THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: The Fake Shemp on July 01, 2007, 03:52:20 PM
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PRESENTATION: 9
Awesome adaptation of the Top Cow comic and a really immersive experience. Probably my favorite superhero game to date. Paul Jenkins crafted a wonderful story and Starbreeze created a wonderful world. Truly a joy to play.
SOUND: 8
Most of the sound work is downright awesome and the score is incredible. When its blaring and you're taking apart enemies with your overpowered abilities - you feel invincible. That said, there's major lip syncing problems and absentee noises. I should hear something if I toss a body two stories up and it splats on the ground. There's no splat!
VISUALS: 9
Beautiful looking game and the best textures I've seen in a 360 title to date. Some of the models could use more polygons and the world is too "boxy" looking. Everything looks so angular. It's hard to complain considering the amount of detail they put into the environment - which sucks because not enough people are inhabiting the world!
GAMEPLAY: 7
Most of the Darkness powers are a ton of fun to play with, but the Creeping Darkness still needs some extra tweaking. The game gets repetitive near the end, since your powers increase dramatically, so Starbreeze's answer is to just throw more enemies at you. Problem is, the A.I. is not very smart. Getting around is simple, but outside the subway, the world is barren - not to keen on that.
LASTING APPEAL: 6
Unlocking extras is pretty awesome, as some of the videos are kind of neat (like how they hired graffiti artists for textures) and the ability to unlock new and old Top Cow comics is also neat. They look great. The story is so much fun that I can definitely see myself replaying this. For folks that want to breeze through the game, there's not enough meat here. And the multiplayer is broken. Period.
FINAL SCORE: 8
If you're a fan of the comic property whatsoever, you owe yourself to pick up this game. If you just like comic books, it's also a great play through. It's a ton of fun and the presentation in the game is top notch. That said, there are so many flaws that it would be hard to recommend this as a must buy to everyone. It's a great example that if Starbreeze would ever embark on a sequel, a handful of changes could make that game incredible. As is, we're just left with a damn fun one. Fun game and cool story compensates for broken multiplayer and a nagging flaws.
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TLDR.
nice review.I disagree but whateva
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BTW what platform did yu play on Wilco?
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If you've read the gaming forum in the last week, you've pretty much decided you're going to rent it so could you skew the scores a little for that please?
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Xbox 360.
And what the fuck are you talking about am nintenho - I bought it. I think it's a damn fun game.
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Wait, the game is ACTUALLY based on a Top Cow comic?
I had no idea, I was just making fun of it cause it looked like a comic universe so stupid it could have come from Top Cow.
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How could you NOT know this, Patel? The Darkness was like a more character-driven version of Spawn for folks that scoffed at McFarlane's mainstream phenomenon. If you were a real comic book geek, you read The Darkness. If you were some twerp that came in on Wednesday and bought the "raddest" crap in the store, you bought Spawn. Hell, BATMAN intervened with Jackie Escatado and was pretty much indirectly responsible for Jenny's death in the comics. That asshole.
In all seriousness, they've changed a lot in this adaptation - for the better. It's a lot more grounded now, the motivations are more personal and Jackie is a hell of a lot more likeable. I know some true fans (of which I am not really one) will get up in arms about all the changes, but it is entirely for the better. Starbreeze took what sucked and the rad shit from the 90s (like his awful, awful costume) and chucked it out the window.
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There's no way I'm going to buy a 8 hour shooter for full price so that I can see how they kinda sort of followed a comic book's story. MAYBE I'll replace the def jam demo with a demo of this game but that demo is fucking awesome.
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Is there a demo of the game out yet?
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I was the snooty Vertigo-only comic-geek over in the corner
lol Top Cow
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i will wait for the $till legendary u2k review
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I was the snooty Vertigo-only comic-geek over in the corner
lol Top Cow
Well, Vertigo is high shelf.
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Ill buy it at 10 bux no more
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Ill buy it at 10 bux no more
I see your troll and raise you a BULLET WITCH.
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I'd much rather play Bullet Witch than The Darkness, to be honest.
EVEN THOUGH Bullet Witch doesn't come with any episodes of Popeye?!
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I can't take people who prefer Bullet Witch SERIOUSLY.
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For a rental I'd give The Darkness a perfect 10. For a rental. A 2-night rental, even.
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bullet witch is the best bad game of all time
the darkness is the worst good game ever
also nigras you have a whole range of numbers from 0-10, how about tossing the darkness some of those 1s and 2s it so rightfully deserves
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why did willco move my review? scared of the truth?
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bullet witch is the best bad game of all time
the darkness is the worst good game ever
also nigras you have a whole range of numbers from 0-10, how about tossing the darkness some of those 1s and 2s it so rightfully deserves
because it's not that awful. i would rate multiplayer a 2, does that make you happy?
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Because The Darkness is awesome.
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it's so cute the way you continue to insist The Darkness is any good
despite NOBODY being convinced AT ALL
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it's so cute the way you continue to insist The Darkness is any good
despite NOBODY being convinced AT ALL
In all honesty it was a pretty awesome game. For a rental.
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Can someone tell me what warrants all the Darkness hate? I love Chronicles of Riddick and if they delivered something as good I'm all over it.
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think it has to do with the fact that it's the most overrated POS ever.
Prey > Darkness
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think it has to do with the fact that it's the most overrated POS ever.
Prey > Darkness
Hahahaha. Overrated? I haven't bothered checking out Darkness yet but it can't be as bad as fucking Gaylo.
Is the reason for the hate the length or something?
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I'm with you. I think Halo is the worst fucking game ever to be hailed as "good". It tops Zelda as being a fundamentally shitty game but recieved as goodness.
I think if it wasnt for fat nerds like Luke Smith, or the "look we're asian and we LOOOOOVVVEEE Microsoft" former EGM and current EGM ers who give the games way high undeserved scores, then the games wouldn't be recieved as well.
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3d zelda sucks
Halo deserves its praise.
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Can someone tell me what warrants all the Darkness hate? I love Chronicles of Riddick and if they delivered something as good I'm all over it.
The fact that it's a complete 180 from Riddick? Why don't you play it and find out? Why do you ask such distinguished mentally-challenged questions EVERY - SINGLE - TIME. You have an Xbox 360, RENT THE FUCKING GAME.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST YOU ARE THE MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER EVER
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Demi says it easier and /or sexier.
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I'm with you. I think Halo is the worst fucking game ever to be hailed as "good". It tops Zelda as being a fundamentally shitty game but recieved as goodness.
I think if it wasnt for fat nerds like Luke Smith, or the "look we're asian and we LOOOOOVVVEEE Microsoft" former EGM and current EGM ers who give the games way high undeserved scores, then the games wouldn't be recieved as well.
Well, Zelda 1 was pretty innovative so it kinda deserves the praise.
Halo, however...um...it's shit.
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halo rules, you guys are obese feggits
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Can someone tell me what warrants all the Darkness hate? I love Chronicles of Riddick and if they delivered something as good I'm all over it.
The fact that it's a complete 180 from Riddick? Why don't you play it and find out? Why do you ask such distinguished mentally-challenged questions EVERY - SINGLE - TIME. You have an Xbox 360, RENT THE FUCKING GAME.
I haven't bothered looking at your impressions since the other day but I have read nothing about it being a total 180 from Riddick.
How is that a distinguished mentally-challenged question at all? I haven't seen anything from the Darkness that warrants this hate?
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Why don't you RENT IT AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF AGAH?GDSHSDFdfssdfsdgfdgsrf
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halo rules, you guys are obese feggits
My PHD in Qualitive Analystical Thinking tells me you're wrong.