<s>
NightCaster	B-Application
:	I-Application
Defeat	I-Application
the	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
,	O
single-player	O
,	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
VR1	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NightCaster	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
ESRB	O
rating	O
is	O
Teen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
NightCaster	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Equinox	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
two-player	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arran	O
is	O
then	O
placed	O
in	O
suspended	O
animation	O
(	O
even	O
though	O
he	O
still	O
ages	O
)	O
by	O
the	O
orb	O
,	O
presumably	O
so	O
that	O
he	O
'	O
will	O
be	O
ready	O
 '	O
to	O
fight	O
the	O
Nightcaster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arran	O
wakes	O
up	O
,	O
having	O
aged	O
to	O
around	O
the	O
mid-twenties	O
,	O
to	O
find	O
his	O
world	O
devastated	O
by	O
darkness	O
and	O
the	O
legions	O
of	O
monsters	O
under	O
the	O
reign	O
of	O
the	O
Nightcaster	B-Application
spreading	O
terror	O
over	O
the	O
populace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arran	O
's	O
parents	O
are	O
supposedly	O
dead	O
when	O
Arran	O
finds	O
his	O
home	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
smoldering	O
wreckage	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
the	O
orb	O
informs	O
him	O
that	O
'	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
Nightcaster[ 's	O
doing ]	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
