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    The Darkness II

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Feb 07, 2012

    Return to the dark life of Jackie Estacado in The Darkness II, Digital Extremes' sequel to the 2007 shooter by Starbreeze.

    The Darkness II Amps Up... Pretty Much Everything

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    #1  Edited By Vexxan

    Looks cool.

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    #2  Edited By demarcon

    nice this looks cool

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    #3  Edited By MisterDunlap

    More heart eating goodness?

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    #4  Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator

    Awesome!

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    #5  Edited By andrewhandshoe

    Really looking forward to this. Played some at PAX and was very into it, although the quad-wielding was difficult to pick up at first.

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    #6  Edited By Tesla

    Damn...that kinda makes me want to go find a cheap copy of the first game.  Cool trailer.

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    Mike. Fucking. Patton.
     
    /swoons

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    #8  Edited By sloktor

    The look of the games models and art reminds me about Borderlands.

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    #9  Edited By Seraphim84

    Looks like the 1/3rd stealth part of the game is gone.  Hopefully all the ramped up gun gameplay will feel good instead of...well, how the last game felt.

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    #10  Edited By RagnarokRed

    Was that cel shaded or are my eyes bugging out?

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    #11  Edited By valiantgrizzly
    @Sloktor said:
    The look of the games models and art reminds me about Borderlands.
    Was just about to post this. It's more subtle, though, it seems. I dig it.
     
    Loved the first game as well, this is way up on my list of games to get hyped about for this year.
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    #12  Edited By zaglis

    Wow. This looks bad.
     
    They pooped on everything Starbreeze did for the first game... featuring Nolan North as Jackie. What a disgrace.

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    Kinda disappointed  Kirk Acevedo won't be returning, but at least the game will be in the running for a Northie.

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    #14  Edited By scottygrayskull

    They're doing more with Jenny? Awesome! Really looking forward to this now. The Jackie/Jenny stuff was by far the best part of the first game. :)

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    #15  Edited By sofakingcool

    I don't like the new cell shaded look. Thumbs down

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    #16  Edited By ImperiousRix

    Loved the first one.  Cannot wait for this one. 
    More creepy Mike Patton awesomeness.

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    #17  Edited By NTM

    I love how they bring back the original cast, but is ultimately somewhat weird. I still can't get over the fact that this isn't made by Starbreeze.

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    #18  Edited By RobotHamster

    I liked the first one, hopefully this'll turn out great.

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    #19  Edited By RsistncE

    Whoa, the new look is really subtle, like visually it just looked improved from the first one but then you start to notice the cool comic book style shading they have going on. This game looks nuts.

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    #20  Edited By zitosilva

    Looking good. I like the somewhat cel-shaded look.

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    #21  Edited By MisterMouse

    is it cel shaded?

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    #22  Edited By StealthRaptor

    Well, this also doesn't seem like a Darkness game.

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    #23  Edited By dr_pineapple

    wow! that was awesome!

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    #24  Edited By PieGuy

    Not a fan of cel shaded graphics. Loved the first game, it had its flaws but it did make you feel like a bad ass when enemies feared you as tentacles ripped into the chests of enemies and threw them around.  
     
    With so many great games coming out this year I doubt I will be getting this.

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    #25  Edited By Meltac

    I'm still a bit skeptical, and even though it was a good trailer, I'm still not really digging the new style. 

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    #26  Edited By Subjugation

    For everyone complaining about the cel-shading, don't forget about the comic book origins of the IP. You have to admit it does at least make a little sense even if you aren't a fan of how it looks.

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    #27  Edited By Toxin066

    I'm sure I'm going to love this game but like the majority, I'm a little put off by the cel shading. The first game's art style was gorgeous, why change that?

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    #28  Edited By _Phara0h_

    DUDE 2012 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 
    There is no reason to be so excited but I am...
    Damn.....

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    #29  Edited By MechaEspio

    Lot of comments about the sort of comic-style look but I'm more worried about the colour. As in 'there's way too much of it'. The Darkness is the kind of game where having a limited colour scheme makes sense.

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    #30  Edited By gunharp

    I believe the backing track for this trailer is a song from The Black Angels. Thats pretty cool.

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    That looks pretty insanely awesome.

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    #32  Edited By theditor

    Holy shit, was that Willem Defoe?

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    #33  Edited By turboman

    loved the first one.

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    #34  Edited By HadesTimes

    I really thought the Darkness was kind of a mediocre game.  Hopefully this game will let you use the Darkness more and guns less.  If I wanted to play a first person shooter I would play Black Ops. 

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    #35  Edited By infestedandy
    @zaglis: Way to give it any sort of chance. If you liked the original Darkness at all you shouldn't be so decisive, not at this point anyway.
     
    So what? if Nolan North is voicing anything in a game it immediately makes it bad? Come on man. This is a short teaser trailer, not an end of the world epitaph.
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    #36  Edited By The_Nubster

    My favourite part of the first game was when you stormed the mansion at the end. I remember walking up with pathway, not shooting a single bullet, ripping hearts out and heads off left and right, whipping people and lights and wreaking havoc. 
     
    If this game can instill that sense of power, I'm sold.

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    #37  Edited By myslead

    I liked the first one 
    hope the second one is even better. 
     
    and lol at people complaining about Nolan North... he's in every games. you guys must be pretty angry. 
     
    edit: wait, just saw that it wasn't starbreeze who were dev on the game ? mmm 

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    #38  Edited By blacklab

    Cool. Loved the first one. I'm a little curious as to how the control scheme is going to work. Seems like shooting + controlling the darkness at the same time could be kind of hard to manage.

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    #39  Edited By CabbageHat

    Looks like they've got some capable animators involved, upon first watch it seems like they've brought a darn sight more character to the movements than many can manage. Exaggerated too, couldn't ask for much more from a comic book adaptation. 
    I really enjoyed the first game for it's atmosphere, it really didn't feel like an awful lot like many other games out there (this could be starbreeze's stamp but I haven't played any of their other games) and they made good use of the first person perspective in storytelling, something this one looks to continue. 
    Mark me optimistic!

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    #40  Edited By _Phara0h_

    Thank you Borderlands

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    #41  Edited By project343

    I enjoy the art style, but the over-the-top nature of, well, everything is a complete put-off. I understand that this is a trailer, but the trailer's telling me that they've lost that wonderfully mature, dark tone of the first title in favour of... superheroism?

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    #42  Edited By JoeyRavn

    I'm currently playing through The Darkness and I'm fucking hyped for this. I want it nao.

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    #43  Edited By Tennmuerti

    The gunplay looks kinda bad.

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    didnt see any heart eating from the tentacles, sadly. Also i really hope that they dont throw in that awful mutliplayer that was in the first one, complete a bunch of achievements that I'll never get

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    #45  Edited By zombie_bigdaddy

    Well, it doesn't look that bad but  it seems they removed what made the original so great: the atmosphere.

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    #46  Edited By Agent47
    @Sloktor: Holy christ how many games can remind people of Borderlands!?
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    #47  Edited By damodar

    Looks cool, but I'd probably rather it stuck to the aesthetic of the original. 
     
    Oh well. Mike Patton is still having super unsettling sex with my ears.

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    #48  Edited By DeathByWaffle

    I REALLY wish they had stuck with the original voice actor for Jackie. I love Nolan North, but he just doesn't seem right here.

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    #49  Edited By drjota

    Black Angels = New Justice for video game trailers...

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    #50  Edited By Daftasabat

    I picked the 1st up on ebay for 99p about a year ago, i've still not played it. This looks a little dated and the trailer didnt exactly sell it that well. Will keep an eye on it though

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