Latest Dark Sector Enemy Vignette Arrives
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Registered users can use the HD Stream.Developed by Digital Extremes, Dark Sector hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next Tuesday, March 25.
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Registered users can use the HD Stream.Developed by Digital Extremes, Dark Sector hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next Tuesday, March 25.
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Registered users can use the HD Stream.Developed by Digital Extremes, Dark Sector hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next Tuesday, March 25.
Today's clip details the Chroma and its weakness to the always-deadly bullet-glaive combo. Developed by Digital Extremes, Dark Sector hits North American retailers March 25.
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Registered users can use the HD Stream.Powered by Digital Extremes' Evolution Engine, the title has players assuming the role of Hayden, a former special ops agent infected by a virus that grants him superpowers. Just like Mega Man, Hayden must defeat bosses in order to acquire their specific powers, such as the ability to create a bullet-deflecting bubble shield.
Dark Sector also sports a multiplayer mode, featuring two different gameplay types, with Digital Extremes hoping to eventually flesh out the title's multiplayer component via downloadable content.
For more on Dark Sector, check out our hands-on impressions from earlier this year.
Slated to arrive on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 25, the title supports up to ten players. The Infection mode pits slower-moving soldier-class players against one super-powered foe, while Epidemic has two teams facing off against in an attempt to assassinate the other's sole super-powered combatant.
A total of five maps will be available at launch, with the game's multiplayer playable via online or LAN play. Following its releases, Digital Extremes hopes to further flesh out the game's multiplayer component with new modes, maps, and other goodies via downloadable content.
Either because I was already familiar with the mechanics from my last session, or because the designers had tweaked the difficulty and feel as I was hoping--probably a bit of both, and more of the former if I'm being honest with myself--Dark Sector was a whole lot easier for me this time around. Chucking the glaive with one hand while popping rapid-fire pistol rounds into an enemy's head with the other became almost second nature, where before it had been more unwieldy. Read more...
Expected sometime this spring on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Dark Sector apparently involves shooting a lot of guys. There are batarangs, too. For more detailed details, check out Chris Remo's recent preview.
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Registered users can also use the HD stream.Fortunately for you, you are the protagonist in a video game, so rather than becoming horribly mutated and losing all shreds of your humanity, your arm becomes metal and you gain the use of a boomerang-like, triple-bladed weapon called the glaive (ie, the Glaive of Krull, rather than the historical polearm).
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I quickly tossed the Glaive into the pack of soldiers. It sang a song of severance as it removed one bad guy's leg and left him screaming in agony. The Glaive happily returned to my hand, and this time I aimed at an enemy's head. Needless to say, shooting guns is a bit more difficult when you have been decapitated, so I ignored the cranially-challenged bloody heap and turned to the last threat. Like a Ginsu knife slicing through a tin can, the Glaive perforated the armored soldier with little effort and he dropped to the ground. "Wow," I thought, "that sure was satisfying!"
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