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Overall Critic Score:3.2907
The Darkness Critic Reviews
The Darkness hides its blemishes under the cover of graphical and story elements that are legitimately awe-inducing. Neither wholly shooter nor wholly adventure, The Darkness never quite hits a balance. But sometimes being unbalanced is an adventure in...read the complete The Darkness review at Jolt Online Gaming UK
Based on a comic book, The Darkness puts you in the shoes of Jackie Estacado, a long-haired mafia goon that’s celebrating his 21st birthday. After receiving a violent birthday surprise from his uncle Paulie, you embark on one of the most atmospheric,...read the complete The Darkness review at Lawrence
A First Person Shooter, that may be the genre the latest offering from Starbreeze Studios falls into but there is no doubt there is a lot more to the game than just shooting from a first-person view. In fact, just like their 2004 effort, The Chronicles...read the complete The Darkness review at DarkZero
A lot's been said (and written) of Starbreeze's gloriously dark action game based on the comic of the same name. Well, the final code has been with us for a while now and we're pleased to say it's well worth your full...read the complete The Darkness review at Computer & Video Games UK
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The Darkness is the latest first-person shooter/adventure from Starbreeze Studios, the makers of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. It tells the story of Jackie Estacado, a young man in the mafia. On his 21st birthday, during a hit gone...read the complete The Darkness review at Worth Playing
Let's get one thing straight first of all - this is NOT a game about the rubbish, thankfully now-defunct, one trick pony retro-styled rock band formerly fronted by Justin "face for radio" Hawkins. The Darkness in this case is a licence of a Top Cow...read the complete The Darkness review at Gamers Europe
The Xbox 360 has seen its share of first-person shooters, some of them good (Call of Duty 3) and some of them very disappointing (Perfect Dark Zero). Still, how many first-person shooters allow you to look for a woman’s lost bracelet in a subway...read the complete The Darkness review at GameZone
Until The Darkness came along, I honestly thought that I was going to go through life without ever knowing what it would be like for John Romero (circa 1999) to inherit demonic powers and live life speaking and acting like Steven Seagal. Thank the lord...read the complete The Darkness review at Entertainment Depot
Based upon the graphic novel of the same name, The Darkness tells the story of a mafia hitman Jackie Estacado on the eve of his 21st birthday - the day when he first gets use of some extraordinary powers. As far as opening sequences go, very few games,...read the complete The Darkness review at PALGN AU
As the story came to a close and the credits began to role I came to a realization; games and cinema are slowly bridging the gap between them. I am not necessarily referring to great storytelling, conveyed emotions, or even outstanding performances from...read the complete The Darkness review at ZTGameDomain
Swedish developer Starbreeze became a household name to Xbox fans 3 years ago with the outstanding Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. A moody, gritty, and atmospheric first-person adventure/shooter, it cemented the company as one of the more...read the complete The Darkness review at Gaming Target
As the creators of the critically acclaimed Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, the folks at Starbreeze know a thing or two about successfully adapting an established license and improving on it. The Sweden-based developer crafted an...read the complete The Darkness review at TeamXBOX
with a battle with “He who’s name shall not be spoken” and only you can save Hogwarts, the Ministry, and Harry. So brush up on your casting, learn all there is to learn and with a little help form your friends you “May” defeat the evil…well you know. All ...read the complete The Darkness review at XboxAddict
Comic books often experience trouble when attempting a transition into the gaming world. While the genre may have encountered a success spree as of late, a few games have slipped through the door of disappointment. Not to worry though, as Starbreeze, the...read the complete The Darkness review at Talk Xbox
This is the catch phrase that 2K Games has been throwing around to promote their new First Person Shooter: The Darkness. I have to be honest, this wasn’t on my list of must have games, but after spending some quality time with it I’m genuinely...read the complete The Darkness review at Gamer Within
You play as Jackie Estacado, a member of the mafia who discovers on the night of his 21st birthday that not only is there a hit out on him, ordered by none other than his boss Uncle Paulie, but also he is inhabited by a mysterious curse known as "The...read the complete The Darkness review at My Gamer
The mission objectives are mundane, but all the little secrets littered throughout give it a sense of discover that Harry Potter games have failed to deliver in the past. If you’re a diehard Potter fan then don’t think twice about picking it up, and...read the complete The Darkness review at GameTrailers
Developer Starbreeze gets a lot of credit for its work on the Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, and it's well deserved. The game managed to combine sneaking, twitch gunplay, and a compelling storyline all in one game. Now Starbreeze brings...read the complete The Darkness review at Xbox 360 Advanced
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...read the complete The Darkness review at GameSpot
From start to finish, The Darkness is drenched in an atmosphere of unmatched terror. While the original comic material contained some superhero-style elements (including The Darkness's janky costume), few of the cheesier elements have made their way into...read the complete The Darkness review at Game Rankings
Your mission as Jackie Estacado is one of pure revenge. Your Uncle Paulie celebrates your 21st birthday by trying to blow you up. While he's certainly polite about the attempted murder, this is an act of war in Jackie's mind....read the complete The Darkness review at IGN
other movie-licensed games is that rather than simply recreating the movie’s storyline, the game places the story within a recreation of Harry Potter’s world. When you’re talking about Harry’s world you’re talking about Hogwarts, and the game’s developers...read the complete The Darkness review at Gamers' Temple
The broader fault is simply that by the time you've spent an hour in Potter's company, you'll have sussed out the rest of the game, leaving you with even less to look forward to than usual - because of course you know what's going to happen to everyone...read the complete The Darkness review at Eurogamer
Sure, Order of the Phoenix is a little rough around the edges, but it's still the best Harry Potter game yet. Fans will get a huge kick over how well it recreates Harry's world....read the complete The Darkness review at GameSpy
There are plenty of horror games on the market, but few that allow you to play as the horror itself. However, the Darkness (based on the Top Cow comic of the same name) gives you control of Jackie Estacado, a guy with tentacles protruding from his back...read the complete The Darkness review at Console Obsession
Following the critically acclaimed ‘Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay', Starbreeze Studio's latest is the more succinctly named ‘The Darkness'. In it you play young Jackie Estacado, on the cusp of twenty-one and already a respected mafia...read the complete The Darkness review at Xbox World Australia
You're given the opportunity to run, explore and interact with your favourite fictional environment [What do you mean fictional? It's real, you daft Muggle! Ed.] and a large number of well known characters, friends and foes alike. A few minor issues aside...read the complete The Darkness review at AceGamez
It's been a bad day for Jackie Estacado. He's been shot at, blown up, betrayed and murdered. Oh, and he just happened to have inherited a demonic presence that kills indiscriminately. And all on his 21st birthday, too!
So begins The Darkness,...read the complete The Darkness review at Ace Gamez
While the core mechanics of Order of the Phoenix are verging on excellent, the game that's been built around them is basically a series of chores in disguise....read the complete The Darkness review at Pro-G
The Darkness hides its blemishes under the cover of graphical and story elements that are legitimately awe-inducing. Neither wholly shooter nor wholly adventure, The Darkness never quite hits a balance. But sometimes being unbalanced is an adventure in...read the complete The Darkness review at Game Revolution
to the other home consoles, I’d say you’re better off taking a small visual downgrade for the more entertaining control system. Great games based on movies are hard to come by. EA has gone above and beyond any previous efforts and delivered a title...read the complete The Darkness review at Game Almighty
Game developer Starbreeze Studios did an excellent job with their 2004 released first person action game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, proving that a great game can be based on a bad movie. Now Starbreeze and publisher 2K Games have...read the complete The Darkness review at Firing Squad
Having survived the turbulent exit of Majesco from the triple-A market, Starbreeze Studios' The Darkness finally gets its long-awaited release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 courtesy of 2K Games. Based on the Top Cow Productions comics of the same name,...read the complete The Darkness review at TotalVideoGames
Now, let me begin this by warning you diehard HP fans out there that I'm not a huge Potterhead. I've only scanned summaries of the books; I have seen the movies and played the previo..." />...read the complete The Darkness review at GamerNode
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is not only noted for one of the longest game names in recent memory, but being one of the few very good movie tie-in games ever. Developer Starbreeze knows this, which probably explains why they're...read the complete The Darkness review at Gamestyle
are, there’s little you can do with the spells other than, you guessed it, clean up Hogwarts or – as I found – bash kids on the head with levitated objects.Harry Potter’s latest adventure may be light on action, but it does replicate the Hogwartia...read the complete The Darkness review at Game Informer
I was a fan of Starbreeze Studios long before The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, so don't think for a moment that I believe Starbreeze is a one-hit wonder. The developer's first Xbox game, Enclave, was one of the console's best-looking...read the complete The Darkness review at Daily Game
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