WorthPlaying writes: "Time travel is a fairly common theme in most science fiction stories. Aside from aliens and tales about the future, the ability to jump between time periods has been used in everything from adventures to dramas to even romance stories. It's a concept that people understand the basics of, even though it would take many scholastic degrees to fully understand all the ramifications of such a thing if it existed. Video games are no stranger to this idea with side-scrolling adventures, point-and-click adventures, third-person shooters and role-playing games all covering this subject matter. First-person shooters, however, haven't really dabbled in this idea which is quite surprising, considering how crowded the genre is right now. That now changes with Darkest of Days, a game with an interesting time travel premise; unfortunately, nothing else in the package follows suit."
When gamers think about first person shooter games, there’s a slew of titles that instantly come to mind. These games place the player in the action and they become immersed in the game with heart-pounding gameplay dynamics. Sure, there’s a ton of great first person shooter games out there, but there’s a lot of companies that have tried to cash in on first person shooters. In other words, for every good first person shooter game out there, there’s a bad first person shooter game. On this list, are the worst of the worst when it comes to first person shooters.
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From Day 17 – Darkest of Days, Tristan Rendo writes, "I’d be a bold face liar if I said I hadn’t ever though about time traveling back to the days of ancient Rome with an assault rifle. Where my advanced weaponry would make me king. Darkest of Days finally let me live out this brief, sociopathic fantasy if but for a fleeting moment; and that is all that counts right?
Well, not really, but it is still kind of cool."
Game Revolution writes: "If you're looking for a game that has you shooting Civil War survivors, WWI veterans, Roman infantry, and while we're at it, some Native Americans (which is half of my heritage... I shot my peoples!), then boy, do I have a game for you. Darkest of Days puts you in the shoes of a Civil War soldier that fought in the battle of Little Bighorn or Custard's Last Stand. At the last minute before your unfailing doom, you are rescued by a Spartan that pulls you into a womb-like object that sends you hurling through time and space. You reach your final destination in a waiting room from hell to be greeted by the stroke patient that is your supposed time partner and a visual user interface with creepy eyes and a fake pompous-ass British accent."
