Review Roundup: The Darkness 2

The Darkness 2 launched this week and continues the adventures of a one Jackie Estacado and his destructive tendencies through New York.  We went through a few reviews and found the ones that best described the game and gave us a great opportunity to pass good information onto you.  Everything we think you need to know about The Darkness 2 can be found below to uncover whether or not this is a good game for you, enjoy.

Release Date: February 7^th, 2011

Available Platforms:

• Xbox 360
• Playstation 3
• PC

The ROUNDUP

Pros and Cons Consensus

Pros

• Great Art Style
• Great combat
• Great sense of empowerment
• New narrative elements help the pacing of the story
• Unique multiplayer components
• Great Voice Acting and Sound Effects
• Inclusion of a Skill Tree adds diversity to combat

Cons

• Relatively short campaign
• Some aggravating bugs
• Linear Levels and predictable AI

Site Reviews

• IGN Review – 8/10
• GamesRadar Review – 8/10
• GameSpot Review – 7/10
• EuroGamer Review – 7/10

Average Score – 7.5/10

Buying Decision:

From what we could derive from all these reviews and word of mouth from our friends The Darkness 2 is a must buy, day one purchase for Darkness zealots.  If you liked the first one, but weren’t a mega fan we recommend waiting for a price drop especially if you only plan on playing the single player campaign.  If you didn’t enjoy the first one at all then we recommend that you don’t buy the game period.  Also keep in mind that there is a demo so you can always try before you buy.

Alright folks this concludes our first ever Review Roundup.  We hope you found some great information about The Darkness 2 and as this is just a roundup and not an actual review please refer to the actual reviews for more in depth analysis and criticism of the title itself.  Thanks for stopping by and as always you can follow us on Twitter @GamersAbstract and like us on Facebook for more content.  Lastly any suggestions to make this better or any requests for Roundups let us know by commenting on this page, Facebook or on Twitter.  Thanks and have a great weekend everyone.

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