Darkened Skye: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|''"This ( premise) might sound like an inane game idea based on accounting instead of good sense--theoretically, that's true, but in practice, it's a bit far off the mark. Darkened Skye turns out to be a colorful and fairly entertaining game that's surprisingly funny."''|Gamespot [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/darkenedskye/review.html?tag=summary%3Bread-review\]}}

 

As you probably have already guessed ''Darkened Skye'' is an [[Merchandise-Driven|advergame]] (released for [[Game Cube]] and PC) to promote Skittles candies. [[So OK Its Average|The game is generally considered average]], with not that great of a gameplay, fuzzy controls, unwieldy animations, and occasional bugs. What makes the game worth playing is that the company gave [[Protection From Editors|the producers full-freedom]], so the writing team was in [[Stealth Parody|active revolt over the fact that they were making such a game]]—the writing is patently hilarious and so tongue-in-cheek that to this day all they can taste is teeth.

 

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Averted on the box. It's incredibly vague as to the actual plot of the game, probably because no one would buy it if it copped to being an advergame. The actual manual, however, mentions Skittles, complete with trademark symbol.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: The {{spoiler|Boss [[My Nayme Is|Vampyre]] in the Gargoyle Realm}}.

* [[The Faceless]]: The [[Big Bad]]'s [[The Dragon|right-hand-man]] in a suit of armour, who {{spoiler|was once Skye's Father}}.

* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|He Whose Face May Not Be Glimpsed]]: The [[Big Bad]] as lampshaded by Draak:

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Princess Jasmine]] tends sheep?

* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: The hitboxes usually didn't have much to do with the models...always to your considerable disadvantage.