New videos shed light on Dark Sector

Posted Dec 5th 2007 6:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

Some fresh videos of Dark Sector have popped up at GameVideos. The videos are particularly illuminating concerning the game's storyline, which involves an operative being transformed by an alien infection. The video embedded above lays out the game's prologue, complete with Gordon-Freeman-style helicopter take down, infectious alien stabbing, and villainous monologue. The villainous monologue in particular is well done and gives us hope that the game's plot could be pretty interesting (or well presented at the very least). There are a handful of other gameplay videos too. Our favorite showcases the ability to control the main character's frisbee-knife thing in midair. Nice. Check it out after the break.

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12-05-2007 @ 6:05PM

Michael A. said...

looks great

12-05-2007 @ 11:13PM

Platinum_Skeet said...

This looks like Gears of War with Nazi's...

I'll pass...

12-05-2007 @ 6:12PM

Jason said...

"frisbee-knife thing" is called the glave.

I'm really hoping this game turns out good. I've been following it since it was first announce SO LONG ago. Sadly, it seems less interesting than it did way back then, but my fingers are still crossed.

12-06-2007 @ 9:43AM

Richard Mitchell said...

Yeah, yeah, I've seen Krull too. The word glaive is actually a misnomer, as a real glaive is a polearm (similar to a halberd, etc.).

12-05-2007 @ 6:15PM

Jim Halpert DM said...

For some reason this game always reminds me of Gears of War. Hmph....

12-05-2007 @ 6:46PM

NukeAssault said...

Reminds me of RE4 with a Gears cover system.

Any who... This game looks awesome. I was at first disappointed by the changes in the game but ive gotten over it.

12-05-2007 @ 10:42PM

Penguin Warlord said...

They patterned it after Gears and I'm pretty sure that it uses the Unreal Engine.

12-05-2007 @ 10:42PM

Penguin Warlord said...

They patterned it after Gears and I'm pretty sure that it uses the Unreal Engine.

12-06-2007 @ 12:06AM

KiraXD said...

@Penguin uh actually they arent using UE... research bro.. research.
Its being powered by the Evolution Engine

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=170506

12-05-2007 @ 6:53PM

todd said...

Reminds you of GOW because they patterned the game after it. Hopefully it will be a good spring title.

12-05-2007 @ 7:03PM

mirage said...

Thank God!!! I have been waiting for more video from the "first" next generation game since last generation. Hopefully we will have the "first" next generation game available for my next generation console sometime before the next next generation of consoles is released! ; )

12-05-2007 @ 7:13PM

Joop said...

The videos kind of confirm my suspicion that the entire game was written around some guy's idea of having a shooting arm blade boomerang thing, with little more thought put into it aside from that.

That's not a terrible idea itself, but I don't really think it could support an entire game.

12-05-2007 @ 7:39PM

Etchasketchist said...

You know what game had a good helicopter battle? Jet Grind Radio. It was a rocket launching helicopter versus you and your rollerblades and a can of spray paint.

12-05-2007 @ 8:13PM

Mal F4cti0n said...

Why is there no color?

Is that really how the game looks or is that a dream sequence of some sort?

There seems to be a little color at the end (once we see blood). The first video I ever saw of this game (the cool drums and stealth in space) had me all hard. Now.....meh.

12-05-2007 @ 11:48PM

KiraXD said...

looks like a prologue type chapter with very little color... (check the second video.. lots more color)

Also ZOMG cover system... it must mean GeOW rip-off!! stop looking like idiots and saying that EVEY single game with cover looks like a gears clone... this game looks 10 times better than gears... what now?

12-05-2007 @ 11:49PM

KiraXD said...

bleh the second part wasnt intended for you mal.. :/ sorry

12-06-2007 @ 12:30AM

King said...

is that gears of war 2 or what(lol)!?!? cuz that does not no dark sector. it looks like it copied most of its mechanics and the style reminds me of GOW. wow, yeah right...

12-06-2007 @ 1:02AM

ccc said...

This game looks nice, I just wish you guys would stop using clips from Game videos because they run like shit. Game trailers always run smooth and buffer fast.

12-06-2007 @ 8:28AM

Stephan Slack said...

This was the first game to be revealed for next gen systems. It was originally set in space and was sort of like a futuristic stealth game. In Game Informer the developer said they axed the space theme to go for the more popular earth theme, which I think was a mistake. Hopefully this was a smart move for the game. It actually seems a bit cooler than it did a while ago.

12-06-2007 @ 9:29AM

0ldb0y said...

Looks cool! Certainly improved over early iterations/gameplay videos I've seen.

The Gears and RE influences are undeniable.

The common theme that seems to be popular is that people like to shoot things, and are wow'ed by cool ways of slicing people up.

And when engaged against armed aircraft of some sort, man always happens to have rockets/stingers nearby...

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