Dark sector is a third person action shooter and is set to be released this coming Tuesday, March 25th. This game was first announced way back in 2004 and it looks like the time was well spent judging by the gameplay footage. If you need more proof, the developer Digital Extremes had a large part in helping Epic Games create the super popular Unreal series for the PC.
The name says it all...well the dark part anyways. This game has been banned in Australia due to violent content and has received an obvious M rating here in the states. You play as Hayden Tenno, a black ops agent whose body takes on some interesting abilities after awakening from an infection. Basically you awake as a killing machine and your primary weapon is the Glave, although guns are still an option as well. As you go through the game you acquire offensive and defensive power-ups along the way which promises to keep it interesting. You can imbue the Glave with fire and electricity and enable a shield just to name a few. No doubt you will have to imbue the Glave to defeat bosses and other enemies which will keep you thinking and keep you on your toes. Another unique aspect is the ability to finish off enemies with your Glave while in close range.
There are also two muliplayer modes called Epidemic and Infection, which should serve up some interesting gameplay. In Epidemic you will play on teams. Each team has one Hayden and a group of soldiers with standard weaponry. The object is to kill the other teams Hayden to score points on a match by match basis. It sounds similar to Assassination in Gears of War. In infection, one player randomly starts the match as Hayden and the rest are soldiers. The object is to kill Hayden and score points. Whoever kills Hayden will then become him and then attempt to survive. Since all the soldiers are out to get you, the odds are stacked slightly in your favor. Hayden will have all the abilities available to him that you have in the single player campaign. Multiplayer will have 5 original maps, but I would not be surprised to see more maps released via Xbox Live in the future if the game takes off.
The bad....well it is said to only have about 10-12 hours of gameplay which is a bummer. If the multiplayer is good then the short single player campaign may not be too bothersome. More information can be found on the official Dark Sector website.
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