I promised myself that I wouldn’t get involved with yet another sandbox game, namely because I spend more time on them than I probably should.  “Minecraft” nearly filed for a divorce when it heard that I had begun playing “Terraria” and later, “Block Story”.  “Darkout” is more like “Terraria” than any of the aforementioned games in that the playing field is two-dimensional, but I have to admit that it’s quite different than what I had expected.  It’s almost like a cross between “Terraria”, “Alan Wake”, and “A Valley Without Wind”, if you can wrap your head around that.  Before we get started with the review, I’d like to thank Derek Reeve from Plan of Attack for providing me with a free press copy.

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