Darkwatch is a shooter developed by High Moon Studios, released 16 August 2005 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Darkwatch is
Darkwatch is a shooter game developed by High Moon Studios and released in 2005. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game's story (narrated by Peter Jason) follows the exploits of Jericho Cross, an outlaw-turned-vampire, and his employment in an ancient vampire-hunting order known as the Darkwatch. After unwittingly releasing the Darkwatch's greatest enemy, a vampire lord named Lazarus Malkoth, Jericho is conscripted into the Darkwatch as an elite operative. Jericho, however, is slowly turning into a vampire himself, after being bitten by Lazarus. The game outlines either Jericho's struggle for humanity or his descent into darkness, depending on the player's actions. The game begins in Arizona Territory in 1876 with Jericho attempting to rob a Darkwatch train that is transporting the captured Lazarus…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Darkwatch holds a critic score of 52 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Darkwatch launched on 16 August 2005, within three weeks of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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