![]() Each new power you level up is cool, and makes you even more of an invincible badass than you already were. Jackie is essentially a god in the universe of the Darkness, and you feel like one. In The Darkness 2, from start to finish, the Darkness makes you feel like an absolutely indestructible badass, which, when you consider that 'The Darkness' embodies the near-unlimited power of all darkness in the universe makes sense. In any other game (NeverDead, I'm looking at you) the thing you character could do that makes him awesome, would be nerfed as the game drags on to increase the difficulty. What's so great about how effective the Darkness powers are, is that it makes sense. That was probably the worst part of playing the Darkness 2, anytime I needed to shoot something instead of to just 'Darkness power' it, the game was at it's lowest point. The shooting is okay, but when you can grab a guy from metres away and rip off his head, a few bullets seem suddenly less effective. Jackie can dual-wield pistols and sub machine guns, and can carry assault rifles and shotguns too. While the Darkness powers may be what differentiates the game from other first person shooters, it still does contain it's fair share of guns. ![]() He has his own personality and, while potentially annoying, never overstays his welcome. The darkness also allows you to summon a little, British demon, who will attack enemies and help Jackie out in various other ways. You're constantly slashing away at incoming enemies, plucking up bad guys as they try to run away from you and eating the hearts of the dead to regain health in a tight spot. The control over these demon arms is super easy, with the left bumper controlling one, and the right bumper controlling the other. One of the heads likes to grab (and eat) things and the other likes to violently slash things. The Darkness manifests itself in a couple of ways, most notably as 2 demon heads on long necks which peer over Jackie's shoulder, acting almost like 2 extra arms. Jackie is the new boss, and has been suppressing the Darkness the whole time, until an attempt is made on Jackie's life and he is forced to once again call upon the Darkness and do a fair-to-high amount of killing. Jump to 2 years later and we're at the start of The Darkness 2. Needless to say he murders everyone in his path, and eventually, kills the boss of the mafia. In the process his girlfriend Jenny, the only good thing in his life, is killed right in front of him which doesn't go down very well with Jackie. ![]() A hit is put out on Jackie and in an effort to get back at the mob, Jackie decides to kill anyone and everyone that screwed him over. Jackie started out as a pretty low-level mobster before his 21st birthday when a job went wrong and the Darkness emerged. The Darkness 2 follows the story of Jackie Estacado, a mob boss in New York City and human vessel to The Darkness, the embodiment of all the darkness in the universe, pretty pissed that God decided to turn the lights on. ![]() Luckily, the Darkness 2 is accessible enough that I rarely felt out of the loop storywise, and easily got into the swing of the brutal beheadings and skin ripping. Between Battlefield 3, Skyrim and Arkham City I just couldn't find the time to play it, which was a shame, because I always liked the look of it and wanted to catch up with the story/gameplay mechanics before I dug into the sequel. I rented it once, but it just happened to have been in that outrageously busy period towards the end of last year. ![]()
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