AWESOME experience!!!
I love games with lots of atmosphere and this game has plenty of it. To me it felt like a combination of Splinter Cell and Resident Evil 4 as far as the tone and atmosphere of the game went. Creepy locations, music, and enemies - the works!
Gameplay controls are pretty straight forward. There is not tutorial, but you don't need one.
The graphics are INSANE!!! I am playing this game on an xbox 360 connected to a 47" HD TV. I would agree with some of the other reviewers in that the graphics and character movement are very similar to Gear of War...but why reinvent the wheel. It worked in Gears of War and it works in this game.
The glaive (which is a three-bladed throwing disc) is awesome! The developers came up with some pretty unique gameplay aspects with regards to this weapon. At one point you can guide the glaive from it's point of view and watch as you hack off the limbs of your enemies...INSANE fun!!!
I haven't checked out the multiplayer aspect yet, but that doesn't really matter to me. In my opinion that fact that they have ANY multiplayer option for this game is impressive. Resident Evil 4 didn't have multiplayer or even really that great of graphics, but it was still an awesome game.
Not every game is for everyone. Here's a list of games that I thought were awesome. And if you like these games as well, chances are you will like Dark Sector. Some of my favorite games that are similar to Dark Sector are Splinter Cell, Resident Evil 4, and Gears of War. I would give these games each a 10. If you agree, then chances are you will like Dark Sector.
Just remember game critics are just like movie critics. You may read a movie is terrible only to watch it later and think it's awesome. Gamespot is usually on the money in my opinion. But in this case I disagree, that's why I had to voice my opinion.
I don't think they could have done anything better on this game.