Now this is one satisfying opening segment. I was only mildly interested in this game (another shooter *yawn*), but now, if everything turns out to be as memorable and just plain cool as this intro, The Darkness is one game I will definitely have to buy.
I wasn’t sure exactly how much of this was actual gameplay (I am guessing control starts once the main character gets in the front seat), but I loved watching every second. It was exciting, ridiculously action packed, and the first-person perspective was the perfect device to warrant that continuous, four minute long shot that would even make Alfonso Cuarón shed a tear. Metal Gear Solid final showdown similarities aside, I think it’s nice to know that even generic looking games can utilize some pretty creative techniques to make them more interesting and unique. Hopefully the rest of the game is just as clever.
What do you think? Were you as pleasantly surprised as I was?
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It looks awesome, but unlike you I was expecting this game to be good. WTF?
Didn't you see the other trailer with the tenticles? Tenticles!! I mean it's got tenticle rape like gameplay. This game could be the corner stone of Hentai gaming!
I wouldn't have cared if the intro sucked anyway The Chronicles of Riddick (the game not the craptastic movie) was so f***ing awesome I'm for anything Starbreeze does.
Oh and about the Children of Men reference it's right here..."It was exciting, ridiculously action packed, and the first-person perspective was the perfect device to warrant that continuous, four minute long shot that would even make Alfonso Cuarón shed a tear."
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1:55 PM on 04.06.2007
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Didn't you see the other trailer with the tenticles? Tenticles!! I mean it's got tenticle rape like gameplay. This game could be the corner stone of Hentai gaming!
sure is: http://imdb.com/title/tt0937352/
Good call -- Brutal totally did play this. Sorry, Nick. :)
And, yes, Children of Men is pretty much the greatest thing ever.
who is Mike Patton?
I swear that's all Gamestop / EB is good for nowadays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0bCEFtvRQY
The game looks like typical crap shoveled out for ATB (angry teenage boys).
But Mike Jones' awesome talent can make even a predictable, ultra violent gangster/demon game (or made for Sci Fi channel movie) into a masterpiece.