Dark Sector
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Description
Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria, an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that hides a deadly Cold War secret. In the midst of this mission, Hayden is attacked by an unknown enemy and infected by the Technocyte Virus, a brutal bio-weapon that twists its victims into mindless killing machines. Surviving this attack, Hayden finds that the Technocyte virus has granted him powerful, inhuman abilities unlike anything he has ever seen. Now, he must evolve with his powers, survive and become a hero.
- All new, all original action-shooter - Throughout the course of the game, players will witness Hayden's transformation into something more than he was as he fights against the Technocyte Virus taking over his body and the effects it has on his psyche.
- Evolution powers - Hayden gains incredible superhuman powers - including the deadly, bladed glaive that he can grow from his arm and use and throw with deadly accuracy. Hayden will grow with these powers as they evolve and become more powerful throughout the game.
- Cinematic and immersive experience - Through the use of no HUD, intuitive controls and a 3rd-person over the shoulder viewpoint everything about Dark Sector is designed with the goal of keeping the player immersed in the game.
- Innovative multiplayer component - Dark Sector features an innovative and exciting multiplayer gameplay that will allow players to utilize the skills they have learned in the single-player game to excel in a competitive environment
Customer reviews
75
Great Idea, poor execution
faraany3k | Aug. 26, 2011 | See all faraany3k's reviews »Dark Sector when I first saw its trailers, really blew me off. It was one of the first games this gen to use the UNREAL 3 engine. Game had some great looking graphics and interesting gameplay mechanics. But eventually when I had the chance of playing it myself. It was a big big disappointment.
Dark Sector is a cover based third person shooter where instead of using traditional weapons, game had an interesting mechanic of Boomerang, a glaive. Glaive is like a giant cutter that is controllable in flight. We are suppose to throw it at enemies from afar while controlling its speed and trajectory. There are many different types of glaive modifications aswell which gave it additional abilities. This new mechanic introduced an interesting twist into the generic TPS genre. But the whole idea fell flat rather quickly. While using glaive is fun for opening minutes or so, it becomes apparent really quickly that whole game is nothing but an uninspiring effort. Level design is bland as it gets. All we see are rectangular halls with little or no change. We are fighting the same old enemies from the start till finish with slightly different colored jumpsuits. A story that appeared to be interesting at the start just doesn't live up to the standards and become a generic 'defeating the evil enemy' plot. Boss fights are a joke. A game that had so much potential, its a shame it disappoints a lot. Its a decent TPS with serviceable cover mechanics. The game is no way broken, but after your play you might end up being disappointed. At its current low price, do check it out for boomerang mechanic alone.
60
Alright
Quizn0s | Aug. 14, 2011 | See all Quizn0s's reviews »Dark Sector is a pretty average third person shooter. The gun fights are quite similar to Gears of War, but not as fun. The puzzle sections are very easy. The story is meh. What makes this game stand out is the main weapon, a bladed boomerang. With it, you can chop off heads, imbue it with fire or lightning, and grab weapons and ammo from far away. You probably won't really use those weapons, though, because they're boring to shoot. Still, it's satisfying to throw the boomerang and chop three guys in half.
75
A good and often overlooked tps game.
Rzepak01 | Aug. 11, 2011 | See all Rzepak01's reviews »One could say that this is your standard third person action game fare and while that is true, the game is still worthwhile especially because of its main feature, the glaive. The glaive is a boomerang like weapon that is used for both combat and puzzles. Its a deadly both in melee combat and when using it to chop off heads from far away. It can be upgraded over the course of the game to give it abilities. One of the more satysfying ones is a homing attack where the players controls the glaive as it mows down multiple enemies before returning to the character. The glaive can take on the powers of various elements to make it even deadlier and for solving the environmental puzzles. Generally its all about imbuing the weapon with the right element (fire, ice, electricity) to overcome an obstacle that is blocking further progress. The games story is nothing special, which is good because its presentation is also a bit lackluster. The graphics are very good though and so is the sound design. A very nice touch is an almost nonexistant HUD. The games length is around 5 or 6 hours so the standard for modern action games.
80
Dunno why people trashed this game...
SaadKhawaja | July 31, 2011 | See all SaadKhawaja's reviews »Absolutely fantastic game with a boomerang that can do serious damage, puzzles, third person shooting that worked very very well and storyline that keeps you guessing this game is totally worth it. I give it a solid 8/10.
25
Mediocre
B1000 | July 30, 2011 | See all B1000's reviews »Dark Sector is simply a forgettable title. Filled with muddy bland levels and poor game design. The selling part of this game was the boomerang blade weapon. Yet after the first 30 minutes of gameplay - the use of the blade becomes repetitive and dull. Worth picking up only if you want a short game to finish in a few hours.