History VideoGame / DarkenedSkye

Prepare yourself for one-of-a-kind of game...

At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game. ''"[[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, it's a Skittles!'"''... ''' wait, what?'''

You heard that right, we are talking about the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_%28confectionery%29 Skittle candies]]... We'll give you a second to collect your thoughts... Are you done?....

Contrary to popular belief, ''Darkened Skye'' is not an [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] or example of WriterRevolt or StealthParody. The creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC.

Contrary to popular belief, ''Darkened Skye'' is not an [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] or example of WriterRevolt or StealthParody. The creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC).

Contrary to popular belief, ''Darkened Skye'' is not an [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] or example of [[WriterRevolt]] or [[StealthParody]]. The creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale DeSharone in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC).

[[caption-width-right:357:''[[MerchandiseDriven Save the Rainbow. Taste the Rainbow.]]'']]

''"[[MineralMacGuffin Skittles are the source of all magic]] (Fancy you not knowing that!) and gathering them is vital to erase the darkness on Lynlora's sky. So our protagonist, [[MeaningfulName Skye]], [[JumpedAtTheCall sets off on a quest]] to return the rainbow to Lynlora, thereby returning Skittles and magic along with it."''

As you probably have already guessed ''Darkened Skye'' is an [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] (released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC) to promote Skittles candies. [[SoOkayItsAverage The game is generally considered average]], with not that great of a gameplay, fuzzy controls, unwieldy animations, and occasional bugs. What makes the game worth playing is that the company gave [[ProtectionFromEditors the producers full-freedom]], [[WriterRevolt so the writing team was in active revolt over the fact that they were making such a game]]—[[StealthParody the writing is patently hilarious and so tongue-in-cheek]] that to this day all they can taste is teeth.

* AllThereInTheManual: Averted on the box. It's incredibly vague as to the actual plot of the game, probably because no one would buy it if it copped to being an advergame. The actual manual, however, mentions Skittles, complete with trademark symbol.

As you probably have already guessed ''Darkened Skye'' is an [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] (released for GameCube and PC) to promote Skittles candies. [[SoOkayItsAverage The game is generally considered average]], with not that great of a gameplay, fuzzy controls, unwieldy animations, and occasional bugs. What makes the game worth playing is that the company gave [[ProtectionFromEditors the producers full-freedom]], [[WriterRevolt so the writing team was in active revolt over the fact that they were making such a game]]—[[StealthParody the writing is patently hilarious and so tongue-in-cheek]] that to this day all they can taste is teeth.

[[caption-width-right:357:''[[MerchandiseDriven Save the Rainbow]]''. [[note]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUmXhCmVaQg http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rainbow_mother_fucker_9321.png]][[/note]]]]

-> - [[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/darkenedskye/review.html?tag=summary%3Bread-review Gamespot]]

!This game has examples of:

* ItsPersonal: Skye take sit personally when Necroth kidnaps all of her friends and loved ones.

* LimitedWardrobe: In the PC version, Skye has only one outfit. In the Gamecube version, she has three outfits.

* SceneryPorn: The land of Zen'Jai is ''pretty'', as is the entire flying carpet sequence.

* BilingualBonus: Draak is fluent several of the land's languages, particularly in the waterworld Ogmire.

* RegeneratingHealth: Skye has this, as does Necroth's henchman.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Both explicitly (Skye talking directly to the player) and implicitly (Draak making silly hints of it, like having "read the script")

* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen He Whose Face May Not Be Glimpsed]]: The BigBad as lampshaded by Draak:

* TheManBehindTheCurtain: The BigBad of the game aka Necroth, who turns out to be a [[spoiler: PintsizedPowerhouse such that Skye has to shrink herself in order to deal with him]].