![]() Gunplay is effective and most importantly enjoyable, with every weapon feeling powerful and actually useful. All can be used in conjunction with each other so tackling situations is completely up to you you are more than welcome to go all guns blazing but you have the option to use car doors as shields, use iron poles as javelins and slice your attackers, literally in half. Jackie is able to combine two weapons alongside two tentacles that appear over his shoulders, emanating from the Darkness itself ,to aide his fight against the many gangsters and cultists you meet along the way. Speaking of which, maiming and killing is the name of the game here. ![]() I would never class it as a cerebral shooter but its nice to have the option to choose how I maim and kill. Taking rooms one by one by choosing whether to take power sources and lights out and let the Darkness powers let rip or pick enemies off one by one is refreshing rather than tedious. made redundant as soon as you step into a large light source, a factor that isn’t lost on the enemy. Light and dark are key elements of the game with all of your powers ,other than the standard ‘firing a gun’. The short ride you will have with the game however, is more than worth it as the whole experience gives a real sense of empowerment but without making you feel like Superman (remember Superman 64?!). You will almost certainly play through Jackie Estacado’s trials and tribulations in 6 hours or less on a medium difficulty, with a multiplayer coop mode that essentially feels tacked on and seems poor compared to the main product. This makes it even more compelling due to the very strong foundations the whole story is based on and also highlights The Darkness 2’s biggest problem. ![]() The story itself is derived largely from the comics, with key characters popping up along the course of the game. The first Darkness isn’t imperative to play to get any real grasp on the story but I would still highly recommend it in itself as it is perhaps one of the most underrated FPS to come out on this generation of consoles. Jackie, aware of the huge amount of power he has at his finger tips which, in all likelihood, would make him lose his humanity, keeps it inside of him until the events stated above leave him no other option. ![]() The game is set a few years after the first, where Jackie attempts to deal with the fact that the only love in his life was murdered by his uncle the Darkness paralysed Jackie and made him watch. You are Jackie Estacado, a new mob boss in town after gaining access to the gift called ‘The Darkness’ a dark, warped manifestation of all that is bad as it feeds on the hearts of the hosts (that’s you) many enemies and, eventually the host itself. This mad world you dive into headfirst is neatly explained by the narrator of the game, Johnny Powell, as he takes you through the previous action packed precursor. Welcome to the first 5 minutes of The Darkness 2. At deaths door you awaken a slumbering power, two tentacles pop out your back and you selectively disembowel and eviscerate the men who came to kill you. Within seconds, a car comes hurtling through the window, decapitating one girl, crushing the other and effectively shearing your leg off.ĭragged out of the restaurant with your what is left of your leg, you mown down most of the people after you, whilst ending up almost burnt alive. You are having dinner in a restaurant you are an important regular at, with your friend setting you up with two very attractive women. ![]()
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