


Registered trademarks and tradenames are property of their respective owners. These grabs were taken on a development XBox that outputs lossless screenshots over a network, with pixel perfect quality. It’s just that the dialogue and rather uninteresting protagonists hold Darkwatch back from being a true classic. Capcom stepped up to the plate and grabbed the publishing rights from the still-new developer High Moon Studios (after the split from Sammy) and finally, it looks like Jericho Cross and his promising spooky Western first-person shooter antics are at last in stable surroundings.

The weapons and special powers are interesting. Darkwatch has been through the corporate wringer. Where the game falls down, though, are the terrible cut scenes and the bog standard script and voice acting. The horseback chase sequences are particularly good. Options are limited (deathmatch, capture the flag, soul hunter).
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Darkwatch fails as a multi-player title, and even with full Xbox Live support, this is only a solid single player experience. It's a smart mechanic to add an extra layer to the game, and it works better than expected. : Action, First Person Shooter: High Moon Studios, Inc.: Capcom Entertainment, Inc. In this day and age Darkwatch looks and plays very simply, but is not entirely without its redeeming features.Ītmospherically, Darkwatch is still excellent, with lots of ghostly visual effects creating some interesting scenes. Stepping into the sun takes them all away and makes him vulnerable. When it was first released, back in 2005, is was quite impressive for the time. Developed by High Moon Studios, Darkwatch is a First-Person Shooter/survival horror game that crosses the American “Wild West” with ghosts, zombies and werewolves and that kind of material.
