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The player picked gun channeling as one of his abilities, which channeled the power of the darkness into his guns. Dark Sector developer Digital Extremes added a skill tree system to The Darkness II and a hands-off demonstration had four branches. He slams the door and the screen goes to white.Īdmittedly, I didn't play much of the first Darkness game, but after this brilliant showing (which apparently is cut from several different portions of the game and isn't a sequence which will appear in the retail version), I'll be first in line to pick up The Darkness II when it hits PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 next February.After bullets are fired and blood sprays, The Darkness II rewards players with experience points. Your excrucioner flees as The Darkness begins to heal you, promising he'll do unspeakable things to your family while you're recuperating. Quad wielding is a visceral, satisfying mode of gameplay if ever their was one.įinally, the demo retreats back to the torture chamber, where Jackie escapes his bonds, knocks out a light, and unleashes The Darkness. Jackie is a force of hateful violence unleashed upon the world. game, except you're Alma instead of one of her kids. It's almost like playing through a F.E.A.R. The Darkness II is truly a dark, violent, and creepy game when it wants to be. Now you've got your powers about you, tearing through enemies, devouring hearts, ripping them in half, executing them, taking out light sources to stay strong. Back to the final flashback, this time in a subway station. The Darkness cannot be stolen, so they're trying to make you WANT to give it up. You find out these people once had The Darkness and want it back. Once more into the modern day to be beaten on.

Each is controlled with one of the shoulder buttons. You can use both your Darkness arms as well as dual wield weapons. Slashing, grabbing, eating hearts and the like are all demonstrated before you pick up a gun and start playing with the quad-wielding abilities featured in The Darkness II. It goes through several of The Darkness powers that are familiar to players and a few new ones. This time you're in an alleyway, armed only with The Darkness. A couple more punches and a bit more enticing storyline, then it's back to a different flashback. Your lackey drags you through the restaurant while you hold off the invaders with a pistol, all culminating with Jackie unleashing The Darkness to save his own life.īack to the torture chamber for a bit.

Jackie is walking into his restaurant, gets seated at his table (he is the head of the crime family, after all), flirts with a couple strippers, then a van crashes into his table. After a couple punches to the face, we head into a flashback.

#ALL WEAPONS IN THE DARKNESS II FREE#

The hands-on demo for The Darkness II begins with antihero protagonist Jackie Estacado getting nailed up crucificion-style while a demonic looking guy with a creepy magic box starts telling Jackie to hand over The Darkness of his own free will. The folks at 2K Games have certainly done that in for Seattle's show. There is a certain skill to putting together a demo that demonstrates multiple gameplay elements and teases the overall story of the game. I must say first and foremost, The Darkness II's PAX Prime demo is one of the best convention demos I've ever played. By VGChartz Staff, posted on 26 August 2011 / 3,554 Views

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