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Ok, first off, this game is horrible to control. In battles, you can't switch items and magic fast enough to do anything. Once you get past the firt few worlds, it gets ridiculously hard, and should be rated "SFH" for "stupidly freaking hard". I liked the look and feel of the game; don't get me wrong, it's a very fun game... until you're stuck. Like I am right now. The game designers obviously didn't think about the crappily set up button control when they stuck in those SIX very bad guys in the level I'm on, PLUS a boss afterwards. I just don't think it's possible to go any further than where I am at, so I am reviewing the game NOW. I think I will officially give up because it's a waste of time trying to fight off such a slew of bad guys only to be killed by a boss monster afterwards. The graphics are great, music is awesome, character development is very sweet, and the humor is good giggle fun. However, get used to saving because you will die.. horribly.. and MANY MANY times. Unfortunely, I can't figure out how to create more than one save file at a time, or maybe it would be worth finishing.
It IS fun, but ...frustrating!

Darkened Skye is not a bad game, but it is not for the impatient. Saving often, like whever you exit/enter a level/area, is a very good idea. You can, and will, die very easily in this game; but that's what can be fun about it. I have a few suggestions. If you get lost in one of the 5 lands, take a peek at the maps inside the manual, but it doesn't have the Gargoyle realm. I don't know if the Gamecube version manual has all 4 maps in it, but the Computer one does. If you want to run faster, put away the staff. Skye runs faster with the staff on her back.

If not for the horrible controls, Darkened Skye would have been a great game. Unfortunately, no matter which way you set your configurations, the game remains frustrating. One of the problems is one so common in third-party Gamecube games: functions of the L&R buttons suffer from the "click only" effect, meaning you have to press them all the way in for a response. This is apparent also in BloodRayne, NAMCO Arcade Museum, and Evolution Worlds, among other titles. I don't know why third-parties do this -- it irritates the hell out of me and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Anyway, this is one of those medieval settings on no particular planet. You play as Skye, a sarcastic teenage girl on a mission to stop something-or-other. I don't mind the dumb idea of using Skittles as magic; actually I think it's kind of cute. The dry humor is almost funny too.