2.5/5

I'm on the line here. For it's time it seemed like a pretty cool game, and even though it is polished, has some nice features and the action is there, it is close to being boring for the most part. Me, personally, I would probably not go through with it if I wasn't such a big Warframe guy. The game is structured well, it works nicely even today and it's got some detailed mechanics I really liked. In it's template it is similar to the Resident Evil and Gears of War franchise. The setting these events are happening in is really not that interesting, even though it looks okay, but I love the chilling and alarming atmosphere it gives off.
https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3382815358
The story is sadly just about mediocre and underdeveloped. Characters aren't interesting, and that even goes for the protagonist somehow.
First few chapters are very repetitive and straightforward - fight tons of enemy waves and find your way through. The combat is okay but it is just too repetitive for the most part. That is until you start the boss fights later on. Those I actually really enjoyed. Fighting and figuring out your opponent's weaknesses kind of felt really cool. Playing the final three chapters was really a blast for me.
https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3383797891
But, most of all, I enjoyed watching this game for what it is ultimately - a Warframe predecessor, or "Lotus" to be exact. Simply observing and drawing all these similarities to what came to be Warframe is very fun. The characters, the Excalibur "protoframe", the movement mechanics, the abilities you gain, using different elements of the universe, the weapons among which is Glaive that was very fun to use here, the enemy designs, among which are the infested, the Jackals and more, all of these ideas were ported to Warframe eventually.
https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3383798198
It feels like this was a project that let Digital Extremes experiment and learn so they could ultimately make something bigger that they had in their mind originally. And seeing that original concept video for this game back from 2004, I'm guessing that's exactly what Dark Sector was.

2.5/5 I'm on the line here. For it's time it seemed like a pretty cool game, and even though it is polished, has some nice features and the action is there, it is close to being boring for the most part. Me, personally, I would probably not go through with it if I wasn't such a big Warframe guy. The game is structured well, it works nicely even today and it's got some detailed mechanics I really liked. In it's template it is similar to the Resident Evil and Gears of War franchise. The setting these events are happening in is really not that interesting, even though it looks okay, but I love the chilling and alarming atmosphere it gives off. https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3382815358 The story is sadly just about mediocre and underdeveloped. Characters aren't interesting, and that even goes for the protagonist somehow. First few chapters are very repetitive and straightforward - fight tons of enemy waves and find your way through. The combat is okay but it is just too repetitive for the most part. That is until you start the boss fights later on. Those I actually really enjoyed. Fighting and figuring out your opponent's weaknesses kind of felt really cool. Playing the final three chapters was really a blast for me. https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3383797891 But, most of all, I enjoyed watching this game for what it is ultimately - a Warframe predecessor, or "Lotus" to be exact. Simply observing and drawing all these similarities to what came to be Warframe is very fun. The characters, the Excalibur "protoframe", the movement mechanics, the abilities you gain, using different elements of the universe, the weapons among which is Glaive that was very fun to use here, the enemy designs, among which are the infested, the Jackals and more, all of these ideas were ported to Warframe eventually. https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3383798198 It feels like this was a project that let Digital Extremes experiment and learn so they could ultimately make something bigger that they had in their mind originally. And seeing that original concept video for this game back from 2004, I'm guessing that's exactly what Dark Sector was.