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The Darkness (Xbox 360) | 
 enlarge | From: Take 2 Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 1141
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: horror-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
ESRB: Adults Only
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 5026555245623
EAN: 5026555245623
ASIN: B000FJ6WBC
Release Date: June 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Manufacturer's Description:
The Darkness video game is based on TopCow's cult comic hit of the same name that was written by famed comic-book author, Paul Jenkins, and co-created by famed comic-book artist, Marc Silvestri. The story for The Darkness video game was also written in collaboration with Paul Jenkins.The Darkness is a gritty, first-person, action-adventure game with a horror twist. On mafia hitman Jackie Estacado's 21st birthday, the awesome and terrible powers of the Darkness awaken within him allowing Jackie to wreak havoc on his enemies. In the game, players experience extremely intense and immersive cinematic action. Players will have an array of dark and other-worldly powers available, including cannibalizing the corpses of slain victims and transforming them into Darklings - impish demonites that commit unspeakable acts.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 Afriad of the dark August 18, 2008
Mr. N. J. Gainey (Birkenhead, UK)
The Darkness is a great story driven first person shooter that can offer much love to both the horror and action shooter fan. It provides visceral gaming that wouldn't be out of place on big budget Hollywood flicks, fast paced combat, a brilliant and driven story and plenty of gore to boot.
You play the protagonist mafia hitman Jackie, who on his 21st birthday is given a present he wasn't really expecting. The possession of a powerful entity known as 'The Darkness'. This provides a slightly different experience than the standard first person shooter, giving the player all kinds of funky abilities including vine-like tentacles that rip bad guys apart to cheeky minions summoned at your will.
The way you can approach the game is up to you. That's one of the games strongest points - choice. Whether you fancy loading up your assault rifle and going in 'commando' style, then that works. If your more inclined to sneak around using the creeping dark (a snake like detachable part of the Darkness), sneaking up on unsuspecting gang members for stealth kills, or use the games very swarve close combat finishing moves execution style, then it all works rather well.
However, this game is not without its faults. Frustrating moments that result in game-fault player deaths can leave you frothing at the mouth, with the entire control system sometimes seeming just a little bit confused with itself. Take for example the tentacle power, which when works is bloody fantastic, used to instantly kill an enemy then holding the button down you can fling them rag-doll style in a never tiring fashion. However this, more often than not, doesn't go to plan, often completely missing an enemy that's squeezing round upon round of shotgun shells down your throat, only to take out a nearby light instead. Leaving you either dead or frantically smashing lights around the baddy.
The same can be true of the minions, who could have done with some more attention. The AI for them seems pretty weak, as they stumble around corners or shoot at things that aren't there. This is a shame, because when they work, they work really well and have a cheeky charm that makes them a pleasure to be around anyway.
Another small note to make is on travel through the game world, which is done by two subway stations used to contact all the major locations. However knowing where you need to go at any one point can be a little confusing, with the game providing little direct indication that people who play games like the new GTA have come to expect. A little more detail in the inventory style objective page would have solved this.
Despite these issues, the game remains a great buy and I highly recommend it. I was left at the end of the game wanting more and hopefully will soon be looking forward to a sequel.
 My first XBOX game and I loved it! June 16, 2008
Mr. David G. Costello (Manchester, England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like I said, this was the first game I ever played on the XBOX and I wouldn't have had it any other way. From start to finish it was a great game with a really dark story line that both intimidates and fascinates you.
You first start playing as a normal human being (well as normal as any guys in the mafia can be) and you soon come to realise that you are anything but normal, infected with this 'Darkness' on your 21st birthday. Having managed to anger your uncle Paulie, it's a fight for survival for you, your girlfriend and your friends.
Be aware, you will die quite a few times, and that's when the fun really begins...
great game April 13, 2008
edam (uk)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game should not be rated less than a four - its doing it a great injustice. At this price its a five. i really enjoyed it when it first came out paying full price for it - and for this price it is a bargain. simple as that. Get it.
 small g February 12, 2008
G (Belfast)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Beautiful game to look at but will eventually bore you to death. Interesting storyline, decent voice acting and some original aspects of gameplay e.g. eatng victims hearts when you get your darkness powers and using the subway to commute your way around the city. Aside from the above The Darkness moves at a snails pace compared to most FPS titles. You will be impressed by the graphics/lighting (its very well done) but you will eventually become frustrated with the lack of action, constant screen cuts and repetitive play. There are better games available than this one. I recommend looking elsewhere.
The Darkness - The Honest Review February 5, 2008
Jay (England)
Hi everyone this is my review of one of my favirate games on the 360 The Darkness. As usual ill go throgh, GAMEPLAY , GRAPHICS , and OVERALL verdict (No multi player this time :( (as i never played this online) so lets get down to it.
STORY:
The Darkness has you assume the role of Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado who was adopted by his mafia don uncle Paulie, The curse of the darkness (an ancient evil passed down the gene pool) dwells inside Jackie and all males in Jackies family (until the host is 21). So on the night of his 21st birthday Jackie and 2 mafia friends are sent on a hit for paulie which ends up being a set up after finding out his uncle paulie wants him dead Jackie turns on his former boss and sets out for revenge little does he know that the darkness is awakening inside him with its own evil intentions.
GAMEPLAY:
The Darkness is 2K games new horror themed FPS, at first Jackie is just a normal guy with normal abilities yawn boring right? NO Jackie does have some really good up close killing moves that can be satisfying to watch and easy to pull off simply stand close to an enemy and press RT.
Like most FPS games when Jackie takes damage all it takes is a little cover and he respawns his health
(same as gears of war when the red circle appears). Not long into the game Jackie finds himself with some pretty nasty powers (at first you get to use the creeping dark and summon a demon known as a Darkling from hell)
as you progress new abilities will be learnt and improved this is done by feeding the Darkness with the hearts of fallen enemies.
Jackie has the power to summon little demons called Darklings they come in 4 tyes each with their own personality and uses e.g. Gunner will assist Jackie with a huge mini gun if he is in a fire fight as you progress through the game more darklings are availible.
Fans of the comic are going to be in ecstacy here everything in the game is based on the comics and follows it very closely.
The Darkness is similar to the chronicles of riddick game in which Jackie can explore the new york subway and talk to people for side quests, this is'nt as great or successful as it could of been but its still a nice feature. The auto aim is great but abit annoying for shooting lights... yes lights the darkness takes damage if exposed to light but by feeding it shadows itll be fully recharged again.
GRAPHICS:
Everything in the Darkness is incredibly detailed from characters to surroundings, this game is deffinitly not for the faint hearted if you shoot somone in the head you'll see a huge hole in their face and gore spewing out and the heart eating animation is grusome but incredibly detailed. every actor/tress is motion captured for the extra realistic feel and no one looks the same
(in some cases the mafia hitmen cant look the same) but some of the actors look like they were mo capped by a manequin but thats not a bad thing this game has soooo many good points.
Even loading screens are detailed with Jackie sat in the middle of a room explaining whats going on and telling us breif memories about places and his past thses can be boring when repeated but the loading times are so quick you can skip them with the B button.
OVERALL:
The Darkness is a great well put together game with plenty of action and plot twists to keep you entertained the atmosphere is great and acting is solid. The games difficulty varies depending on preference i reccomend normal defficulty if you like a challenge, The games missions are well structured and sensible objectives the story line is absolutly brilliant.
For those who love fast run and gun games you probably wont be completely satisfied here considerin Jackies top speed seems to be more of a speed walking pace but the action in the gun fights should excuse this.
The Darkness is deffinitly worth buying as it has such a great story line and good gameplay , if your not really into games of this type then consider renting it it really is worth it unfortunatly i never got to play on live with this but ive been told the multi player is great playing as darkilngs and humans, this game will keep you entertained for hours on end.
Thanks for reading hope you find this helpful
by Jay *Sniper Wolf 1989*
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