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    Operation Darkness

    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Jun 24, 2008

    Operation Darkness is a turn-based strategy RPG which follows the exploits of a supernatural special forces unit during World War II as they attempt to stop Hitler and his various occult minions.

    Is this the original Nazi Zombies game?

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    #1  Edited By EvilNiGHTS

    I mean, it pre-dates COD5 by a year, Dead Snow by two, and basically seems to have invented an entire subgenre without getting any credit for it. Madness.

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    It kind of did, but that fact that it's borderline unplayable kind of lessens its impact. On paper that game should be right up my alley, but cripes it was a mess.

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    Well, I´m pretty sure the whole "Nazis dealing with the occult" thing has been around for a while. I think Return to Castle Wolfenstein had a lot of that stuff in it. But the exact concept of "Nazi Zombies"? I don´t know. There were zombie like creatures in the crypts, but they were from a time before Nazis :P

    Maybe some other games did it before?

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    @white_silhouette: I don't know why I never thought of that.

    Even so, the whole thing seems to have become less sparing in the last few years, and Operation Darkness seemed to be ahead of the curve on that. Alas it never came out here, but I remember reading reviews saying it was at least an unusual premise, which I wouldn't say now.

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    #6  Edited By OGinOR

    Hmmm..Wolfenstein 3D comes to mind from the mid-90s...with Zombie Guards on the later levels. Operation Darkness is about 20 years late to the party...

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