The Darkness 2 - Autumn 2011 - PS3, 360, PC

If they strawberry float this up, Im not sure I can be held accountable for my actions.

Corazon de Leon

tomvek wrote:The Darkness 2 gets 4-player co-op mode

The co-op mode, dubbed "Vendettas," is a "team-focused, mission based experience" with new environments and new story elements, "that takes place parallel to the single-player story." And instead of getting stuck with ol' Jackie Boy, perhaps you might try your hand(s) at another of the new co-op characters: Inugami, "a dark and mentally unstable character with revenge-driven motives" ... and a samurai sword; Shoshanna, an Israeli Intelligence agent with a gun that fires "multiple rounds of gunfire at one time" which, real talk, is impossible; Jimmy Wilson, an alcoholic Scotsman (really!) who hates the English and summons Darklings with his "Dark Axe"; and lastly, J.P. DuMond, a New Orleans-based practitioner of voodoo medicine or, as he would perhaps be more commonly called, a witch doctor!

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/06/the-d ... -we-count/

strawberry float off. Just, please, please strawberry float off. :fp:

Please just port The Darkness 1 to pc and be done with it.

I would have some faith in the four player co-op and the change in graphical style if it wasn't being done for the sake of dumbing down an already great game.

Demo is up, apparently.

Don Ready wrote:Demo is up, apparently.

It is. 1.4 GB on XBL.

Thought it was all right, though I only played the demo of the first too.

The control system is impressively fluid.

EDIT - No, you know what, I really enjoyed that, cel shading and all.

Anung wrote:Game will probably be gooseberry fool or at the very best a wait till its cheap job. Shame they obviously have no idea what made the original so great.

Demo playthrough:

Yeah..good shooting controls and graphics! Pretty gory too! Overall? Its not 100% exciting me but it's pretty good judging from the demo..will i buy it? Probably not, well not at full price anyway.

That demo was amaze

Really loved the art style and fluid combat, looks like they are going to do this justice, can't wait.

Demo was alright actually. I might actually buy this with actual cash money.

Gameplay is pretty good yeah, but I can see this suffering from Condemned 2 syndrome. Despite the Darkness powers, the original was quite down to earth and believable in it's characters, this seems to be going for all out ridiculous and I'm not sure I like that.

Uncle Paulie was an amazing villain, as was that corrupt cop, though his name escapes me. Very real and threatening men. It's just a little disheartening to see the second one featuring a zombified man man with a magic stick.

Anung wrote:The Darkness done such an amazing job of characterization that I was genuinely baying for Paulies blood.

This. No game has ever made me cry out for revenge as much as The Darkness. Major motivation to finish the game, one I've never really felt this strongly before.

Launch Trailer

Just watched Jenny's death scene on YouTube and even completely out of context it's still difficult to watch. It's probably the single most effective (and effecting) death in gaming since Aeris, and it's handled with much more maturity that that one.

Anyone know if they've got Mike Patton back as the voice of The Darkness? Jackie's voice being different I can take, but it's wouldn't be the same with Patton's otherworldly rasping.

Twas game of the generation for me I think.

Just ordered the first, looking forward to it

The Darkness. :wub:

Some of the gameplay is annoying as strawberry float (I'm thinking the WWI sections) but the narrative through-line is amazing. Has to be one of the best stories in gaming and not because of any twists or gimmicks but simply because the characters are so real.

Those

sections were the worst of the game for me, but looking back on it as a whole I can see how they worked and why they were there. I wouldnt mind playing again but forget doing it on the 360 again.

The Darkness 2 - Autumn 2011 - PS3, 360, PC

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