Darkest of Days

In the darkest of days, you get to experience some of the most varied game title ever released. Things get stale your trip to ancient times and fight with people of that period. The fighting at Antietam (the bloodiest day of the civil war) is very different from the fight against the Russians at Tannenberg (the Russians resisted 140,000 causality in the First World War). Fight to five different periods. Both Pompeii, Antietam, the First World War, the Second World War, or Little Big Horn will be fighting with real weapons of the time. They are fighting against enemies who fight differently, any reflection on how the fight was made at that time. Participate in battle scenes. They fight against the Confederates (and sometimes the EU), compared to an impressive number of soldiers, all combat in unison. Men's Ready, Set ..Constant FIRE! You jump out of the trenches in the First World War to put an attack against the Huns. It is the fire of artillery to hit distant targets. We will defend to the last man. "

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #4880 in Video Games

Brand: Phantom EFX

Model: 10105

Released on: 2009-09-08

ESRB Rating: Rating Pending

Platform: Xbox 360

Dimensions: .20 pounds

Features

Participate in epic battles via a variety of different mission types including stealth, artillery assaults, and sniper attacks.

Experience game developer 8Monkey Labs' Marmoset game engine which was designed specifically for this game and allows up to 300 characters on screen at a time facilitating huge, smooth flowing battles.

Fight in five different time periods from the era of Roman domination, to WWII during which you will fight with weapons from the time period in realistic conditions.

Play from opposing sides of each conflict as you try to keep history pure and when necessary undo mistakes that you make in order to keep the flow of events through time in their proper place.

Unleash hell with futuristic weaponry when necessary like an automatic rifles during the civil war, a futuristic laser sighted pulse canon in the trenches of WWI and more.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description

In Darkest of Days, gamers on the Xbox 360 platform experience some of the most varied single player first-person shooter gameplay ever released in one title. Things will never get stale as you travel to distant times and fight alongside people from that time period. For example, fighting in Antietam (the bloodiest day of the American Civil War) feels much different than fighting on the side of the Russians at Tannenberg (where the Russians withstood 140,000 casualties in WWI.) Fight key battles from both sides. View larger. Mission play in 5 time periods. View larger. Mix and match weapons across time. View larger. Story In many ways, the history of humanity is the history of our conflicts against one another over the millennia. In Darkest of Days, you wade through that history as you take on the role of Alexander Morris, an unlucky foot soldier who gets transferred to General Custer’s regiment days before the Battle of Little Bighorn. Moments before his inevitable demise, a futuristic time agent warps in to save Morris and transports him to the future where he is told that time travel is now a reality. However, an unknown faction is attempting to rewrite history for their own benefit. Your job is to stop them, and you’ll fight your way through eras spanning thousands of years to do it. Gameplay Action in Darkest of Days is mission based. As the player is transported back and forth in time, directives are spelled out that can include anything from victory of one side over the other, to assassinations, and the survival of an individual important to history in an otherwise doomed company. These actions take place in a variety of conflicts within time periods including the Roman era, the American Civil and Indian Wars, WWI and WWII. Mission types include stealth, artillery assaults, and sniper attacks and players can expect in most situations to be called upon to impact events from both sides of the front lines. To make these impacts players will have over 20 weapons on hand, most conflict-specific, but also some futuristic to the time period visited. They will also be able to choose their own means of completing missions according to the resources at hand across wide open battlefields designed to support over 300 combatants, each with their own AI capacities. Key Game Features Fight in Five Different Time Periods - Whether you are on the slopes of Vesuvius in Pompeii, on the battlelines and trenches of Antietam and the clashes of WWI, or the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century, you will fight with real weapons from the time period. You will battle against enemies that fight in different ways, all reflective of how fighting was done at the time. Play From Opposing Sides of the Conflict - War is never a one-sided affair, and so the developers of Darkest of Days have ensured that players are able to experience gameplay from each side of the conflict. In addition, in trying to keep history pure, you have to undo mistakes that you make, which may require you to "mend" time. Unleash Hell with Futuristic Weaponry - What could you have done with an automatic rifle during the civil war, or some futuristic laser sighted pulse canon in the trenches of WWI? There are times where you have no other choice but to bust out the big guns. Participate in Epic Battle Scenes You will fight against the Confederates (and the Union at times), facing a staggering number of troops, all fighting in unison. Ready, aim...steady men...FIRE! You will jump from the trenches of WWI to lead an attack against the Hun. You will fire artillery to hit distinct targets. You will defend to the last man. You will fight in Pompeii, while Mt. Vesuvius is spewing ash and fire into the atmosphere. You will fight amongst a frightened population, fleeing for their lives. Marmoset Game Engine - Game developer 8Monkey Labs' Marmoset game engine was designed specifically for this game and allows up to 300 characters on screen at a time facilitating huge, smooth flowing battles.

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Customer Reviews

A good game, just not a perfect game.
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.

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So close but yet so far
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.

A flawed Shooter, but it has potential
After hearing about darkest of days unique take on the shooting genre, I thought I should check it out because of all the time period wars the player could take place in and large scale battles. darkest of days is pretty much a sub-par shooting game with bad animations
,physics and terrible friendly AI.The protagonist is a deaf mute and has zero personality similar to half life lead character. but all in all I had a fun time with darkest days,One of the most impressive aspect of the game is that its mostly void of any linearity,not to say its a sandbox game but I found out that most battles were large scale and open ended ,so much its puts linear fpss like call of duty to shame. The story is somewhat interesting with its back to the future-esque plot and ocassional chuckles here and there.Although its not the most high end shooter out there alot of its concepts give it alot of potential, but with sub par graphics and dull gameplay this game is a rental at best.

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