1UP writes: "Dark Sector, apart from being a blatant Gears of War clone, proves that throwing a boomerang can be as much fun as firing a gun. Look around at screenshots and videos of the game -- chances are you'll see the bladed metal "Glaive" in each. It's a fun toy you can use to attack, pick up faraway items, and throw into fire/electricity/etc. to charge it up for power shots.
It's also the main thing that makes Dark Sector different from any other third-person shooter, so it's good that it works well. Early on, the Glaive feels like just another weapon, but once you upgrade your abilities so you can slow down time while you steer it and trigger it to explode in midair, it becomes extremely useful".
Chris Needham writes: "With the launch of both the PS4 and the Xbox One now a fading memory, the current generation of gaming consoles has well and truly established itself, with games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Batman: Arkham Knight and, of course, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, all justifiably taking the limelight. Here at Power Up Gaming, however, we’re not so keen to let go of the past. Originally starting out our coverage as primarily a retro games outlet, we take great pleasure in revelling in the titles of yesteryear."
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"ZL: Before we knew of the Xbox 360, or anything concrete about the PlayStation 3, we had heard the name Dark Sector. This was a time when what would become the Wii was known only as the mysterious “Revolution.” The 7th Generation of video game consoles hadn’t even begun and we already received a taste of what was on the horizon with a video released by Digital Extremes."
Great article. Great game. Man I wish they'd make a sequel or just re release it or something.
OPM: Digital Extremes’ game director Steve Sinclair has, “lifted the kimono” (his words) on the history behind Dark Sector and how publishing pressure took the game away from its original vision. A vision that the set to return with the free-to-play Warframe on PS4.
That's interesting, They approached Sony with ideas several times, since they are independent, I wished Sony would have published one of their ideas as an exclusive! I loved Dark Sector, even the original concept of the game! Going to see about Warframe at launch.
... I still don't know if I'm getting it though. I wanted to!
getting tired of the gow clone thing so what every game that has guns and a cover system is a gears clone,psss you would think that people who work on games are a little more intelligent to know they were games that did that way before gow.
I like how Gears of War is treated like the creator of shoot-and-cover gameplay. There really isn't much to it. I don't know why everything is called a Gears of War clone when it's such a simple gameplay mechanic. I think it's kind of a snobbish thing to say
I just wish all these kind of games embraced color. I'm so tired of dark earthy tones.
I remember this game being announced before anybody knew what the hell Gears of War was.
1up HA! what a joke.
Kill.switch on the PS2
GOW well, to put it bluntly, used or 'stole' Kill.switch's cover system and made it on the xbox 360 with next gen graphics, as one of the new xbox 360 games and few triple A games on the system it gained a TON of coverage and advertisement.
So everyone played GOW, not kill.switch, and so many people think they made the cover system, which is a lie.
but who really cares.
bubbles pwease =D