Just played and finished
Interesting & cool scenario but poorly executed imo
The Darkness is supposed to be this all awesome power/killing machine but I never really felt in control per se. Whilst the powers were cool using them effectively was fiddly. Combat was awkward and rather ponderous.
I had visions of wandering into areas and laying waste to all living things but was disappointed.
The gunplay whilst a nice touch with one trigger for each gun occasionally left me annoyed/confused as I routinely forgot to press the left trigger - user error in all honesty but I feel it led to awkwardness in fights as one gun suddenly runs out of ammo.
The movement speed was also too slow. Really needed a sprint function as some of the areas were quite large and there was a fair bit of A to C via B which was dull. Also I found wandering around with the darkness powers activated frustrating as you had to keep stopping to take lights out to keep your powers active.....made you feel all too vunerable tbh.
A further gripe would be the large open areas (city blocks/fields between trenches) left me wandering around confused and lost at times. Also the city blocks appeared to be completely deviod of life at times which was a little bit sad.
Anway enough moaning - things I liked:
The phones \0/ - press buttons for funny messages - gave me a bit of a giggle at the very least.
The Loading Screens - Although it could have done with just a few more stories these were a refreshing take on the usual boring loading screens
I also rather enjoyed the speediness of the arrival of trains - wish we could get something that good....
The TV shows were also a nice touch and made it feel a bit more real.
6/10 - The Mediocreness....