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Dark Sector
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Use your glaive to chop off your enemies' heads in this third-person action-shooter from D3 and Digital Extremes.
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"Dark Sector's got great-looking character models, but the slow and repetitive gameplay really holds it all back."
5 ★ (1)
4 ★ (16)
3 ★ (12)
2 ★ (7)
1 ★ (0)

Fun mechanics compensate a somewhat slow start

Graphics: 9 Music: 5 Story: 7 Control: 9 Difficulty: 8 Gameplay: 8 Level design: 6 This game feels a lot like Gears of war and it isn't a bad thing. There's a covert system that works really good, con… Read more

Shoot and slice your way to victory in a cool suit

Editors note: This is a review I found I had written in 2008, for purposes unknown. I paste it here with the original score given at the time, with minimal editing for punctuation. If you are still on… Read more

Dark Sector Review

Dark Sector is a game that does not attempt to conceal its inspirations. Revealed in 2005 as a science fiction shooter, these concepts were eventually scrapped (which were later used in Digital Extrem… Read more

Efforts can be seen in Dark Sector, but it fails at executing even fundamental mechanics.

Dark Sector is a game that does not attempt to conceal its inspirations. Revealed in 2005 as a science fiction shooter, these concepts were eventually scrapped (which were later used in Digital Extrem… Read more

Brutal and interesting combat among less satisfying gameplay elements

Dark Sector feels like a difficult game to review. On one hand, I look at the hamfisted dialogue and the paper thin premise, as well as what seem like misguided attempts at variety in the forms of puz… Read more

Dark Sector plays it safe, but still is an enjoyable, bloody romp

The Short Pros - Fast paced, bloody third person shooting - Glaive throwing is fun and violent - Uses glaive with environmental elements for puzzles, attacks, etc. - Melee and glaive-play is fun - Gra… Read more

A Solid RE4 Clone

No-one ever complains about safe and dependable cars. Companies like Volvo and Subaru keep pumping out stolid, reliable cars that have basically looked the same for the last 30 years. When it comes to… Read more

Dark Sector Review [All versions]

This game feels a lot like Gears of war and it isn't a bad thing. There's a covert system that works really good, controls are responsive, graphics are top-notch [for the moment when it was released],… Read more

Dark Sector

No-one ever complains about safe and dependable cars. Companies like Volvo and Subaru keep pumping out stolid, reliable cars that have basically looked the same for the last 30 years. When it comes to… Read more

Dark Sector Review

Graphics: 9 Note: it must be 3/5 stars not 4 but I can't change it Music: 5 Story: 7 Control: 9 Difficulty: 8 Gameplay: 8 Level design: 6 This game feels a lot like Gears of war and it isn't a bad thi… Read more

Disappointing squandered potential

Dark Sector didn't strike me as a game that contained much substance to it. It felt like a game that developed a unique element to it (the boomerang style glaive, and the powers associated with it), a… Read more

Dark Sector isn't that bad...eventually

This game catches a lot of bad rap. A bad rap that I only partially understand. I'll explain. Much like in other games where you gradually gain powers over time, your character's powers don't actually… Read more

Better than the sum of its parts.

Dark Sector's biggest claim to fame is probably its troubled development past. Announced way back in 2000, the game went through several major overhauls in gameplay and story before finally being rele… Read more

Fun, but nothing special.

I originally purchased Dark Sector because it was partially developed in London, Ontario which is where I live. The studio helped out on Bioshock so I figured this game can't be all that bad given the… Read more

Good, but not Great

I'll admit, I am one of the few that enjoyed this game. Sue me. Anyway, I feel as though the game didn't quite live up to it's potential. Makes me wonder what the game would have been like if it had s… Read more

A unique but flawed game

Dark Sector isn't a great game, but it's not a bad game either. Its one of those games that's worth picking up if it's cheap. The game relies on the single mechanic of throwing a glaive. The game intr… Read more

Resident Evil with a Glaive

Dark Sector takes you through Russian warehouses and other battlefields as you fight zombies and other infected sorts. The typical story of our hero being infected by the very thing the bad guys are p… Read more

cool idea...but falls short

Well D3 tried..ill give them that..the graphics are steller..and takes a good amount of gameplay off of Gears of War..the basic story to this game is that you play as Hayden (the emo government agent)… Read more

Dark Sector is a fun, satisfying, and visceral puzzle-action game

I came into Dark Sector not expecting too much, I only expected some mildly entertaining combat and decent graphics. But, as soon as I got to the second chapter, I realized, Dark Sector is amazing. Wi… Read more

Dark Sector

Released in November of 2006, Gears of War was critically acclaimed for re-introducing the “cover system” style of game-play. Given the enormous amount of success enjoyed by that game, one would assum… Read more

Like Gears from the Bargain Bin

How many people remember Dark Sector? Anyone? No? Well, I'm not surprised. The game had been in development ever since 2000, originally going to be a title about some space marine doing something in s… Read more

4 Stars for the price

I paid under $20 for this game and it sounds, visuals and gameplay count for the price. I read the reviews and didn't think it would be worth it, but I play almost everything. If this game would have… Read more

An interesting shooter that doesn't hold up after hours of play.

This is just a copy of my Gamespot review, as most of my first reviews will be. But I'll be working on some new ones for this site in the next few days. - - - - - - I rented this game the other day be… Read more

Decent Action Shooter

I think the reviews for Dark Sector reflect the unrealistic hype that surrounded this game prior to release. Its was supposed to the first "next gen" game with unmatched graphics, gameplay, etc. Well,… Read more

Kept me entertained

I know some people are calling this game a Gears of War ripoff and I don't deny it but the game itself was quite entertaining. The use of the glaive was fun and interactive but it did make it a little… Read more

Fun. Glaive. Action.

darkSector took a long time coming and it feels very polished. While the story could have been a little more fleshed out, I enjoyed the fiction and the setting. Don't want to spoil the experience for… Read more

My take on Dark Sector.

Dark Sector is a game that was announced well before its final release. In fact many of the games that have inspired this game where announced and developed before this game could get a release. Wheth… Read more

Dark Sector--Review

I was shocked when I played Dark Sector for the first time. I've never seen a game make such a sad attempt at blatantly copying another game. I could put this review into one sentence but I wont. Sing… Read more

Dark Sector has a pretty face, but serious issues underneath

Dark Sector is an example of a video game clone gone wrong; a game that takes many of the aspects of a previous successful game (in this case Gears of War) but fails to add anything new or meaningful… Read more

Dark Sector is a mostly boring game

Dark Sector is one of those games that most gamers will play through once, then move on to something else without a second thought. One of the big selling points of Dark Sector is the glaive. This wea… Read more

A very solid actiongame but it completely lacks personality.

Lets start by just stating what is already clear as daylight. Dark Sector is the most obvious Gears of War ripoff there will ever be. Exacly everything controls like Gears but not as smoothly. The cam… Read more

Dark Sector almost hits the mark

Dark Sector is a game that manages to pluck a chord with fans of the Gears of War style third-person shooter with that familiar over-right-shoulder camera viewpoint. Unfortunately, being a clone often… Read more

Coolest. Game. Evarr.

Dark Sector is possibly the coolest game to come out yet this year. That doesn't necessarily make it the best game, but it's a guarantee that a game where you control a superhuman, and battle men with… Read more

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