The Darkness

Critic reviews

• Cheatcc

  Adam Brown · Jul 06, 2007

  8.2

  All in all, the Darkness is a great game. I don't think this game should be missed by anyone who is old enough to play this very mature title. The single player campaign is a completely enjoyable experience and the multiplayer action is competent enough to offer many more hours of fun to this title. The Darkness is truly a brilliant ray of light during this otherwise abysmal summer gaming drought.

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• CVG

  Gavin Ogden · Jun 29, 2007

  8.5

  The Darkness is all about the story and that's what you'll be buying this for. It does a great job of pulling you in to what's going on in the world. It's not often a game genuinely shocks you when something major happens but this will. There's an awesome twist half-way though that completely turns the game on its head. We're dying to tell you about it, but we won't. You need to see it for yourself.
• GameSpot

  Jeff Gerstmann · Jun 27, 2007

  8.5

  The Darkness' appeal comes from its many different parts coming together in a really great way. The believability of the characters mixed with this hellacious demonic force fits together in a really interesting fashion; the gameplay is very satisfying, even if it isn't especially challenging; and the presentation is top-notch.

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• Video Gamer

  Tom Orry · Jun 27, 2007

  8.0

  Even with its faults, it's impossible to dislike The Darkness. It's such a stunningly put together game that succeeds far more often than it fails, with storytelling and direction that puts many other games to shame. With a little more time in the dark we might have seen a more rounded end product, but hopefully the guys at Starbreeze have already started work on what could be a brilliant sequel.

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• Game Trailers

  Game Trailers · Jun 26, 2007

  8.2

  The Darkness is an ambitious game that provides an extremely unique experience. It’s like a great amusement park ride: fun while it lasts. But peel off that shiny paint and pause the adrenaline rush and you see there are some core problems hiding in the shadows, like underlying structure and play that just don’t completely congeal. Even so, it’s a hell of a ride, and it’s hard not to be forgiving and embrace this darkness.
• IGN

  Hilary Goldstein · Jun 26, 2007

  7.7

  The Darkness is a wonderfully gruesome adventure. There are some truly dark and even shocking moments in the story. There's a twist at the end of the first chapter that shook me a bit. And though the story does lose its way and makes little sense towards the end, it's still a fun ride. It's too bad that the AI and gameplay mechanics couldn't be smoothed out a bit more to match the impressive visual presentation.

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