![]() A few gameplay sections give players direct control of your Darkling companion, though these segments are fairly basic despite injecting a degree of diversity. Donning a Union Jack vest and a dead cat headwrap Knobby is able to pin down an enemy, and if thrown, can also kill them. We’ll let you figure out exactly what that means.įortunately, the Darkling command system has been scrapped since the first game, Cockney hellspawn, Knobby, standing in as a humorous and tactical AI substitute. These are disturbingly visceral the aptly named “Assecution” making for an efficent, optically-ingested alternative to Immodium. If you’d rather go for the brutal option, then executions are probably your cup of tea. Harvesting helpless adversaries can also shorten the cooldown time on your Darkness abilities, but the most creative way of recycling your opponents is by turning them into demonic, chitinous shields which double up as a lethal thrown weapon. Enemies which have their backs turned or who have been stunned can be grabbed with the demonic arms and either hurled into the distance of tortured for one of four rewards including health and ammunition. Jackie’s health guage is split into four rechargeable portions which can be restored by eating the hearts of fallen enemies with a single button press or performing executions. Both abilities are powerful and can easily turn the tide of battle, though need to be used sparingly due to the presence of cooldown timers. Jackie also has two abilities to fall back on which are assigned to the spare face buttons Swarm temporarily incapacitates foes, whilst Gun Channelling allows for a brief period of enhanced weapon damage and infinite ammo. The term “quad-wielding” is wholly appropriate as you don’t even need to lift your finger from the trigger to use your secondary attacks it takes getting used to but after a while you’ll be simultaneously cracking headshots and launching javelins on the fly. Instead of being awkwardly crowbarred into the sequel, The Darkness is integrated with purpose and ease the left demonic arm being used to pick up and throw objects, whilst the right arm stands in as a dynamic melee weapon. That’s not to say that Digital Extremes isn’t without any tricks of its own, in fact the developer has brought plenty of unique and innovate gameplay concepts to the table, the most prominent of which being quad-wielding. ![]() Where the former studio may have focused on open environments and even side missions, The Darkness II is very much a linear affair, the gunplay having been refined and modernised. ![]() ![]() The change of hands from Starbreeze to Digital Extremes has also meant a change in design philosophy for the series. Despite not having much in the way of substance, you’ll find yourself caring about a number of secondary characters who would otherwise be “throwaways.” In a genre where even the lead characters tend to be one dimensional, transparent and completely forgettable, The Darkness II engrosses you in the mobster family culture. Though not as thought-provoking or impacting, comic writer Paul Jenkins has pieced together a high-octane chase from start to finish that rarely lifts its foot from the pedal. What appears to be a mob hit however soon evolves into a sinister conspiracy as Jackie learns of the motivations behind the attack an age-old cult known as The Brotherhood is gunning for the New York king of crime with the intention of taking The Darkness for themselves.Īmong the constant waves of contemporary, militarised first person shooters, The Darkness II is perhaps the best story-driven entry to the genre we’ve seen since 2K’s landmark epic, Bioshock. Surrounded by the flames of a burning restaurant and looking down the barrel of a gun, Jackie has no other option but to let The Darkness take hold once more. Now head of the Franchetti family, Estacado finds himself facing an even more formidable threat after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt. Since his twenty-first birthday Jackie Estacado has played host to an immortal being of immense, chaotic power known only as The Darkness, not exactly an ideal time for Jackie’s “uncle” Paulie Franchetti to put a hit out on his adopted protege. However, even with his newly-manifested powers, Jackie couldn’t prevent the execution of Jenny at Paulie’s hands and, after destroying the crime lord’s empire, Estacado seizes control of The Darkness, or at least he thought. ![]()
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