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The Darkness: The Official Thread
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Outcast2004
Banned
Hope this is as good as I've been hearing...
I have a lot of faith in Starbreeze and need something GOOD after playing Transformers and being really irritated by it.
I have a lot of faith in Starbreeze and need something GOOD after playing Transformers and being really irritated by it.
So, uh, multiplayer. Yeah. I tried a few matches. Took forever to connect. Probably about five minutes of broken connection messages. Once I got in the lag was the worst I have ever experienced online. And it's not sporadic, it's constant. It's unplayable right now. Completely broken. 
The Bookerman
Member
I need help,
which door do I need to use to enter the church, the front door?
I just came back(first time I guess) and I can't enter through the front door... the one infront of the cemetary.
I just came back(first time I guess) and I can't enter through the front door... the one infront of the cemetary.
Ynos Yrros
Banned
I'd say that "cold-blooded" will be the softest term he will use for some of the later scenes.urk said:
This game is just so amazing, you have to play it to believe it, Starbreeze are masters of story telling and atmosphere building. I found myself terrified quite a few times, and that's a first in a game for me in quite some years (well, NES to early PSX times).
If someone has the choice of which version to get, I'd recommend the 360.
HallwayGiant
Member
For any other reason then the ones already discussedYnos Yrros said:
to death
Ynos Yrros
Banned
No. Those discussed reasons are really important, and you'll understand when you see it in motion.HallwayGiant said:
The Elite
BOSS
Ceb said:
Yeah, I did. I enjoyed the game for what it is but that final mission was a complete cluster ****. The final run as you're trying to enter the mansion is horribly handled and I wasn't too sure where I was supposed to be going most of the time. It seemed that the enemies just kept respawning and I had to hold back. There were other points in the game that didn't give you much information and what you were supposed to be doing but this was by far the worst.
After you finally get into the mansion, the whole thing goes south from there. It's like the devs didn't bother to properly finish the game so I get half gameplay-cutscene bullshit before the final confrontation. WTF is that? Horribly handled.
After you finally get into the mansion, the whole thing goes south from there. It's like the devs didn't bother to properly finish the game so I get half gameplay-cutscene bullshit before the final confrontation. WTF is that? Horribly handled.
Otherwise, the game was good but the concept could have been better executed.
So I'm pretty much 4/5 done with the game and I'v encountered a game breaking bug I'm ****ing pissed, every time I try and go to the Lower East Side my game freezes during the loading screen. There isn't a scratch on my disc and no alternate way to get there. **** you Starbreeze.
EDIT: I'm also at a point where I have to go to Lower East Side to progress the story.
EDIT: I'm also at a point where I have to go to Lower East Side to progress the story.
blindrocket
Member
I'm still loving the game and I now have all of my powers so it's more badass than before. 
I think the speed of the controls should be a tad faster. I really enjoy the motion of moving but I do feel a little slow. And I don't think that I have the "look" (right analog) sensitivity right just yet, but it's not breaking the game. Otherwise, on a technical level, I think that the game is very good. No glitches or freezing on my end (PS3).
I have REALLY high hopes of the Riddick game performing well, technically, on the Playstation 3 so I hope that it performs as well as The Darkness and perhaps even better.
P.S. Multiplayer is HORRIBLE, IMO. I'm not sure why it's even there to be honest, other than to get a point on the feature list maybe. I mean, I appreciate the effort I suppose, but some games just don't need multiplayer in my opinion.
I think the speed of the controls should be a tad faster. I really enjoy the motion of moving but I do feel a little slow. And I don't think that I have the "look" (right analog) sensitivity right just yet, but it's not breaking the game. Otherwise, on a technical level, I think that the game is very good. No glitches or freezing on my end (PS3).
I have REALLY high hopes of the Riddick game performing well, technically, on the Playstation 3 so I hope that it performs as well as The Darkness and perhaps even better.
P.S. Multiplayer is HORRIBLE, IMO. I'm not sure why it's even there to be honest, other than to get a point on the feature list maybe. I mean, I appreciate the effort I suppose, but some games just don't need multiplayer in my opinion.
The Elite
BOSS
Pastry said:
You go to Paulie's mansion and after fighting through a **** load of guys and a silly amount of pointless cutscenes... you kill Paulie. Then you are transported to a park bench where you have one final moment with Jenny... it is apparently a dream. You wake up.. game over
Yeah, get something else. This is only worth a rental.
UncleGuito
Banned
Mine froze up 2-3 times the whole game, wasn't too bad.frogg609 said:
UncleGuito
Banned
Just beat the game. Here are some of my final thoughts:
-Amazing storytelling
-Awesome atmosphere and ambiance
-Probably the most "mature" game I've played in a while
-Great graphics (lighting, textures, character models, effects were all amazing)
-Really neat gameplay, lots of variety
-Controls were clunky at first but adapted a lot better after changing the sensitivity
-Really awesome soundtrack for a FPS: this, too, had a lot of variety surprisngly- ranged from piano solos to electronica to metal
-A heck of a lot of detail, ranging from the sidequests to the special features to extra dialog
Anyways, I was really satisfied. I never got a chance to play Riddick, but The Darkness is definitely one of the best FPS titles I've played on the 360.
-Amazing storytelling
-Awesome atmosphere and ambiance
-Probably the most "mature" game I've played in a while
-Great graphics (lighting, textures, character models, effects were all amazing)
-Really neat gameplay, lots of variety
-Controls were clunky at first but adapted a lot better after changing the sensitivity
-Really awesome soundtrack for a FPS: this, too, had a lot of variety surprisngly- ranged from piano solos to electronica to metal
-A heck of a lot of detail, ranging from the sidequests to the special features to extra dialog
Anyways, I was really satisfied. I never got a chance to play Riddick, but The Darkness is definitely one of the best FPS titles I've played on the 360.
Same exact thing happened to me. Look at my post on the last page. After some research, it seems to have to do with the harmonica mission and when you complete it.Pastry said:
Look at this thread. It may help you out:
http://forums.xbox.com/13533081/ShowPost.aspx
DoctorWho said:
i loved it once
you got inside the mansion. you just felt so incredibly powerful and unstopable at that point and the devs just throw you up against tons of enemies who seemed truly afraid to fight you. never have i felt so empowered in a game!
i agree, outside the mansion sucked balls. was it just endless waves of respawning baddies? after dying a few times from guys spawning behind me in an already cleared out area, i just wiped out the first wave or two and ran inside
i agree, outside the mansion sucked balls. was it just endless waves of respawning baddies? after dying a few times from guys spawning behind me in an already cleared out area, i just wiped out the first wave or two and ran inside
whatdidyousay
Member
I've been playing the game today and I'm just about to
. Am I halfway through? More? Less?
The loading screens are a great idea, but they get extremely repetitive. The Game Over scenes are pretty, but the hokey one-liners sound ridiculous. Why does The Darkness sound like Gollum one minute, then somebody else later on? Why does Aunt Whatever look like a little Italian grandma but she sounds like a black woman? Why do I have to call all these phone numbers just to unlock content?
I hated, hated, hated that I got lost/stuck in a couple of spots that others did as well (
). And WTF--just when I was getting used to the fake New York, I wind up in some lousy horror-lite version of Call of Duty?
Production values are excellent though--graphics and audio are quite nice, and it's obvious they spent a lot of effort on telling a story, but it's no Riddick. It's a fun game though, at least worth a rental.
bring the briefcase to Trinity Church
The loading screens are a great idea, but they get extremely repetitive. The Game Over scenes are pretty, but the hokey one-liners sound ridiculous. Why does The Darkness sound like Gollum one minute, then somebody else later on? Why does Aunt Whatever look like a little Italian grandma but she sounds like a black woman? Why do I have to call all these phone numbers just to unlock content?
I hated, hated, hated that I got lost/stuck in a couple of spots that others did as well (
that stupid bell blocking the path to The Hills, wandering around The Hills like an idiot, wandering around some tiny rooftop looking for that cop before realizing I could hop on a small ledge, etc.
Production values are excellent though--graphics and audio are quite nice, and it's obvious they spent a lot of effort on telling a story, but it's no Riddick. It's a fun game though, at least worth a rental.
rocksolidaudio
Member
okay, this is getting annoying. help please?:
brilliant game otherwise.
edit: nevermind, got it. was just walking every way but the right way. what a shit section.
i'm in hell, talked to cross dude, just got the guns. i keep reading people say just turn off your powers and walk back to town. doesn't let me, lightning always flashes and resets me looking at he hill. i've tried going straight over the hill, past cross dude and just keep going, AND turning around and walking that way. ALWAYS ****ing resets me. what am i doing wrong?
brilliant game otherwise.
edit: nevermind, got it. was just walking every way but the right way. what a shit section.
Baka Zeitgeist
pluck my tasty grapes
Big-E said:
That one drove me crazy, don't worry about it you can't get it until much later in the game...
Finished it last night and went back and searched for the missing collectables and some of the pain in the ass achievements, the opening of the game was great until I had to sit through it 3 times to kill the workers in the tunnel...
Loved the game, some nagging flaws aside after you get used to playing it it's rather hard to put down.
Did I hit a glitch?
When you take out Petey "Pajamas" and bring back the list to Jimmy the Grape, isn't it supposed to open up a list of people to kill? He doesn't say anything when I talk to him, but "What?", etc. and now he's gone anyway? Do I have to restart Chapter 3? Can I just worry about this on my next playthrough?
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
you're fine, varshes.
you weren't looking to find a list of people to kill. you were just trying to keep petey pajamas from squealing. jimmy the grape doesn't send you out on any more particular hits; vinny mortarello does, though.
Imperial Hot
Banned
op_ivy said:
I agree with you for the most part, except I really enjoyed the section outside of the Mansion. It felt so epic. The minions were auto-spawning and kicking ass, and you were just making your way slowly to the top. Sure you didn't feel like as bad ass as you did when you got into the mansion, but I still felt like I could kick some ass, as long as I kept my cool and didn't do anything stupid. I felt like that final battle balanced the difficulty perfectly. You felt like you were very powerful, but you also never felt like you could just run out and destroy them. My only problem was that the last level at the part before the eclipse became like tactical shooter(on medium), rather than ramping the difficulty up. I didn't have a hard time switching to my tactical FPS style of play, but I can imagine that being pretty annoying for the average player.
Just beat the game...
So did the game go along with the comics? If so, what happens now?
I liked how they brought Jenny back at the end for some closure. Just like throughout the game, Starbreeze did an EXCELLENT job with the emotions of the game. I just wish they would have given you a true choice whether to kill Paulie or not.
So did the game go along with the comics? If so, what happens now?