- Throughout the course of the game, players will witness Hayden's transformation into something more than he was as he fights against the Technocyte Virus taking over his body and the effects it has on his psyche.
- After infection by the Technocyte, Hayden gains incredible superhuman powers - including the deadly, bladed glaive that he can grow from his arm and use and throw with deadly accuracy.
- Through the use of no HUD, intuitive controls and a 3rd-person over the shoulder viewpoint, you are immersed in the game at all times, focused on gameplay and not gameplay management.
- Dark Sector features an innovative and exciting multiplayer gameplay that will allow players to utilize the skills they have learned in the single-player game to excel in a competitive environment.
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A new kind of weapon for a new kind of hero.
Dark Sector is a third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players
into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold
War era. Playing in the role of Hayden Tenno, an unscrupulous
covert operative sent on an assassination mission into Lasria a
fictional Eastern European city on the brink of ruin and rumored
to be contaminated by a mysterious and frightening plague, Hayden
takes out his mark, but before he can escape is attacked by an
unknown enemy. Not killed outright as expected, he is instead
infected with the virus that is causing the plague.
The Technocyte Virus and Haydens Evolution
Just as with the other victims swarming the street of Lasria, the
Technocyte Virus imbues Hayden with powerful, inhuman abilities.
These abilities are not static and as they progress they cause
severe, accelerated pain; pain that eventually drives their hosts
insane, turning them quite literally into monsters of superhuman
power. Hayden possesses an unexpected resistance to this
maddening pain, but his body is not spared the mutations caused
by the virus. The first of these are metal armor that grows from
his body and a three bladed, throwable weapon called a "glaive"
which explodes from his right arm and can regenerate if lost. But
these are only the beginning. Eventually players may also gain
the power of limited invisibility, the use of a bulletproof
shield and an assortment of deadly melee attacks.
As Hayden slashes his way through the mutants overrunning Lasria
he stumbles upon a plot by a rogue operative and his private army
of henchmen to harness the power of the strongest of these
mutants for some dark purpose. No longer entirely human, but not
a mindless mutant Hayden must make a decision whether to use his
own new powers to stop this plot or look the other way. But
regardless of his choice, he has become the target of both the
blind rage of his fellow mutants and a shadowy para group
that seeks to control them.
Weapons: Glaive, s and the Black Market
Dark Sector is far from the traditional third-person shooter. The
glaive is the games signature weapon and as players gain
experience they will come to see that it is not only a stylish
weapon, but also much more versatile than the traditional
firepower available in-game. It is of course deadly as a slashing
weapon and can be thrown great distances, but as Haydens powers
evolve the glaive can be used in unexpected ways, ranging from
siphoning and focusing elemental features like fire and freezing
cold on enemies, to opening doors and retrieving items from
inaccessible areas. But this doesnt mean that players can shun
the conventional weapons scattered throughout the game, quite the
site.
To be successful players must successfully journey underground to
the games black market where they can purchase new weapons
with scavenged rubles and also upgrade their existing weapons.
Some of these upgrades include increasing a weapons firing rate,
larger ammo clips, the ability to fire two simultaneous rounds
and a puncture ability that allows you to shoot through any
enemy to hit another standing behind him. Finding the entrances
to the black market are important because firearms in the game
are biologically sensitive to mutant powers and unless altered to
ignore the existence of altered are useless to the mutated
Hayden.
Gameplay Modes and Features
Not only does Dark Sector contains a deep singleplayer story
mode, but in addition it features multiplayer functionality
allowing players to harness Hayden Tennos mutant powers in two
different ways, both in awesome 10-person online multiplayer
combat. The two modes include:
Infection Mode: Think of this as tackle the guy with the
glaive. In this timed mode one player assumes the role of a
fully-powered Hayden Tenno, complete with shield, invisibility
and melee capabilities, while the other nine play as human
operatives trying to kill him and take his place. The player in
the role of Hayden receives a single point for each kill made,
while the soldier that takes him down gets 2, plus the right to
wield the glaive in the next go around. Players making assists in
the slaying of Hayden receive one point as well. The player with
the most points at the end of the round wins.
Epidemic Mode: In this team-based mode, with a set number of
rounds per match, two teams, each made up of one Hayden and a
group of soldiers, battle to kill the other teams Hayden. A
single point is awarded to each team per kill of the sing
Hayden. Each Hayden begins at full strength and the team with the
most points at the end of the round wins.
Other features available in both multiplayer modes include voice
chat and global leaderboards.
The Birth of a Superhero
Whether in singleplayer or multiplayer modes the developers of
Dark Sector have endeavored to link every action of the player to
the mutant evolution of Hayden Tenno. This means that as players
progress through the game defeating bosses as well standard
enemies they increase Haydens mutant abilities and advance his
disease. Its a catch-22 that with every victory Hayden becomes
less human, but one that the games storyline relishes as the
one-time hitman slowly and unsurely morphs into a hero.