The Darkness II

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The Darkness II

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Plattform: PC
Release: 10.02.2012

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28.95€

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The Darkness II

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26.99€

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The Darkness II

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Der preisgekrönte Comicbuch-Autor Paul Jenkins liefert für The Darkness II eine packende Geschichte, die gekonnt schwarzen Humor und erdrückende Spannung miteinander verwebt.
Wagen Sie sich heraus aus dem bekannten und behaglichen Terrain und bereiten Sie sich darauf vor, die Finsternis zu empfangen.

Zwei Jahre ist es her, dass Jackie Estacado, jetzt der Don der Franchetti-Familie, die Kräfte der Finsternis eingesetzt hat, um die Männer zu töten, die seine Freundin ermordet haben. Er konnte die Erinnerung an Jennys Tod nicht abschütteln, seitdem er seine übernatürliche Macht unterdrückt – und nun sucht die Finsternis Freiheit. Ein plötzlicher Anschlag auf Jackies Leben läutet einen Mafiakrieg auf breiter Front ein und öffnet der Finsternis Tür und Tor. Während Jackie immer tiefer auf einem einsamen und wilden Weg in die Hölle hinabgleitet, erkennt er die Geheimnisse hinter dem Angriff und die Motive der Finsternis.

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CPU: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
GFX: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
RAM: 1.5 GB
Software: Windows XP/Vista/7
HD: 10 GB
SFX: DirectX Compatible
DX:
INET:
MISC: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)
LANG: Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Italienisch, Japanisch, Spanisch

CPU: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor
GFX: 512+ MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
RAM: 2GB
Software: Windows XP/Vista/7
HD: 10 GB
SFX: DirectX Compatible
DX:
INET:
MISC: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)
LANG: Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Italienisch, Japanisch, Spanisch

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Englisch (83)

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413 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 18.02.20 20:42

Wer den ersten Teil von The Darkness auf einer Xbox360 oder PS3 gespielt hat, wird diesen Teil lieben. Er setzt fast nathlos an den ersten Teil an und hat einen Handlungsstrang in dem man sich verlieren kann.
Selbst für das Alter des Spiels läuft es auf modernen Systemen noch völlig stabil. Absolute Spielempfehlung!!!

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364 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.04.20 16:51

Gleich eins vorweg die auf Steam vorzufinden Version ist stark geschnitten so könnt ihr einige Szenen nicht genießen, da diese mit einem schwarzen Balken versehen sind und die andere Version ist maximal Brutal, jede Art einen Gegner zu töten wird gezeigt und selbst das Töten von Zivillisten ist möglich. Wer also eins davon oder beides nicht mag sollte Abstand von diesem Spiel nehmen. Die Grafik orientiert sich dank Cel-shading an einen Comic-Look was für dieses Spiel sehr stimmig ist. Wenn du z.B. jemand bist der gerne alternative Enden hat bekommt ihr hier auch 2 mögliche Enden, die auch möglich sind zu spielen ohne dass ihr die gesamte Story nochmal spielen müsst. Wenn es euch zu dröge ist allein zu spielen könnt ihr optional auch einen Freund mit ins Spiel einladen und das Spiel im Koopmodus spielen.

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★★★★☆

Wenn euch diese Review gefallen hat lasst gerne ein Däumchen da und schaut gerne meine anderen Reviews an. Viel Spaß beim zocken.

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164 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.09.20 21:33

Jeder der auf brutale spiele steht sollte sich das spiel mal angucken. Mir hat die Story echt gut gefallen, aber den Multiplayer fande ich nicht so gut.

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Verfasst: 16.11.20 18:34

Passable, wenngleich kurze Mafia-Geschichte voller Klischees und Stereotype, unterhaltsame Nebencharaktere und atmosphärische Schauplätze. Das Alter des Spiels ist sicht- und spürbar, die Steuerung wirkt gelegentlich etwas grobschlächtig, insbesondere der Nahkampf wird schnell unübersichtlich.

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216 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.11.20 00:42

--{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

---{Gameplay}---
☐ Addictive like heroin
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just don‘t

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ Earrape

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press ‚A‘
☑ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Story}---
☐ There is none
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average depends an DLC
☑ Good
☐ Lovley
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of tea
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
☐ There is no „price“
☐ Worth the price
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ Burning your money is better

---{Bugs}---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ Assassin‘s Creed: Unity
☐ Get a nuke full of bug spray

---{hackers}---
☑ there is none
☐ not much
☐ there is few
☐ there is one every game
☐ unplayable

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422 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.02.21 01:41

Ein wirklich Nettes Spiel.
Gameplay macht bock, Story ist Okay bis Gut und die Steuerung ist auch Gut.
Ein kurzes aber Gutes Spiel

Hab's auch im Multiplayer mit einem Kollegen gezockt und das hat mir nicht so viel Spaß gemacht wie die Singleplayer Story aber falls man die Möglichkeit hat sollte man es trotzdem mal austesten.

Für 30€ Vollpreis nicht unbedingt Empfehlenswert aber im Angebot jederzeit zuschnappen!

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419 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.02.20 13:02

Cool game. would be nice to see the first one come to PC one day.

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374 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.02.20 12:06

Duration: 6 hours

A wild ride with a story that develops into a great comic book tale. Literally, its insane. Very enjoyable way to spend a few hours on the weekend.

8/10

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516 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.03.20 08:30

[h1] An old game with brilliant story ,just like a PS2 game [/h1] Single player game could be very interesting .
I would like to say this 2012 game deserve a re-make version Or just make Darkness III. LOL

Uncommon Gameplay which is fun as fuck.Besides guns ,the darkness hands allow u to throwing stuff on enemy, get shield to take cover.

Dun 4get its 2020 rn and this game still stunning when u compare to others . Can't imagine hows pp felt when it was first appearing in 2012

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307 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.02.20 13:35

[h1]Game is enjoyable from start to end. [/h1]

The game is not worth buying at its full price unless discounted due to being a short game.
Finished in one sitting without skipping dialogues at normal difficulty as well as retrying some levels multiple times.

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257 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.02.20 10:43

Good

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335 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.01.20 03:03

Great game! Do yourself a favor though. Before you open this game for the first time, go to

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonDarkness IICache.Windows

and delete these two files:
F.VideoTextureSlow.toc
F.VideoTextureSlow.cache

The intro splash screen logo whatever is extremely loud. I launched this game with my audio set to 10 and it still hurt my ears. Pretty sure some asshole intentionally made it that loud.

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1553 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.01.20 08:28

Edgy Pew Pew Time

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1090 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.04.20 03:47

[h1]The Darkness 2: A good game...[/h1] if less than 10$

It was hard for me to recommend this game considering the 33$ price tag on Steam, mainly because I received the product for free. Still, I enjoyed the game for what it is, a cool surprise for 0$. Is it worth the full price? No. I would never recommend this game at >10$.

Don Estacado

*NO SPOILERS*

Following the events from Starbreeze's The Darkness title (2007), the once mafia hitman Jackie Estacado became the supreme chief commander of the Franchetti crime family. The business was flourishing; drugs were selling, competition was dying and whores were whoring. Everything went fine until a new villain, head of a secret organization, came into play, thus reawakening the Anti-Hero's Darkness that was buried deep within his consciousness. The secret society wants one thing from Jackie Estacado: to drain The Darkness out, killing the newly-made Don in the process.

If you were following comics, or if you are having a penchant for the goth-noir style, then you might appreciate the story. Less ambitious than its predecessor, Digital Extremes's (Warframe, Dark Sector) game is a rather simple, classic tale - the likes of a short comics run you could read on a weekly basis. It is not breathtaking nor awful, and certainly very different from Starbreeze's 2007 near-masterpiece. It is nowhere close to the previous' title emotional rollercoaster. There is no dramatic cliffhanger this time, and the ending is somewhat too abrupt. Nonetheless, it does the job for what it is, an enjoyable story for a cheap price.

All about the guns, too little powers

The Darkness 2 is an FPS with fun gunfights. The dual-wielding gameplay with independent triggers playability constitutes its main strenght. You can choose between 3 weapons - an heavy weapon or two smaller ones - or wield 1 or 2 SMG/pistol at the same time. Digital Extremes were clever enough to had an input to 'inter-swap' dual guns in each hand, making it far more easier to switch your guns left or right instead of dropping the weapons and re-equip them like we're used to. The weapons themselves are typical carbines, shotguns, pistols and SMGs. The arsenal has nothing exotic to offer this time in contrast to the first game.

Unfortunately, this second episode is a massive downgrade when it comes to the Anti-Hero's super-powers. Indeed, Starbreeze Studio built everything from scratch, with foundations already available to re-use, but almost none of them were recycled. Worse, the vast majority got taken away, keeping only two active powers, gun-channeling and swarm, and a few passive ones such as black holes. Why so little powers? I feel like it could have disturbed the game's structure, considering the change of level design from the non-linear levels of its predecessor to having a classic linear design. Which, again, translates in a very different progression.

Additional game modes: Vendettas, Hit lists, Co-Op and New Game +

The Vendettas co-op mode is an excellent addition that you can play online or offline. Although there is only 1 story arc, you have the option to choose between 4 different characters, each having their own gameplay. As an example, JP Drummond has the ability to lift enemies in the air, immobilizing them at the same time, while Shoshana has an overcharged dual shotgun (I prefered playing with her).

For a prolonged experience, Digital Extremes added hitman missions under the Vendettas mode. There are several missions, some of them requiring more than 2 players upon completion.

Graphics and technical execution

Unfortunately I was not able to review that aspect properly since I used my laptop with its Intel Integrated Graphics, which basically runned The Darkness 2 at the lowest settings @ 30fps. There's no word describing how 'low' is really low on this configuration (see screenshots below).

PROS
+ True to the comics
+ Dual guns gameplay
+ Good replay value with NG+
+ Vendettas co-op mode

CONS
- A downgrade in every regard in comparison to the first Darkness game
- Current retail price is too high
- Story's ending
- Dead multiplayer

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468 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.03.20 16:32

Really fun game with interesting mechanics, although a bit short. Really wish the first one would come to pc

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2836 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.04.20 16:16

kinda hard to get used to it, but funny challenging gore game :)

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86 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.04.20 20:42

Can we have the 1st Darkness now?

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935 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.04.20 20:59

Pretty fun game. Cool concept for the Darkness powers, story was entertaining, and the comic book visuals were great. The online portion looked fun, but it's pretty dead. Would recommend.

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1048 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.04.20 21:30

We need more Mafia Games especially ones with a pleasant twist like this one. I love the blood and how it doesn't shy away from gore. It gets my blood going. It's an exciting fast pasted game. As much as I'm not a huge fan of linear story lines this game is definitely an exception. Great job guys!

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583 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.04.20 06:41

9/10 Great gameplay with gore and the mafia style story.

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Verfasst: 19.04.20 14:48

Cool game tbh

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Verfasst: 17.04.20 01:16

Fantastic fun finished it in 3 sittings, really enjoyable from start to finish with an interesting story, huge thumbs up! Hope some day they make a sequel or a spin off.

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51 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.05.20 07:23

RIP headphone users at first start

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633 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.06.20 08:35

I really wished for The Darkness III .

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176 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.05.20 12:38

darker than expected

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579 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.05.20 07:04

If you enjoy Bioshock or other shoot 'em ups you will definitely enjoy this low-budget eight hour long thriller.

- Not high at all spec requirements. You could run it on a two-core build with a CPU and GPU from 2012 (recommended Core i3/GTX 650 onward)

- Very fun FPS with lots of gun-toting and heart-eating. Is canon to the comic book.

-Awesome soundtrack though not very long.

- Definitely for adults as there are hellish/mob oriented themes (drugs, prostitution, blood sacrifice).

- Difficulty is properly tuned for the casual and hardcore gamer alike. Will not find yourself dying too much.

- Enough XP to be earned for a NG+ playthrough as well as a (dead) multiplayer mode.

- Highly emotional story with some undertones that may leave you a little shocked. I liked it :X

-Eight hours long.

- Was on sale for only five bucks.

-Encountered no glitches.

Graphics
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad

Gameplay
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Meh

Audio
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
Audience
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Lizards

PC Requirements
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

Difficulty
☐ Cake
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

Grind
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second life

Story
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life

Game Time
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

Price
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If you have some spare money
☐ Not recommended

Bugs
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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Verfasst: 30.05.20 17:27

pog

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299 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 25.05.20 08:27

8/10

Good but short

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1194 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.06.20 07:09

I would destroy every lightbulb in my house if it meant that they'd make a Darkness 1 + 2 remastered combo. Bring it back pls

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195 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.06.20 21:22

One of my favourite games of all time. Please 2K, crawl out of your money pit and make Darkness 3 you goblins.

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670 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.07.20 19:07

A first person shooter. Harness the darkness within you and seek vengeance against those who took what you love.

The titular darkness is some kind of abhorrent supernatural entity or other, and a key part of the game's plot. Your main character is also a mob boss. The game's tone can be surprisingly light considering these factors, with things like your underlings acting like a band of merry rogues, the monster you share your body with having a silly distorted voice and over the top evil lines, the artstyle... It's all fun. The plot itself is interesting enough.

Aside from the usual first person shooting you can expect, your arsenal is augmented with the ability to use the Darkness' tentacles to perform melee attacks, pick up and throw things and murder your opponents in brutal ways (this game can't all be sunshine). You also have a number of skills that can be unlocked to improve your effectiveness in combat. Pretty fun overall.

It's a nice game, I recommend it to shooter fans.

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1685 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.07.20 03:02

This game is great, but requires a few adjustments to work on Linux(through wine). I would say it runs flawlessly after those adjustments. The game has a nice story, nice setting, really good jokes and really enjoyable mechanics. All player abilities will eventually be unlocked, so you can chose everything unlike in some other games. Difficulty range is good. The balance between fighting areas and not fighting ones isn't that good though - there is an area where a player can spend around an hour enjoying optional non-fighting content. There are some minor choices in the game and if you don't do them the game picks one... The story and level design is pretty linear, yet there are some interesting quirks. Like there is a scripted scene, but your character can make it a different scripted scene it you are fast and smart enough, which brings this game some extra charm and rather unexpected reward if you manage to pull it off. I had a lot of fun playing this game, so I totally recommend it.

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625 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 28.06.20 12:52

Great game with cool story. Can recommend it for a low price!

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325 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.07.20 00:44

meh

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1300 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.07.20 07:48

good game

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Verfasst: 02.07.20 05:41

This has to be the best 6$ I've spent on a FPS in a long ass time.If you haven't played this before and it's on sale BUY IT!

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Verfasst: 06.07.20 22:19

It's a very unique experience with a Very interesting story line. This is certainly one of those games you need to play in your life time

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Verfasst: 01.09.20 20:19

I get jumpscared everytime i start the game up

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630 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 25.08.20 09:00

You won't find another shooter that ages this well in 2020. The combat is some of the most refined, fun, jaw-dropping you will experience in the genre in the past decade, hands down. 100% truth. Find me another game that lets you simultaneously handle 4 different weapons of destruction at a time, all wielded so beautifully in concert with one another. It is over-the-top, gory action that you won't find anywhere else. The technical art direction this game took is one that still delivers a mind-blowing experience, from start to finish. It's a short game, but the whole time your jaw will be glued to the floor.

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270 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.09.20 17:14

good

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1327 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.08.20 01:24

Your little helper has headpiece made of the carcass of a dead cat.
Thumbs up!

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Verfasst: 06.09.20 19:53

If I had to describe The Darkness II in a word it would be average. The story, gameplay and characters were ok, so I found myself bored most of the time. I found the game quite repetitive (mainly the places), I liked the Campaign a bit more than the main story (but it still wasn't good enough for me to want to play it for hours). I don't think this game is worth 29,99€ (so I would wait for it to be on sale) since in my opinion it's one of those games that are only good to play when you don't have anything better to do/play and want to pass the time.

5,5/10

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1572 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.09.20 00:45

The Darkness 2 is, as the name implies, pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dark. You play as Jackie Estacado, a mobster whose special skills have allowed him to rise to the very top of the New York underworld. And by 'special skills,' I am of course referring to the ancient demonic entity that lives within his body. I was surprised by how much I liked this game. I picked it up expecting a standard shooter with a vaguely gothic design aesthetic. What I wasn't expecting was a genuinely inventive and unique game with solid gameplay and some smart ideas bubbling under the surface. There are some very creative moments throughout the campaign, first as Jackie explores some strange locations, and then later when the demonic presence starts to drive him insane. The ending also qualifies for the 'Holy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Christ' award of totally unexpected story turns.

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Verfasst: 15.09.20 18:36

[h1]Edgy[/h1]

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Verfasst: 03.09.20 15:11

The Darkness 2 is a First Person Shooter Continues the story of the mafia hitman, Jackie Estacado and the heavy demonic curse he bares called The Darkness.

The game itself has a strong borderlands like feel to it with the visual graphics cell shaded to make it look very comic book styled. This is done extremely well and the overall feel to the graphics and visual effects of the game are well designed.

The gameplay is fast paced and combat is based mainly on firearms and some quite brutal melee. There are a fair amount of guns to keep any player entertained and the ability to duel wield small side arms does not fail to make you look and feel like a complete badass. you also have a vast amount of character abilities to obtain along the way with a selection of skill trees to progress through.

The story behind the Darkness is also very well written with some small backstory lore to read through and discover, there is not much of this but enough to not make your head spin like the universe of elder scrolls or halo.

Overall this game is one of those games where it can be played over and over and if you are an achievement hunter like myself you will be in for a treat as The Darkness 2 offers some easy achievements for those willing to do a little bit of a grind through the story a couple of times.

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Verfasst: 24.08.20 19:54

This is a superhero FPS that unfortunately shows its age, despite being held together by a renowned comic book writer and a great lore from the preexisting intelectual property. Why do I recommend it then? The story is good and the gameplay isn't too bad.

Besides dual wielding, eating hearts to recover health and using your tentacles to grab, throw, execute or destroy, you can also unlock the ability to summon a swarm that stuns enemies and the ability to magically enhance your bullets. Even if these features aren't novel, they are nice to have. Executions can give you health, ammo, shields and cooldown reductions, but you will be using them for health recovery most of the time.

The execution animations are serviceable, but you are mostly going to see the same few. The controls for slashing with your tentacles are terrible to use, holding the middle mouse button while swiping the mouse in the intended direction, followed by a slow animation that contrasts with the gunplay.

You can change weapons in the same way as older titles, using the mouse scroll or pressing the button assigned to each weapon type. Not as neat as a weapon wheel, but it usually works. Since you aren't limited by weapon types, you can have two pistols, two SMGs or one of each, in addition to a two-handed weapon. The buttons are therefore not assigned to a weapon type, but to your left and right hands, with the weapons constantly changing. The same buttons you use for eating hearts or collecting ammo can be used to pick up guns, throwing my main gun away was a common annoyance during my playthrough.

SMGs felt incredibly underpowered, but pistols, assault rifles and shotguns felt great to use. Some enemies are bullet sponges or have too much armor, but this is mostly an issue with SMGs. If an armored enemy runs toward you with a melee weapon, use your tentacles, these are hard to kill with bullets. Enemies' AI and enemy variety are serviceable, compensated by the map design and set-pieces.

My time to beat the main story was 8h13m. The story is good, not great. Some emotional beats fall flat, the story is predictable and the open ending leaves a bad taste, but the lore, told mostly through relics' descriptions, is fantastic and keeps you thinking when the writing doesn't. The gameplay is entertaining despite its flaws and there are additional missions after you beat it. It is a good game overall, not great, but I was still entertained during most of it.

[h1]Rating:[/h1]
[h1]8/10[/h1]

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2793 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.09.20 00:33

Great game with very strong story telling and good gameplay
Gameplay i liked of course from 1st game a bit more but still very good
Suggestion Buy this and Buy comics!

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393 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.10.20 19:50

I'll make a reservation right away that the first The Darkness, released only on consoles almost five years ago, I haven't seen it close.

Do not flatter yourself, lovers of cutting and shredding, so that with the «blood» — despite the abundance of battles, The Darkness 2 should be appreciated not for the mountains of corpses, cheerfully dismembered in numerous battles.
Yes, as an action movie, this game turned out to be very decent, and the brutality in it will be enough for a dozen Bulletstorms, but we saw action films and more abruptly.
The main thing here is an interactive story about love, faith, hatred and revenge, told in a few hours of playing time. A story in which there are more questions than answers.

????????????????: great plot and dialogue; you really empathize with the hero; stylish graphics; dynamic fights delight at first...

????????????????: ...but by the end of the game frankly bored, some kind of monotony; and as for me the game is short.

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323 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.09.20 04:19

Fun game with a nice art style, and decent combat, but incredibly short. The keyboard controls are really bad especially for directional melee. There's some story padding that I didn't enjoy with the mansion scenes as well considering how short the game is. I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel due to the cliffhanger ending. I wouldn't get the game at full price though, wait for a bundle or super sale, I beat the whole game on the hardest difficulty in 5 hours.

Everyone will get stuck in the vents due to not having VSYNC enabled.

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1303 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.10.20 03:21

Nice Game and fun to play

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583 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 13.10.20 22:07

wow
it s legend
just buy and enjoys

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483 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.08.20 12:39

The gameplay and capabilities of darkness 2 were really amazing, the fascinating story that the main character of the game lost his female and has events and attacks due to his dark and evil capabilities, the game's graphics were not very attractive, but this game is more Pay attention to the style of play and the style of attack, not the story and other things.
The multiplayer part of this game is unfortunately dead, but the offline part of this game is about 10 or 20 hours, maybe more.
Experience this game is not a bad option, in terms of points for this game, I do not have a specific opinion about it, but the experience of trying this game may not be attractive to you.

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195 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.11.20 12:03

lord gaben, please bring us the original

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982 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.11.20 16:53

Worth it if you're into FPSes and it's on sale (the campaign is only 6 hours long).

It's fun to play with interesting mechanics. The story is interesting, though the characters are a bit too clichéd for my liking. The campaign is very short but extra missions bulk it up a bit and are not just cheap bolt-on content - they add to the story. The game looks much than it should given its age, though you might experience technical glitches because it came out many years ago (I experienced stuttering).

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527 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.11.20 21:31

It's good.

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938 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.11.20 01:18

I played the first on PS3 years ago. This is an excellent followup. Although graphically dated the gunplay and darkness mechanics are intuitive.
My only criticism would be that a game about light and darkness, where the protagonist is vulnerable to bright lights, the lighting effects are lacking by todays standards.
Check the community guides for how to disable the ear bursting intro!

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274 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.12.20 15:42

I've replayed this game far too many times now... and still no sign of a damned sequel. The Darkness is hungry... waiting to be fulfilled.
Waiting for The Darkness III to come to us, waiting for the series to receive a masterpiece of an ending!
2K HEAR US,WE ARE WAITING FOR JACKIEEE ESTACADOO'S RETURNN.

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170 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.12.20 02:15

Now this is a very fun game

Don't get me wrong its got a good story and fun mechanics

Now remember this is my own experience

But right now the game is simply unplayable for me because mid way through when the enemies become a little harder to kill the ammo just comes more and more scarce.

Right now I'm stuck on one of my saves where i have around 8 bullets in my magazine on somewhat of a boss fight and i simply cannot get past that point

the game overall before that was honestly a 9.2/10

would recommend ????

( buy on sale though cause it really isn't worth $29.99 )

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324 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.11.20 21:04

It's a shame this game has never gotten a sequel. Nice story, pleasant (personally to me) aesthetics, enjoyable mix of gunplay, melee and executions. As of now I finished the main campaign with only 4 hours into the game, and with how much I have yet to unlock (and with Vendettas mode still unplayed) my guess is that there is a lot of replayability left in. More fun to come then.

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588 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.12.20 07:15

+Great story.
+Unique gameplay mechanics.
+Beautiful graphics.
+Runs smooth.
+Time well spent.
+Jenny I've got your number eight six seven five three oh nine.

-Lowest sensitivity setting still too high.

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535 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.12.20 00:01

Not as good as the first game but still worth playing.

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382 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.12.20 11:15

To like this sequel you must have never experienced the first one which was way more dark, story rich and mature. This cartoon looks like a joke compared to the first.

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Verfasst: 04.01.21 16:23

Description
* POSITIVE
1. Good Story
2. Outstanding Action
3. Graphics Awesome ( Like Borderlands )
4. Amazing Optimization for Low Specs PC
5. Enjoying Game-play
6. Amazing Characters
7. Kick-ass Villains
8. Superhero Type Action
9. Easy Achievement

* NEGATIVE
1. Little bit confused about story . Because I didn't play the 1st part.
2. Some Glitches happens sometime.

Conclusion : I finished this game 3 times in this legit version . I enjoyed very much caused this game greatly optimized for low specs pc. And that's why I can get easily 60-70 FPS with High settings. And I really like the Action sequence with super power. I missed the first part and unfortunately not available in steam. I like the characters . Specially Darkling Character , Its so funny and amazing character. There are almost no negative point ( In my point of view). I liked this game very much. Waiting for part 3 , If the developers are showing some interested about this game future.

* VERDICT : 8.5 / 10

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Verfasst: 01.01.21 20:12

[h1] THE DARKNESS II [/h1]
THE GAME THAT CALLS YOU INTO THE DARKNESS

The Darkness 2, developed by Digital extremes, which we know from Bioshock and Homefront games, is a first-person shooter game that includes darkness and action.

The Darkness, which was presented to the players as a console game in 2007, appears on all platforms on the PC after a full 5 years.
In the game that starts with a cinematic, information about the previous game is given to those who did not play the first game, and The Darkness 2 is about the events exactly 2 years after the first game.

After the first game, Jackie was able to take control of his dark forces and continue his life as the mafia boss.
He still cannot forget his girlfriend Jenny’s death 2 years ago, and we can even travel to the memories of Jenne with the cinematics between the game.
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1108 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.01.21 21:46

Let's start with the good points. The combat, for the most part, is very satisfying. In this game, the developers have simply refined and streamlined the system. Whether you use the guns or melee combat, the action is really satisfying. Above average story and a nice look to the game, but some of the voice acting is kind of lackluster for the mob characters. Thankfully, the main character, the Darkness, and even the token crazy guy, are all competent. The skill trees for the in-game abilities offer plenty of variety, especially the higher level abilities. Which brings me to power-ups and gore. This is a game that proudly earns its M rating.

Now, the not so great. The pacing of the game is really uneven in places with long cutscenes that you really can't skip. Add in several walk and talk sections that offer great story points but zero action...kind of a momentum killer. Some of the combat conditions also get a bit overwhelming and kind of lazy, IE light blindness. Also, the game is linear, very linear. Within a level section you can explore a bit and look for a few bonus items, otherwise, you're on rails with no way to backtrack.

The co-op is not exactly anything to write home about either although some of the characters in that have the best lines.

Oh yeah, very happy with this game. Just a few gripes, but I have those about almost every game.

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245 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.01.21 20:27

I was positively surprised by this game. I don’t know why, but I didn’t expect much from The Darkness II.

The graphics are old, but still fine.

The gameplay is really nice. You can shoot, use special abilities and tear your enemies into pieces with your two serpent arms from hell. This was the big surprise that made the game way more enjoyable and fun. There was lots of action, blood and destruction.

The story is nice (nothing extraordinary, but nice).

It isn’t a super great game, but it isn’t bad either. It is just average and absolutely enjoyable for the short gameplay (4 hours).

30€ is a bit too much for the game though. I recommend buying it for 15 – 20 €.

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Verfasst: 26.01.21 02:29

This is a great game, I love this one and the first one. It has a very incredible storyline of tragedy.

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1195 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.01.21 17:45

Really good game

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570 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.01.21 08:14

the game is good!
it has some issues if you are crouching trough thin tunnels (it solves itself by just enabling vsync)
the fov is not the greatest. but you can fix it.
the gun play is enjoyable, the only thing that i did not like was the speedy mouse sensitivity. but out of that, it is a good game all around

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509 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.01.21 02:53

The Darkness 2 never sames to fail me. Great gameplay and a cool story to follow. You don't need to have cleared or played the first one to get the story as it offers a back story explaining what happened in the first. £20 is a bit too much for this game though.

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412 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.01.21 00:35

A very fun play experience, fantastic comic like graphics, and great voice acting.

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596 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.02.21 17:20

Where is The Darkness 3 at?

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875 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.02.21 17:08

I wish the first Darkness game was on steam as well.

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152 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.02.21 12:34

THE CO OP MULTIPLAYER IS SOME OF THE MOST SLEPT ON GAME CONTENT IN HISTORY

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350 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.02.21 03:32

An old game that i absolutely adored on the xbox 360, playing it again was a nostalgia trip i needed and not having played it in a while, it was like playing it for the first time, 11/10 recommend if you like games where you play as the monster and just love tearing people to shreds

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902 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.02.21 14:16

EMBRACE THE DAAAAAARKNESSSSSS, JACKIE!!!!

Dat voice acting

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386 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.02.21 00:21

FIRST OFF IF YOU BOUGHT THIS TAKE YOUR HEADSET OFF BEFORE PLAYING. I HAD MY VOLUME ON 10% AND STILL GOT AN EARSPLITTING LOUD INTRO

This was a really good game. I haven't played darkness one in a very long time so I'm not going to compare it to that one. This game on it's own has great and fun gameplay, with a pretty decent story in my opinion. took me about 5 hours of gametime to complete the game while not speeding through it, and I'm looking forward to my second playthrough.

Now a little more about the game

If you're playing the darkness series for the first time here's the twist, you can't be in the light, or you will be very weak and lose your darkness powers. You need to shoot the lights or generators causing light to shine on you. Once the enemies start knowing that it fucks you up they start bringing big lights to mess you up and it makes for some pretty unique gameplay. Gunplay is also fine, although you will constantly be picking up guns your don't want because you want to eat a heart to get health back and you'll pick up a pistol instead. Which gets annoying after the the third time you've done it and the next 3000 times in the future that you'll do it again.
There was 4 difficulties off rip. I chose the 3rd one. The second to hardest setting and had no major issues. Late game got a tiny bit challenging but nothing rage inducing. You get pretty fucking beefy and I ended up just running around and shooting people while spamming E to eat the dead guys hearts and replenish my health fully.

story was pretty good. It got a bit silly at times so I learned to just not take it too seriously. I will say though that if you don't like being left on a cliffhanger, you might not want to play this unless you're sure you won't care about the story. This is because Darkness 2 came out in February 9th 2012. 9 years and 2 days before this review. And from what it looks like the developers have been bought by other companies more than once since the release, and nothing about darkness 3 has ever really been announced. It's VERY likely that we won't ever get another game (which makes me very sad, digital extremes really had a great catalog of games under them)

Sometimes you will get caught on the floor and have to finagle your way to get past the invisible stump blocking your path. I had to deal with these several times over my runthrough, and one time I legitimately thought it wasn't the right way to go because it wouldn't let me past.

TL;DR

Really good game, story is unfinished and will unfortunately remain unfinished for the foreseeable future, great and unique game play. Worth the $6 I got it for on sale, and worth probably $20 in my opinion. 30 might be pushing it.

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388 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.02.21 10:20

laughed again have played many times back in the days was hoping for a new game The Darkness III

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258 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.02.21 19:24

I completed this game in 4 hours, in one play through and let me say, this game is Fun and all out gory.
I picked this game up on sale at it is 100% worth a buy, this game was made in 2012 and the graphics are actually really good for a game which is 8 years old.
I had 1 issue, It was in a VENT and it wouldn't allow me to go through it (I FOUND A SOLUTION)
Turn Vsync on i dont know why but it helps out.

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297 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.03.21 11:17

You know those games you have sitting in your collection for god knows how long, that you always overlooked and once you finally got around to it you wondered how you could have overlooked it for so long? Yeah this definitely is the case for me with Darkness 2.

I am guessing it was on sale so I picked it up at some point but needless to say I knew nothing about this game and never played the original. Usually sequels are not as good as the originals but if this is a lesser game the original must be the best game ever made!

This game is a real gem, a must play if you like shooters and are looking for something a bit different. I wont spoil any of it other than to say it was not at all what I expected (in a good way) and even the cut scenes kept me watching when in 90% of games I will skip them if they ramble on too much.

Graphically the game has a really cool art style that looks good and ran very smoothly on my PC. Sounds are also of a high standard as is the voice acting.

There really is not much to complain about here, though if I had to look for something to whinge about I did find it annoying that your ability to heal and picking up dropped weapons are both bound to the E key. Which meant that during intense fights I found myself accidentally picking up weapons with no ammo instead of eating hearts to heal (you will see what I mean) and that did get annoying.

But overall this game has really intense gun play, great voice acting and dialogue that isn't destroyed with political correctness and the entire game is really well done.

Highly recommended

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Verfasst: 30.03.21 11:15

We have a character in our legend called Zahak
Like a game character, he has 2 snakes around his shoulder
How bad that we can not use this potential to build our own games

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Verfasst: 15.03.21 21:05

My review of The Darkness II
The story is good, I really enjoy it
The gameplay is fine, I have to play with the controller, cause M&K is an OK
I die like 6 times in a mission cause there were a lot of enemies. They run at you and kill you...is annoying and I noticed they can still shoot you throw walls when you try to cover
There is a online coop game!
The result is 8/10

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491 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.03.21 21:57

Great game, The Darkness II is a little gem that hasn't aged. An absolute must for FPS/slasher fans. 8 hours well spend, and you can do a game+ after ending the campaign. Fluid game play with brutal action and lots of different enemies, weapons and skills. Excellent story, soundtrack and voices.
Make sure that you wait till the end of the credits and then press E as prompted to get a final cutscene that explains everything.

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219 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.03.21 19:59

COOL GAME

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Verfasst: 05.04.21 23:49

Fascinating anti-hero concept with good gameplay and an engaging story. If you like the comic book/Cel-shaded look combined with gore and mafia stories this game will serve you well.

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Verfasst: 05.04.21 20:57

I beat the campaign on the 2nd difficulty in 2016--4.5 hours and I put it down. I replayed it this year to get the 100% as I had 40% of the achievements and am glad I did. I think the main campaign speaks for itself--the 4 arm shooter is incredibly fun.

I had never played the Vendettas campaign before, which was a mistake. I only wish the game actually identified Vendettas for what they are--an entire campaign about the length of the main campaign. I enjoyed the Vendettas characters--I recommend using Jimmy for the campaign as he is the most fun IMO. I also recommend the Hit List, which are kind of like Call of Duty Special Ops missions. Revisiting the same areas is worth it for little extra bits of story and Left 4 Dead style action with surprisingly unique characters--and it's multiplayer too, if you have a friend with a copy. I squeezed 17 hours out of this game and honestly had way more fun than I expected to. 7/10

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Verfasst: 01.04.21 14:23

where is the darkness III :( ?

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Verfasst: 01.04.21 12:17

probably the most underated game i knew. I never heard anybody talking about this masterpiece. it's just great, the story, the gameplay. And then again, i know that people always had a bad taste.

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Verfasst: 24.03.21 09:04

It's a Old one but a great one. hope they will release more on it someday.