I made a video about this game a few months ago, and I actually interviewed the director. It turns out, he had a huge hollywood deal lined up for a movie, and they were getting offers from publishers like Activision and THQ. Then the financial crash hit and everyone pulled out, so they just kinda went "ahh shit, release what we have", and that's how we got Darkest of Days. It's more or less a demo that they put together in order to get publisher's attention, not the product they ever intended to release. As for why it got taken down, he kind of implied he forgot the game was even available in the first place, so it probably has something to do with the old company not really existing anymore.

Everyone who wants this game: I serve the soviet union

Here is the difference between Darkest of Days and Call of duty Vanguard: One of these games shouldn’t have customization that isn’t historically accurate, the other has time travel so it makes sense using a gun that looks like it’s in 2089 while being part of the revolutionary war

The funniest thing about this game was the blue-glow enemies indicating historical generational importance, implying everyone without a blue glow is just a useless sack of meat throughout their entire lineage.

If I remember right the Studio lost most of their data when a flood destroyed their office. This is what they were able to salvage and cobble together in like 2-3 months to meet their deadline. Despite the rough around the edges I loved the concept and liked the game at the time.

The Union guy with the fully automatic rifle is such a fucking meme worthy thing

Darkest of Days is one of the last games from an era of video games where developers didn’t give a fuck and were bold enough to try weird ass concepts and roll with it.

Wasn't this game's price permanently hardlocked at $30 when it was available to buy on Steam?

I remember buying this game on steam way back when it came out and thinking it was awesome (especially the Rome level) but looking back on it now that I'm older it's hilarious.

Oh man what a fun concept that was. I wish we got a sequel that improved on everything

A FPS in Pompeii is something I thought I would NEVER see.

"Sir. It seems as if the corpses all have munition injuries."

Darkest of Days occupies that same space as Necrovision for being “World War I game conceptualized via a game of telephone.”

"I'm not thanking you!"

Imagine you're sitting in a WW1 trench, when suddenly you hear the unmistakable sound of a Honeywell AGT1500C multi-fuel turbine engine driving closer towards your current location.

I remember going to PAX and they had a booth where you could pose with prop guns from all different eras while gameplay played in the background and they had a person there to talk about the "historical accuracy" of the game. This game's marketing was something else.

This feels like one of those bargain bin shooters from GameStop’s weird corner that’s somehow actually good

Awwwwww you left out the part where the sergeant guy gets upset that the enemy is killing random civilians in Pompeii literal minutes after telling you you can just go ham and murder random civilians for fun because they're gonna die anyway

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I remember first watching this as a let's play in 2009, buying and playing it in 2014. Now I am watching a retrospective review on KZread in 2021. The world is dope sometimes.