Bought Darkbasic many years ago and found it to be a waste of money. Doesn't mean that Darkbasic is bad, I just didn't put any time in it to learn because:

- Disliked the basic language and math requirement for good games
- No level editor unless you make one
- Required to purchase more tools (close to cross-selling)
- Bad support (never received paperback manual)
- The software full of bugs

Now you have Darkbasic Pro and FPS, but I never purchase any of those products. Maybe things have become better? Really don't know.