In addition to a hands on demo, AusGamers also had the chance to have a chat with Digital Extremes Project Director Sheldon Carter about The Darkness 2.
Topics discussed are the many differences between this new game and the original -- both in gameplay and art direction -- and some great insight into the game's development process. There's also some brand-new gameplay footage in the video that offers the best glimpse of the game that we've had so far.
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.
Great interview, very professional and enjoyable.
THe game looks very good to be fair, the bit at the end is awesome if your in control of that.
The narrative in the Darkness was actually really good, glad to hear the voice actor is back!
"JACKIEEEEEEEEE!"
No StarBreeze equals MEDIOCRE experience at Best, VERY FEW FRANCHISES that change QB's(The Developer) lead to a successful Sequel. This game will be no different, its a shame, since the game had real potential, now its dead on arrival, as far as this Hardcore gamer is concerned. All the Great Interviews in the World have very little to do with the GAME, its about the Finished product, nothing else. When this game comes out, and doesn't sell that well, which it wont, just look at the original,lol, All these feel good moments wont matter, lol. All that matters is how the game turns out, THATS IT, anyone remember Crackdown2? LOL.