ClickOnline.com Writes: "Rather than changing their approach in order to appeal to a more mass market group of players, Digital Extremes has instead decided to continue from where they left off, and The Darkness II is every bit as atmospheric and intense as the original – only this time they’ve really cranked it up a notch."
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.
4.5/5? Not bad.
Really excited for this game. 5-6 hour campaign is a tad disappointing, but the unique/fresh elements of this game (art style, quad wielding, darkness powers) is enough to make up for it in my opinion.
6 hour campaign is really putting me off tbh. The first Darkness was fairly lengthy. I've gone from day one to uncertain.
"The Darkness II is every bit as atmospheric and intense as the original – only this time they’ve really cranked it up a notch."
Man this sounds fantastic. I've been waiting for that game for more than 4 years. The first one is still one of the best games I've ever played. Sure it wasn't perfect gameplay-wise but the deep atmosphere is still one of a kind. The 6 hour campaign doesn't bother me in any way. Remember Heavenly Sword and it's 5 hour campaign? It was still worth 60€ for me more than some long games.