This heart-thirsty game is fun, don't get me wrong, and also has a great story to tell is an exciting game but not quite
Well let me start off by saying you are playing the character by the name of Jackie Estacado, and this game starts off pretty good being your 21st birthday when you wake up in the backseat of a high speed convertible driving carelessly down a road knocking traffic, cars, etc. out of its way along the way. Well you are then informed that the two buddies who are in the front seats are running from cops and apparently you got tagged in. Well you are thrown a shotgun and expected to help. After a little bit of driving through construction your friend leans out over the right side of the car and gets knocked the____ out by the vehicle next to you. Then the driver kicked him out of the vehicle because he is dead. Wow, nice friend. Then all of a sudden-since you are in a construction yard-you wreck and you find your friend lying there almost dead. He gives you your birthday gift, some guns. You then find our Uncle Paulie has a hit onyou and wants you dead because of some "foul play."
He sends hits out on the people you care most about, your girlfriend, who you can go to her house and watch the whole movie of "To Kill A Mockingbird."
I don't see how this ties in unless it is about you being an outsider. But then you here these deep, dark, mysterious voices that to be known as "The Darkness that possess your body. You have control of these demonic creatures that sort of look like giant black snakes on each side of your shoulders. Like the name of the game The Darkness, that is what these nasty, but helpful creatures like. If their is light around, they want you to shoot them out or you can have "The Darkness" power strike them out. Having the darkness manifested gives you more immunity towards damage. You can have these creatures sneak up on people by crawling on the ground-you being far away-and snatching people's hearts out, which this gives The Darkness its powers. You can also have your arm just go through an enemy like a knife. Once you enough powers you can get the black whole which can send numerous enemies into and just across the room and just kill them.
You also have weapons like I stated earlier. But you start off with the dual-pistols and you will basically finish with them because they are the most effective weapon. Also there isn't a big selection of weapons. About 4 or 5 which they aren't that great. The AI(artificial intelligence) isn't that smart. They stand in the open a lot and get shot. It's not completely bad though. The story is very great though. You feel like it is you in the game. I'm not going to ruin the game for you, but their is one point in the game that pisses you off and maybe will make you shed a tear or two. This story line sucks you in and just makes you mad by what good but bad things happen in the game. It veers off a little bit but to a good direction. Kind of weird though. You'll have to find out yourself though.
The campaign is long, but their are also some side-missions that are quit fun. From just going around and threatening people to leave other people alone to having to do some dirty work to someone betting you, you can't jump down in there in front of a subway train and get the four quarters before the next train comes. This is exhilarating and will take a couple of times. But it is fun and you will love to do more times. You will also see phone numbers all over the place, so write the numbers down because when you are in a subway station, you will see a pay phone where you can call these numbers and get extra content.
Graphically the game looks good but not spectacular like other gaming websites say. I didn't think they were that great. Now the cutscenes as in when he is talking look amazing but in game isn't that great. It goes up to 1080p but if you have standard, you might have a hard time reading some of the phone numbers mentioned earlier. But it looks grainy even in 1080p a little.
Sound wise it is pretty awesome especially the voice acting. Like I stated earlier, the story line pulls you in and will affect you emotionally because of the voice acting. Jackie, you in the game, has the perfect voice for this game, with him contraying as a tough-guy with nothing to lose. Everyone you meet in this game has great acting skills and 2K did a great job of hiring people for this one.
Their is a multiplayer with many different game modes, but it is very poor. Looks like it was just added on to be added on. When you get done with this single-player campaign, you can go online, but this will ruin the experience. The single-player is the strong suit. Not doubt about it.
Now altogether you should go get this game.It could have been a little bit better but overall it is still a great game. It is underrated because you don't hear much about it even though it does get some alright ratings. The marketing of this game did a poor job. The gameplay is solid and should be enjoyed by all. Come on, who doesn't want to torturize people by eating their hearts out. You know you want too. Go get it.