Dark Sector
Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria, an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that hides a deadly Cold War secret. In the…
Dark Sector is a shooter developed by Digital Extremes, released 25 March 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9.5 hrs to finish.
What Dark Sector is
Dark Sector is a shooter game developed by Digital Extremes and released in 2008. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Evolution.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Near the end of the Cold War, a sunken submarine off the coast of the country of Lasria releases a mysterious and horrifying infection known as the Technocyte, which spreads mutation and destruction before the Lasrians manage to bring it under control. Years later, covert operative Hayden Tenno is sent deep into a grim Lasrian gulag compound where the ruthless Robert Mezner is holding those infected with the virus. Hayden's orders are clear: locate his target, halt the spread of the Technocyte, and eliminate Mezner. But the mission goes catastrophically wrong. Hayden is confronted, overpowered, and deliberately infected with the very virus he came to contain. As the Technocyte takes hold…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Dark Sector holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 84 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 14 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or similar Athlon® 64™, XP 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0 compatible, with shaders 3.0 support (nVidia GeForce 6600 or ATI X1300 or higher). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB.
What it launched against
Dark Sector launched on 25 March 2008, within three weeks of God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dark Sector yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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