WHY WOULD THEY PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THIS!
This is everything I could've ever wanted from a sequel. The gun play is bewildering. The Darkness powers are vastly expanded and are fun as hell to use. The more linear approach allows for the story to take a front seat, which to me was the highlight of the first game. I couldn't put it down. Everything just fits together almost perfectly.
Whereas other shooters from the start of the generation like F.E.A.R were stripped down to conform to modern innovations, those same changes in this game immensely help it. I wanted more carnage, they overdelivered. I wanted more of a look into the Mafia storyline, they gave me exactly that. The callbacks to very impactful scenes in the first game are just as heart-wrenching here.
And the graphics and sound design is just a step above now. The cel shaded look calls back to its comic book origins and allows for the lighting and Darkness powers (no pun intended) to really flow nicely together. I'm kind of upset that we didn't get a third title, but now a part of me wishes we do soon.
This is everything I could've ever wanted from a sequel. The gun play is bewildering. The Darkness powers are vastly expanded and are fun as hell to use. The more linear approach allows for the story to take a front seat, which to me was the highlight of the first game. I couldn't put it down. Everything just fits together almost perfectly.
Whereas other shooters from the start of the generation like F.E.A.R were stripped down to conform to modern innovations, those same changes in this game immensely help it. I wanted more carnage, they overdelivered. I wanted more of a look into the Mafia storyline, they gave me exactly that. The callbacks to very impactful scenes in the first game are just as heart-wrenching here.
And the graphics and sound design is just a step above now. The cel shaded look calls back to its comic book origins and allows for the lighting and Darkness powers (no pun intended) to really flow nicely together. I'm kind of upset that we didn't get a third title, but now a part of me wishes we do soon.