yojoe_1987's Review of Darkest of Days

An Eternal Awesome Ride through the Depths of Time.

User Rating: 7.5 | Darkest of Days PC

By yojoe_1987 | Review Date: October 13, 2009

From Point of view this game is one of the most coolest games to hit the stands this year, i would say much better than "GTA4" and "Gears of War" series, coz here we are put in a different dimension itself and the story (Gripping Drama and an Unusual Twisted Ending) is what is the best, along with the environment (the last Pompeii levels and the POW camp levels are too cool) and some very unique weapons(like the Jericho-Missile Prototype Grenade Launcher and the Assault Rifle that has its aim snapping on the enemies instantaneously and even the Mounted Sniper which has its own Trajectory Locking System). Also there aren't that much good civil war games out there, well this game will rectify that notion completely I believe, coz u get to be in the civil war for real in this game man, so authentic and exciting. Your supportive character "Agent Dexter" is one cool guy, some good dialogues and the way he interacts is quite fun. Yeah but don't expect high voltage action like that of the "Halo" series or "Call of Duty" series. I can say this game is a blend of the "Call of Duty" series and the "Timeshift" game with a better storyline. Its fun to travel through the "Time-Spheres"...I mean the watery spheres through which we travel from the future to the past. Also some real drama can be observer during the inter-levels with "Dr. Stricko", do chk the environment around you and your map when u meet him, coz this character can really be used for some awesome Hollywood movie.
However where this game lags is that the developers should have described the weapons bit more considering the fact that they made it so cool. Secondly, some stealth should have been applied in some levels actually a night time level or something, where more interaction with the A.I. would have been possible. Also some of the character texture maps and environment maps are reused and the A.I. could have been much more interactive, I mean some more secondary animations or better dialogues among the A.I. Third, the experience system looks too old, may be it should have been bit more advanced, like the Hitman Blood Money type upgrades.
Anyway these negative points doesn't affect this game much as the sheer thrill ride of this game is so mesmerizing that one tends to overlook the bad points. I have played this game this from scratch to finish and didn't observe any kind of bugs or technical hassles while playing this game. All you have to do is just one simple thing, update ur "Nvidia" graphics drivers and "Nvidia Phsyx" drivers to the latest versions and then its a joyride.
Overall it gave me immense pleasure and I am looking forward to the sequel of this game especially after the twisted climatic scene and the question asked by Agent Dexter to Morris in the end, a question that will stay in my mind until I get to play the sequel...."So what are we gonna do now Brother?....."

*Also there is a secret level after you finish the game, do chk it out, its funny and one small request for the developers I hope they carry on this gripping dramatic storyline and also bring the above mentioned weapons in the sequel...The grenade launcher and sniper were too cool.

*Also if they can make movies out of "Mortal Kombat" &"DOA", I believe this game should seriously be made into a movie with more dark elements and should stick to the basic storyline, this one will rock baby.
I hope Hollywood is listening...

Darkest of Days

An Eternal Awesome Ride through the Depths of Time.

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