The Darkness II

So by your logic, if the game was on consoles it would instantly be crap?

The Darkness had nothing to do with zombies on rails - not a clue where you even got that from. You spent most of your time traversing subways and dark neighbourhoods in a New York style city. Cities normally have things called humans in them. Think Max Payne 1 with demonic powers and a brilliant, open subway system and you'll be on target. A small part of the game consisted of the main character finding out where his powers originated from, and thats where he goes to some madcap world filled with Nazi zombiefied soldiers.
 
Yeah if you can get a chance to play the first one you should. It was a great little game, not sure if you need to play one before this new one but it can't hurt :)
 
i just tried the demo, ran sweet and looked good. i played it with a controller just to sit a bit further back so the console fov is bearable. the gameplay was ok i suppose but i wouldnt pay full price for it, i might pick it up on a steam sale.
 
Just got the demo and played 15 mins, it plays quite nicely and looks really good but as others have said the fov is awful.
 
Just played the demo too. The moment I saw the menu I thought "port...". Thought the graphics were rather poor and agree with the FoV comments. Gameplay was top notch though - I so miss the gremlins :D
 
Kainz said:
Just played the demo too. The moment I saw the menu I thought "port...". Thought the graphics were rather poor and agree with the FoV comments. Gameplay was top notch though - I so miss the gremlins :D
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If I remember as it was a long time ago, I don't think the first had great graphics at the time. It was the story and gameplay that was rather good. But I have not touched the demo I will buy this no matter what.
 
Hmm I dunno. I swear Darkness 1 looked better than this. In some areas of this demo the visuals looked sort of cell shaded to me - was anyone getting that?
 
Kainz said:
Hmm I dunno. I swear Darkness 1 looked better than this. In some areas of this demo the visuals looked sort of cell shaded to me - was anyone getting that?
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The graphics are cel shaded, intended to give a comic book look/feel. I'm not usually a fan of cel shading, but thought the visuals were fantastic in this... especially during the "interlude" sections of the demo.
 
I enjoyed the demo. Okay it's very linear, almost on rails at times, but the narrative, variety of ways to tackle the enemies and inclusion of the skills you can purchase make it a definite buy for me - but as with almost any title it's worth hunting around for the bargains or simply waiting it out. I love the little evil dude, made me laugh and was a nice addition imo.
 
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