The Darkness. A mediocre shooter with a gimmick. A game about a guy that can summon demons to kill people. Sounds cool, right? Well, it sounds good, but the game came off as rather lackluster. Damn if I didn’t play that sucker all the way to the end.
Read on to find out how the hell the Darkness made our countdown, after the jump!
In the game you play a two-bit wanna be mafioso named Jackie, voiced by the miscast Michael Madsen. In the game, you attempt to rise through the ranks, but end up getting double crossed by your uncle.
You also have a devoted girlfriend named Jenny. In fact, you spend the first two hours, or so of the game with her, talking to her, watching movies with her. You end up liking Jenny and feeling for their messed up relationship.
Then Bam! She gets kidnapped and you’ve got to save her. Only … you don’t.
The reason why this made the countdown was the sheer “WTF” value of the moment. Picture this: About a quarter of the way through the game, you find Jenny, being held by your evil uncle. He’s got a gun to Jenny’s head. You see all this through a window. You’re expecting to crash in and save her, except…?
You can’t move.
Your Darkness powers restrain you. They hold you in place while you watch your Uncle taunt you mercilessly before shooting her in the head. Jenny dies instantly. Your powers betrayed you to instill anger and a thirst for vengeance that the demonic powers needed to take over your soul.
Guess what, it actually works. I was pissed. Even though the game was only mediocre, I still wanted to finish the game so I could exact some much needed payback on his candyass.
So, for unexpectedly killing off my video game girlfriend and pissing me off, the Darkness’ “WTF” Moment lands at number 14 on Sarcastic Gamer’s Top 100 Gaming Moments of 2007.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Zantinga // Dec 31, 2007 at 7:33 pm
It surprised me too, I expected him just to bust through and shoot them in the head. Also, the darkness wins in the end, which kinda caught me by surprise.
2 commander121 // Dec 31, 2007 at 8:07 pm
i need to hire this game. i have only played the demo and that was pritty sweet
3 irish boy90 // Dec 31, 2007 at 8:09 pm
tbh this is starting to sound like a great game with this twist
4 Jon // Jan 2, 2008 at 12:00 am
just to let u guys know, the Darkness used to be a comic series. I own quite a few issues of them. They are pretty tight. I suggest you guys check them out before you start saying what the background of it is. The comics and game are very similar.
5 refinedsugar // Jan 7, 2008 at 12:31 pm
First, thanks Lono for ruining one of the games big plot arches for us who haven’t played it yet. I know it’s really hard to give a simple spoiler alert …
… secondly, Michael Madsen doesn’t do voicework for the game. Gesh a huge spoiler and you can’t even get your facts straight. Come on.
6 balaamsafe // Jan 27, 2008 at 12:13 pm
dammit lono, this is what spoiler tags are made for, i just picked up the darkness for £15 and not i know the plot
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