The Darkness (2007)

interesting twist on the FPS... but is it enough?

User Rating: 8.3 | The Darkness X360

By Spartan874 | Review Date: June 26, 2007

The Darkness is an FPS with a twist: you have these demonic powers called "the darkness". Your powers include the ability to eat enemies hearts, grabbing things with your "demon arm", stealthily crawling around with "creeping dark", summoning a black hole and summoning little demons called Darklings.

the controls are a little strange but you adjust quickly. sometimes its really hard to see anything on your tv because it needs to be completely dark for you to be able to use your powers. on the other hand the storyline is great and sometimes you feel like your watching a movie (not because of the visuals but because of the twists and great acting).

i would definetly rent it before you buy it because theres virtually no replay value once you finish the story because the multiplayer is clearly an afterthought of the developers and it feels like it was stitched together in less than a day.

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