The Darkness II
The Darkness II is an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror. Players will be taken down the brutal and personal…
The Darkness II is a shooter developed by Digital Extremes, released 7 February 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9.6 hrs to finish.
What The Darkness II is
The Darkness II is a shooter game developed by Digital Extremes and released in 2012. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Evolution Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It’s been two years since Jackie Estacado used The Darkness to kill the men responsible for his girlfriend’s murder. He’s been unable to shake the memory of Jenny’s death since bottling up his supernatural power and now The Darkness wants out. A sudden, unprovoked attack by a mysterious organization known as the Brotherhood heralds the start of a full-scale war and opens the door for The Darkness to reemerge, setting Jackie on a journey to hell and worse.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Darkness II holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 262 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 23.3 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 1.5GB RAM and 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Darkness II launched on 7 February 2012, within three weeks of Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition and Alan Wake's American Nightmare. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Darkness II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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