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Why The Darkness 2 Could Be the Next Great Action-Horror Game

Justin Haywald of GamePro writes: I honestly wasn’t looking forward to my hands-on demonstration of The Darkness II last week. While I found the original game to be a solid shooter with some interesting ideas, it didn’t make much of a lasting impression. But when I fired up The Darkness II, my disinterest quickly disintegrated.

It's no secret that I'm a massive horror nerd. From horror-themed comic books to survival-horror games, I can never get enough of the genre. And there are a few key things about The Darkness II that appeal to me as a fan of horror, too.

aPerson4733d ago (Edited 4733d ago )

The link takes you to the 'gamepro' home page, not the article. That probably needs to be fixed!

MWH4733d ago

with all due respect but i don't need to read this to know why, it WILL be an awesome game i'm sure.

nycredude4733d ago

It will mostly likely be awesome cause the first IMO was awesome. So underrated.

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The Darkness 2 is now available for free on Humble Bundle for the next 48 hours

Hunble Bundle is currently offering free copies of The Darkness 2 for the next 48 hours. The Darkness 2 is an intense first person shooter that – according to its description – delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

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roadkillers2375d ago

This is why I don't buy video games anymore. I have a huge Steam backlog and developers are gracious enough to offer their products for free. Fortnite is free, Darkness is free, lots of good free games. Thanks Humble

masterfox2375d ago

Nice thanks for the heads up.

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The Darkness II received huge price cut on Steam

The Darkness II has received some huge price cuts, the game is currently available at just $5.99  on Steam, 85% lower than its original price $39.99.

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UltraNova2505d ago

I had a blast with the 1st one. It was perfect. The 2nd not that much, was pretty forgettable tbh and the cell shading, although beautiful, was not my kind of tea

That said, if they make a 3rd one they should make it a bit closer to the original's...vibe and looks.

kevnb2505d ago

Its not even made by the same team, I hate when publishers do that.

veicht2505d ago

I still enjoyed 2, it still kept some of the neat things from the first one. Having said that, the first is considerably better, I'd rather the 3rd (somehow) end up being made by machine games which seems to be where a fair amount of the darkness/butchers bay devs ended up.

chris2352505d ago

are we talking switch ports again or why is another lastGen game in the headlines?

ctrlxthroat2505d ago

I'm still hoping for a pc rerelease of the original.

Venoxn4g2505d ago

I personally enjoyed this one more than first game (even though I think first one is good too)

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The Darkness: A Greek tragedy for the video game age - G4@Syfygames

Matt Ferguson from G4@Syfygames writes "When I think of tragic love stories and star-crossed lovers, I can't recall a more heart-wrenching example than Jackie Estacado and Jenny Romano from The Darkness. What begins as a romantic story between two people from very different worlds ends abruptly in a horrific tragedy, drawing many parallels from the works of Classical Greek tragedians and epic poets."

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Smokehouse3139d ago

I agree! That was a great game with well played characters.

Kallisti3139d ago

Still own a copy of both of them. The Darkness III on PS4/PC/XONE would be awesome.