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The Darkness II

by Digital Extremes

  • Released Feb 7, 2012
  • $2.99
  • 10 h to beat
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 3
  • Xbox 360

92%positive reviews

19,457 positive1,791 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Dark, comic-style atmosphere

  • Strong demonic powers and dismemberment

Cons

  • Lighter, cartoonish tone disappoints fans of the first

  • Game-breaking bug reported

Mixed

  • Some call it a worthy sequel, others feel it lost what made the first special

Media

Gameplay video (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7

Processor: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Memory: 1.5GB RAM

Hard Disk Space: 10GB

Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600

Sound: DirectX Compatible

Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)

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The Darkness II is an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror. Players will be taken down the brutal and personal path of Jackie Estacado, head of a New York crime family and wielder of an ancient and…

Ratings

  • 77IGDB players254 ratings
  • 77Critics11 reviews
  • 77Overall265 scores

Time to beat

  • 9.5 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 9.6 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 23.3 hCompletionist100%

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English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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