Edge writes: "Digital Extremes has created a Frankenstein's monster that actually works. Its mind is sound, its looks beautiful, its sutures invisible and its stolen parts functional in all the intended ways. It has no soul, of course, nor distinct personality, but that's the nature of the beast.
Its movement system is identical to that found in Gears of War, right down to the bounding 'Roadie run', the button-tap rolls and the magnetic cover points. Its hero, a nondescript pretty-boy called Hayden Tanno, is an over-the-shoulder military type with a cast-iron emo fringe. Its enemies have transferred, it seems, from the rank-and-file of Killzone, Rogue Trooper and Devil May Cry, with bosses ranging from Kojima-esque mechs to Capcom vaudevillians. And then there's the glaive, a limb-rending, tri-bladed Frisbee with Heavenly Sword-style aftertouch and elemental powers, much like those of BioShock.
The story runs thus: After a mysterious outbreak, much of the Soviet bloc has been quarantined, prompting the arrival of lone, reluctant clean-up man Tanno. He's reluctant, of course, partly because of some ill-defined traumatic backstory and partly because, being a videogame, this bears all the hallmarks of a suicide mission. Minutes into his investigation, he's infected – in this case skewered by an absurdly-armored samurai villain – which has the neat side-effect of giving him murderous mutant abilities."
Chris Needham writes: "With the launch of both the PS4 and the Xbox One now a fading memory, the current generation of gaming consoles has well and truly established itself, with games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Batman: Arkham Knight and, of course, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, all justifiably taking the limelight. Here at Power Up Gaming, however, we’re not so keen to let go of the past. Originally starting out our coverage as primarily a retro games outlet, we take great pleasure in revelling in the titles of yesteryear."
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"ZL: Before we knew of the Xbox 360, or anything concrete about the PlayStation 3, we had heard the name Dark Sector. This was a time when what would become the Wii was known only as the mysterious “Revolution.” The 7th Generation of video game consoles hadn’t even begun and we already received a taste of what was on the horizon with a video released by Digital Extremes."
Great article. Great game. Man I wish they'd make a sequel or just re release it or something.
OPM: Digital Extremes’ game director Steve Sinclair has, “lifted the kimono” (his words) on the history behind Dark Sector and how publishing pressure took the game away from its original vision. A vision that the set to return with the free-to-play Warframe on PS4.
That's interesting, They approached Sony with ideas several times, since they are independent, I wished Sony would have published one of their ideas as an exclusive! I loved Dark Sector, even the original concept of the game! Going to see about Warframe at launch.
isn't edge supposed to be the super harsh magazine?
Whens this out in Oz Land?
You are missing out. This game was fun from start to finish and the glaive get's my weapon of the year award as it is the coolest thing to bounce the glaive off of a wall and into the head of an enemy behind cover only to see it lopped off and heading for yet another victim. It is cool to run with the dual shotty handgun and throwing the glaive while walking through a level infested with crazy enemies and causing a ruckus. If you have not played it, you should IMHO. It's a great rental and for those that can get into the online, it is a definite buy.
I agree with this review for the most part. The game is just incredibly fun, the story isn't epic or really explored all that much but the action is well thought out. Even though Dark Sector does do things from other games (namely Gears and Resident Evil 4 with a bit of a twist) it still delivers. It doesn't have it's own "soul" but it does have a freakishly nice human husk.