(continued from previous page) ...enemies. The Black Hole summon basically allows you to breeze through any predicament you run into and the AI difficulty doesn’t really increase as you make your way to the conclusion of the game. Also, the animations become repetitive and lack of unique and interesting side missions leaves you wishing there was more to this title.

When completing The Darkness you’d think that the replay value would lie in the multiplayer section of the game. However this is not the case. The Darkness only provides your standard multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Survivor.

Although Survivor sounds new, it’s really just Deathmatch where players fight one against all. Outside of the match types, the maps are basic first person shooter scenarios and provide more close combat battles then open environments.

Overall, The Darkness is a good title; using gruesome violence and comic-book storytelling to bring life to the gameplay. The Darkness only falls short in a few areas in which Starbreeze can develop upon and perfect if there is ever a sequel.