Comments on: Darkest of Days http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:42:01 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kevin Burkhard Nd http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days/comment-page-1#comment-6072 Kevin Burkhard Nd Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:44:30 +0000 http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days#comment-6072 Darkest of Days for the PC and 360 is one of those games which you will enjoy. The game takes you to different time periods and you have to use that period's weapons but the game sparse it up with the occasional future weaponry. Your objective is to stop the alteration of time because some random little errors are popping up and that is of course is not good. <br />Your companion through all of this is a man named Dexter. Dexter is awesome and his dialog though the game will keep you definitely involved in what is going on and will give you the occasional laugh. Through the game you will have a side that you are on, ranging from the Yanks (North), Rebels (South) in the civil war to the Russians in both world wars and throw in a couple of time agents along the way to the conclusion of the game which ends the current events and set things up for a nice sequel which I hope they make. <br />The game uses a new engine named Marmoset which allows for literally hundreds of enemies that are not half bad in the intelligents department to be on screen at once. This make the huge battles extremely fun and I really hope to see this engine implemented in other games as the possibilities for awesome are quite high. <br />Likes: Dexter, large battles, the dialog, The Zeppelin level, Final level, Briefings <br />Dislikes: Slight lag, lack of variety in the achievements <br />Gameplay <br />Gameplay for the game is simple in its set up, you go back in time to various periods after you are rescued from you imminent death at the beginning of the game. You can choose which periods you wish to go to which gives so variety to the game. Once there you and Dexter, who will often be in a separate area but occasionally you work together, take care of what your objective is while trying to maintain historic accuracy. <br />You use the period's weapons as stated before in combat, though the general categories can be modified for increased accuracy, clip size, ext, for both the rifle and pistol which you will be equipped with when you go back in time. You do this by earning points by not screwing things up in time. This basically amounts to not killing people with a blue aura around them. This can be done by ether using the Chasers which will target these people and knock them out safely so you don't have to worry about it. <br />You will go through various time periods from Custard's last stand where you were about to die when rescued, to the Civil War, and both World War 1 & 2, along with the final location which I will keep a secret so the surprise in not spoiled for you. In these periods you can view your map to see where you need to go and the objectives will vary from, get to him, assault this position, participate in battle, find this guy, ext. The objectives do vary enough even though I didn't make is sound so. <br />Graphics <br />In the graphic department the game does pretty good. I am not big on graphics so rarely does a game disappoint, but this game does its environments well. From the Civil War to both World Wars the environments will not disappoint. <br />Characters have a variety to them, so you will not feel like you are gunning down the same guy for, what was it, the 714th time. Dexter who is your main companion and friend through the game has an interesting look to him. He always has a hat on and the style would make you think he is from maybe the west but he comes from New York City. Then you have Mother, the Doctor's mysterious research assistant who you only see on screen. She is done in a way that will keep the mystery alive as she never appears in full face on screen. <br />Graphically the game will not disappoint. <br />Presentation <br />The games presentation is of medium class. The game does give an interesting concept which is good but it doesn't wow you but at the same time it doesn't disappoint. The manual is the basics of the game and not much flair is put into it. Not a bad thing, but I like it when they make the nice fancy manuals with character descriptions and game facts. <br />Overall in the Presentation department the game is average. Online marketing is awesome but the game itself is pretty average in this category. <br />Value <br />Is the game worth buying? Yes, the game was already coming out at a discount price which was very nice way of saying "Hi we're the new guys, try our game.". Since then the game most likely game down in price and you can get further discounts so the game meets the asking price and will not disappoint Value wise. <br />Fun Level: 4/5 <br />Closing statement <br />I have seen on other websites poor reviews of the game; well frankly they don't know what they hell they are talking about. Just because this isn't just another mass produced corporate game doesn't make it bad. I enjoyed the game thoroughly and I know you will to. That is why it gets my recommendation. <br />I would recommend though that if you have a PC that can play it that you get it for that or install it to your X-box 360 to improve performance. <br />Final Score 3.8/5 (rating system 1 to 5 how good it is. -1 to -5 how bad it is) <br />Parental Warning <br />The game contains blood, death and war along with some mature subject matters that they may not be ready for regarding morality. As always use discretion when choosing and allowing your children to play games. <br /> <br />Check out this review and more at [...] Rating: 4 / 5 Darkest of Days for the PC and 360 is one of those games which you will enjoy. The game takes you to different time periods and you have to use that period’s weapons but the game sparse it up with the occasional future weaponry. Your objective is to stop the alteration of time because some random little errors are popping up and that is of course is not good.

Your companion through all of this is a man named Dexter. Dexter is awesome and his dialog though the game will keep you definitely involved in what is going on and will give you the occasional laugh. Through the game you will have a side that you are on, ranging from the Yanks (North), Rebels (South) in the civil war to the Russians in both world wars and throw in a couple of time agents along the way to the conclusion of the game which ends the current events and set things up for a nice sequel which I hope they make.

The game uses a new engine named Marmoset which allows for literally hundreds of enemies that are not half bad in the intelligents department to be on screen at once. This make the huge battles extremely fun and I really hope to see this engine implemented in other games as the possibilities for awesome are quite high.

Likes: Dexter, large battles, the dialog, The Zeppelin level, Final level, Briefings

Dislikes: Slight lag, lack of variety in the achievements

Gameplay

Gameplay for the game is simple in its set up, you go back in time to various periods after you are rescued from you imminent death at the beginning of the game. You can choose which periods you wish to go to which gives so variety to the game. Once there you and Dexter, who will often be in a separate area but occasionally you work together, take care of what your objective is while trying to maintain historic accuracy.

You use the period’s weapons as stated before in combat, though the general categories can be modified for increased accuracy, clip size, ext, for both the rifle and pistol which you will be equipped with when you go back in time. You do this by earning points by not screwing things up in time. This basically amounts to not killing people with a blue aura around them. This can be done by ether using the Chasers which will target these people and knock them out safely so you don’t have to worry about it.

You will go through various time periods from Custard’s last stand where you were about to die when rescued, to the Civil War, and both World War 1 & 2, along with the final location which I will keep a secret so the surprise in not spoiled for you. In these periods you can view your map to see where you need to go and the objectives will vary from, get to him, assault this position, participate in battle, find this guy, ext. The objectives do vary enough even though I didn’t make is sound so.

Graphics

In the graphic department the game does pretty good. I am not big on graphics so rarely does a game disappoint, but this game does its environments well. From the Civil War to both World Wars the environments will not disappoint.

Characters have a variety to them, so you will not feel like you are gunning down the same guy for, what was it, the 714th time. Dexter who is your main companion and friend through the game has an interesting look to him. He always has a hat on and the style would make you think he is from maybe the west but he comes from New York City. Then you have Mother, the Doctor’s mysterious research assistant who you only see on screen. She is done in a way that will keep the mystery alive as she never appears in full face on screen.

Graphically the game will not disappoint.

Presentation

The games presentation is of medium class. The game does give an interesting concept which is good but it doesn’t wow you but at the same time it doesn’t disappoint. The manual is the basics of the game and not much flair is put into it. Not a bad thing, but I like it when they make the nice fancy manuals with character descriptions and game facts.

Overall in the Presentation department the game is average. Online marketing is awesome but the game itself is pretty average in this category.

Value

Is the game worth buying? Yes, the game was already coming out at a discount price which was very nice way of saying “Hi we’re the new guys, try our game.”. Since then the game most likely game down in price and you can get further discounts so the game meets the asking price and will not disappoint Value wise.

Fun Level: 4/5

Closing statement

I have seen on other websites poor reviews of the game; well frankly they don’t know what they hell they are talking about. Just because this isn’t just another mass produced corporate game doesn’t make it bad. I enjoyed the game thoroughly and I know you will to. That is why it gets my recommendation.

I would recommend though that if you have a PC that can play it that you get it for that or install it to your X-box 360 to improve performance.

Final Score 3.8/5 (rating system 1 to 5 how good it is. -1 to -5 how bad it is)

Parental Warning

The game contains blood, death and war along with some mature subject matters that they may not be ready for regarding morality. As always use discretion when choosing and allowing your children to play games.

Check out this review and more at [...]
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Robert DuVall http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days/comment-page-1#comment-6071 Robert DuVall Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:27:46 +0000 http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days#comment-6071 As many other customers have stated, this game has potential, but a few things are missing. I agree, visually, there are things lacking. From a game play stand point, yes, it has its goods and bad's. I don't want to spoil too much with this game, but there were so many things that could have been done with this game to make it a first rate five star game. Was it worth the seven dollar rental, yes. I don't know if I would advise running out and paying full price for it though. Overall, I enjoyed most of it, but I did not find myself wanting to play it again right away as I have some games in the past. Rating: 3 / 5 As many other customers have stated, this game has potential, but a few things are missing. I agree, visually, there are things lacking. From a game play stand point, yes, it has its goods and bad’s. I don’t want to spoil too much with this game, but there were so many things that could have been done with this game to make it a first rate five star game. Was it worth the seven dollar rental, yes. I don’t know if I would advise running out and paying full price for it though. Overall, I enjoyed most of it, but I did not find myself wanting to play it again right away as I have some games in the past.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: JASON http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days/comment-page-1#comment-6070 JASON Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:57:57 +0000 http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days#comment-6070 First mistake, I bought this game strictly off the box saying going to war at atleast four different times in the world which were historically accurate. This seems to have good expectations and would be fun even if the game is not up to modern video game standards. The game is no where close to historically accurate. The story behind the game is to travel back in time to complete a mission, but to do as little damage to actual history as possible and your told over and over to not be a hero since you can not change history. But you find yourself time and time again either leading the fight or fighting by yourself against whole groups of men that no matter what you do you can not avoid them you have to fight. For the other problems; the controls are never constant one tap of the trigger will either fire a single shot or (if you have a weapon other then the musket) will become full auto; you never know. Also standing up walking is about the same as most shooters, but as soon as you kneel down the left and right become so sensitive that its very hard to control your position. WARNING Game spoiler: I will pick on the Civil War time frame. The person you play as is about the only person in the Civil War that has a musket everyone else has a lever handle rifle. Just about all the enemies appear to be snipers that hardly miss you even if your sprinting. The enemy also can see you even if your hiding in a corn field not moving and you can't see but five feet in front of you but your being shot from multiply bad guys. Your allies for the most part are useless. I will leave all the other time periods alone in case you play the game. I suggest if you wish to play this game borrow it and save yourself the money. Rating: 2 / 5 First mistake, I bought this game strictly off the box saying going to war at atleast four different times in the world which were historically accurate. This seems to have good expectations and would be fun even if the game is not up to modern video game standards. The game is no where close to historically accurate. The story behind the game is to travel back in time to complete a mission, but to do as little damage to actual history as possible and your told over and over to not be a hero since you can not change history. But you find yourself time and time again either leading the fight or fighting by yourself against whole groups of men that no matter what you do you can not avoid them you have to fight. For the other problems; the controls are never constant one tap of the trigger will either fire a single shot or (if you have a weapon other then the musket) will become full auto; you never know. Also standing up walking is about the same as most shooters, but as soon as you kneel down the left and right become so sensitive that its very hard to control your position. WARNING Game spoiler: I will pick on the Civil War time frame. The person you play as is about the only person in the Civil War that has a musket everyone else has a lever handle rifle. Just about all the enemies appear to be snipers that hardly miss you even if your sprinting. The enemy also can see you even if your hiding in a corn field not moving and you can’t see but five feet in front of you but your being shot from multiply bad guys. Your allies for the most part are useless. I will leave all the other time periods alone in case you play the game. I suggest if you wish to play this game borrow it and save yourself the money.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Tank40MM http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days/comment-page-1#comment-6069 Tank40MM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days#comment-6069 Has allot of potential.. The sequel will probably deal with the problems of the first. Still very fun mowing down soldiers with muskets.. Rating: 4 / 5 Has allot of potential.. The sequel will probably deal with the problems of the first. Still very fun mowing down soldiers with muskets..
Rating: 4 / 5

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]]> By: Caspian http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days/comment-page-1#comment-6068 Caspian Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:16:35 +0000 http://www.newvideogames.org/xbox-360/darkest-of-days#comment-6068 This game has a lot of potential. The story is a good idea but the execution is extremely disappointed. <br /> <br />The graphics are sub-par. They look like that are 4-5 years old. <br /> <br />The historical inaccuracies really kill the game. The creators are from Iowa so they should know what the great plains look like. The Battle of Little Big Horn was fought on an open field but it is placed in mountains that look like the Pacific Northwest. <br /> <br />I was really looking forward to this game until I played the 3 levels at PAX. <br /> <br />This game is not recomended until the price drops to <$20. Rating: 2 / 5 This game has a lot of potential. The story is a good idea but the execution is extremely disappointed.

The graphics are sub-par. They look like that are 4-5 years old.

The historical inaccuracies really kill the game. The creators are from Iowa so they should know what the great plains look like. The Battle of Little Big Horn was fought on an open field but it is placed in mountains that look like the Pacific Northwest.

I was really looking forward to this game until I played the 3 levels at PAX.

This game is not recomended until the price drops to <$20.
Rating: 2 / 5

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