A cargo pilot named Will crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle and finds himself caught in an alternate world along where aliens called The Watchers are in control. Using weapons cobbled together using stolen Watcher technology he joins with other humans lost inside this world to take on the alien menace. Using a jet pack, Will can jump long distances, hover in mid-air and eventually fly in true Rocketeer-like fashion. Most of all, the player's sense of direction will be thrown for a complete loop. As Will uses his jet pack to scale up cliff sides, vertical becomes horizontal and outcropping can be used for cover.

The first part of Dark Void plays out they way anyone would expect an action shooter would. There isn't much to help the game stand out without the benefit of an upgraded jet pack. Until then, the player moves through like most other shooters, picking up new and inventive weapons along with ammo while picking off waves of incoming soldiers along the way. There isn't much to help the straight, ground-based, shooting sequences stand out from other shooters this early in development. The graphics look nice and there's an interesting story, but the extra flash like destructible environments and exploding barrels aren't in yet. However, the developers promise that all those factors will be in place when the game releases.

Watcher soldiers are mainly comprised of robots that will occasionally come up to Will and grab him by the throat, triggering a minigame where players needs quickly move the controller's thumbstick left and right to escape. Little stitch and button-mashing sequences like these will be peppered throughout the game. One adrenaline-pumping sequence has the player chasing down flying saucers to land atop them. Players then need to rip off a panel by tapping the B buttons while avoiding the ships cannon. Then the hatch open for Will to dispose of the pilot. Will then has the ship for himself to use against other Watchers. No word yet on how these button mashing sequences will play out on the PC, since those controls haven't been developed yet. Flight is fairly straightforward and the controls are very responsive for easy maneuvering.

Disappointingly, due to the complexity of the vertical gameplay, Dark Void won't come with any multiplayer features. However, it will be the first part in a series of episodic games. While this story centers on Will and explain how people like Nikola Tesla ended up in the Void, future episodes may change focus to other survivors. Dark Void itself will be considered as the first three episodes, so we might see multiplayer action in future games. In any case, we can expect a lot of high-flying, fast-paced shooting action coming our way. The game is expected to release next year.