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After making its mark on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for a year, Dark Sector has finally arrived for PC Gaming. The game takes you through the journey of the protagonist Hayden Tenno, a black-ops agent who has an infection that made his right hand mutate into a lethal glaive.
The basic focus of the game is on enhancing the gameplay experience of the user, and it does that successfully. The boomerang-like glaive in conjunction with a bunch of other weapons and intelligent enemies will keep your mind occupied from start to finish.
You’ll quickly learn how to use weapons, take cover, and attack enemies with the glaive. Though you’ll have an increasing list of weapons available to you as you progress through the game, you’ll find yourself using those weapons much lesser then the glaive. Decapitating your enemies with the glaive and maiming them early on in the game will make you feel so powerful, you wouldn’t want to change your gameplay one bit. However, the enemies are just as smart as you are, and employ tactics similar to yours. If you’re looking for a good 10-12 hours of combat fun without much regard to the story line, this is the perfect game for you.
The glaive is much more than a weapon though. You can use it in numerous useful ways-as a swiss army knife to open things and unlock doors; by using help from other surrounding elements to light fire or create columns of ice; and by hitting specific items around you, to embed several abilities in the glaive like electricity, fire, etc. for some time, which makes killing your enemies that much more fun.
Apart from fighting your enemies, you have to spend some time exploring your surroundings to find weapons, money, etc. in order to equip yourself with everything you need to advance ahead. One of the peculiar things about this game is that the weapons you pick up from your enemies disable themselves automatically after some time. Therefore, you’ll have to use your earned money to buy weapons from one of the conveniently-placed black markets.
Apart from the main story, Dark Sector features two multiplayer modes called as Epidemic and Infection. Epidemic sees two teams, each led by a Hayden fighting against each other to see which team can kill the other leader first. Infection sees one Hayden fighting against all the remaining players.
While the combat part of the game is its biggest selling point, the lack of a good story line slightly pulls it down. Another problem with the PC version of Dark Sector is that it does not have online play. Other minor issues include some low-resolution textures while searching for stuff in the dark corners using your flashlight.
However, what lacks in these areas is made up for in the sound effects, which do an amazing job of telling you when the danger is imminent or has just passed away. The sounds while you use your weapons also are very realistic and make you feel the impact of the weapon. The overall graphics are excellent.
To sum it up, Dark Sector for the PC isn’t as extensive as the one available for consoles, however it has tonnes of potential to provide you with a lot of combat fun while you play in the single player mode.
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