Reviews of Darkest of Days

Time travel has piqued human interest for centuries. So, it's no wonder that our fascination with the past (and future!) has made its way into video games. There are multiple game series that play around with the idea of time travel, some more successfully than others. Darkest of Days is a game that sits somewhere in between. While not a total flop amongst critics, the game has met with some harsh criticism. A first person shooter, with an intriguing story that you're thrust headfirst into.

The game sets the scene during a battle in the American Civil War. You plays as Alexander Morris, a Union soldier at Little Big Horn. This is more popularly referred to as Custers Last Stand. You watch Custer die, and you're injured yourself. Right as you begin to think this game is absolutely pointless, a man in what can only be described as 'futuristic battle armor' arrives to save you. Your new friend drags you through a portal and you lose consciousness.

You wake up in a rather sterile looking room. You learn that you're in the headquarters of a company called Kronotek. Kronotek specializes in time travel and you get to meet "Mother" a senior officer at Kronotek. She informs you that the doctor who founded Kronotek is missing. You were chosen to find Doctor Koell.

The good news is, you aren't in this mission alone! Kronotek has no plans on sending you out into the time stream with no training, so you're introduced to Dexter. Agent Dexter was a police officer that went missing on 9/11, so he's more familiar with modern weapons. He teaches you about a variety of weapons, all the way up to late 22nd century versions of firearms, so that's pretty cool.

This counts as the "tutorial" of the game. Honestly, gameplay is a little monotonous, if not straightforward. You have objectives, you shoot enemies, insert tab A into slot B. The plot makes up for it though. There's intrigue, there's mystery, there's betrayal.

Once you're done with your crash course in arms, Mother lets you know that a few people who had been tasked in retrieving you had... Well they had gotten completely lost. So you have to rush off and find them. You get to use automatic weapons in a civil war setting, I don't think I need to explain why that's awesome. It is during these two missions that you're introduced to the games antagonist. The Opposition is a secretive, irritating group that seems determined to destroy the timeline and ruin the past. Jerks, amirite?

The game progresses in this fashion. You are tasked with retrieving people, defeating The Opposition, and rescuing the world, while preserving the past. It's a noble task, really. But of course, things aren't as they appear at first glance and between missions, you learn that perhaps The Opposition isn't as bad as they're painted to be. I won't ruin the ending for you, but I definitely encourage you to keep an open mind and pay attention to EVERY detail, no matter how inconsequential it seems at the time.

So, to sum it all up, The Darkest of Days is a good game an is worth the pick up for a price tag of 5$. It's not terribly unique in its gameplay or game mechanics. However, the story is well written, well executed and interesting enough to keep you playing, despite some of the missions feeling repetitive.

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