Darkwatch (PlayStation 2)

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• 9 stars

  Darkwatch is one of the best games of the year.

  by xtremekornfreak on August 15, 2005

  Pros: Awesome graphics, story videos, AI, enemies, and weapons.

  Cons: controls take a while to get down

  Summary: Darkwatch is awesome. I was a bit skeptical at first. But wow, the graphics are great, the AI is hard enough to keep you in the game, but not so ...

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  Summary: Darkwatch is awesome. I was a bit skeptical at first. But wow, the graphics are great, the AI is hard enough to keep you in the game, but not so hard that you want to quick playing. The weapons are insane. I love the melee action. The enemies are scary and awesome. I hate Banshee's, they are a ***** to kill and they do a lot of damage. The story is well written and flows nicely. The game play its self is a bit fast. It took less then 7 hours to beat the whole game at the second to hardest difficulty. But after beating the game, you get “Extras”. The “Extras” I’ve gotten are a concept art video showing the evolution of Jericho Cross, all the story videos in the game, and the statistics showing how I did. There are two ways to play. Story mode takes you through the game normal. Gunslinger lets you play specific levels of the game. There are 4 levels of difficulty. The controls are pretty comfortable. The only problem with the controls I had on the PS2 version involve changing weapons when moving around. The left analog stick controls movements, the left one controls aiming of weapons. The left and right arrow keys control leaning left or right (respectively). The up arrow switched through your throwing weapons and the down arrow switches through your main weapons. All the weapons have melee action which comes in handy when you’re surrounded by the undead. The hardest level to fight your way through is easily the one where you have to fight in the day light, which makes you lose your vampire powers and leave you more vulnerable to attacks. In this level your main enemies are “Braves”. These now undead native Americans are relentless in their attacks. Not only do they have melee attacks like all the other enemies, they also throw hatchets at you, and some shoot flaming arrows. The plot twists are quite exciting. A hint to one is that you lose a good agent early on in your quest to save your soul, but she (yes SHE) will still be there with you through the rest of the game. For a first person shooter, this game is one of the best. It reminds me a lot of playing half life. I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of first person shooters or a fan of action games in general to go out and give Darkwatch a try. The blending of the old west with vampire action and shooting is simply great.
  Overall I give it a 9.3/10.

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