Dark Sector

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:29 am

Some anti-violence hoopla over this game right now in Australia. It's been refused a rating.

Aside from that drama i'm pretty excited about the game. I wasn't so willing to give it a chance once they took the cheap route and had the lead walking around with no helmet looking like Jared Leto. Seemed like they were afraid not having a dominant character face would affect sales. I imagine the same thing will happen with Dead Space before it's release. Regardless, the character designs are pretty cool. They sort of look inspired by MDK and Rengoku to me.

It seems pretty interesting. The lead character is said to have a disease sort of like this one that causes him not to feel pain.

The videos on IGN and the site make the game look pretty smooth.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:13 am

It seems pretty interesting. The lead character is said to have a disease sort of like this one that causes him not to feel pain.

you just didn't want to write 'genital' anywhere in your post.

Faceless hero? Timeshift? : ) (I enjoyed it personally, though).

I think Dark Sector could go either way with me...it does give me a strong RE 4 vibe...which is alright by me : )

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:19 am

Battlesmurf wrote:you just didn't want to write 'genital' anywhere in your post.

Congenital Analgia = You feel no pain in your ass or your wiener.

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:09 am

I was interested in this game back during its first incarnation when it had a hard SF feel to it. Now it just looks like a second rate RE4 clone with a frisbee.

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:18 pm

Daigohji wrote:I was interested in this game back during its first incarnation when it had a hard SF feel to it. Now it just looks like a second rate RE4 clone with a frisbee.

Me too pretty much, though it's been in development for awhile so maybe it's going to be a polished game.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:15 pm

3 more days!

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:45 am

I'll be interested to hear impressions and comparisons to the developer's last major title Pariah, which did some very good things (level design, dynamic combat) and some very bad things (horrible vehicle gameplay, incoherent narrative). These developers seem to not be afraid of going against the grain, and I've been curiously awaiting their next project for a while, after not even seeing their Pariah spin-off Warpath anywhere on store shelves...

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:58 am

I'm looking forward to this, even if it turns out to be a 7 out of 10. I'm expecting a above average 3rd person shooter with pretty graphics. It could be a resident evil 4 clone with different weapons, a so so story and pretty decent visuals and I'll have fun.

I'm hoping it's as good as lost planet at least. Alot of folks rag on LP but I really enjoy the main game alot.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:03 pm

Daigohji wrote:I was interested in this game back during its first incarnation when it had a hard SF feel to it.

SF? Street Fighter? Star Fox? Super Frickles?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:41 pm

Shatterhand wrote:
Daigohji wrote:I was interested in this game back during its first incarnation when it had a hard SF feel to it.
SF? Street Fighter? Star Fox? Super Frickles?

san francisco?

anyway, i'm looking forward to the game as well. i honestly don't think it will be fantastic, but i was watching someplay gameplay movies the other day and it does look like there will be some fun to be had.

also, if anyone wants to see something really hilarious, check out the last segment of the "bugs" video on IGN ---> here <---

*SPOILER*:the main character runs into a room. an enemy pops in, calls for backup and pulls down a vending machine for cover... right onto himself, resulting in instant death

just to say digital extremes should keep the bug in the game, so it can pop up now and then. comedy gold.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:13 pm

Haha, definetly. The vending machine must stay.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:51 pm

Has anyone picked up the game? I'm interested but since my XBL status reverted to Silver I can't try out the demo. How is multiplayer?

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:19 am

It's decent. For me- when it was over- I was glad it was over. You can't carry over weapons from one play through to the next- and upgrades seem fairly limited one time through. I'd glady pay $25 max for it- but screw $49.99 for it.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:58 am

Shatterhand wrote:
Daigohji wrote:I was interested in this game back during its first incarnation when it had a hard SF feel to it.
SF? Street Fighter? Star Fox? Super Frickles?

Sci fi?

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:26 pm

I just tried the demo on Live Marketplace and it was pretty much what I expected: competent, but unremarkable. There would have to be a very long dry patch of new releases for me to bother buying it. When a game leans heavily on a gimmick to support it, the gimmick had better be amazing. There may be a few different attacks you can do with the frisbee, but it's just not that interesting a weapon to be the game's focal point.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:21 am

I dunno, i thought it flat out sucked. Played it start to finish just to make sure i was accurate. Meh, no biggie.