A truely original game, by the BEST game maker going round 2K

User Rating: 8 | The Darkness X360
By dliv666 | Review Date:
First let me say that this game has a Great storyline and atmosphere (constant strong points in most 2K games). It is a sort of RPG Shooter, which is a concept 2K have developed further with the LEGENDARY "BIOSHOCK" (My favourite game of all time) and will hopefully take to another level with the much anticipated "BORDERLANDS". The game has horror elements, but doesn't often step over the line into the disturbing like Monalths F.E.A.R and Condamned, meaning that more people can enjoy this game. The environments you play the game in are very well designed, especially the Subway stations, which feel very real.
There is also a good variety of tasks/missions the game gets you to do meaning you are never bored from repetition or doing the same sort of thing over and over again (I'm thinking of the highly overrated GTA4).

There a few flaws in the Darkness, but they are unfortunately very noticable:
1. All the weapons feel the same, both in the damage they do and how they handle (aside from the shotgun). You can easily go through the game never using anything but the dual pistals.

2. There are no decent scopes on any of the weapons, which adds to the feel that the guns lack variety.

3. The weapons feel like they lack any real stopping power (something 2K worked very hard to improve in "THE LEGENDARY" BIOSHOCK).

4. You can die far too easily, and there are not enough checkpoints to compensate for this meaning that sometimes you will have to replay big chunks of missions for a moments slip in concentration.

Overall this is a charismatic game with a Darkside worth examining.

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