Vol. 5, No. 5, May 2008
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VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Dark Sector
Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Here’s a game that will put all the sniffles of allergy season into perspective. D3 Publisher presents Dark Sector, a game where the protagonist’s main weapon develops as a result of him getting sick.
The character’s name is Hayden Tenno, a CIA operative on a covert mission in a mysterious city called Lasria. The city is apparently some sort of relic of the Cold War, and during the mission Tenno is infected with a biological weapon called the Technocyte Virus. The virus causes him to gain special abilities, most notably the ability to grow a bladed boomerang called a glaive from his right arm.
Tenno must go around battling others infected with the virus as he tries to survive and seek out the villain behind it all.
The driving force of Dark Sector is definitely Tenno’s glaive. Not only is it an excellent weapon (it will even come back to you when you throw it), but the glaive can be a useful tool at times. Due to its ability to harness the elements, you’ll be able to do things like capture fire to burn through a door or utilize water to put the fire back out.
Another cool feature of Dark Sector is its visuals. Gore aside, I love seeing the creativity of programmers creating bad guys who have been mutated in some way. And when you place them in a dreary war setting, you have something unique to look at.
Dark Sector is a great third-person shooter with an interesting story and brutal bad-guy slashing fun. Though definitely not for kids, almost anybody can learn the controls within the first level and start slicing and dicing. Heck, you’ll probably end up playing through the puzzles and monsters until you get sick.
You may want to check with a doctor if you do start to feel ill, though; I hear that multi-bladed hand flu is going around.
