PSA: The Darkness II free on Humble

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

For anyone interested, you can nab a free Steam copy of The Darkness II from Humble Bundle [https://www.humblebundle.com/] while supply lasts.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

It was an interesting game. Solid mechanics but I enjoyed the original more overall because of the story and, well, originality factor. End boss goes in 2?s favor though.

 

[Vanilla ISIS]

I love this game.
Great writing, voice acting and overall presentation with competent gameplay.
One of the most memorable games I've ever played.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

OP, thank you for the heads up! I think I may already own it, but I shan't say no to a free key. I'm on the humble monthly so frequently getting keys of games I own.

I enjoyed The Darkness on the 360...and Yahtzee's review of it in his first ZP, tho I don't think I made it as far as the endgame. I've heard 2 is better in every way, may get round to it sometime.

Thanks again.

 

[Kotaro]

I'm still frustrated to this day that the first one never got a PC port. I can never get comfortable playing a shooter with a gamepad.

 

[Xprimentyl]

OP, thank you for the heads up! I think I may already own it, but I shan't say no to a free key. I'm on the humble monthly so frequently getting keys of games I own.

I enjoyed The Darkness on the 360...and Yahtzee's review of it in his first ZP, tho I don't think I made it as far as the endgame. I've heard 2 is better in every way, may get round to it sometime.

Thanks again.

I don?t know who would think The Darkness 2 was better than The Darkness 1, especially in ?every way;? I?d argue the exact opposite to be true. The Darkness was a beautifully written, superbly voice acted, gruesomely satisfying gem with genuinely emotionally moving moments that few people played, but pretty much everyone who did loved it. The Darkness 2, while mildly entertaining as a game, was at no point in no way anywhere near as memorable as its predecessor. You could tell the devs were reaching for and clearly missing the mark of the magic the first game achieved; instead, we got a FPS #248, cel-shaded with a demonic bent and requisite, tacked-on multiplayer.

I'm still frustrated to this day that the first one never got a PC port. I can never get comfortable playing a shooter with a gamepad.

It sucks. I found the first more visually interesting from playing the demo and wanted that on PC.

I?m sorry for both of you; hopefully you can experience it some way if not on PC because the first Darkness was- nay, *IS* -amazing. I don?t recall what the gaming climate was at the time it launched (I want to say it was right around the time Call of Duty caught its gale-force tailwind and marginalized the industry,) but for some reason, The Darkness came out and had a near immediate price drop; bargain bins filled up with copies of the game. I finally picked it up out of curiosity for $5 on the 360, and about a third of the way through it, I honestly felt bad I didn?t pay full retail and give the devs every cent they deserved. I?m big on an immersive, emotional experience, and it?s the only time a videogame made me cry, TWICE, and in between those moments allowed me a torrent of terribly satisfying moments of merciless revenge.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

The Darkness was a beautifully written, superbly voice acted, gruesomely satisfying gem with genuinely emotionally moving moments that few people played, but pretty much everyone who did loved it.

Jenny's Apartment.

Anyone who's played the game will know what I'm talking about. It's a segment that can be a short as a few minutes (or as long as 2+ hours), but it works wonders at making the main character's existing romance believable and compelling, rather than basicaly just being told "This is your love interest. Now care" as too many games do.

The sequel tries its hand at something simular and it kind of works, but I wonder if that's on its own merits, or because I played the first game.

 

[Xprimentyl]

The Darkness was a beautifully written, superbly voice acted, gruesomely satisfying gem with genuinely emotionally moving moments that few people played, but pretty much everyone who did loved it.

Jenny's Apartment.

Anyone who's played the game will know what I'm talking about. It's a segment that can be a short as a few minutes (or as long as 2+ hours), but it works wonders at making the main character's existing romance believable and compelling, rather than basicaly just being told "This is your love interest. Now care" as too many games do.

The sequel tries its hand at something simular and it kind of works, but I wonder if that's on its own merits, or because I played the first game.

Exactly, exactly, EXACTLY. That moment did what no other game has ever done so perfectly, at least in my experience. That segment NAILED intimacy, and not with a glossy, PG-13 implied sex scene or tacky, ham-fisted ?here is the love interest? exposition; it made Jenny and her relationship with Jackie real and relatable to the point I wasn?t just playing Jackie who cared about Jenny, I cared about Jenny, to the point that I didn?t want to get off that couch because I knew what was going to ultimately happen. Needless to say I had no problem getting the achievement for eating 300 hearts after that.

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

Its a pretty mediocre game. played it long ago and quite it in half way.

cant stand cell shading graphics too.

 

[immortalfrieza]

Played the first Darkness, stopped playing after Jenny was killed because it was just too damned depressing, even for a game called "Darkness." Too many games these days just lack too much if any levity and I can't stand it sometimes.