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Darkest of Days

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5.4 User Score:

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Based on 14 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Phantom EFX

Developer: 8monkey Labs

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: September 8, 2009

Summary

In Darkest of Days, you'll get to experience some of the most varied gameplay ever released in one title. Thigns will never get stale as you travel to distant times and fight alongside people from that time period. Fighting in Antietam (the bloodiest day of the American Civil War) feels much different than fighting on the side of the Russians at Tannenberg (where the Russians withstood 140,000 casualties in WWI). [Phantom EFX]

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What The Critics Said

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PC Gamer UK

A few clever mechanics and great weapons against a backdrop of surprisingly immersive Civil War and WWII battles. [Oct 2009, p.87]

Cheat Code Central

Darkest of Days also features very little content - there is only a single-player story mode to wade through that has very limited replay value.

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SpazioGames

Darkest of Days is unable to carve out a place in history and memory of lovers of first-person shooter. The absence of an elaborated IA reduces the value of the product and makes you feel even more the lack of a multiplayer segment, further reducing its longevity. However, the title may be pleasing to fans of time travel and lovers of historical accuracy.

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GameFocus

A good concept that is fun to play to a point and in the end you probably will not play this game a second time. Buy it if you are not going to pick it apart for no reason or stay away if most First Person Games fail to even excite you.

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GameZone

Another idea gone horribly awry, there is far better out there.

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PC Format

Darkest of Days has this whole time-travelling, setting-right-what-once-went-wrong schtick. Oh boy. [Dec 2009, p.99]

Worth Playing

The premise is great, the big set-piece battles are fun, but everything else is boxed within dated design concepts from which other titles have long evolved.

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Gaming Nexus

A meandering plot and lackluster game play relegate Darkest of Days to the "save it for a snowy, can't-get-out-of-the-house day" shelf.

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Game Chronicles

Just a sub par first person shooter with a few good attributes.

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DarkZero

Darkest of Days ends up being a mediocre FPS. The production values are severely lacking, but under the hood you can see that the developers really tried. This is only the second game produced by 8monkeylabs, hopefully their future games will have a more polish.

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GameSpot

The ideas were there, but Darkest of Days doesn't deliver where it counts.

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Absolute Games

If it weren't for sci-fi elements, Darkest of Days would be indistinguishable from History Channel’s Civil War shooters, although this game covers a wider period. Scenery changes, extras don different uniforms, but the lack of imagination is everywhere.

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3DJuegos

Boring and brief campaign, no multiplayer and poorly executed, Darkest of Days is a nice starting idea with a bad development.

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IGN

Darkest of Days indeed. This first-person shooter from 8monkey Labs fails on nearly all fronts. A promising narrative setup is roasted over a bonfire of mangled mechanics, poor presentation, and sloppily implemented missions and objectives.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 60 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Pascal S. gave it a9:
Graphics are excellent, interesting plotline and good use of time settings to produce good atmosphere with brilliant set-pieces with authentic-feeling weaponry. also it's awesome to run through civil war troops with a fully-automatic shotgun.

Mark L. gave it a9:
Times have changed. Back in the day, a little thing called "fun" mattered more than fancy graphics or clever AI. This game delivers fun. Nothing more, and nothing less. I don't know what kind of game the bashers wanted to play. Maybe this was just a bit too different from what they expected. I enjoyed it. Quite a lot. So sue me.

Paul W gave it an8:
I'm glad to see other users posting their comments here as well. This game is quite original and so far quite fun. The graphics are very nice especially considering the VAST expanse of scenery and draw distance. I'm playing in 7.1 surround sound and the positioning is SUPERB! I can't tell you the amount of times I've had massive trouble getting 7.1 to work correctly in AAA games. This one worked right out of the box (or... more correctly... right of of the Steam since I downloaded it). The battles are vast and have a distinct feeling to them. I'm amazed at the amount of NPC soldiers involved on the field. AI is as good as any AI I've played on AAA games. The utilize cover and pop in and out. Devs like this should be encouraged. Sure there is no multiplayer... so what?! MOST of the time the multiplayer is same old, same old. Unless you are creating a TF2 or L4D, I prefer a great single-player experience. Only major drawback for me so far is the lack of SLI support. But running at 3840x1024 (Triplehead2Go over three monitors) with Medium Physics and 2x AA, 16XAF, I get steady 30-35 fps. One has to question the maturity or ethics of sites doling out scores that are equivalent to saying the game is literally garbage. Bottom line: it's fun to play. End of story.

Stephen B gave it a3:
It's like the movie Time Cop only worse. While there are roughly 15 missions there are only 3 places to play, Civil War, World War I, and Pompeii. The graphics are subpar yet taxed my machine like it was Crysis. After playing a few levels I dreaded having to pick a Civil War mission. Last time I checked you shouldn't dread anything while playing a game. The story was uninspired and left little to no connection with either of the main characters. The icing on the cake was how short the game was, 5-6 hours of gameplay. Wait for this to hit the bargain bins or just skip it all together, you aren't missing anything.

John W gave it a9:
Fun game. Perhaps a little behind with graphics, but the content was solid. It is easy to tell the amount of research the designers put into the little details. The controls were a little rough at first, but overall simple, so the learning curve isn't great. Props for the detailed content.

Tom M gave it a9:
This game is not a perfect game, but then again I didn't expect it to be. Darkest of Days was a pretty fun game though. I have to say it is a game with a fresh and entertaining concept. The futuristic weapons were definitely a innovative and fun aspect of the game that I personally had a lot of fun with. I hope to see a sequel to this game and see what kind of improvements the company would make on this game. Overall this game was worth playing through.

Lee H gave it a10:
It really is too bad that the company who didn't make this game didn't have the cash to pay royalties to reviewing agencies, because this is an extremely good game getting extremely bad reviews. Don't listen to them; this is an amazing game. The graphics are intense, the storyline is interesting, and it has quite some hours of play time to it for being a game of a marked down price. All the weapons are really fun to use, and can be upgraded after every level. I highly suggest playing through this game.

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