Anthony Wright wrote: " It was a long time ago now when I played The Darkness back in 2007, But 5 years later I still have a vivid memory of the original. Mostly fond memories, and actually it was one of my favorite games in the early days of owning my Xbox 360. One of the problems with having a good memory however, is that I instantly spotted just how different a direction the game design has taken now, though this is to be expected since The Darkness 2 was developed by Digital Extremes, whereas the original was developed by Starbreeze Studios. And although it will come down to opinion which direction is a better choice, Both clearly have advantages and disadvantages to them. You see The Darkness 2007 was an FPS game with an open world design. The Darkness 2 however, has dropped the open world design in favor of the regular levels or stages design commonly found in most FPS games. Now although this does allow for a lot more variety in the level design, it also felt to me like a bit of a downgrade, however this is likely because I tend to prefer games that allow you to explore that bit more."
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.
