A good Double-A game is often a bit of a time capsule. Beneath the gimmick, there is generally a basis to the design that has been borrowed from one of the dominant games of the era. Sometimes it can really take you back. About fifteen minutes into Dark Void I realised that, despite the voice of Nolan North coming from the plucky, sassy protagonist, despite the matinee setting, this game wasn’t channeling Uncharted: it was channeling Gears of War.