Darkest of Days Review

Darkest of Days is currently abandonware. THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS… It feels strange this doesn't have a medieval England or ancient Egypt level, but that might be Serious Sam being on the brain still.

"that fateful day, morris when those planes hit the towers.." "what the fuck is a plane"

Dexter calling in on his bluetooth headset to record his lines because the office is flooded.

To be fair to the writers, this is probably the most realistic depiction of a time traveling corporation - we all know Apple or General Dynamics would not only inadvertently alter the timeline, but spin up a competing division just to undo their "oopsies."

the line about dexter not knowing russian was probably just two different writers not checking with eachother and writing conflicting information, but the thought of him just making up stuff to you is way funnier

I swear Mandi has got a chip or something in my brain to upload a video as soon as I start to wonder where he’s been.

Fun fact, There are hundreds of copies of this game in Texas Half-Price Books locations in/around the Dallas and Fort worth areas. You can, and may still be able to going on four years since I lived there- be able to find a copy of this game there still. No one ever bought them, the game cases were still sealed most of the time, and generally you wouldn't be paying anything more than like 5 dollars for a copy. c:

"Hey, uh, try not to mangle the timeline" "Understood sir, switching the CIWS to direct fire mode."

"Protect the past. Don't let anybody know about our existence." Proceeds to eradicate an urban cohort with a futuristic shotgun.

RIP Timecop 2290 - 1810

"What squad are you from?" "Time Squad, sir. Time Squad."

It would've been super confusing hearing Dexter's story if he went into details like driving, planes and most of all, hearing about towers. The MC would be like "Oh, I know what towers are," and then finding out it had 110 floors.

"Word is, the recruiter's girlfriend goes here too" fuck that's a strong line

Ah I remember this game, "Try not to fuck up the timeline....buuuuut y'know if you want to go ham with a futuristic shooty bang we'll clean it up later on"

If ever there was a bad game that needed a remaster, a remake, and a sequel, this is it

"No Latin mission" is an absolutely incredible line. I played this once as a kid but didnt get very far. Years later I was able to find a download for it, and I was surprised at how quickly the game ended after Pompeii. It felt like there should have been a lot more to it.

16:59 Fun fact: during the battle of second Bull Run, some Confederate troops of the Stonewall brigade actually ran out of ammunition. Not wanting to give up the fire, they actually started throwing Rocks at the Union soldiers attacking them

This game will always have a space in my brain because I remember my high school Biology teacher proudly telling us that his son was working on this game. Keep in mind that I spent 2 years living in a small rural town in Iowa, with a population so small the junior high and high school were in one building. So the sheer bizarreness of that moment kept the memory of this game alive for me decades later despite me forgetting the majority of my time there. My teacher told us that he would give extra credit to anyone who bought the game. The one kid who did was the only other PC gamer in my tiny school. I hope the points he got was worth it.

Adding to the bit about Kronotek being incompetant, the World War One levels have a lot of anachronisms (tanks and mustard gas being used in 1914, and Imperial German officers sporting the Nazi eagle on their sleeves and belt buckles) which made me think. On one hand, those could just be goofs on the developers' part, but I like to think it might be a subtle hint that the timeline is already messed up beyond repair, and the organization is either completely unaware (because their memory of the original timeline was replaced by this new reality) or they're just banking on their time-draftees not noticing.

Hadn't expected the title 'Darkest of Days' to actually be about the gamma.