The Darkness. You work best when you're in
the shadows, it's a grisly and occasionally gruesome tale, and it also happens
to be the name of the demon festering inside of you. Yes, for multiple reasons,
The Darkness is a perfect name for this first-person shooter from 2K and
Starbreeze, the developer responsible for The Chronicles of Riddick. Based on a
comic book from Top Cow, The Darkness weaves an interesting and authentic tale
of mobsters seeking revenge together with an otherworldly force with an
insatiable appetite for human hearts.
The game opens with an amazing set piece that gets
things moving right away. You play as Jackie Estacado, a New York-based mob hit
man on his 21st birthday, and you've just woken up in the back of a speeding
convertible. A money-collection deal has gone wrong, your two buddies are
attempting to get away from crooked cops, and you apparently got knocked out somewhere
along the way. As you're speeding along to a construction site to take out the
foreman, you're tossed a shotgun to help defend the car from incoming fire. The
car crashes, you end up on foot, and the story begins to unfold. Your Uncle
Paulie, the leader of the crime family, has gone off the deep end, suspects you
of foul play, and puts a hit out on you. So it's on you to tear apart his
operation by taking out key moneymakers and money movers. As you do this,
Paulie starts to hit back, sending thugs not only in your direction, but also
in the direction of Jenny, Jackie's girlfriend and the only person that really
matters to him. Luckily, you won't have to fight it out all by yourself.
