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super good story and good action but short
8.0
Superb
Summary
I just Loved the story, well maybe a tiny bit predictable but in a good way Respectable graphic Cell shade graphic was a nice touch Amazing sound Voice acting matched with story to make it a exiting Game play was simple, because I think it was designed for casual gamers Well I just played single player story so I wouldn't know about other aspects of the game I am disappointed that it end so soon I can't wait for DARKNESS 3 well I hope other people enjoy this game like I did I hope I wrote okay review for my first time ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Darkness 2 improves on the gameplay of its predecessor in every way.
8.0
Superb
Summary
I loved the original Darkness title I loved its atmosphere, its tone, its story and its gameplay It was a real underappreciated gem in the early days of the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 Imagine my disappointment upon hearing that Starbreeze weren't making its sequel But Digital Extremes were Y'know? Digital Extremes? Responsible for the entirely forgettable Dark Sector, and a multiplayer component for Bioshock 2 that no one asked for? Yeah? ThemAt least they didn't try to imitate Starbreeze's take on the material, reducing the focus on grit and an almost entirely black and white landscape, and instead injecting vivid cel-shaded graphics and overhauling the combat entirely The Darkness 2 is a better game for it
A few years have passed since the events of the first game, Jackie Estacado is the don now, but you'll still be getting your hands dirty especially now that Jackie's demon tentacle arms have come back out to play It's a good thing you now have even more options to deal out brutality from picking up boxes and bins to throw at your enemies, to impaling them with pool cues, to slicing them in half with thrown car doors Don't worry you can always blast them in the face with your dual-wield pistols, or pull them apart with your demon arms
Make no mistake, The Darkness 2 is violent But it all happens at such a fast pace that by the time you've initiated an execution animation, you'll already be moving your reticule over your next victim You can control two guns and two demon arms simultaneously, which really makes you feel powerful once you get used to it
The enemies have gotten smarter this time though, you're no longer just fighting rival gang muscle, but now you're fighting The Brotherhood the original guardians of the Darkness, who know it like the back of their hand As such, they know its weakness light This makes the flashbang and spotlight-wielding enemies your biggest threat, and so the first to die Horribly It's easy to see how The Darkness 2's combat could become repetitive, if you relied on execution moves and simple shooting, but the game encourages you to mix it up with the now industry-standard XP pop-ups front and centre telling you how you're being rewarded and what for It does break the immersion somewhat, and it doesn't punish you for carrying out the same big-point moves over and over again But it'd be a real shame to play the game in that way
The Darkness 2 is linear this time around, which, although linearity has become an instant mark against an FPS on some of the larger review sites, it didn't bother me here and it's to the game's credit that it doesn't funnel you from big set-piece moment to big set-piece moment like some of its contemporaries It helps that the game's environments and characters are vivid and full of life, with the characters being particularly expressive impressively so, given that Digital Extremes haven't resorted to performance capture or LA Noire-style facial mapping
There are one or two changes from the original Darkness title that I don't necessarily agree with, however While the original's memorable monologues are present and correct here, their inclusion seems strange here given the stylistic shift not only in the game's overall presentation, but in Jackie's character design too it's difficult to take his hard-hitting monologues seriously when his appearance is so much more flamboyant than his original character model I also don't care for the redesigning of the two demon arms, each arm has been made more distinctive, and it's easy to tell them apart Which I actually think works against the character of the Darkness I liked how the arms were virtually the same in the original, it meant I couldn't become attached to them, they were always alien and that's what you'd expect to feel about a demon that had latched onto you and refused to let go
Continued at: http://jonnyedgeblogspotcom/2012/02/passing-judgment-on-darkness-2html
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Perfect in all aspects. Don't miss this game!
10
Editors' Choice
Summary
The Darkness II is like a good polished diamond It has a great story with psycho elements, you can get confused easily Gameplay is excellent, no complains here You can tear enemy with your demonic arms, kill them with a gun, throw a bucket or metal strips to them, also later you can get more abilities, like use swarm of insects, use energy instead of bullets or drop vortex that will suck all around it But that's not it, you can grab enemy to perform one of four finishing moves, which will grant you different bonus, like health, ammo, shield or faster restore your abilities It's a nice bloodbath with good variety of gameplay But I didn't liked the autoaim function, which works even on hardest difficulty and can't be turned off It helps you when you use a controller, but otherwise it is a nuisance Slow motion headshot are pretty damn cool, you get the time to looks around for the next enemy Sounds are done nicely, not like in other games, where if you stand far from talking person you barely hear him Also killing squishy sounds are cool and of course you will like the "darkness" voice, I can hear it even now! Through the game a darkling demon will help you in some situations, you can even get control of it in some parts of the game It's about 5-6 hours of gameplay that won't leave you disappointed, the ending will make you excited One con I found in this game is that there are too many names starting letter J - Jenny, Johny, Jimmy, Jackie, it's annoying But anyway a game is worth of your time and moneyA game which have a big potential, but still have it's flaws.
7.5
Great
Summary
I didn't played the first Shank game, so I don't know in which ways the sequel differs A trailer shows us a bloodbath action gameplay and everything seems so awesome, but after you play a few chapters it becomes a very boring, repetitive game There is small variety of weapons, only three in each category, but the good thing is that every weapon has it's unique combination of hits and finishing moves, so you can choose what you like the most As for enemies, there are few kinds, they use melee and ranged weapons, also there are "gorillas" - that's how I call these big guys, which are harder to kill In some point you will have to use a minigun turret to kill incoming enemy and some other things to do, which I don't want to spoil And the gameplay is based on the story, so it's not just a hit'n'smash game Graphics are really nice, especially when you slice enemy with chainsaw or do counter-attack But there is one problem with mouse cursor, somehow it won't disappear to some players and is visible in game, so I think there will be a patch to fix this Despite that, it's not that bad game, which have a big potential, but in current time it lacks variety of gameplay and length of it But worth the time to play itGuns, Blades, Swords, Saw, Blood, Kicking Ass, Cutting, Shooting, Killing,.. THIS IS AN ACTION GAME
10
Editors' Choice
Summary
Guns, Blades, Swords, Saw, Blood, Kicking Ass, Cutting, Shooting, Killing, THIS IS AN ACTION GAMEIf you want to have fun then your best choice is SHANK 2
why Shank 2? because this game is all that you need to have fun in game
if you worry about Graphic then let me tell u that come down man an don't worry about that because this game having no problem in graphics it is looks amazing
So let's talk about gameplay um it's fast and it's smooth and it is has nice movement animation and with all this goods they made an amazing counter gameplay
The Story: it is not as power as last one but it's good
Sounds:they are synth with gameplay and the story and this is enough
if u put all this together u will made an amazing game called SHANK 2
this version is better than past version because they add a lot of thing in the game as new characters and weaphons and animations
and because of changing a few thing like a counter gameplay and
so i give it 10 of 10
