The Darkness is NOT a normal game 

For such an edgy, dark game, it had a genuinely sweet romance and quite a shocking turn near the end. Sequel is great too, but I don't think we'll ever get a completion to the story.

The Darkness has a WW1 segment because Jackie's grandfather willingly gave into the curse to protect himself in WW1. Which later allowed the Darkness to manifest in Jackie proper. Honestly, I wish this had appeared in the sequel instead of the mental institution.

One of my favorite games. I liked that they made you navigate the subway on your own, that the first act ends with the death of the only person Jackie cares about, and his story ends with him giving in to the darkness.

The only thing I knew about this game was that you could watch To Kill a Mockingbird on the TV in its entirety. Great vid!

0:35 That hidden laugh because of the NPC that ragdolled in the background is a wonderful indication that these videos aren't always scripted, and the real fun is in trying to figure out when they are.

Darkness was a very fun game. I remember being happy to see the darkness monsters bite at each other when idle.

This game isn’t mediocre it’s genuinely great. The gunplay is outdated but the impact of it still feels satisfying, and the overall tone of NYC is nailed perfectly.

This game is a 2 for 1 bundle, you get a great game and a great movie, to kill a mocking bird.

this is genuinely my favourite game of all time

The Darkness has had a weird resurgence over the past couple months and I'm very happy about that.

Using the darkness snake things to slaughter everyone in sight was such cool shit back in the day. Might have to replay this classic some time.

Genuinely one of my favourite games of all time tbh. Loved the second one too and I love how it adapted the comic book art style. I still hope that one day we will get a third

This game is like if Peter Steele from Type O Negative got casted for Godfather or some other mobster movie, except he has H.P Lovecraft demon tentacles for some reason

I love the 'this human is evil' text that plays as the guy screams "blow up the orphanage!!" quite enlightening

This game was so weird but I freaking loved it. The sequel's gameplay is basically better in every way but the story of the first one is too damn good to pass up

It’s easy and a little unfair to call this game mediocre in 2023 when, at the time, there was nothing else like it in a sea of WW2 shooters. And the writing / voice acting was great. The first one’s a classic

This is literally my favourite game and I own it on PS3 and Xbox 360. I replayed the game again a few weeks ago. One of, if not my favourite parts of the game is honestly when you go to Jenny's apartment for your birthday, which I don't know if that's sad or not, but it was genuinely sweet in a dark game like this. The comics are great as well. I still wish this game came to PC, I'd love to see if it'd work in RTX Remix when it releases. I plan on try the Riddick games since they're similar.

The Darkness is so underappreciated. Playing that shit at 12 years old will fuckin' change you. I will always love this game to death.

Yo this game was awesome! Here's hoping you play Darkness 2. They got rid of the open world part so it's more streamlined *and* you can throw black holes at people! Also, the game goes to WW1 because that's where Jackie's grandpa got cursed with The Darkness. It's still a weird segment but, yeah.

this is a certified classic game the story,the abilities, the gore system

The atmosphere and style of this game is still incredibly enthralling. I literally loved jenny as well. I was completely blown away when she died like WTF

My favorite game growing up! For how much edge this game had the story was soooooo soul wrenching!

the first darkness was a masterpiece. I still recite quotes from it, whenever something is useless, or if anyone's late. "this useless cattle bores me....." "Too late Jackie, love dies". Shout outs to Crazy Abdul, if you played the game you know what I'm talking about.

This game was sincerely incredible at it's time. I'll never forget how much I enjoyed it, it gave me a love for Starbreeze Studios, even though their next games weren't as great as their work on Butcher Bay and The Darkness. But yeah, if you liked Escape from Butcher Bay, this game is just like it and it's excellent. It's a really amazing experience for the time it was made. Very few games could come close to emulating reality as well as the Darkness did as New York really felt like New York or at least what you'd believe was New York if you'd never been there. And while it's not aged well, it still holds up okay and had some parts that were true to the comic it's based on.

Fun fact: this is a comic book game

A criminally underrated franchise.

Oh man. That reference to "How to kill a mockingbird" at 1:43 is fantastic. I haven't thought about that in probably 15 years. Truly, a man of culture.

I've been begging for the final game for so long. 2 left off on the biggest cliff hanger and that was the end of the series. Kills me.

I remember my older brother collecting the comics alot and by got they were... something. Lots of unnecessary violence, connections to other Top Cow (the company that made them) stories, Lara Croft was a canon character, the weird sticky artstyle that made with blood and gore look the consistency of mozzarella cheese, the edginess, the... *BILLIONS* of crossovers with other comics. I'm surprised people don't talk about them that much to be honest.

Oboeshoes playing a good game? Fact: Mike Patton voices the darkness

This and brutal legend are my favourite games of all time, still have their respected hard cover copies

Peter Paul Mauser didn’t lose his eye just for you to call his gift to mankind a Luger. Anyways, loving this video series of revisiting old shooters.

The story and world of The Darkness 1 combined with the combat of the second game and modern graphics would be one of the best games ever

You’re the best for remembering the long lost flash cartoon “How to Kill a Mockingbird”

Darkness 1> for everything but melee combat basically This game got me through some sad lonely times as a teenager, as a adult it's a huge nostalgic ride and the art of it is truly spectacular

This game was amazing! I still think about it to this day

"This looks real bad" "Not bad enough, let's fix that"

I can’t believe you got Jenny’s song wrong. Your dementia is hitting hard. Hopefully you won’t forget the sweater song by weezer.

Ill always love this game. Never gonna forget the final cutscene and the credits music, never

One of my favorite games on the 360 such a gem

"Jenny no! You had the biggest collection of public domain films!" had me DEAD. Not as much as Jenny tho

Love your videos bro

I LOVE THIS GAME!! YESSS! I'VE BEEN WANTING YOU TO PLAY THIS FOR SO LONG LESS GOOO

3 seconds and in already laughing you know this is an oboeshoegames video

This is one of my favourite games, it had some charm even with its flaws

And there were lens flares and a motion blur, and the mockingbird was like "yeah right"

That 867-5305 callback was elite.

When this game came out the graphics were insane at the time, and it had some really memorable moments. The Jenny scene was brutal and also that scene where you get your face drilled in first person lol.

Fun game, I would 100% love a simple remaster honestly.

I CANNOT FUCKING BELIEVE YOU REFERENCED HOW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD I AM SO FUCKING SHOCKED AND AMAZED

Potentially the funniest video you've made so far

Interestingly enough- I liked the concept of this plot enough to look into the comic books and thoroughly enjoyed them. Hope to see you play 2 soon since that one is more...strawberry jam filled.

I was amused, then you dropped the Monty Hall problem and I subscribed

I love that whenever you shoot the soldiers in the ww1 section they make that weird big cat sound that the demons from tales from the crypt demon knight made whenever they got killed.

I’m ashamed to admit that while I wasn’t the one who pointed out that the WW1 pistols were Mausers, I’m definitely the type of person who would have if I’d been there 😅

The lighting engine in this game is fantastic for the time and loved how it played into the primary game mechanic (avoid/destroy the light to stay in darkness)

One of my favorite games ever, got a tattoo of it after I played it.

My all-time favorite game. Absolutely soul-wrenching.

This is my absolute favorite game of all time, and I have been a fan of The Darkness for a very long time and always think of it as my number one favorite game

The mini open zones and the side objectives and awesome, gives great immersion.

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you are one of my favorite youtubers

I was just playing this earlier today! I love this game

I'm glad people remember this game.

Another game that deserves a remake

If anyone was going to bring up How to Kill a Mockingbird, it would be Oboeshoes.

Oh man, this game. Shame it's stuck on the X360/PS3, an absolute tragedy.

Such a good game. Certainly had its fair share of jank but goddamn the narrative was strong. Whoever got Mike Patton to do voice work deserves a medal.

Genuinely one of my favourites unironic games. So nostalgic. Mike Patton from Faith No More did a great job as the spooky Darkness voice

Jackie's crazy ramblings while sitting in complete darkness had me losing it bro. 10/10 dialogue in this game.

I kinda forgot about this game. It was one of my first games that I had for my PS3 and I remember I had a lot of fun with it.

Hope you play “FEAR 2” one of these days, the beginning of the game has something exactly for you

Atmospherically, this is the best game i ever played

Protagonist reminds me of Peter Steele from Type O Negative and checks all the boxes. -looks and dresses like main character -from New York City -goth -likes guns -loves women -loves European history -desires power from the underworld -revels in death

I want a spin off game about the darkness's buddy, Crazy Abdul.

One of the best games that stuck with me growing up. Such a good plot and story. "I remember my 19th birthday...that was the first time i died"

Literally my favorite game back in the day

Dude this game and the Witchblade anime ate up so much of my geek time during middle school. Wish I could get re-experience that time again 🥲😭

I haven't seen a TKAMB reference since the early '00s. You're a legend.

I remember this game from the era when we had game demos more often and experiencing it that way.

One of my best memorable gaming experience i had in this game

Love the game. Sitting there watching the movie with Jenny as a reprieve was just amazing right before the insanity of the mob battles and then the world war nightmares. Also Jackies grandpa is Ray Liotta from Goodfellas

Finally a review on a great game.

Man, I remember loving this game. The second one is really good too, but I kinda wish it kept to this realistic style as opposed to the cel shading. The Darkness as an entity is just dope. And it makes you feel like a god when you’re fighting.

He said 8675305 instead of 8675309. That made me think I was insane

a series that DEFINATELY needs a remake

The Darkness is a fun, awesome, and unique game.

I’m so mad that we didn’t get a number 3 especially with the cliff hanger of a ending 2 had. I loved these games so much.

The multiplayer of this game was a blast, barely got to play a glimpse of it back in 2007 before it died out. Great memories

When he said they should make a WWI game with weird demon powers and showed a game that wasn't Shadow Hearts Covenant I was shocked.

Crazy I just started playing this today

You should definitely play the darkness 2 at some point as well, great video!

The narrative pacing of this game i really like. Todays games dont have it

Oh my god I haven’t thought of that to kill a mockingbird flash animation in decades

I'll never forgive they didn't used the song "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" from The Darkness on this game.

it’s damn near criminal that this game didn’t ever get a PC port! I had some hope when the chronicles of riddick games got their updated ports since they ran on the same tech, but alas. at least it’s still playable on x360s and ps3s, here’s to hoping that the emulation scene can help keep it alive in the future

to kill a mockingbird, what a legendary old internet movie

I love you oböe shöes

Love this game

“DARKNESS” - Xehanort