A unique mix of point-and-click, choose-your-own-adventure, RPG - and comedy. The writing is great, full of silly jokes. The hand-drawn backgrounds are pretty low-res and not all of them look great, and the gameplay does sometimes stoop down almost to chore level - but then you discover a stupid use for one of the stupid things you just recovered from an improbable enemy and all is forgiven. It's one of the few games I completed in one extended sitting, so curious was I to see where the story was headed and what fresh madness the devs would throw my way.

Dark Scavenger is an odd game because of the simple fact that it does a lot of things differently. The game play is odd combo of rpg and 2d adventure. The art isn't the best, but it has a unique charm I quite enjoyed. But the story was engaging and compelling enough to bring you back for more.

Beautiful point and click adventure game, with a great sense of humor! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this, if you are a fan of the space/sci-fi setting its worth the look.

This is a simple point and click with some nice added humor. The hand drawn graphics have a definite charm to them, and the user interface works fine. Where it fell flat for me was the repetition. Move to the next area, kill the bad guys, take the loot, make more weapons, repeat. I had fun with it for an hour or two, but at that point I'd had enough. I got it as part of the IndieFort 3 bundle, so I feel I got my money's worth.

The game is inexpensive though, currently less than $5. So there's not much of a risk to give it a try if you're on the fence, especially if you catch it on sale.

A fascinating indie rpg/adventure game hybrid with some great humor. The graphics are impressive for an indie game, and the gameplay is fun and remains challenging throughout the game.

Role-playing game with a retro gaming system in turn, Dark Scavenger puts you in control of a powerful space traveler when he discovered a distant planet in our solar system. With three accomplices aliens, you must survive in a hostile environment against a plethora of bloodthirsty enemies. Prevent you cross the road using your destruction spells and support your allies.

Dark Scavenger game system inherits the classic role-playing 90s. Enemies appear only during random battles, and must enchainer attacks between spells and defense to survive. A must for fans ...

Dark Scavenger is the kind of game I almost missed picking up, the kind of game that only comes along once in a great while, and the kind of game you owe yourself to give a good try. I've noticed a theme amongst the reviews that have had less kind words to say about the game; most don't play past Chapter One. Having replayed the game several times by the time of this review, I can say that means the reviewers aren't getting even close to the full content of the thing; and that's where Dark Scavenger stops being merely good and becomes wonderful.

The whole thing is an RPG/Visual Novel/Loot n' Slash crossbreed, and does each one well. Though you'll probably find only a few battles genuinely challenging, the point is not only to do well in battles, but try out the strange object you (or rather Kamaho, one of your friends and the aforementioned Dark Scavengers) just picked up by turning a bandit limb into a weapon. Somehow.

Each event builds off of other events, and before long you might be surprised to find something you viewed as a singular or one-off event branching into a miniature storyline. To me, the art and music were engaging and used the same building of themes to mesh with the story; if you're undecided about how you feel, take a look at the screenshots yourself - though if you were a fan of the strangely illustrated sci-fi/weird fiction of the 80s/90s you'll probably feel right at home.

Dark Scavenger is not just any one of it's core components; if you go in looking for JUST an RPG or JUST a visual novel, you are likely to miss a lot of what makes the game so unique and what it is. The characters endeared themselves to me, and though many have praised the humor - I was actually deeply invested in the story of a planet, it's people, and my crew of ultimate - Er, scavengers. I can't recommend it enough - though I'm biased in my hope to see a sequel, or just more innovative work from Psydra Games.

I bought this as part of the indiefort bundle. I've played for a while but I'm really undecided still as to my opinion of it. Very quickly it becomes a grind in battles and as of yet in that area I've found nothing that amazes me. Having the choice to pick which upgrade is an interesting idea but potentially it can leave you in a bit of a hard spot later on; the same as using all your good weapons up early in a chapter. Saying that I enjoyed the humour and the art style is something that impressed me. It feels like it should be a solid game, but at the same time, it's just missing that special something.

Very interesting at first with its style and all, but became tiring, as if it were a chore, before I even finished Chapter 1.

The way it works just becomes clear and dull after awhile. The way Pokemon would if it weren't just so darn fun and addicting.

Three and a half stars well earned, but not four from me.

This game is pretty fun. Its a shout out to old point and click games. If you see this game on sale, and you want a game you can play causally, this is a good game to buy.

Really cool game, you should definetively give it a try...

I often had to lough out loudly while playing it, the story and the characters are just so hilarious...

This is a pretty simple one-click adventure/RPG in which you find yourself on a ship with a bunch of aliens after fighting, and losing against, a space blob. I will admit to not being a huge fan of this style of RPG, which may explain some of my disbelief at its ranking, but that ranking is also why I kept going in the game a fair bit longer than I otherwise would.

Unfortunately, it doesn't get better as you go along. I did not find myself invested in either the plot or the character building, and thus it was little more than a series of minor puzzles and scripted dialogues, matchups against enemies and teleporting to the next "room".

This game is a like a old class RPG.

It has a nice story, unexpected events and small choices which will effect your gameplay

(well I love big ones but a person can not have it all). You are found in deep space by a group of scavengers and you search with them a source of fuel for your ship... What could go wrong exept being blow apart/stabed/shot a few times?

As the game continues a plot is revealed which is kinda "unexpected".

Fight is a "get a item use it a few times and its broken". This forces players to use new tactics as the big damage guns get depleted fast.

The interface is regular point and click but you get stuck in the story that you forget about it in first 5 min.

Only complain is the art. For the good part of the game my eyes hurt because some scenes had too much contrast in it.

Nice game in which I wasted few hours. 4/5

Dark Scavenger is a crude looking adventure game but as its an indie game made on a small budget, that can be forgiven. It also has combat which is basic but gets more tactical as you aquire more weapons and allies. It's a fun game though and I will definitely play it to the end which is praise indeed. I just hope it does well enough so that they can do a sequel with a bigger budget. It's a fun game and bearing in mind the price, it's worth a try even if you don't normally like games like this. Highly recommended.

Dark Scavenger is a point and click game that takes you back to the 90's. It has humour, there are choices to be made and the turn-based combat system isn't half-bad. You play the game by clicking your way through a "chapter" on an overhead map, each section of the map contains a few click-able resources that will spawn an enemy or otherwise force you to make a choice. Sometimes your choices will come back to haunt you later, creating replay value.

After a fight you often end up with a special item which can be taken aboard your spacecraft and turned into a weapon, an item or an ally. All of which can be used during combat and sometimes outside of combat. It is important to balance item use inside and outside of combat because you might end up needing an item to obtain another one or to find an alternate solution to a quest. However, after each chapter ends your inventory is replenished. One downside of this is that at some point, you will end up with a massive amount of items and you'll find yourself wondering what you'll need it all for.

Dark Scavenger is not without its flaws but it definitely is good fun. Recommended for all point-and-click fans.

Warning: DO NOT EMPTY YOUR WEBBROWSER CACHE! Even Firefox extensions such as BetterPrivacy (Which removes Flash super-cookies) will remove your save game!

I've never really been a fan of point and click games, but this was an exception. The quirky humor, constant stream of items, and strategy made this a great joy to play.

Unfortunately, the technology doesn't keep up with the general awesomeness of this game. There is no fullscreen and no resolution control.

It's an interesting game concept and I really enjoyed playing it. I especially enjoyed the item management you have to do in the game because it limits the amount of uses of a weapon. Which means you have to judge enemy power and decide when to use your good items.

The graphic style is frankly pretty ugly in my opinion. On the location screens the perspectives are also wrong and they look really strange. Images are very pixelated - not in the "old-school awesomeness" style but in the "it's just bad image quality and your screen is too big" style. But it doesn't detract from the gameplay.

Last note on Flash, it doesn't really bother me because it isn't an action game so it hardly matters but I missed a fullscreen option (maybe you can achieve fullscreen through Flash settings somehow, but the game doesn't have any).

Dark Scavenger is pretty amusing. It's sort of a hybrid between an old school turn based RPG and a bit of point and click adventure. Good sense of humour. Each little area you investigate tends to have one mandatory encounter, usually solved by fighting, but some can be worked around, and also has a few things to investigate which can lead to more fights or items. When you transition areas, you're taken back up to your spaceship so your crewmates can craft the loot into items. One guy does weapons, one items, and one finds you allies. You'll generally get 2 loot items per area, and you can only use each crafter once per area, so you can't stalk up on 100 weapons for example. Each item has a limited amount of uses. So you're constantly making choices about your arsenal and constantly getting a load of new toys to play with.

You'll use items mainly in battle, and the battle system is fairly simple turn based stuff, elemental or attack type weaknesses, etc. There are a TON of items in the game so you'll have a lot of fun combos pretty early on from summoning a vicious poodle to heat rays. The adventure game aspects also use the items. If you for instance, fall into a pit you can quickly save yourself by using a Sharp weapon to stick into the dirt and hang from it. Try the same action but use say, a gun and you'll find yourself falling into the pit. So it's all about managing your inventory of weapons, allies, and items so you don't run out. The game is broken into chapters though, which recharge all of your items to full (even if you used it all up) so you're pretty free to expirement as chapters aren't too long.

It's pretty simply but the constant feeding of new loot to turn into new stuff makes it fairly addicting, and the humor and general oddball story helps in that regard too.

I really like this game - the dialog is funny and well written, the gameplay is a unique mix between adventure games and RPGs.

The only drawback for me is that getting new items is a random chance between getting something powerful or getting something useless (granted, almost every one of them is hilarious so it is also a bonus) but this can lead to the game becoming very tough or even unwinnable if you're unlucky with your item usage.

Overall though, it's a solid buy and I wholeheartedly recommend this game.

That is the choice you will have to make most often within Dark Scavenger a point-and-click RPG with a turn-based battle system.

Many foes await in your path to securing a power source for your ship, but also lots of fat loot! What is interesting, is that each piece of loot can be turned into *see title*. This creates an interesting game of choice, where you must strike the right balance between new weapons, items and allies to be able to fight on.

Let's not also forget the wonderful dark humour, unique art style and character design and surprisingly strong story. Dark Scavenger has it all.

And if you like a good RPG, you'd be making a mistake skipping on this one.

This game is highly original. It is an adventure game with a turn based combat system. The main character builds a semi-random inventory which grows as the game progresses and provides him with options in battle. The science fiction story is reminiscent of something Douglas Adam might create. If this sounds great, it is, at least at the beginning.

By middle of the game the originality wears off and one begins to be aware of the game's weaknesses. Neither the story nor characters are especially involving. The puzzles and combat get repetitive. The game lacks depth as either a roleplaying or adventure depth.

Dark Scavengers is a good, if not excellent game.

An odd cross between a point-and-click adventure and an RPG, Dark Scavenger is likely to appeal to anyone who likes either. Exploring a strange sci-fi world is certainly fun, and the game gives you a lot of interesting powers to use in combat.

However, I do have one gripe: The game frequently asks you to make irrevocable decisions that will affect how combat plays (and what abilities you have) without giving you enough information to know what you're choosing. On top of this, the saving system makes it impossible to go back and try the other options! Possibly, this is intended to encourage replay value, but it can be frustrating at times, too.

This is a very fun game. There is a lot of humor and the story is enjoyable in a wacky way. At first, I was thrown off by the amount of choice the player is given. Every item you find can be turned into either a weapon, an item or an ally. I feared it will be a problem. However, it's a feature :) Encounters can be resolved in many ways depending on your earlier choices and current choices. There is no way to get stuck, and game has some good replayability.

The music is great and catchy. The drawn graphics are eye-catching.

On the other hand, I didn't like the UI, because I think it is the only part in the game that looks amateurish. The other minus is the fact that you have to play in the window and it is a flash game.

But overall this game is so much FUN. Boss fights are like in God of War or Devil May Cry but with text and some picture instead of modern graphics.

If you have some imagination and humor, this game is a must have.

The attempts at humor fall flat in my opinion which made this point and click adventure meets RPG a chore to get though. I get it that the game doesn't take itself seriously but that isn't enough to be comic. Quirky characters? Not really. Twisted Dark humor? Nope. Like Dungeons and Donuts - tiresome at best.

Dark scavenger is simple game in terms of gameplay. It`s a mix of point-and-click and RPG. You’ll move from location to location to find some random things. These things can be turned into useful things that can help. Depending on which person you turn to, you can have a powerful new weapon, some contraptions to help set traps or heal yourself, and a buddy to fight along with. Battles are turn-based (like Dragon Quest).You pick either a weapon, an item or an ally to use at the start of each turn and that`s all. This game is written very good (though the plot itself is weak). And by the way i like art in this game.

This game is not ground breaking, but this game is good with clever writing and a great world. So, i recommend this game.

This game was my favorite of the indiefort bundle 2. It definitely has dark humor, which is at worst amusing, at best hilarious. I still haven't figured out what some of the crafted items are useful for (awesome detector being the biggest head-scratcher). The fact that any item can be created into something different, depending on who you give it to, gives this a high replay value in my book.

A few cons-need a button to get past the game start up screen. Once you have gone through the intro, it gets old. The bonus pack for the indiefort bundle 2 buy only included the first three sections. While the maps are not needed at all to complete the game, the incomplete feel of not having the rest is a bummer.

I like point-and-click games and RPGs, so it was great to see a game that combines them.

Though there are no stat upgrades, for example, you can turn almost everything you find into an item, weapon, or ally. It's your choice. It's also your choice what to do in many situations of the story. Part of the ending felt a little bit out of nowhere, but the awesomeness of it outweighed that.

Also, the game has new game+, so you can easily try different things and correcting your mistakes after you clear the game.

Very awesome game indeed I enjoyed every bit of this game. The strange combination of rpg and point and click somehow felt natural and perfect. The humor also helped the flow of the game this so far has been my favorite indie game of the year. (minecraft was last year)

A simple game, where your actions guide you. your own actions can damage you or you can gain something. If you find special items you can choose to make it a item, ally or weapon. After playing multiple times you can find out what will happen if you choose differently.

A musthave in the indiegames

A strange crossover between a popint and click adventure and a japanese style Rpg. You just click and read, make choices and try to survive. The combat is turn based like in Dragon Quest, you see your enemies facing at you, and choose what you do next. Then he attacks and is your turn again. It's a nice entertainment to play in short times.

Game has a very interesitng concept with its classic Rpg elements mixed with those classic p'n'click games from the "old" days. It doesn't take itself quite seriously, but the gameplay is quite refreshing compared to today's hand holding games. If you're a fan of older rpg from the 90's (eye of the beholder, might and magic, Lufia) and don't mind some puzzle elements, go try it out!