2 Practical darkness preview (digital trends)

StarBreeze Studios did work great to take advantage the power of the Xbox 360 still relatively new (at the time) and consoles PlayStation 3 with its 2007 version, The Darkness, based on the book of comic of Top Cow Productions of the same name. The elegant subjective shooting game follows New York goodfella Jackie Estacado, just be possessed by a malevolent supernatural force known as dark. As he comes to grips with his new "gift", a mob war also erupted. Of course, he emerges victorious, but only after suffering a terrible loss and being entirely consumed by darkness. Developer unreal that Digital Extremes replicates StarBreeze on suite which takes the story of two years later, with Jackie now installed at the head of the Franchetti family.

Earlier this week, we could take the darkness 2 for a spin in a presentation of practical demonstration through the € more ? s 20 minutes of opening. The first section of the game unfolds as a return of flame. Jackie was captured by a macabre comrade who covets the power of darkness and wants for himself. The only problem is, Jackie voluntarily waive this authority. The game opens with him being nailed to a cross and questioned, as the playable of the intro part takes you to the events that led to your capture.

First of all, we see Jackie arriving at a restaurant in a scene reminiscent of the Freedmen of Martin Scorsese. Our Don Young was escorted by the club belonging to the crowd by one of his soldiers at a back table where a pair of lovely ladies waiting for him. All has the makings of an evening pleasant for Jackie… until one of the girls is shot by behind and a white pick-up truck crashed through a window nearby. Jackie awakens some time later, unable to walk with a horribly injured leg. The following is a gallery of shooting on rails as Jackie is slipped through the club, which is now being attacked by an army of henchmen wearing overalls, carrying firearms.

It seems possible to escape, until Jackie and her Saviour found trapped alone in the kitchen of the restaurant with a gas leak. The inevitable explosion following leaves our worst same anti-hero he was with her bloody leg. The attackers converged and it looks like late Jackie… until darkness returns dramatically. Two familiar tendrils, demon head of seeds of his back and eliminate the villains quickly and violently. Jackie injuries are healed and total control is finally given to the player.

The action sequences that follow are used to familiarize yourself with the powers of darkness slightly tweaked at the beginning of the game. This plant is what 2 K Games, hardware marketing have designated as "quad-wielding"; Jackie can dual - perform a hand guns, pistols and uzis, while maintaining independent control of the left and right arms demon. The demo has been run on an Xbox 360. two triggers shoots each arms (left in double trigger as curiosities of railway where it is equipped with a firearm) and control of bumper left and right arms of the daemon.

Jackie daemon left arm literally manages all lift heavy loads; Press LB to collect various objects scattered around you. If this object can be inanimate, say a frame, by pressing the button new it launches with force large enough to impale any enemies that might be from him. Grab a human, and things get much more interesting. Pressed LB, after you have yourself taken a human twisting performs a horrible performance. How to kill is based entirely on what part of the body of the victim you are taking. For example, pick up your body will soon by the vagina, and you'll see him neatly sliced in half, head to the feet.

The right arm demon is Jackie melee attacks. The range of attack is misleading short-that one would think he could lash out at distance as his brother on the left, but it does not extend very far. Fortunately, he composed for the lack of range with considerable power. You can control the direction of the oblique too, by moving the right thumbstick as you press RB. A single slash is not enough to get a free enemy during the demo, but put a few balls on the approach always has the trick.

Light and how Jackie/the Darkness interacts with it has also changed somewhat for the suite. In the previous game, light simply drained Jackie of the powers of darkness; It could still draw and move very well, but all the supernatural stuff went. This is true this time, only plunge into light will also mess with head of Jackie. Blurs its vision and can hear an acute complainer. The light was not your friend in the last game. This time, it is an enemy all over the place.

The action spills in the streets of the city of New York and possibly in the Canal Street subway station. Jackie meets a Darkling in the path. Henchmen in the previous game are distilled into a single character for the suite, a useful sidekick that follows Jackie around constantly. They venture together train platform, which is flooded enemies, and the tutorial ends as Jackie gains access to its full powers to the violent confrontation.

The pace feels much faster that it did in the previous game. Jackie can take more damage and its tools feel much more deadly. You work your way through the station, shrug of a large part of the enemy fire and evil tearing apart as you will. We will finally platform in underground tunnels, where fighting continues until we flash forward, back on the scene of the crucifixion of Jackie. Just as you begin to think it's a game that will take place in return for flame, there is a chance and an escape. No need to spoil the carnage, but it goes without saying that Jackie is pissed.

While the "quad-wielding" and resulting accelerated pace is distinguished from all other settings and trends on display in the demo art style "black graphic" of the game is noteworthy as well. All textures that see you are drawn by hand, giving the game all playable graphic novel sensation. This is not only clever marketing. team art Digital Extremes really nails the look and-in the opening minutes at least to achieve exactly what they will.

Darkness 2 seems to be a little older and the new a little, but it does so very clearly the steps except the original output of StarBreeze. Jackie feels much more like a man of action in his last adventure. How this adventure takes place and what horrors will be submitted to the, we have to wait to hear more about in the coming months, as the game takes place currently for vacation 2011 output.