Kotaku - The Darkness II doesn't have traditional multiplayer. There are no multiples of Jackie Estacado using their powers over The Darkness to fight it out in endless battles. The core mythology of The Darkness prevents it.
So when Digital Extremes decided to expand their game to allow more than one player, they needed to get creative and decided to go cooperative. The result: Vendettas.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
are we talking switch ports again or why is another lastGen game in the headlines?
I personally enjoyed this one more than first game (even though I think first one is good too)
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."
Still own a copy of both of them. The Darkness III on PS4/PC/XONE would be awesome.
The Darkness II is a growing concern for me, strongly reminding me of this years F.E.A.R 3, a game of which, for me, lost its franchises persona. The Darkness II has abandoned it's gritty realistic graphics and has adopted a somewhat more arcade gameplay style. Despite Co-Op being a promising addition to any franchise, by disregarding competitive, it stands almost zero chance of having a lasting online community. Also, whilst The original Darkness' multiplayer was atrocious, this move almost seems to imply they aren't willing to take the risk to prove they can develop a good multiplayer for the franchise. Regardless, let's hope I'm wrong and the game proves to be incredible...
lame. Darkness had really fun multiplayer despite network instability and lag issues.
Someone needs to develop a good competitive, balanced multiplayer game that is not a military shooter, is not ruined by perks, and takes longer than a quick shot to kill people unless its a head shot. Slightly larger health bars allow for recovery and tense battles, other than just aim shoot run, aim shoot run.
good im sick of every franchise feeling like they have to institute miltiplayer online deathmatches etc.. a good single player and solid online coop is all some games need