You get a vague clue, or a usually amusing mimed description.Īdd that to the fact you can only have each of your fellows make you one new bauble per screen and you’ll be routinely chin rubbing as you weigh the possible benefits and pitfalls. Of course it’s never outright said what you’ll get when you make your choice. This choice is presented directly after a map section is left, and it can’t be put off, which is a little annoying, but that’s negated by the wide range of choice routinely thrust on the player. Most all loot you find can be taken to one of your fellow Dark Scavengers to convert into something usable a weapon, an item, or a summoned ally. In a lot of ways, the game is like a see-saw that tilts back and forth, with loot being the fulcrum it rests upon. Unfortunately, the primitive cultures seem surprisingly blasé about the veritable magic power of advanced technology, so the going isn’t as easy as might be expected.Įverything in the game is driven by the need to find loot. The planet in question is primitive by comparison, so you’re an enlightened space man meddling in a world of savages. The character of Gazer is actually strongly reminiscent of that of the aliens from the film ‘Independence Day’. Said misfits include a kindly skeleton, green games show host and H.R. Dark Scavenger follows the journey of someone only ever referred to as ‘Dark Scavenger’, caught adrift in space after losing a bout of fisticuffs to a cosmic deity, they find themselves on a space-ship of galactic misfits who charge him with helping them to locate an alternative power source before they run out of fuel and they all die horribly. DS incorporates other elements into itself, to the point where not only is Dark Scavenger gleefully and unapologetically atavistic, but refreshingly, and even confusingly novel and forward thinking.Įven the setting is unusual. Your allies are always eager to provide you with more stuffĮssentially Dark Scavenger revisits what RPGs commonly used to be. The lion eyes you intently and says “Maybe you should just get on with the review?”ĭark Scavenger is most like the digital equivalent of a choose your own adventure book, despite there actually being many digital versions of choose your own adventure books, even discounting new ones specially released for e-readers the touch screen robbing the reader of the use of their thumb to keep their place in case their next set of choices proves unwise.
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