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Product Description In DARKEST OF DAYS, you'll get to experience some of the most varied 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. 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 in FIVE different Time Periods: Whether its in Pompeii, Antietam, WW or two other unannounced time periods, 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. Amazon.com In Darkest of Days, PC gamers get to 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.) .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; } 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 millienia. In Darkest of Days players physically explore this history and endevor to maintain it as it was meant to unfold. As the game opens the player is snatched from grim date with death by a shadow organization. As unlikely as this would seem, this is only the beginning as you are placed in the even more unlikely position of guardian of key conflicts in human history. Shuttled back and forth in time, it is your task to ensure that specific events on both sides of these conflicts occur as they were meant to happen and that mistakes made along the way are fixed. Gameplay Action in Darkest of Days is mission directed. 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 the survival of an individual important to history in an otherwise doomed company and even assasinations. 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. 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 FeaturesFight in Five Different Time Periods - Whether you are on the slopes of vesuvias 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 Nearly every time period offers gameplay from each side of the conflict. In trying to keep history pure, you have to undo mistakes that you make, which may require fighting from the other perspective 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 ScenesYou will fight against the Confederates (and the Union at times), facing a stagering 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 distint 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.
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.
Participate in epic battles via a variety of different mission types including stealth, artillery assaults, and sniper attacks.
This first person perspective shooter is an interesting mix of history and science fiction. There is no printed manual. (one is included on the disc) The game installs easily, no online connection is needed. It is not a long game. It took me about 25 hours to play through but better players could probably do it in considerably less time. It was very stable. I experienced no freezes and only one crash. The game contains a large amount of f-words. (would have been better without the language)Most of the game is played in two time periods: the American War Between the States or the First World War. The game is linear as you must play a series of missions. You usually have a choice of which time period to go to but in the end you would have to complete them all so it doesn't really matter if you switch back and forth or not. The battlefields are fairly large. It isn't like so many games where you are confined to a narrow path. Most of the fighting takes place on open fields or wooded areas. There are some interesing twists to the game.Controls are typical for such a game. You can run, jump, crouch, shoot from the hip or aim down the barrel. Checkpoint saves are used but they are very numerous. There was only one place where I thought they missed one and I had to repeat a section about 20 times to get through it.The time travel element to the story made it a unique game in my experience. If you like history but not science fiction you won't like it. (and vice versa) It was actually more fun using the period weapons than the times it let you use modern weapons in the older time period. (no one seemed to notice when you did so) I agree with other reviewers that it would have been a good game without the time travel story. Call it Riflemen Through Time and add another one or two campaigns in different time periods. How about the Zulu wars, Boer war, the British Raj, Napoleonic Wars (think Richard Sharpe), Spanish American War, American Revolutionary War, etc.? There are so many areas that haven't been touched by the game designers. I think playing with the old single shot rifles is as much fun as using the newer weaponry.
