Carl H
Reviewer - Carl HInstallation Notes
No problems were encounted during the installation, the whole process was quite pain free and took around 15 minutes.
The game is quite a good mix of adventure, sci fi and mainly a first person shooter, however it isnt without its downfalls, for example the first level where your testing the flying prototype out seems to me to be quite a lazy console port and the controls with the mouse are quite frustrating to say the least.
After, although the game is quite slow to get going it does improve as the levels do get a little more challenging , however throughout the game with the menus and the on screen help system which pops up from time to time it does appears as though this is a port from the xbox version and this can show from time to time.
The graphics are very good as well as the interaction between the characters throughout the story line, especially the dialogue between the main characters throughout.
The enemy UI mostly droids throughout the game seems very lacklustre and the only challenge really instead of them hiding for cover (regardless of difficulty setting) is really just down to the vast quanity of them that can appear from any one time usually just appearing from one area and shooting in your general direcion without any thought of ducking for cover should you fire back.
Click for larger imageThere are also a few glitches which I have noticed in the period I have played it where you would get stuck for no apparent reason.
Dark Void could have been a good game - and this shows with the dialogue with the main characters throughout the game, the graphics in parts, soundtrack as well as cut scenes however as it can come quite repetitive quickly most gamers could be put off by this.
Another point that I would state is that this game could have been so much better, even by simple additions of a online mode - after all it is based on the unreal engine, however for some reason Capcom decided not to add this to the game.
Carl H score - 6.5/10