The Darkness II Updated Q&A - New Powers and Gun Channeling

This game looks quite dated. It sucks that this game is probably going to suck as well. But maybe not...who knows...anything is possible.

I remember playing and enjoying the first one but this just looks pitiful. It's sad when games are still in development and already look dated.

-.-" gona pass this one

Why so tough on the game! The first wasn't exactly Rage in terms of framerate and presentation!

Looks horrible pass

Power of Worms its going sux

hahahahaha. Well mentioned @icarus_a_d. Impossible not doing the analogy, unless you are a 5 years old pure child.

No more starbreeze?? Not sure about this one, even though i'm a major fan of the first. Looks clunky and poor!

OMG! its a p*ssy sucking vacuum!!!

Looks like mid core fps with add >> those "claws"

@Gelugon_baat Hummm i didnt know that, so yeah .. looks like you are right

Is it just me or does this look like it's going to suck?

@TechnologoDoom well said, and well put, and well its all true, but me still want non the less, quad-welding come on that is awsem, but yer well said (not saying you didnt say it was awsem, you didnt comment on it, but yer...)

can i have this now

looks poor made

my hope is that darkness II retains the sensibilities of the first, the inbetween moments and reflective spaces, rather than descending into pure action fluff. the uniqueness of the original was in it's execution as much as in it's mechanics. hopefully it will stay true to those sensibilities...

I'm not really a connoisseur of frame rates and all that.As long as the game plays without glitches I'm in heaven. What really interests me is another game with guns and magick that doesn't bore me. Its in the mail and I can't wait for it to get here! Way to go Seth!

Wait-a-minute, "quad-wielding"? Now I'm interested.

why couldn't they have just kept they same graphics as the first game? i think the graphics of the first made the story and the characters darker.and the darkness is something frightening and violent, not colorful and goofy. idk, we'll just have to see i guess.

Really looking forward to this game. Still own and have played through the first Darkness several times. Hopefully this game is incredible.

This game looks amazing and fun! Feb. 7 just can't come soon enough D: Alright Top Cow, now I'm waiting for games off of your other franchises >.

Yes bring on the guns and demonic possession.....Guns, Demons, and vengeance= a very gory fun game!

wtf with that british flag

I really enjoyed the original Darkness. I just hope they are going to put lots more TV/film footage in again. I found sitting with the girlfriend watching To Kill A Mocking Bird a novel experience. Popeye was good too!

personally i've never played darkness, but i will try this one

@ :38 thats awesome. Mountain Dew anyone?

how bout everyone stops b!tching til the game comes out.

a few people seems to know a lot. they know what others think, and why they are what they think they are. what they dont know is that nobody thinks like them. the others dream of lesser things with greater demand. these ones go about, only knowing what their told.

I think it's a bit early to be commenting on frame rate issues. The clips you are seeing are not from the final version of the game. They still have several months of development time.

Anyone who complains about art style/graphics truly isn't a gamer, it's the story and game play that really matter, i dont see you guys not playing borderlands because its cell shaded. BTW the cell shaded look is a nice refreshing take on violence, I'm sick of games trying to be "realistic" if I want realism I go outside and interact with REAL things.

@thenephariouson And you do realize the main complaint of the first game was the gun play right!? so clearly they are trying hard to make the one thing that a lot of people didn't like, better. 0_o

@thenephariouson The graphics ARE appropriate just from the simple fact that the game is based off of a comic, The cell shaded look arcs back to games comic roots. Do some research before commenting on topics you know nothing about.

@splinter10 that's not frame rate issues, that's called they slowed the trailer down to make it seem more dramatic.

This just reminds me of those crappy 90's PC games that only a few people ever bought. It also looks like it will have frame rate problems.

@Shelledfade1 Blood is blood and guts are guts. :D No matter the visual style. If it will be way too lifelike, they will give an adult only rating. I am absolutely satisfied with this game and finally it's time to check it out on the PC!

I would however like to see a sequel to Dark Sector.

Although the graphics are ok, i dont feel they are appropriate here, i also get the feeling the developer has gone down the runnie-gunnie route and fear this will have a negative effect on the overall feel, as one of the main reasons the original Darkness was so good, was the that it had an immersive and quite unique story line, in addition to being a dark and moody experience. I feel as though these elements will be missing from D2 as it appears the main focus is simply on gunplay in order to make it a more accessible shooter. Just my two penneths worth : )

I really like the concept of the darkness and really loved the first game, but in my opinion, this suppose to be a dark, violent and mature (funny, but mature) game, and the cell shaded graphic doesn't give that feeling. it gives the feeling of a cartoon, instead, in my opinion they should have went for realistic scary look with strong sense of dark places versus light places and a an atmospheric lighting, like the interrogation scene from the first one, was scary scene, remember that scene guys? In my opinion we should be a little scared playing the darkness, and comic book graphics doesn't do it, for me anyways...

meh. looks like they're trying too hard especially with the darkling :|

The 1st one was fantastic. I like the new more comic book inspired look for this, Hopefully they have tightened up the controls this time around though IIRC Jackie controlled a lot like he was drunk in the 1st. Looking forward to this one.

@LinkStormrage Actually, they did the PS3 conversion of BioShock - one year later after BioShock was released for the PC and Xbox 360. Irrational Games has already done most of the work for that game.

@Gelugon_baat They did Bioshock ... That's enough for me.

Not Bad :D

As I think every reasonable gamer recognizes. Graphics don't MAKE a game, but of course they matter. Gameplay, graphics, sound...they're all part of the experience. All three have developed quite a bit since the late 90's/early 2000's, and these graphics are definitely sub-par. It's not that comic-style graphics can't be done well (Borderlands), but these aren't particularly noteworthy.

Who cares about graphics?! If this game is as good as the first one this is already awesome, not taking into acount that the sequel is obviously will be better!

I rented the first one and found it pretty satisfactory, now let's see this one. The idea of "quad wielding" seems at least awesome.

Going to be the worst game ever

The action is great but the graphic is worse ,

Looks... Naff.

I think i will buy it for my birthday too bad the first one is not available for PC