The Darkness

Zapp Brannigan

kensutz wrote:

Started playing it last night and I have to say it's brilliant. The whole atmosphere and storyline in the game makes it one to look out for

Jerk...

kensutz

Why?

Zapp Brannigan

kensutz wrote:

Why?

Cos you have The Darkness and I don't!

kensutz

lol it's really really good!

Branoic

Demo? What demo? **frantically searches Live**

kensutz

There is no demo!

kensutz

kensutz wrote:

There is no demo!

I assume you have the preview copy also.

Zapp Brannigan

Eurogamer Review

8/10

Can't wait!

Gran Hermano

Any one know the region free status of this?

Zapp Brannigan

Looking at Play Asia it doesn't seem to be region free.

The Freeman

played the first half hour on saturday and have to sa it starts off very well now!

um7y1h83ge06nx

2 different threads regarding this game, thought i'd post up what I wrote in the other one:

Well if it's region-free then the cheapest place would be Play Asia at about €36 including postage. It could be region-free as another one of 2K's published games is (Prey).

Otherwise, currently the cheapest PAL version is on BlahDVD at €50.99 including postage.

Anyone else with more info, put it up here, I'm severely tempted by this game.

Anyone know for definite that it's region-free or not? Neither Video Games Plus or Play Asia have said yet.

Ciaran500

Anyone got any prices from retail yet? I'd like to get this ASAP.

koneko

Smyths:
http://www.toys.ie/product_details.jsp?npc=E02001

€ 59.99
10% off for the first week if you have the loyalty card, so should be €54

Branoic

Yahoo! Games gave it 3 out of 5 (60%!) and some other sites have it scored in the 70s! I've never gone to Yahoo! or these other sites before for game reviews so I don't know how accurate / reliable they tend to be. Still, surprised that there seems to be a difference of opinion forming across different sites.

tman

http://www.shopto.net/page.php?page=dettagli&codart=PS3DA00

€46.99, but I can't guarantee their quality of service

Branoic wrote:

Yahoo! Games gave it 3 out of 5 (60%!) and some other sites have it scored in the 70s! I've never gone to Yahoo! or these other sites before for game reviews so I don't know how accurate / reliable they tend to be. Still, surprised that there seems to be a difference of opinion forming across different sites.

http://gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/927014.asp
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/darkness?q=darkness
Don't bother with ****e like Yahoo games

koneko

Yeah, I don't know anyone that reads Yahoo game reviews.

Eurogamer 8/10
1UP 9.0
Games Radar 9.0

Few reviews (like IGN) in high 70s which is still good.

johnny_ultimate

koneko wrote:

Yeah, I don't know anyone that reads Yahoo game reviews.

Eurogamer 8/10
1UP 9.0
Games Radar 9.0

Few reviews (like IGN) in high 70s which is still good.

1up et al are the only ones I really bother with. IGN should be ignored, IMO. They come out with complete nonsense sometimes. The Gamecentral score, though, is my usual bible.
As for price, HMV are usually good, +10% student discount should you have the proper identification

shortys94

Ill probably buy with videogamesplus.ca if its region free as it has fast delivery

Zapp Brannigan

It's not region free according to Play-Asia.

shortys94

Darn, I thought last time I looked at play asia there were question marks under the PAL and other region areas

dor83

Just checked Play-Asia and its still not confirmed whteher it is or not. Hopefully it is, think I'll get it from VG+ if it is.

shortys94

Yea dor83, videogamesplus usually have a typical delivery time of 3 days which is brilliant, will get before the end of the week from them if I can find out about the region protection.

JM MARCONI

Here is a video review for the game. Enjoy
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/20941.html

Gran Hermano

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

It's not region free according to Play-Asia.

The European PAL version is looking like it's region free, but not listed on the
Play-Asia site.

Play-Asia are showing the NTSC/Japanese version as in stock but no
confirmation anywhere online yet it's region-free. (Bargain at approx €33).

It's normally the Asian versions that tend to be region free, but again
Play-Asia not listing it yet.

Looks like I'll have to wait a few more days before ordering. No dramas,
I've a load of titles on the 360 to keep me entertained luckily!

dor83

Confirmed region free from VG+ http://vgplus.blogspot.com/
Ordered it and took a chance on Transformers, it looks like a good game. Remember they only tested the US version so the Asian version might not be(but probably is).

tman

Ordered the asian version from play-asia, hopefully there won't be any problems with it...
I need to stop buying so many damn games!

Zapp Brannigan

Oooh gonna get Overlord from VGPlus.
tman I'm in the same boat as you, but there are alot of good games out...

shortys94

Thanks dor83, now whether to buy it or not.

Sorry to be off topic but is virtua tennis good for the 360? I had virtua tennis world tour for the PSP and it was pretty good.
Any suggestions where to look for it would be great, the cheaper the better I mean.

Was also looking at Overlord, but would it not get repetitive, I mean is the game just you ordering minions to destroy stuff?

Zapp Brannigan

Gamecentral review gave The Darkness 7/10.

I'm encouraged now, they're usually the hardest reviewers around so 7/10 is a good score.