If Dark Sector was an entrant in a beauty pageant, it would surely win the swimsuit competition. Vivid colors, exacting details and eye-popping graphics, it's got in spades.
But if it was forced to answer the essay portion of the contest, it would fail worse than New Coke. The story is strikingly unoriginal and, worse, the game is technically flawed and at times buggy.
In Sector, a secret operative gets infected by a strange virus during a mission but develops superhuman powers that unleash his inner potential and allow him to chuck around a sharp metal glaive like a Frisbee. LA Times are pretty sure this story line is printed on page 56 of "The Generic Action Game Handbook" -- minus the "Krull"-like glaive, of course.
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.
it will be a great movie i dont know why they say they did not like the history i guess theY did not understand it that happened alt when someone do not understand something they dont like it is ignorance i think the history is good mach bether than spiderman wtf a li'l toxic spider bite u and u get super spidy power hahahaha