Review of The Darkness, CVG are on the ball!
Wow these guys really know how to get their reviews out, it was only released today! Well in the UK...
The take on areas such as New York and New Jersey is dark, dirty and gritty. It doesn't look like a nice place to go for a holiday. Streets and back alleys are draped with shadows, fizzing advertisement signs flicker above you and the distant sound of police sirens and gun fire floats through the air. And from the moment you start a new game you're hooked. The opening is fast, loud and guaranteed to slap a smile on your face.
Events start out in a similar fashion to most shooters; you assume the role of crack mafia hitman Jackie Estacado, who is having some HR issues with his uncle and the Franchetti crime family. So off you go to whack your uncle's henchmen. But to call The Darkness 'just another shooter' would be a huge injustice to the experience Starbreeze has crafted so well.

