So I see this trailer the other night from TGS for this game called Operation: Darkess. As I'm watching it, I'm thinking...Hidden & Dangerous...Advance Wars...Resident Evil...Call of Duty...Final Fantasy...

I then decided to do something hundreds of people have been telling - harassing - pleading - begging me to do for the past two to three years: buy an Xbox 360! If this game is half as fun as it looks and doesn't take me less than two weeks to beat (a few months would be nice), it's definitely worth the purchase of the console.

WWII is one of my favorite subjects both as a hobby in general and as video game genre. I loved Fire Emblem/Advance wars and the deep strategy and emotional attachment you have for the characters after playing the game for so long. This game seems to be a great fusion of the two genres, even it if's way over nippon-a-tized. It was announced a while back, and I'm surprised I haven't heard about a seemingly absurd game, such as Operation: Darkness before now.

Yeah! Go ahead! Laugh at me! I don't care! Video games are like Apple Jacks and I, for one, eat what I like! You'd be surprised at how good polycarbonate plastic, aluminum and lacquer tastes crumbled up into a big porcelain bowl doused with ice old Foremost 2% Milk and topped with a thick layer of sweet, scrumptious delicious strawberries! Mmmm!

Longer, more cinematic trailer below. Has a lot more of the fantasy elements in it as well.
(Better music too!)



Please tell me you're at least slightly intrigued by this game just from the strange, bizarre enigma this game creates just by existing in the first place!

If not, what two genres, that wouldn't normally get along together in your typical/traditional/ orthodox/kosher video game, combined?