Darkness II

Technology and Gaming
#1

So, yeah, while everyone talkin about bulletstorm I sneak in with thhe new Darkness, since gamespot issued a hands-on.
Not sure (and don’t care) if you heard of or played the first one, but here goes:

Starbreeze is not involved (fuck), instead we have digital extremes who decided to make the game cel-shaded. While it looks decent when minimized, it will surely look cheap and crap in HD. Yeah.
But we do get quad wielding (shoulders for guns, triggers for heads) action, which is pimpin, defs. Tentacles are given much more attention than previously. Not getting into much details, but there will be a lot of combos involving them.
Phil Hester (writer) and Mike Patton (Voice actor for Darkness) make return, which is pimpin too.



Mags obviously droolin.
https://www.gamepro.com/article/previews/218396/gdc-the-darkness-2-preview/
https://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/thedarkness2/news.html?sid=6301032&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures%3Btitle%3B1&mode=previews

Also picked up brittish games tm mag. Well they’re droolin too.
The mag itself glows in the dark which is PIMPIN

#2

Looks awesome. The first one kicked ass.

#3

https://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-the-darkness/711211
I found the look of the first one more fitting - and yeah, I don’t give a shit whether it’s based on the comic, nor I give a shit whether the textures were actually hand-painted. Graphic noir my ass.
Yeah, I’m reading the comic right now, and it’s awesome. But the game is a game.

EDIT: fuck his, same screens and blah blah blah
And there’s only one darkling… ehhh

#4

First one was pretty cool

#5

Looks cool. Ultimately more games need demonic creatures attached to you for use as weapons.

#6

This.

#7

The first is one of my favorite games of all time. In another developers hands though, I am cautiously optimistic about the sequel.

#8

Starbreeze nailed it with their Nordic approach.
They are the absolute best when it comes to personal stories, like riddick or jackie.

I’m worried about this one. But yeah, Hester is still on board. So it might be okay

#9

The first one was awesome.

I agree. I just hope the new devs don’t fuck it up. I don’t care either way if the graphics are cell shaded or realistic, as long as they’re done well.

#10

Bscly you said everything I was gonna say, so I got nothing to add :3

#11

Loved the first but hated the multiplayer. Hope they get some work done to make that better.

#12

I’d be happy if they left the MP out entirely. With the first, you can tell that they threw it in there just to have it.

#13

Oh and they have that guy who wants the Darkness. Oh hello Sonatine!
Thing is, I loved the way the first game implied that you are the only supernatural in the natural world, you alone knew about the Darkness, no one else did. Just you and your personal struggle with it.
Now I know, comics have it differently altogether, but in the game that has already established that lonesome paranoid feel of despair, this is just lame, not to say a blatant rip-off.
But yeah, Hester, don’t you fucking screw up.
EDIT: oops I mean Paul Jenkins, Hester is working on the current run of the comics, not the game. My bad.

#14

Not sure about that cell shaded style. I mean I know it’s more accurate to the source material… but it’s not really necessary. Especially since the first game looked so badass for it’s time. I expected to see something of that caliber but for today…

…and something that won’t look absolute shit when in full resolution.

Oh well. As long as it keeps the small scale epic feel the first game had, then it’s fine.

Also where are the second set of eyes on the tentacles? Can you not change powers anymore? I hope my fucking vortex is still in. It had better be.

#15

I have to say, watching Jenny die was probably one of the worst moments in a game I’ve ever seen. It actually truly upset me.

#16

Agreed. That was one of the best player punches in any game, ever.

I don’t dig the new art style. Too “Borderlands.”

#17

I think this “hand painted artsy look” is just an excuse cause they couldn’t make it look as good as Strabreeze did, I mean just look at the textures there’s no detail in them.

#18

funny, that’s exactly what games tm said. Aside from the textures not looking hand painted at all. And the fact that certain elements stick out like sore thumbs and generally do not look like they belong in the scene, like the train in the last screenshot.
They promise be much more gory tho.
And comic book was MUCH more gory than the game.

Still does not save it from looking shit in HD.

But The pallete really looks quite close to the paper version.

#19

https://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/04/the-darkness-2-preview-murderous-multi-tasking/

#20

I must admit, I fucking love the new color pallete. I just hate everything else they’ve done visually.

I wonder if his original suit will make an appearance.

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