Dark Sector (PC)

Almost exactly one year has passed since Dark Sector first arrived on store shelves for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Why this PC port has taken so long is anyone's guess, but don't mistake the delay for any relation to new content or big gameplay tweaks, because this re-release is about as copy-and-paste as they come. But that's not entirely a bad thing.

THE VERDICT by Will Herring Will Herring's Avatar An often overlooked action title, Dark Sector may have found its niche as a more appropriately priced PC title, but that doesn't help repetitive gameplay and wonky level design.

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Russian developer Noviy Disk should be commended for pulling together such a clean port. Unlike many console-to-PC crossovers, Dark Sector ran on my modest rig with no slow-down or crashes. Heck, it even felt good using a mouse and keyboard in case you don't have a PC-compatible gamepad handy.

Dark Sector (PC)

When it first debuted on consoles, many critics painted Dark Sector as a middling Gears of War rip-off, and rightly so. Still, the game does have elements that help it stand out; the most surprising revelation I had during my play-through, though, is that these elements aren't particularly enjoyable. Take, for instance, the bad-ass looking glaive, a thrown weapon that can be charged with elemental powers. Using it to slice enemies in half is rewarding but a lack of ammo availability forces players to rely on it way too much, turning many of the tense combat encounters into long-distance decapitation-fests.

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FOURTHxSURVIVOR

Difficult boss fights? Oh come on they weren't that hard, only the Nemesis fight was challenging on normal and on Brutal the Stalker was hard (though he was simple on normal and Nemesis was really easy on Brutal...weird). I feel that this is still such an under appreciated game and part of me thinks that had this come out BEFORE Gears of War no one would have cared about Gears the way they do now. The multiplayer is my only problem with the game, its not bad its just that there are crappy maps and there aren't enough..though if it was more of the same maybe that was for the best. Still a better game than Gears in my opinion, but that's probably because I'm crazy....

MikeA29

Dark Sector is actually quite good, not great but quite good, the only Gears of War reference is just the third person shooting part. Other than that the action is good a little repetitive but still entertaining.

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cabogranato

I think gamepro missed the point of the game. The devs wanted people to rely on the glavine that's the point of the limited ammo. This is a great game I have no idea how a game like this gets bashed but then something stupid like braid or gta get's so much praise.

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