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Darkest of Days

Darkest of Days Demo Now Available
Written Tuesday, September 15, 2009 By James Parkin

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know about one of the newest demos on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Darkest of Days!

Have you ever wondered what could happen if time travel was a reality? Have you ever thought about the possibility of going back in time to rewrite history for the better? That possibility is a reality in the first-person shooter Darkest of Days developed by Phantom EFX and 8monkey Labs.

In Darkest of Days, travel back and forth through the annals of time to relive some of mankind's most dire hours, when human society was at its lowest points. By fighting through terrible events such as The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest conflict of the Civil War, and both World War I and II, attempt to save certain key individuals who were never meant to become involved in these truly monstrous events and thereby change human history for the better.

The demo will be available for free for all Gold Members starting today, September 15, and available for Silver members next week, Tuesday September 22.




 
 

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Comment #1 by Zef
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:12:11 PM
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Can you punch horses in the demo I wonder?


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Comment #2 by montrossity
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:12:57 PM
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i just want to punch a horse


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Comment #3 by BULLDAWGS7
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:13:48 PM
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might give this a rent


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Comment #4 by agentplatypus
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:17:30 PM
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Terrible game. The demo was awful.


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Comment #5 by XxDesertWolf3xX
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:19:27 PM
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I agree the Game was pretty bad


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Comment #6 by BristolMeth
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:20:10 PM
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Looks hilarious, then I realised this was a new release, not a hidden cult gem.


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Comment #7 by specVjavi
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:22:46 PM
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looks bad, but ill try the demo anyway.


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Comment #8 by Godlymansean
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:23:51 PM
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looks cool, but i heard it was bad :/


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Comment #9 by goothgone
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:31:52 PM
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this game is HORRIBLE but you can get 1000/1000 in like 7-10 hours


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Comment #10 by Da_moopintot
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:33:13 PM
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@4 and @7- nice philly gamer pictures :D
anyways, i'd love to try this game, to bad my damn xbox RROD'ed for the THIRD TIME.


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Comment #11 by powersticks
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:44:02 PM
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Try the towel trick #10. I got the 3RROD 2 weeks ago and it worked for me. Still don't understand why it works.


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Comment #12 by ViPeR6
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 07:50:44 PM
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Yeah this game is seriously terrible.....everything about it is dated. The graphics are especially laughable....the enviornments themselves only look somewhere inbetween a really good looking PS2 game and a 360 launch title, but the character models are by far the worst i've seen in any game that's come out since 2006. Will probably rent though just because of the easy GS. Also, I would really love to have that horse punching achievement's tile as my gamerpic.


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Comment #13 by DerPoodle
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 08:28:07 PM
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hahah this demo was great!!! the indians are just aimlessly running around and the graphics are from the 90s!!!


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Comment #14 by waterhead71
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 08:29:31 PM
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Ugghhh!this game wouldn't have been good in 2003.this is one of the worst games to come out in a while.graphics and gameplay is so dated.


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Comment #15 by Infomouse
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 08:44:46 PM
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I don't care about graphics as much anymore, if you look at [Prototype], it had weak graphics but was epic in story and game play. I played through the demo and i can honestly say this game is pretty fun.


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Comment #16 by Nightbeam
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 08:46:25 PM
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I found the gun-play similar to Killzone and CoJ:BiB.

The Story is pretty damn cool, but this game is more like small project from the History Channel and if you look at it in that prospect its the fucking shit.


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Comment #17 by asilentboom
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 08:55:25 PM
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I'll pass, I looked at some review scores and none were higher than 3.5-4 out of 10.


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Comment #18 by TwiceAzzNice
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 09:10:18 PM
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Who would want to download this SHIT.


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Comment #19 by Tarvu
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 09:26:47 PM
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Destructoid gave this 1/10 but apparently the PC version is superior.


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Comment #20 by Lord Killal0t
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 09:29:26 PM
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I can't find this game anywhere. No one is selling it. :(


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Comment #21 by Steakslave
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 09:30:53 PM
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Once again, cool premise but horrible execution. I've never seen so much screen tearing in a game, ever.


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Comment #22 by Xx Overkill VR
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 09:45:34 PM
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It was a great concept but was executed poorly. Well, I see another developer getting shut down this month...


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Comment #23 by L1E
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 10:04:36 PM
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Everybody is complaining about the graphics when it's gameplay that matters. Lame. I'll give it a try, I have a feeling that it is extremely under-appreciated, especially since it's an independent developer's first game.


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Comment #24 by The Lovat Scout
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 10:15:42 PM
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wtf is all this horse punching about. i wanna punch a fucking horse!


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Comment #25 by Link0913
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 10:37:01 PM
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1st thing i did was try to punch a horse lol this game isnt horrible but they really could of made it more epic. Your fighting one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war and they have you running and gunning small groups of confederate soldiers. With a few scripted events and more enemies it could be like the Normandy mission in cod2


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Comment #26 by toonsage
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 10:46:03 PM
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lulz @1 n 2 me three lulz


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Comment #27 by Dusk Firewall
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 10:52:14 PM
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Its a good game, as long as invisible walls dont piss you off.


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Comment #28 by angryassasin857
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 12:23:42 AM
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#11 what is the towel trick???


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Comment #29 by Blue Thunder28
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 01:02:08 AM
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I found the PC version to run much better than 360... but I'll rent it on 360 for the achievements and because this game is fucking sweet as hell... mowing down rebels in the Civil War with a modern day assault rifle is sooo satisfying.


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Comment #30 by Drakey Cakes
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 02:03:38 AM
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Easy achievements ftw :D


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Comment #31 by Bleeding Star
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 05:50:59 AM
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I cant even find it on UK market place


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Comment #32 by vv uk garf vv
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 06:41:00 AM
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@28 something you really don't want to try it does more harm than good in the long run


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Comment #33 by Ruthless Remix
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 07:44:07 AM
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# 31 - It's a US only game. I have the full game but not played it yet.


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Comment #34 by BarnesyJr48
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 08:00:48 AM
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@33
Then as a UK gamer, I'm not sure if I should feel disappointed that I dont get to try it, or relieved that I don't have to find out how bad it is... :S


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Comment #35 by pvtkjoe117
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 08:35:22 AM
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Give Me TimeSplitters 4 NAO!


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Comment #36 by wardie_phil
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 08:49:19 AM
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Very interesting idea but by the sounds of it but heard its executed poorley will try the demo and see for myslef because if i listened to others i probably only have 10 games in my collection.


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Comment #37 by Stealthcake
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 10:02:37 AM
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Awful


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Comment #38 by McKaystyles
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 10:47:35 AM
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good concept, awful execution.


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Comment #39 by Deathsoul92
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 01:57:29 PM
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dont think the demo is out in Europe because i dont see it in the marketplace.
aww well maybe next week


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Comment #40 by x ZoMBiiE x
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 10:56:05 PM
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HORRIBLE demo. The full game will definitely not taint my games played list.


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Comment #41 by SaltTheWound
Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 11:59:30 AM
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I'm gonna use this game to go back in time to the early 90s and hold up a 7-11 for all of their Crystal Pepsi.


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Developer:
8Monkey Labs

Publisher:
Phantom EFX

Genre
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Release:

US: September 08, 2009

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