Operation Darkness Thoughts and a Rant
I don’t know how this game passed by my attention thus far, but when my roommate downloaded the demo to Operation Darkness I thought, “Hey, a turned based 3D game based on WII that’s cool.” Sure, it was populated by douschebaggy looking anime characters, but I’ll take it because I have no other choice (check out my side rant below). What sold me though was that some of your soldiers are WEREWOLVES. It was like there was a scientific think tank put together to come up with a game idea that would make my head explode. I love me some werewolves, I love turn based strategy, and I love alternate history, but I love werewolves even more. The game seems to be pretty decent, but even if it turns out to be kind of sucky I’ll have to purchase it on principle alone. I need to encourage the development of more turn based strategy games that take place in significant times in history that features monsters of lore.
Here’s my side rant about the anime characters: Why in holy hell do they have to have stupid anime haircuts when the game takes place in the ’40s? I realize that it’s an alternative universe, but why does every single anime inspired character have to look exactly alike in every era their fiction takes place in? No matter if it’s steam punk or the future they always look exactly the same. Why can’t they inject just a tad bit of realism into the character designs? Instead we are left with a bunch of pale faced androgynous looking WWII soldiers that look like every other pale faced androgynous character in ever single Japanese RPG and anime. Enough already!
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