Dark Sector (Xbox 360)
Dark Sector takes place in the fictional former Soviet republic of Lasria, where in 1987 some biological infection which turns people into Colossus, except with the unfortunate side effect of insanity, was accidentally unleashed. Whoops! Fast forward to The Present Day, where you play as Hayden, a black ops type on some mission in the aforementioned generic country (so as not to offend any foreigners) who gets infected and grows a badass spinny blade thing (although it would be more badass if it didn’t make such a goofy noise when spinning through the air) out of his hand.
Sounds awesome, right? Well, it’s not. Dark Sector is the epitome of a mediocre game, taking a lot of cues from previous third-person shooters like Gears of War, Resident Evil 4, Gears of War, Resident Evil 4, Gears of War, and Gears of War. Combat is generally one of two scenarios: cover-based whack-a-mole with enemy soldiers, or trying to fend off a horde of mutant zombie types before you have to deal with the awkward, button-mashing melee combat. Boss fights also fall into two categories: blow up helicopters/tanks with a conveniently-placed rocket launcher, or fight some big thing with an inscrutable weak point until you give up and consult Gamefaqs.
Your weapon choices are limited, as once you complete the first mission you’re stuck with the spinny blade thing and your pistol (and no ammo). You can pick up fallen soldiers’ weapons, but thanks to the strict gun control laws in Lasria, they all have lockouts that cause them to short-circuit after about 15 seconds. Eventually, you can buy new weapons from the… sigh… “black market” (The Black Market: conveniently located under every manhole cover in the greater Lasrian metropolitan area to serve you better!). You do gain new special abilities as the game progress, which is a nice touch.
There’s not much that’s really bad about this game – just a couple of obnoxious timed sequences, and the aforementioned incomprehensible bosses – but there’s nothing that makes this game stand out, either. It’s just a generic action title with an incomprehensible storyline.
3 out of 5
Dark Sector takes place in the fictional former Soviet republic of Lasria, where in 1987 some biological infection which turns people into Colossus, except with the unfortunate side effect of insanity, was accidentally unleashed. Whoops! Fast forward to The Present Day, where you play as Hayden, a black ops type on some mission in the aforementioned generic country (so as not to offend any foreigners) who gets infected and grows a badass spinny blade thing (although it would be more badass if it didn’t make such a goofy noise when spinning through the air) out of his hand.
Sounds awesome, right? Well, it’s not. Dark Sector is the epitome of a mediocre game, taking a lot of cues from previous third-person shooters like Gears of War, Resident Evil 4, Gears of War, Resident Evil 4, Gears of War, and Gears of War. Combat is generally one of two scenarios: cover-based whack-a-mole with enemy soldiers, or trying to fend off a horde of mutant zombie types before you have to deal with the awkward, button-mashing melee combat. Boss fights also fall into two categories: blow up helicopters/tanks with a conveniently-placed rocket launcher, or fight some big thing with an inscrutable weak point until you give up and consult Gamefaqs.
Your weapon choices are limited, as once you complete the first mission you’re stuck with the spinny blade thing and your pistol (and no ammo). You can pick up fallen soldiers’ weapons, but thanks to the strict gun control laws in Lasria, they all have lockouts that cause them to short-circuit after about 15 seconds. Eventually, you can buy new weapons from the… sigh… “black market” (The Black Market: conveniently located under every manhole cover in the greater Lasrian metropolitan area to serve you better!). You do gain new special abilities as the game progress, which is a nice touch.
There’s not much that’s really bad about this game – just a couple of obnoxious timed sequences, and the aforementioned incomprehensible bosses – but there’s nothing that makes this game stand out, either. It’s just a generic action title with an incomprehensible storyline.
3 out of 5
posted by Cole at
8:21 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home