Dark Age basically means a majority of bad seasons back to back that really bring the series down as a whole.
Samoa>Nicaragua>Redemption Island>South Pacific>One World>Caramoan>Blood vs Water
Or
Game Changers > Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers > Ghost Island > Edge of Extinction
There wasn’t a single veteran I liked that went far
Tyson-Gervase-Monica-Colten-Kat-Candice-Laura M-Aras-Tina-Rupert were horrible cast choices
Marissa-Hayden-John and Brad were the only fun ones to watch on the other tribe and three of them went out early and the other one was shafted by an edit Timster
Redemption Island - Caramoan is THE Dark Age of Survivor (yes I love Nicaragua so it is NOT a dark age season).
Game Changers - EoE is much more tolerable because at the very least we aren't getting utterly poring pagongings and instead have to deal with a surge of advantages and gameplay that makes not sense