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Darkest of Days is historically inaccurate and unfair
If you examine the screenshot above, you'll note a) that's not the kind of gun a cavalryman would have encountered at the battle of Antietam, where the picture was taken, and b) it's hardly fair to use that modern assault rifle against those guys and their horses.
Darkest of Days is a shooter from a new developer in Iowa -- yes, Iowa -- called 8monkey Labs. They've come up with an engine that puts as many as 300 characters onscreen at once. Using this engine, they drop you into various historic time periods and give you wildly inappropriate weapons. The idea is that you're a time traveler sent to keep certain people alive. Sort of a reverse terminator, if you will.
The whole thing seems quite silly and I can't wait to see how it turns out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for something with a Painkiller vibe. You can find out more about Darkest of Days at the website here. The game will be out for the PC and Xbox 360 on September 8th.
Oh, and here's another great screenshot of historical inaccuracy and unfairness. Click on it for a larger view.
By obonicus at 8:00 AM ON 07/31/09
So... the purpose of the game is to tamper so badly with the timeline that the Nazis win WW2? Is this like RaHoWa 2?
By qcotms at 10:36 AM ON 07/31/09
If you are a time traveler then it isn't historically inaccurate. That's just science fiction.
By sometimes20 at 11:03 AM ON 07/31/09
I think it's inaccuarate and unfair to characterize this game as inaccurate and unfair, since the entire premise is science fiction, not historical recreation.
By nothings at 2:35 PM ON 07/31/09
I think the actual premise is "have the player be on a team of 10 guys but still get 90% of the kills".
You know, just like every other game. But now there's a fictional excuse for it.
By Daniel Carvalho at 2:52 PM ON 07/31/09
Although this article is an attempt at humour, it paints a rather unfair picture of the game.
Unnecessary bad press for the poor developers that are slaving away making this game.
By DaFoe at 5:08 PM ON 07/31/09
To obonicus... what in gods name are you babbling about? The game show you SHOOTING at Nazis and Confederates, all the classic bad guys who hate America. The blurb talks about protecting historical figures, I'd assume heroic ones so you save the past and all that. Did you even bother to read the article or go to the website, or did you just read the article title and fly off the handle with unfounded remarks for fun?
After checking out the website, I'm pumped for this. It's exactly the kind of FPS title that should be a blast to play because it revels in its ludicrous over the top qualities. "You can use the shotgun for... well everything. It's a shotgun!" It's that enjoyable Duke Nukem-esque embracing of the absurd and running with the concept.
By TH4T6UY at 5:42 PM ON 07/31/09
Hehe, I'd seen this on GameTrailers a while ago. I love the descriptions of the guns. "High speed violation of the Geneva Convention" :D. I love this idea, I'd wished for a game that let me do something like this for a long time. Roman soldiers vs an assault rifle FTW! Oh, and you can use historically accurate weaponry, but where's the fun in that?
By obonicus at 8:11 PM ON 08/01/09
@DaFoe
Everyone knows that if you bring automatic weapons into the civil war you're practically guaranteeing a future in which the Nazis win WW2. This level of time travel ignorance means you're not only unqualified to participate in this conversation, you shouldn't even be allowed to buy this game.
By TH4T6UY at 12:42 AM ON 08/02/09
@ obonicus - Unless the things that the game's protagonist does are essential to ensuring that history plays out as it is supposed to. Perhaps the protagonist's absence is what would allow the Nazi's to win WWII.
By Thresher_V at 9:22 AM ON 08/02/09
@obonicus
I'm actually a history major and can see very little connection to "if you bring automatic weapons into the civil war you're practically guaranteeing a future in which the Nazis win WW2" statement. Maybe you need to read a book or 2 before making such outlandish comments. It's just a game and no different than any others in their absurdity. Time travel itself is an impossibility, so what makes you the expert?
I for one am very much interested in this title. Hopefully they will take a page out of Infamous' book and allow you to be good or evil.
By Adversitystrikes at 5:50 AM ON 08/03/09
I'm actually a time traveller and I can tell you the "Civil War Nazi Paradox" is very real, and a frightening proposition.
I have always dreamed of seeing what would happen if you travel back to medieval days with a battallion of modern troops and weapons.
I would take the game several steps further and attempt to install myself as God-Emperor of Europe, ravishing maidens and shooting people in the face.
By repinsnug at 8:08 PM ON 08/03/09
Leonidas- "This is Sparta"
Me- "This is an MP5"
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