In the wake of Escape from Butcher Bay, Starbreeze Studios delivers in this wildly entertaining albeit short ride.
Gameplay: Top notch. Intuitive and understandable control scheme works well when enjoying the gunplay but especially well when controlling the Darkness. Because some of the maneuvers are seamless animations, sometimes you have to wait a split-second before executing another move.
Graphics: One of the finer points. Graphics are great, taking a really good engine, and overhauling it. Great sense of lighting, a living breathing city, unique weaponry and abilities plus some cool story sequences.
Sound: Good but not great. Things sound like they should, but nothing here screams "next-gen." I'm not saying that they are bad though.
Value: Its 60 bucks and the multiplayer is decent. It won't be in the bargain bin for a long time, so if you really want to play it, buy it and enjoy it. You will want to play the story multiple times through, its that good.
Tilt: For 60 bucks you get a great single-player experience, decent multiplayer and replayability for a while. If this games gets a sequel, and they improve multiplayer variety and performance, we have another Gears of War on our hands.
Just when the Xbox 360 started to go in cruise control The Darkness provides a great Summer-time relief. The start of a great Summer for video games, especially if you've got a 360.