[Losi]

The Darkness 2 is a top quality arcade fps. The artistic component is simply delicious and is currently the best cell shading technique I've seen so far. A good longevity, an adult and engaging storyline and an excellent soundtrack made this title shine in 2012. The Darkness 2 introduces stunning new comic-book-graphics and some subtle, yet reasonable gameplay changes. Further strong points are amazing English voice-acting, an entertaining four-player-coop-mode and the dark atmosphere throughout the game. The Darkness II is indeed short, but it does achieve part of its goals: a few fun hours with some interesting characters, a dark story and, most of all, two demonic arms always hungry for eating and destroying hearts. A great game that is compensating for some of its flaws for a good story, brutal and addictive gameplay and last but not least for its distinctive charm. If you like darker games with intense story lines that fuck with your mind like Bioshock, I recommend The Darkness 2 for you.

It's on sale on Steam right now (80% off): http://store.steampowered.com/app/67370/

Metacritic Rating: 77
Gamespot Rating: 7/10




Here's a review of The Darkness 2 by IGN:

you can have akimbo shotguns and blow people's heads off. its fun.

[MiS]

I'm surprised I haven't heard of this game up until now, it seems like a really fun game.

[Losi]

I'm surprised I haven't heard of this game up until now, it seems like a really fun game.

It's one of my favorite games right now. I recommend reading the comics too.

[Nyx]

I've seen this in countless stores like Walmart going for like 20$ but I never really bought it because it seemed so cheap.

[Losi]

I've seen this in countless stores like Walmart going for like 20$ but I never really bought it because it seemed so cheap.

Wow. You really judge a game by its price tag? ......

It's fully worth it.

[Dr.AgentIce]

Looks like an awesome game. I just might have to pick up a copy while it's still on sale. Great review by the way.

[Nyx]

Wow. You really judge a game by its price tag? ......

It's fully worth it.

By it appearing so cheap is that it looked like a crappy game due to the pictures and writing on the back, not the 20$ price tag, though that can still help turn me away from a game if it's been out for a few years and Walmart is selling it for 20$ in their cheap old game bin.

[ねこまっしぐら]

The ending to this game is so sad. At least I thought so.