History Channel at 3 AM : The Game

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.

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

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

"I'm not thanking you!" Gets a futuristic weapon. "I'd like to thank you for this opportunity."

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

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

"Sir. It seems as if the corpses all have munition injuries." "Nonsense. It was metal fragments from the volcano." "But sir: the rounds were found in and around the body with empty metal casings." "Volcanic metal tends to do that, Jennings. It's never in one place." "Sir. It's LITERALLY stamped 45 ACP. You can still see the markings -" "Jennings if you want to make a paper about time-travel and bullets you can do so on your own time."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wow, a Nazi concentration camp level. I'm sure this game will handle this in a sensitive and appropriate manner.

Everyone who wants this game: I serve the soviet union

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

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

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

You're just trying to give poor Jonathan Ferguson nightmares aren't you?

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.

2:14 I feel like the people who made these games never actually owned or wore a gas mask in real life. Yes, your vision can be impaired but how the game represents this is beyond absurd.