![]() 45 ACP rounds in their direction will normally ruin that overgrown torch of theirs. This weakness of Jackie's is known to the assailants that are in pursuit hoping to extract the Darkness from you, so you will encounter squads of enemies where one of which is carrying quite the powerful flashlight on them. Most of the game's humour comes from the dialogue between yourself and the Darkling and did make me genuinely laugh at times which is a nice change to the myriad of soulless, voiceless protagonists we usually get in FPS titles.Īs the evil entity that resides in Jackie is known as the Darkness, then it's obvious that it does not like the light, which brings us to the annoying mechanic of all your powers disappear if you're exposed to something stronger than a 20w light bulb and therefore must be blown to bits in order to carry on using tentacle destruction. So plan your talents carefully as one wrong purchase could make the end game just a little tougher on yourself. Other talents include simply increasing Jackie's health pool, or reducing reload times etc. So you could enable some form of insect swarm ability which disable your foes, forcing them to drop weapons as they flail around in an attempt to swat the insects, this gives you a valuable opening to dispatch the enemies with ease. The circle of talents is split into four sections, each specifying on one area of Jackie's abilities with weaponry or the powers of The Darkness. When you first look at the purchase screen you're greeted with what can only be described as a spyrograph talent tree, but it's fairly easy to follow. The usefulness of your Darkling becomes more apparent later in the game as he runs off to find essential elements to defeat a boss, or for you to take control of in order to explore further in the map to unlock a door that you cannot pass.ĭuring your skirmishes with the various assailants you'll gain dark essence points which are used as currency in order to unlock powers and abilities to augment Jackie. This little fellow loves nothing more than tearing at the throats of your enemies then dropping a rather noxious fart on the corpse or peeing on them from a great height. The left tentacle is used for grabbing environmental elements, enemies and consuming hearts of the fallen to keep you alive while the right tentacle is used for slicing and dicing your foes into tiny pieces of gibbage.Ī little further into the game and you're introduced to your Darkling companion, who simply refers to you as 'Monkey', a cheeky little chap in a Union Jack vest and accompanied by a fairly crappy cockney accent. This introduces the player to the quad method of attacking your enemies you have the standard single firearm/dual wield/rifle/shotgun FPS inventory, then you have two tentacles of death protruding from your body. This is where we're introduced to the disturbing Darkness, an entity of pure evil and loves nothing more than tearing your foe a new one. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately this attack has provoked the very thing Jackie has been battling to keep under control, and now it's out for bloody vengeance. All of this is presented in an attractive cel shaded style, akin to the likes of Borderlands and XIII, but sways more towards the real world look rather than cartoony texture work. So the game kicks off with what we would class as a typical FPS level, it's just you, your gun and the enemies, your restaurant is under attack and you have to make it out alive. ![]() ![]() The story of Jackie Estacado is one of revenge and internal torment as he not only battles with the army wanting the Darkness from Jackie, but also battles with the Darkness itself. The Darkness II has everything I've just mentioned by the truck load and it's not afraid to shower you with it either. Reviews // 6th Mar 2012 - 11 years ago // By Neil 'Wedge' Hetherington The Darkness II Reviewīlood, guts, violence, humour and piddle. ![]()
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