Dark Sector review

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DrRosenRosen

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Just wanted to give a heads up on this game. Don't think I've seen any other threads about it.

This game is fun. You've got this boomerange thing from Krull (called a glaive) that is pretty fun. About 30 minutes into the game, you'll power up and be able to control it from the glaive's point of view...in slow motion...as you cut someone's head off while they screaming for their lives. No kidding, this is Dark Sector. You can cut off their arms, legs, head. Burn them, electricute them...all sorts of great stuff.

Gameplay is similar to Gears. Lots of big open areas with a couple waves to mow down as you move from cover to cover. The engines are fairly similar.

Graphics are pretty darn good for the most part. Again, it's nearly comparable to Gears because the engines are so similar.

Everyone plays games differently, but I found the difficulty fairly good until the last boss. There were a few parts I had to do three or four times. Save points are in right spots most of the time.

There's a story in the game. I have no clue what it was. You are infected. Other people are infected; there's a woman....I really have no idea. Didn't really matter to me because I found the gameplay so much fun.

I'd recommend this as a rental or future budget bin. It's fun for at least 5 or 6 hours in my opinion. I spent about 12-14 hours beating the thing on default difficulty. I'm not the quickest guy around.

Did not try the multi-player. Reviews I read weren't impressed with it. Some reviews didn't like the game at all which surprises me. I started losing interest around level 7 or 8 of 10. But, I hung with it to see what happens. They do a fairly good job introducing something new every couple levels right up to end.
 
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Dr I was checking this game out this weekend...definitely my next game..some mentioned it had a resident evil\gears gameplay feel on the xbox forums.
 
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Yeah, I see a lot of folks mention Resident Evil as well. I've personally never played any of the RE games so I can't say.

I was surprised that I liked this game. Wanted other folks to know in case they are at the rental store sometime looking for a good weekend romp.
 
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I'll prolly trade in a couple games toward the end of the week and pick it up..The youtube vids looked pretty good....I like the games where you have a lil puzzle to figure out to move on or get something..kinda like Timeshift
 
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picked it up yesterday Doc...been mowing all day though so I'll prolly give it a try later tonight..tomm for sure.:good!:
 
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Let me know what you think. Not game of the year, but I thought it was worth the 10 -15 hours it takes to get through it. I was really having fun from around Chapter 2 - 7. Then it started getting old and more like work.
 
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Got in a good 5 to 6 hrs today...I'm at the end of chapter 5...been taking my time looking for all the upgrades incase I play back through it on Brutal difficulty...liking it so far..the Glaive kicks ass...for the Gameflyers I'd definitely put it in the que...haven't tried the multiplayer yet.
 
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Doc I'm up to chapter 9 and the Nemisis fight...just about done with it..may go back through it again though.
 
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Last boss almost caused me to put my controller through the screen. Definately is an ode to old school huge bosses with magic points you have to hit.
 
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Last boss almost caused me to put my controller through the screen. Definately is an ode to old school huge bosses with magic points you have to hit.

yeah it was late so I tried the nemisis fight a couple times...seems I'm gonna have to take it down with the electricity a few times...hopefully I'll knock it out this week.

Is that last boss battle close to where I am in the game?
 
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Nemisis...is that when you're fighting the dude that sort of looks like you? If so, I'd say about half hour to an hour to the final guy.

I finally looked online for the last guy. After an hour, I got tired of not knowing what I was doing. It was another 45 minutes before I could pull off the sequence. It's tough.
 
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Doc..finally got a lil time to play again this morning so I took out the Nemisis and played up until I should be at the final boss fight...maybe I can knock it out tonight..or tomm. at the latest...underated game for sure.
 

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