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The Darkness | 
 enlarge | From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $10.00
You Save: $9.99 (50%)
New (27) Used (33) from $10.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 579
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 29971
UPC: 827307997877
EAN: 0710425299711
ASIN: B000HX1P72
Release Date: June 25, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Use manifestations of the Darkness to devour, impale or implode your enemies | | • | Summon and command an army of Darklings - impish and hilarious demonites that commit unspeakable acts | | • | Use the absence of light strategically - shadows feed the Darkness so seek the shadows wherever possible | | • | Fight your way through the dark and seedy underbelly of New York City, as well as the ethereal realm of the Darkness | | • | Play as Darklings in online multiplayer games |
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Product Description
The Darkness gives you awesome and terrible powers, in a new twist on horror-based adventure. On his 21st birthday, the Darkness awakens within Jackie Estacado, a mafia hitman for the Franchetti crime family. With his new powers, Jackie is able to wreak terrifying havoc on his enemies. Jackie must learn to fully command the Darkness so he can take back control of the Franchetti family, which is ruled by his uncle Paulie, a despicable man who is almost universally despised. Based on the popular comic book "The Darkness." Traditional multiplayer modes as well as all-new innovative game modes Next-gen graphics and gameplay featuring advanced voice-synching and facial animations and fully interactive environments
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Pretty, a good story, but incredibly linear for the genre April 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Xbox 360 has brought in a new era of roleplaying/shooter crossovers, which offer the deeper story and flexible character development of RPGs with more first or third person action to spice up the combats. Most of these games offer a "casual" or "easy" difficulty setting so RPG players can enjoy them too.
The best of these products, like Mass Effect really deliver on this promise. The stories are engaging and compelling; the player has real choice in how to develop the character(s), and the combat gains the adrenaline rush of a shooter without necessarily requiring the reflexes of a long-time shooter player or a teenager on Jolt to play.
Sadly, The Darkness may look like one of these games but it is not. The gameplay is entirely linear, without even a nod to real choices. On a typical map you face a sequence of combats and single-solution puzzles and don't even have much choice in the order you encounter them; on some of the maps attempting to deviate from the preplanned course will just get you "killed" in punishment, forcing you to restart from the last programmed point you successfully satisfied.
Compared even to story-driven shooters like BioShock, this is terribly disappointing, and the game has zero replay value. Compared to early efforts like Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition or polished modern games like Mass Effect, this is not a game - it's a movie where you are forced to use the controller and earn progress.
Yet for all of that, this game is not a total loss. The visuals are good, and combine with the sounds to be evocative and visceral. The body animations are reasonably rendered even if the characters' mouths rarely move when they talk. The overstereotypical New York mobster dialog and voice acting is amusing, and delivered with a sense of humor to make it fun rather than trite.
While I doubt this game will ever be remembered as seminal, or even remembered in a few years, it is not a total waste. Given that it can be found used, played, and then resold it's probably worth your time to play.
 THE BOREDUMNESS March 31, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
keyword: Boring.
graphics: great.
about as repetitive as assassins creed.
 Awesome! March 30, 2008
I really like the plot in this game. I have read the comics which makes the game play even better.
Good overall experience March 5, 2008
The game had amazing visual along with a captivating story. It plays like your usual first person shooter except you get the perk of having different 'Darkness' powers which put a whole new twist on the genre. Coming from the makers of Bioshock you should know you are getting a quality game.
The one gripe I do have about the game is the overall movement of your character. He seems to move a lot slower then other first person shooters so it took a little getting used to. It made it a little harder to run and gun, if you get into trouble running away wasn't easy. The powers would cover you for the most part but it was just something I wasn't too happy with.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this to others. Of one note, the language in this game is very adult. You may not want to buy this game for children under 16 or so.
Good Game March 1, 2008
I enjoyed the game very much. The graphics are very good and the gameplay was consistently entertaining. Considering you can get the game for under 20 bucks, I think its an awesome deal and I highly recommend it.
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