 | PC

  I remember first hearing about this game through a very close friend of mine who got it for Christmas and was insisting that I try it. So he brought it over and it was on CD-ROM (which was very rare at the time) and ins... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.6

  Wolfenstein and Doom?

  By fireboy224 | Review Date: Jul 22, 2007 | PC

  Well well well, this is something new, it looks like wolfenstien with doom. really, the point it just does, now other then that its fun, kicking butt, seeing people explode from teh rockets. plus teh infinate ammo for th... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.4

  great

  By htrk2 | Review Date: Jan 11, 2007 | PC

  i used to play this game when i was 4 years old, i was fascinated with everything about this game, about 4 or 5 months i started playing it again, thanks to dosbox i could play it very well. It´s graphics were eve... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  The first true 3D FPS enviroment that allowed players to walk on and under the same platform.

  By BewilderedRonin | Review Date: Jul 10, 2006 | PC

  A little underrated and obscure title, Rise of the Triad, or ROTT, was a fantastic title. If you can find a copy, it's worth a play. This title was built on Wolfenstein 3D's engine and was released about the same time... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.2

  A very under appreciated and revolutionary FPS game!

  By zeus_gb | Review Date: May 20, 2006 | PC

  This game was doomed to failure mainly because of the release date. It was released a couple of months after Doom 2 and something like two days before Heretic...way bad timing!!! The game used a re-written Wolfenste... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.3

  Phenomonal! Under-rated! Addictive! The First Truly Great Multiplayer Game!

  By LarryF53 | Review Date: Dec 16, 2005 | PC

  This game was outstanding! It was a sleeper released in the shadow of Doom and so did not receive as much recognition as it should have. My friend and I played the 2 player modem game to death! We were absolutely blown a... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.7

  One of the most underated FPS of all time.

  By platinumpt | Review Date: Nov 14, 2005 | PC

  First of all, Rise of The Triad: Darkwar was a very underated game. How come there isn't any review made by gamespot? It's unbelievable. I know that people were totally blown out by Doom 2, but this game was (well, perha... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

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