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Story
In many ways, the history of humanity is the history of our conflicts against one another over the millennia. In Darkest of Days, you wade through that history as you take on the role of Alexander Morris, an unlucky foot soldier who gets transferred to General Custer’s regiment days before the Battle of Little Bighorn. Moments before his inevitable demise, a futuristic time agent warps in to save Morris and transports him to the future where he is told that time travel is now a reality. However, an unknown faction is attempting to rewrite history for their own benefit. Your job is to stop them, and you’ll fight your way through eras spanning thousands of years to do it.

Gameplay
Action in Darkest of Days is mission based. As the player is transported back and forth in time, directives are spelled out that can include anything from victory of one side over the other, to assassinations, and the survival of an individual important to history in an otherwise doomed company. These actions take place in a variety of conflicts within time periods including the Roman era, the American Civil and Indian Wars, WWI and WWII. Mission types include stealth, artillery assaults, and sniper attacks and players can expect in most situations to be called upon to impact events from both sides of the front lines. To make these impacts players will have over 20 weapons on hand, most conflict-specific, but also some futuristic to the time period visited. They will also be able to choose their own means of completing missions according to the resources at hand across wide open battlefields designed to support over 300 combatants, each with their own AI capacities.

Key Game Features

• Fight in Five Different Time Periods - Whether you are on the slopes of Vesuvius in Pompeii, on the battlelines and trenches of Antietam and the clashes of WWI, or the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century, you will fight with real weapons from the time period. You will battle against enemies that fight in different ways, all reflective of how fighting was done at the time.
• Play From Opposing Sides of the Conflict - War is never a one-sided affair, and so the developers of Darkest of Days have ensured that players are able to experience gameplay from each side of the conflict. In addition, in trying to keep history pure, you have to undo mistakes that you make, which may require you to “mend” time.
• Unleash Hell with Futuristic Weaponry - What could you have done with an automatic rifle during the civil war, or some futuristic laser sighted pulse canon in the trenches of WWI? There are times where you have no other choice but to bust out the big guns.
• Participate in Epic Battle Scenes
  • You will fight against the Confederates (and the Union at times), facing a staggering number of troops, all fighting in unison. Ready, aim…steady men…FIRE!
  • You will jump from the trenches of WWI to lead an attack against the Hun. You will fire artillery to hit distinct targets. You will defend to the last man.
  • You will fight in Pompeii, while Mt. Vesuvius is spewing ash and fire into the atmosphere. You will fight amongst a frightened population, fleeing for their lives.
• Marmoset Game Engine - Game developer 8Monkey Labs’ Marmoset game engine was designed specifically for this game and allows up to 300 characters on screen at a time facilitating huge, smooth flowing battles.