![]() The left tentacle is used for grabbing environmental elements, enemies and consuming hearts of the fallen to keep you alive while the right tentacle is used for slicing and dicing your foes into tiny pieces of gibbage.Ī little further into the game and you're introduced to your Darkling companion, who simply refers to you as 'Monkey', a cheeky little chap in a Union Jack vest and accompanied by a fairly crappy cockney accent. This introduces the player to the quad method of attacking your enemies you have the standard single firearm/dual wield/rifle/shotgun FPS inventory, then you have two tentacles of death protruding from your body. This is where we're introduced to the disturbing Darkness, an entity of pure evil and loves nothing more than tearing your foe a new one. Unfortunately this attack has provoked the very thing Jackie has been battling to keep under control, and now it's out for bloody vengeance. All of this is presented in an attractive cel shaded style, akin to the likes of Borderlands and XIII, but sways more towards the real world look rather than cartoony texture work. So the game kicks off with what we would class as a typical FPS level, it's just you, your gun and the enemies, your restaurant is under attack and you have to make it out alive. The story of Jackie Estacado is one of revenge and internal torment as he not only battles with the army wanting the Darkness from Jackie, but also battles with the Darkness itself. The Darkness II has everything I've just mentioned by the truck load and it's not afraid to shower you with it either. Yes, it is very different from how that first game looked, but in all honesty with you, I would have much preferred that the first game looked like this rather than this one looking like the first game.// Reviews // 6th Mar 2012 - 11 years ago // By Neil 'Wedge' Hetherington The Darkness II Reviewīlood, guts, violence, humour and piddle. It looks very different from the first game and this is because they have gone for a cell-shaded, comic book style and I for one think that it looks fantastic. One thing that is very split down the middle in regards to people liking or disliking The Darkness 2 is the visual style. The game overall plays very similarly to the first one and that was the problem most people had with it back when it was released. These keep you moving forward and I felt that you unlocked things at a decent pace. You have four different skill trees that you can use and you also have a basic XP system in play as well. The Darkness 2 also has some RPG elements to it as well. ![]() The Darkness is powerful, but it cannot deal with light, so you are forced to shoot things like streetlights. ![]() Eating hearts, slaying bad guys, breaking stuff and you even have a little Darkling that will assist you. You have these tentacle things and they can do all kinds of different moves. The big difference here though is that Jackie can use his Darkness powers. It is mainly a first-person shooter where Jackie can make use of many different weapons. The gameplay is very similar to the first game. It is most certainly a story you will want to play from beginning to end. Jackie has to go to hell and back and in between all of this we have a pretty cool gangster story as well. It has a great twist where Jackie is in a mental asylum, although not as good as the War twist in the first game. ![]() The story in The Darkness 2 feels a lot more dramatic than it was before.
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