blindrocket
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The Darkness: The Official Thread
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SantaC
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The Darkness will be on the spot in 35 minutes
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/featu...topslot;title;2&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/featu...topslot;title;2&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot
VibratingDonkey
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You can read every single The Darkness comic in the game? Or am I reading it wrong somehow? Cause that's pretty cool. Usually it's just stupid comic covers. But here you're collecting actual comics?SantaC said:
Imperial Hot
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Does he even play or read about the game before he demos it to everyone over the Internet?SantaC said:
blindrocket
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:lol WTF?!SantaC said:
Gamespot FTL.
VibratingDonkey
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I did watch it, and it was just as pointless as you've imagined. When the viewers know more about a game than the "professionals", then something is horribly wrong.HydrantC12 said:
He kept having to restart the mission due to dying too, so all in all it was a fairly awful demonstration. But for what it's worth, he did seem to like it quite a bit. It's up for everyone to see now btw.
Anyway, I'm gonna go see if Gamereactor is available yet.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It is about the mafia.
That's whole point of the original comic. It's Goodfellas with demons.
That's whole point of the original comic. It's Goodfellas with demons.
VibratingDonkey
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It was.VibratingDonkey said:
8/10
+ Gorgeous environments, clever puzzles, varied, awesome story
- Low tempo/slowpaced, ugly cutscenes
Jonas Mäki says it contains a lot of good ideas, but he's disappointed by the tempo. It's a bit too low for him to be as immersed by the story as he was with Riddick. The firefights lack the senseless intensity found in the comics, which is a shame. But luckily the variety largely makes up for it. Weapons, superpowers, darklings.
He goes on to say that The Darkness is a perfect alternative for those who seek a little more story, a little more dialog and a little more exploration in their FPS's. A heavy, suggestive story so cruel it really gets to you. At the same time you're interacting with the environment in a beautiful way, you can choose to start a conversation with an old man in the subway station or call your girlfiend Jenny whenever you please.
To sum it up The Darkness is simply an awesome gaming experience which both lives up to Starbreeze's reputation as well as the übercool comic.
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Oh wait, lol, second opinion by Petter Hegevall.
I had high expectations, and while the atmosphere and some parts of the story work very well, other things don't work at all. For starters, the layout is unnecessarily cumbersome and linear, the controls remind me of a ten year old game and the graphics aren't much better than in the three year old Riddick.
6/10
GoncaloCCastro
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I think the game could be good but I want to try the demo first just to get a feel for the controls and overall atmosphere.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Does it even have cutscenes in the traditional sense? From what I've heard and seen it's all either first person or it's the monologues when loading. Can't see how that could be referred to as ugly either.jetjevons said:
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VibratingDonkey said:
well, that's me. sounds fantastic.
Well, based on the videos, there are times when the cutscenes have an somewhat "old PC" look to them. The majority of what has been shown looks excellent, but there are clearly a few rough edges in there. Not a huge deal, though, and not unexpected. The game looks killer.jetjevons said:
I'm even happier that I'll have my new Pioneer 5080 by the time this game is released in order to properly experience The Darkness.
HydrantC12 said:
It can't have been as bad at the Halo 3 Beta demonstation.
Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen anyone take a great game and make it look completely and utterly dull. None of them could play, they hardly knew anything about the game and the whole thing was just tedious.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Well, they do have cool covers these days. They're obviously bought, but they're pretty nonetheless. Basically the whole cover is dedicated to and designed around a single game, including the first and last page.jetjevons said:
They do have a small blurb about multiplayer. Says something like this:
"Even if the story is the most important part of The Darkness, there's also solid multiplayer support. You can choose to play traditionally or focus on your Darkness powers. If you go with the latter you can build up armies of little Darklings, who with their sneering comments battle with your enemies. Something which makes The Darkness feel different from anything else in the genre."
:lol
VibratingDonkey said:
I have no problem if the graphics aren't much better than Riddick. What a great looking game that was - and still is today
Also - this is common. Early reviews often have one or two 'haters'. Want to get some attention? Give a hyped game a low score! Stir up the fanboys a bit..
I say wait for the big reputable(?) reviews from IGN etc..
VibratingDonkey said:
Really, these guys do not know what they're talking about. I just completed the whole game and I'm impressed. 9/10 at least.
About the 'drawbacks':
- slow paced: well, since when is this a negative...? Yes, the game has some incredible shooting sequences and it also has scenes of dialog and non-gunning. But I would say that the pace of the game is near perfect. The game would be really dumb if you would shoot all the time, then the focus on the story would be lost. So this is actually a ridiculous statement, really.
- ugly cut scense: first of all, there are no cutscenes. He must either mean 1) the scenes played during loading screens or 2) the ingame scenes where you have no control over your character. Whatever he means, it's a laughable negative point, really. The first-person ingame 'cut scenes' are really, really great and those other scenes are just a cool way to fill up the loading screen.
- lay-out linear and cumbersome: has this guy played the game at all? First, it's NOT completely linear, and even the linear parts can be played in completely different ways. When he means with 'linear' that there are a lot of scripted events, then it's an even more stupid negative point, because those event tell the story masterfully.
- controls: really, there's NOTHING wrong with the controls. I can't even imagine how the hell he came to this drawback. It's just plain, 100% bullshit. Ridiculous.
- graphics: ehm, they're great...? Lighting is fantastic, characters are detailed (especially the faces), cool physics. It looks really polished, the textures are extremely detailed.
I'm sorry to say it, but these are guys who don't have a clue about this game. I wonder for how long they played and how they could ever reach such a conclusion.
You can believe them or you can believe me. You'll see when you'll play the game, but I think you'll like it...
Kabuki Waq
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360 version for me since it will look better it seems. Hopfully REviews comeout before the game releases.
Imperial Hot
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Are we going to get the demo this week? I really want to try this out before I buy it. Everything about the game sounds great, but the "loose controls" sited by some previews worries me a bit.