Author Topic: Dark Sector - what's the word? *Updated with impressions - the word is "decent" (Read 2617 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** March 26, 2008, 04:36:52 PM »

good, bad, rent, what

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:37:41 PM »

Rent d00d, be real now

I'm gonna go pick up Viking though cause I got two games rotting away and losing trade value

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:37:44 PM »

Rental, possibly bad. Had a guy come in and cancel his reserve yesterday. Never a good sign with a B title like this.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:53:18 PM »

I'm wearing his hat.

Beezy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:11:11 PM »

What hat?

demi · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:11:35 PM »

Jimmy hat

Mondain · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:16:22 PM »

just another average sci-fi UE3 shooter

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:02:15 PM »

it seems the glaive + GoW cover system simply doesn't work. and AI is bad. it looked painful to play in the xplay review.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #8 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:25:24 PM »

I'll check it out 'cause the 1UP crew said that the graphics were pretty good. Supposedly, it looks like the best UE3 games but without any of the UE3 performance issues.

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:26:11 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on March 26, 2008, 07:25:24 PM

I'll check it out 'cause the 1UP crew said that the graphics were pretty good. Supposedly, it looks like the best UE3 games but without any of the UE3 performance issues.

I'd give that to Frontlines

hyp · « **Reply #10 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:26:38 PM »

frontlines looks pretty sexay

bork · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:41:19 AM »

Hmm sounds like it's not a good idea to just outright buy today. Oh well, maybe I'll get Raiden instead.

calcifer · « **Reply #12 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:42:14 AM »

since dcharlie is getting the ps3 version it's must be bad port dont get it $:-\$

calcifer · « **Reply #13 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:45:31 AM »

+ install the game on hdd so you can throw away the disc

i've changed my mind im getting the ps3 version too

FancyFeast · « **Reply #14 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:58:06 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on March 27, 2008, 01:43:52 AM

i'm getting the PS3 version because of the smoothed textures.

I hate overly detailed textures, it ruins games for me.

you win

demi · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2008, 02:02:36 AM »

well, viking is pretty boring, definitely a rental, but you'd probably get bored of that even

maybe dark sector was the better choice after all... luls

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 on:** March 27, 2008, 02:06:25 AM »

mmm, fixed and limited vram for less noisy "classic" textures

rsx budget gpu

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** March 27, 2008, 02:12:15 AM »

Not the bears :'(

Mondain · « **Reply #18 on:** March 27, 2008, 10:31:19 AM »

OK I played one hour, it does indeed seem very polished for an UE3 game... Digital Extremes and Epic are butt buddies and it shows

the whole game is nothing but tints of gray with a few colors here and there and lots of shadows, it's a pretty original look and it's very impressive at times, it helps a lot to mask the roughness of the assets

the action itself seems OK, but it has an unoriginal cover system like Killswitch, Gears and Uncharted have, though... this kind of gameplay is beginning to feel fuck boring

I didn't like the enemy AI, they seem to have weird animations too, they move strangely when they're shooting you and then move

also the aiming is pretty shitty, I tried to change the sensitivity of the analog sticks but it wasn't improved

Mondain · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:56:57 PM »

meh, I don't really like the whole glaive throwing thing, the controls are a bit too complex to use in the middle of the action for my taste

the game has a few good ideas, though

MCD · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2008, 02:09:20 PM »

are you guys sure it's UE3?

Quote

Dark Sector was based on Sector Engine, later changed to the Evolution Engine, both Digital Extremes' proprietary next-gen game engines. Official statements about this being just a name change or a major shift in their technology were not released to the public yet. Speculations about this engine being an evolution of the Pariah engine, a heavily modified Unreal Engine 2.5 were posted at UnrealWiki[2] but were not confirmed by Digital Extremes. Dark Sector's project lead, Steve Sinclair, stated that the engine was written from scratch.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sector

Mondain · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2008, 02:24:33 PM »

whatever the case, the end results does look a lot like UE3

it wouldn't be surprising for DE to have taken a lot of inspiration from it when rewriting it to suit their needs

demi · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2008, 03:19:27 PM »

so nobody got Dark Sector? so much for your hype, LOSERS

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2008, 05:03:53 PM »

I'm getting it, maybe this afternoon

i am getting the PS3 version

FancyFeast · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2008, 05:20:34 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on March 27, 2008, 05:03:53 PM

I'm getting it, maybe this afternoon

i am getting the PS3 version

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #25 on:** March 27, 2008, 05:24:54 PM »

that's a compelling argument

Mondain · « **Reply #26 on:** March 27, 2008, 07:40:32 PM »

eh, it's getting pretty decent, even if the cover/shoot gameplay is getting quite old as I said

the atmosphere is awesome, the lighting and shadows are sick and work extremely well as there is almost NO dialogue, just some ambient sounds and this

a good rental if you just want a lot of ruthless action and no story

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #27 on:** March 29, 2008, 03:02:27 PM »

This is a pretty good game. Graphics are nice, enemy AI is decent, controls are well done (for the most part). I don't know why every review was bitching about it being slim on story - so far the plot seems to be pieced throughout the game when it's necessary. It's not the most intricate story in the world to begin with. The glaive is kinda badass. I haven't tried MP yet, but it seems like a throwaway so they could slap the feature on the box.

It's waaaaaay better than Condemned 2 already.

demi · « **Reply #28 on:** March 29, 2008, 03:46:07 PM »

alright that's it, i'm gonna go get it, i got 1000 on SHITKING last night

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** March 29, 2008, 07:20:28 PM »

well, i decided against buying Dark Sector. I have already wasted money on Condemned 2 and Viking, i think i'll stick to rentals until the next MUST BUY comes out

and they only gave me $18 credit for it, MOTHERFUCK

i think i'm also done trading in games.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #30 on:** March 29, 2008, 08:59:26 PM »

That's probably a good decision. It's good, but it's "rental good." I'll more than likely flip it on ebay as soon as I'm finished.

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Author Topic: Dark Sector - what's the word? *Updated with impressions - the word is "decent" (Read 2617 times)