This game ran, so Warframe could walk.

[@ArnSolma]

Fun fact, the infestation in Dark Sector is called the Technocyte. Guess what the 1999 Infestation are called.

[@thegrouchization]

Don't even need 1999 to have that connection. Check the description for Nano Spores.

[@Jodariel.]

That's the name of the standard infestation. Lol

[@ArnSolma]

@@Jodariel. It was never referred to as Technocyte in-game until they added Albrecht's journal in Whispers in the Wall. The community called it Technocyte before that, but it was never officially called that until now.

[@Jodariel.]

@@ArnSolma Wrong. infestation fragment: "The Infestation spreads across the Origin system: A Techno-Organic Parasite" Infested fragment: "Infested nanites quickly break down organic tissue" And again...Nano spore description, y'know...the material present in game before we even knew infested were created by Orokins: "Fibrous technocyte tumor. Handle Infested tissue with caution."

[@syncollel]

​@@Jodariel. Your first two sources aren't even right

[@WiggyW8ng06]

Bro don’t go back on his word, “I really want to play dark sector”

[@OPTIMUMELITE]

*this game covered so Warframe could Bullet Jump*

[@trinityx3o522]

Dark sector coptered so Warframe could bullet jump

[@blackpaisley5156]

​@@trinityx3o522 The Dark Sectored so that the War would Frame

[@trinityx3o522]

@@blackpaisley5156 This brings up an important question *bangs hand on the table* WHO FRAMED THE WAR???!!!

[@WorgenWorld]

@@trinityx3o522 me when the man who framed the war comes in with the sector that went dark

[@nin1ten1do]

the HEK..

[@zaviki7819]

Dark Sector was initially going to be more of a Si-Fi ninja game than this, but DE didn't have the resources at the time to publish it themselves and no publisher would publish a Si-Fi game at the time. So we ended up with a militaristic game that follows the same gray tones of other western games at the time. If you don't like those aspects blame the publishers.

[@zerlichr426]

IT's the same problem with almost any game made with publisher. Devs whent "hey we want to do that" and publisher said this mambo jumbo about "stock market", "trends" and you know things like usuall corprate speech. And because in 2002 and 2010 ish preaty much everything was ether "call of duty" or "medal of honor" (well if you remember medal of honor) so they said do that. Then give tight secule, practically no money and strict "don't do this and that". And that's how dark sector was born, with no bullet jumps or fast pased combat. Because "all them kids want those cover shooters"

[@Victor-056]

@@zerlichr426 It ended up being a critical flop in both critics and playerbase because the Game not only had to be rewritten from the ground up (Which meant the game ended up in development hell longer than it was supposed to), but also the game itself ended up becoming quite clunky and awkward for the players and critics. Yeah, Back then, Critics were _actually_ players of Videogames, so they could give a solid enough review... They weren't exactly _good players though, so they had some absurd outlooks. Anyway, I think the Publisher tried to blame DE for the fault of the Exec's demands, so DE left shortly afterwards and went solo.

[@zerlichr426]

@@Victor-056 well exept last point it was more like they tried to go to other publishers, but this time instead of compliance they went "FINE we gonna cround found it ourselfs"

[@Darthmufin]

Yeah warframe ended up being a big middle finger to the entire publisher industry and still is. Games who attempt to copy warframe's model usually fail or they still stick to scummy methods

[@contra8053]

@@zerlichr426 To be fair we didn't have bullet jump until years after warframe was first released.

[@Noupp131]

Dark sector looks very xbox 360 era, quite nostalgic actually

[@kenohere]

It was indeed released for the Xbox 360 around 2008. It was also launched on PS3 and Windows.

[@Noupp131]

@@kenohere makes sense

[@Bloxomatic]

Gives me Batman Arkham Asylum vibes

[@dpm9a189]

I was thinks gears of war aesthetic

[@vanzwho854]

because its a xbox 360 game

[@kenohere]

When the sector is dark or something. Also, in terms of cannon, "Dark Sector is not entirely cannon, but it's not not cannon." - quote from the devs. With 1999 coming up and the Scaldra using Efervon instead of Enferon, and with infested liches being 'Tennocyte Coda', it may be safe to assume that Dark Sector's canonicity is being ret-conned.

[@N7_Bunny]

Wonder if we will see proto hayden in the end of 1999. hIs suit is canon if you read the proto skin description.

[@hardluckmk.52]

I hope they add a skin for tonfas for nyx’s nemesis deluxe since excal got the glaive, tho they’ve probably still forgotten it tho 😔

[@qraid]

@@kenohere 1999 is an alternate universe, so maybe dark sector is the 1999 of current warframe

[@dpm9a189]

​@@qraidI think Warframe multiverse is a thing so it definitely could all be tied together or not at all simultaneously

[@Lord_Maraptor]

@@qraid its probably more like 1999 is the dark sector of warframe instead

[@The_Scryer]

I love this game. I 100%'d the achievements on it back in the 360 days, had no idea it was connected to Warframe until years after when they released the "Proto-Excalibur" skin for an anniversary event.

[@sunlitriddle2294]

man, I love when a Tenno plays darkSector. you can feel when the "oh, is THIS is where that came from???" unlocks in their heads. But yea, I think WF1999 is the "remaster" of dS, but like, through the Eternalism filter... meaning that DE is making an alternate, idealized, and WF lore-compliant version of dS that doesn't necessarily make this version obsolete. And I think that's beautiful.

[@ion9460]

Welcome to eternalism, the plot armor for all things related to Digital Extremes

[@MisterPuck]

Or for any bad writing. 😛

[@logc1921]

​@@MisterPuck for real, most of warframes's plot and writing is bad.

[@arleqkin]

@@logc1921it’s not tho ? Lmao

[@logc1921]

@@arleqkin The entire story is full of dead ends and unfinished plot lines, one of the first quests, once awake really sets up an interesting plot but it was abandoned. The newer quests are better yes, but there is, in my opinion, too much exposition.

[@FabiTheSnake]

I think the sole reason for Dark sector not being canon canon is just copyright and studio issues. But yeah, the amount of drawback is clearly there, it´s a great piece of lore imo.

[@filanfyretracker]

you should see the very first pitch trailer for this game. Dark Sector truly did look like Warframe.

[@MarioManiac999]

Not quite, DE wanted Dark Sector to be far more sci-fi and similar to Warframe, but publishers wouldn't sign on unless they made it a more military style shooter, Dark sector, while a key part of Warframe's history isn't canon because it isn't what DE truly envisioned. In fact the upcoming 1999 update is very likely what DE originally wanted Dark Sector to be, with some tweaks from what they've learned over the years.

[@FabiTheSnake]

​@@MarioManiac999 Looking at 1999 is proof that Dark sector is very much a blueprint or inspiration. Dark sector Being canon never ruined the universe that was first envisioned, it just influenced and forced change, which sometimes can be pretty usefull. They may not have liked it back then, but they still did something cool, and it looks like they think it wasn´t too bad either.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

@@MarioManiac999 1999 is basically dark sector unfiltered

[@PenumbralBehemoth]

I'm so glad you're playing Dark Sector. Its legitimately still a pretty fun game, despite its age. Quite a bit of jank, but worth playing thru if you can stomach the jank. I think it stands on its own, and I honestly would love to see a genuine modern remaster of it, complete with enhanced power progression, skill trees, ect. I doubt that'll ever happen, but I've replayed this game a few times in the last couple of years (since I started playing warframe in earnest in like 2021, despite my account being made in 2014). The ability to power the glaive with fire, ice and lightning to solve puzzles, kill enemies and in general, interact with the world is genuinely an awesome feature. I love how the Glaive feels in DS. Its so cool seeing the roots of Warframe in DS, and how DE's revisiting a lot of those old ideas with 1999. Excited to watch this series :) (also longtime no speak, i've been lurking, but had to show up for Dark Sector).

[@tblacksmith6008]

I love how my fyp is now dark sector and warframe. Warframe reminded me of a game i played as a kid then some time ago i started playing dark sector again and now im addicted to warframe the game is just perfect you can change every aspect of the game on settings and make the build you love you have so much free roam its actually amazing and all the stuff you get after the story is just mind boggling

[@dantesolomon5607]

It's like the prototype for the infested, what led to the research. They actually use it in the 1999, one of the enemies is a "Technocyte" monster, and this is the "Technocyte Virus" And just in case you weren't aware, the writing on Excalibur's right arm says "Hyden Tenno" The Proto-Excalibur skin with the Proto-Glaive skin are his from this game. The Proto-Nyx skin is the person who stabbed you.

[@Ury3L]

If I remember correctly, Michael Rosenbaum (yes, Smallville's Lex Luthor) voiced Hayden. I got my copy of this game, from a Sams club store, the game had been sitting in the shelf from ages, it had discounted price over another, the case was slightly worn out... When in started to play Warframe and I remembered that game and went to buy it, the employees were looking at me like if I were out of my mind. I felt like I took the last puppy of the shelter, the one nobody wanted for being ugly, but I took home gladly, like I've found a jewel, very rough around the edges... but a jewel nonetheless. 😊

[@thewanderinggamer6944]

24:45 that is a jackal, my dude

[@DaRealLloydy]

Oh shit fr, dayummmmmm

[@thewanderinggamer6944]

@@DaRealLloydy indeed, compare a picture of it to a Corpus Jackal and you'll see similarities

[@TheOppiter]

ngl, the technocyte character at 6:42 with that scythe throw thing looks very much like the armor in "prototype" Alex Mercer gets all infected up anmd it looks alot like that.

[@bruceleeroy4258]

When I seen the boomerang in Warframe and any weapon like it I immediately remembered this game

[@cjgamer1149]

16:04 charge your glaive by throwing it into electrical arcs

[@michiferri]

Yoooo wait wait, that first "monster" which deflects the rocket THAT'S A NYX SKIN IN WARFRAME and also is like is using psychic powers... LIKE NYX, I guess is more connected to wf that I expected

[@TPCvsJDU]

Main reason why I got that skin years ago

[@Magnum_Opium]

Yup Proto Excalibur and Nemesis (NYX)

[@hardluckmk.52]

Too bad we didn’t get her weapon as a tonfa skin 😢

[@jonahbrown5669]

​@@hardluckmk.52 It'd be better and cooler for it to be a new weapon type. In game she can use it as a normal weapon or throw it. Im Warframe, it would play similarly to a Glaive, but is slower and hits harder

[@hardluckmk.52]

@@jonahbrown5669 it would just be a glaive type incarnon at best but i don’t want the incarnon visuals with the liquid metal n stuff, yes it functions like a big boomerang but it just looks like it doubles as big kronen

[@MaynesWorld]

Who remembers the very first Dark Sector trailer? The suit that the character wore in it was basically who would be known as Excalibur.

[@Toa-Ignicus]

The original Grey Strain

[@haisesasaki7318]

I miss this game so much, remember playing it every day for hours after school and it just left a sense of satisfaction,the story was great for what it was back in the day, the glave gameplay made you feel like an actual menace to deal with even against everything that the game could throw at you, honestly wish they'd remaster this game and flesh it out a bit more, maybe even make a dark sector 2 with a co-op playthrough feature.

[@timothybryant4967]

Wow this is a throw back haven’t played this in years.

[@xLordxMarsx]

It really ran though. I loved every moment of this game.

[@fearedbeard7710]

I remember playing this on xbox 360 YEARS ago. It felt cool to guide the glaive into enemies faces lol. I knew Warframe had a familiar feel to it when I first started playing it and that Digital Extremes sounds familiar also, but It didn't click in my head as the same dev for a few weeks. Been playing off and on for years now.

[@-Neo_Genesis-]

6:30 that's the "Nemesis" skin for Nyx in Warframe.

[@Disk_Scratch]

So, I wonder when we're getting that RPG in Warframe, eh? The movement of your character with a handgun, reminds me of Resident Evil 4, they look very similar.

[@MIR-pv1lq]

😊 it's a great game. played it in 2015. when I saw the Warframe , I knew I had seen that logo somewhere. thanks to you, now I know where.

[@triplingAAA7468]

The Glaive throws is so satisfying.

[@joefloggg3257]

Best Effing part of this game!!!! Also, the Ivara Warframe's 2nd ability can control projectiles. Equip glaive and her 2nd ability is pure nostalgia.

[@RevenantAD]

Holy crap I haven't played this game since I was little but watching you this game is cracked lmao

[@Valtremors]

Okay now I'm 100% convinced that 1999 is a Dark Sector tie-in.

[@Trooper10231]

So happy to see a Let's Play of Dark Sector!

[@simonjack9699]

I always thought this game was the closest game we ever got to be an actual video game of the Sci-Fi movie Guyver.

[@KinaIchi]

I think you meant “this game walked, so Warframe could run.”

[@parabellum4622]

The main character is named Hayden Tenno. I used to play this waaaaay back when. His girlfriend was literally Nyx proto skin with a giant blade. I loved this game so much that I played PVP and it was funny as shit. I dumped 2000+ hours on this game.

[@DaRealLloydy]

PVP??

[@parabellum4622]

@@DaRealLloydy Yup, Dark Sector had a PVP system.

[@termlesscipher8045]

I think it deserves a remaster. Its such a good story and it explains stuff for 1999

[@withernfall]

there used to be a game on the app store during the ipod touch era that look exactly like warframe and came out before NOVA but its basically lost history like tap tap revenge

[@DaRealLloydy]

oh dayum, fr?

[@rafareig4291]

In the menu there's an option to put colors back. Playing it with desaturate grey tones it's optional.

[@DaRealLloydy]

oh fr?

[@Scaven03]

if 1999 touches base on this- best believe I’m gonna play this entire game.

[@DaRealLloydy]

You should play it anyway!!

[@ilenisaatio]

Nice you did get Dark Sector! Yeah, there are so many prototype concepts that got into WF in a more developed form. Tip for the future: When you run into enemies you can't hurt, don't forget you can charge the glaive with elements. I did, and damn I got frustrated before remembering it. 😅

[@montypython5521]

That robot boss is just a jackle

[@lutherdrache399]

The original design for Dark Sector was closer to what today's Warframe is like, with more human-like Grineers, and played in space.

[@Heeroneko]

Game's free to keep from November 27th to the 30th 2024 on Steam. To celebrate Warframe update themed around 1999 that's coming out soon.

[@cookiehunter3294]

I'm really enjoying it. The similarities to Warframe are way more present than expected as well as the game itself looks better than I thought.

[@BricksInAJar]

The phrase is X walked so Y could run, because running faster and more helpful to get your destination. DarkSector is technically not related to warframe in any way , DE just reused assets because they wanted to use the budget in a smart way, so they didnt sink the company in dept,but lore wise Darksector has absolutely nothing to do with warframe, just like SoulFrame will be it's own thing.

[@VantaClawz]

Awesome video, I LOVED this game!!! I wish they would reboot it and add it to Warframe. This is what had me excited about Warframe before it even launched. This actual Glaive needs to show up in Warframe too.

[@Hypeman2003]

This is like the first ever Warframe game I remember playing it when I was younger

[@bi0h4z4rd4]

I never noticed that the O in sector has the Lotus Sigil in it.

[@karbykrabb7037]

it might just be an earlier strand of infested, different but similar to the current infested

[@samyakroy4210]

13:36 The food in the microwave 😆

[@LolSho0orTs]

Why do I feel like this city is what we saw in 1999 trailer it looks so similer

[@DaRealLloydy]

naaa its some fucked up island I believe lmao

[@LolSho0orTs]

@@DaRealLloydy ik but the buildings and the art style is kinda it

[@kinsan89]

I've been meaning to watch a playthrough of this, thank Lotus it's you playing it!

[@BrightWilson]

Wow this is same level of resident evil with different game play. Really like to see this to learn pass of warframe Can't wait to see another episode bro.

[@qraid]

you can throw your glaive behind cover and control it instead of standing everytime you throw it

[@zerlichr426]

Most people don't know that you know. Still i thnk publishers restriction to more "cover shooter" and not "Warframe" made glave more of a gimic that usefull tool

[@mrbrock162]

The scientist looked abit like albrecht entrati

[@Darthmufin]

Dark sector isn't linked to the warframe universe at all, but they did reuse assets and concepts for warframe since its the game they intended to make in the first place. Grineer used to use the same voice lines as the enemies here for example, but were changed to being its own thing later. The infected here is called Technocyte specifically, rather than infested. Which is why its interesting that they decided to call the infested in 1999 specifically technocyte, i guess because its another nod to the infected in dark sector.

[@dovahfruit9503]

this is the first ive ever seen gameplay of dark sector

[@DaRealLloydy]

your welcome lmao

[@itchyt2997]

So soulframe could crawl

[@DaRealLloydy]

lmao

[@JustaMuteCat]

There was a lot of assets and ideas that got reworked for warframe over The years from this. The Excal proto and the male Nyx proto skins, the glaive and gun proto mechanic attempted in this, how the grineer looked originally in their full battle garb during the early days of warframe, the mechanoid bosses in dark sector were also used as basis for the design of some. Then the base lore/plot development and environment that seems to be re-conned for the 1999. Some regions were also called Dark Sectors out of nothing better back then as well. I’m feeling old now. Dark sector is a ok game. If DE had the budget and a cooperative publisher to let they get their way with what they had in stock they could have done a lot more than a byproduct of Metal Gear era of games. So yeah, it’s going to grayscale throughout because of that and the aim and controls are as clunky as one would expect from that time. The “I thought I could do it and I did” thing was pretty much one of the reasons DE had such a hard time finding a publisher for the game (and how warframe struggled in its first steps too). Too many cool ideas, too many cool mechanics. It’s never gonna sell, they said.

[@DarthQuaint]

[inhales nostalgia, exhales desire to rip owned XBOX360 copy off shelf to play again] good times. That glaive was so intuitive to me. I'm not surprised people might have a little trouble with the guided throw, but damn, I started feeling physical pain for you.

[@ADRAHILIMRAHIL]

My first taste was a beautiful game. The gloomy and tense atmosphere was delicious. It was the stuff of horror games.

[@aritrabandopadhyay1835]

It looks like Leon s Kennedy from re 4 came in ninja like apperance

[@danielvazquez3885]

i had this problem when if i died wile walking on a certain direction my controls would bug and i would be always be walking in said direction even after reloading a save,I LITERALLY HAD TO RESTART THE GAME,leaving that aside it was a cool game thought

[@reesecervantes462]

At 19:36 look behind him does that symbol look familiar 🤔

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

just wait till you get in to late game and get THAT skin for hayden. will be interesting if 1999 eventually has more hints at DS being canon since arthur is pretty much the new hayden

[@kieferpugh9436]

The graphics aren’t good in todays standards but at the same time looking at this and when it was published it still looks quite decent to this day kind of insane

[@remasteredpolice4070]

Someone message DE to release their DarkSector game out for new consoles, I want to play this

[@Chrundleisme]

You made that joke about the glaive prime but its currently up during the prime resurgence lol I it has about 87 more days from now till it gets vlauted again so you all should get on that aya farming now!

[@DaRealLloydy]

I GOTT ITTT, and also ember and rhino prime lmao

[@G.A.SS.A.G]

Warframe 99 trailer ad on this video..... Coincidence...?

[@SLADEizGOD]

that game was fun back then.

[@CeejayLuisBravo]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! edit: the thing that attacks hayden after the heli fight i think is like the "stalker" of the game

[@kicsiduda]

20:54 "The DE-tail" :P

[@Silvyya]

you might have swapped the phrase because i think warframe did the running, when I searched it, it did say both phrases work but i think this game did the walking so warframe could run

[@winterfe]

i remember playing this with my brother as kids! Lol. Edit: I also no-life warframe now lol

[@oOcyberNoidOo]

Dark sector isnt canon ,easy answer is they didnt have the rights to it but still its like a spiritual prequel. A lot of recycled material from the game is in warframe Hayden tenno Lotus symbol The arm is a skin Nyx Frost Tennocyte virus The guns Theres more but these are just some

[@redmaw8411]

that is an awesome title screen

[@cyanide7270]

You got the turn of phrase backwards bud, darkSector walked so Warframe could run XD

[@Come.to.the.mountains]

I think he means it is more concrete and/or likes it more than warframe

[@DaRealLloydy]

@@Come.to.the.mountains naaaa, just a fun title lmao. I love warframe!

[@Vexoxzx]

exactly what i was thinking lmao

[@Hope_Keeper]

I remember l liked playing it and hope you do too. Wanted t9 always play the multiplayer but.. that was not going to happen anytime soon it seemed.

[@Parakauzal]

Love this game

[@vanmartr]

This was such a good game, i played it one day after renting it from GameStop. I wanted to bad for them to come out with a sequel

[@net343]

Looks like the grittiness the gears trilogy had

[@DaRealLloydy]

YESSSS, god I love gears..

[@MichaelBrown-ex3tp]

Finally someone else sees where it all started so many years ago.

[@DuneCrescent]

I remember when warframe started out I used to ignore it cause the ads made me think it was some crappy mobile game with the 'Ninjas play free' tagline. Made me think of Clash of Clans and all these other F2P mobile games. I'm glad it got to steam cause that was when I realised how wrong I was. Came fresh off the ME3 Multiplayer so was very pleased by finding a third person shooter I could transfer into.

[@dino416ix]

6:40 now I know why the Nyx Nemesis skin is 200p

[@x.yeshua]

The real Excalibur Prime

[@The-HiveLord-Galleries]

Ahhh back in the day when games were just games . Beginning to end wnd complete

[@Nick-rs5if]

16:51 - Bro got the London treatment 😭

[@3044Smike]

Dark Sector is not exactly cannon per say to warframe but there are theories that, due to similarities with 99 content released thus far and the certain skins for excal, nyx, and the glaive (which can be wielded with a single pistol just like in this game), they are going to try and pull some multiverse of madness type shenanigans and make the Grey Strain of the infestation (the specific type used to make the Warframes) originate from the DarkSector universe and "Wally" be the conciousness of the strange Doctor Mezner your chasing the whole game

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Damn they even had the lotus logo in the "O" that's wild

[@KitsuneNoNatsu]

Who knows, this may still be canon to warframe's lore

[@zerlichr426]

It kinda is. It's just there is publisher for Dark Sector so they need to Avoid Copy RIghts

[@iDEATH]

I could've swore I played some of this game back in the rental days, but the intro doesn't look familiar at all. I wonder if maybe I played some later part at a friends? I dunno...I do wonder, if DE had been able to make the game they wanted instead of what this wound up being, would we have Warframe? Considering Warframe was something of a hail Mary, probably not, right? I certainly does make me even more interested in 1999, mind you!

[@benruniko]

Wow I see Tenno and Teshin both coming from that design. Very cool, honestly!

[@spicydeath82]

well hayden's last name is tenno. hayden tenno.

[@blackouts_pl9832]

Damn this is heavy ps3 nostalgia

[@MrAmazYnGaMiNg]

That weapons in warfram also.

[@iseeundeadpeople9]

Good, underrated game.

[@thedarkness8533]

I wondered what this game was since i was 5 yo and saw my cousin play it. Now I'm 23 and can die in peace...

[@SenseofNoneYT]

Noice. This is actually pretty cool.

[@zerlichr426]

Shame publisher didn't allow for more jumping and dodging. because 2000s were more cover shooter

[@theanti-star7151]

I love the screaming if enemies and the way they get slightly launched by the glaive so much 😅 Man can DE not implement this in Warframe. More agony in the screams of enemies 😂❤

[@forkme3165]

They used these audio files for the Grineer on launch of Warframe. Kept them around for a while before they could afford new VA's. Warframe was a VERY different game when it first released.

[@redmaw8411]

21:32 lol that's great

[@malware6147]

this is awesome

[@knitetimeteddy2989]

I still got the 360 disc lmao loved the hell outta this game