By Jim Rossignol on June 2nd, 2011 at 2:46 pm.
It has started. The flood of E3 trailers has begun. Below you can watch the first in-game trailer for The Darkness 2, which features people being brutally evisecarated by black tentacles. There’s also a lovely scene where the protagonist is being nailed to a door or something. It’s not pleasant. Fortunately I’ve also embedded a video of a cat cuddling a sleeping kitten, just in case you require an antidote to seeing metal spikes being hammered through your hands.
Upsetting:
Soothing:
02/06/2011 at 14:49 John P says:
Awwwwwwwwww
02/06/2011 at 14:51 jon_hill987 says:
That was at the first vid right?
02/06/2011 at 14:53 Quintin Smith says:
Eurgh! Awww. Eurgh!
02/06/2011 at 15:10 Gap Gen says:
Yeah, I’m allergic to cats too.
02/06/2011 at 14:53 Sander Bos says:
Is that big cat trying to bite through the neck of that little cat?!
Man, that’s messed up…..!
02/06/2011 at 14:53 poop says:
i like the bright colours, its cool how with this + witcher 2 + rage + brink games are finally getting out of the brown pit
02/06/2011 at 15:31 patricij says:
Are you talking about the video with cats? :)
03/06/2011 at 05:57 Thants says:
i give the credit to Mirror’s Edge.
02/06/2011 at 14:55 Berzee says:
“Meanwhile, two-thirds of the world’s population don’t have access to clean drinking water.”
06/06/2011 at 00:05 Tams80 says:
Shuu! Leave my conscious be!
02/06/2011 at 14:55 Doomsayer says:
The Darkness is doomed: Cat’s shall cuddle all!
02/06/2011 at 14:58 gorgol says:
I sensibly avoided the unpleasent fantasy video and skipped straight to the soothing reality kitten video :P
I have only one comment I feel I must add, “Awwwww! :D”. That is all.
02/06/2011 at 15:25 noodlecake says:
haha. Me too! I will watch the darkness video now though. I enjoyed the first one despite how eerily empty the streets were all the time
02/06/2011 at 14:59 Matt says:
I hope this actually does come out on PC this time. The first game was superb!
Also, shame that trailer has a big spoiler of something that happens in the first game…can’t convince people to play the first by showing them how cool the second one looks :/
03/06/2011 at 02:57 wazups2x says:
If you watched the whole trailer you’d see it says PC at the end.
Also, this time it’s a different developer working on it. Digital Extremes, the guys that did all of the Unreal Tournament stuff.
02/06/2011 at 15:09 Jonathan says:
I enjoyed the Darkness probably more than it deserved, but it was a shooter that actually had a worthwhile story, which is a rarity, and quad-wielding is a splendid idea. I’m disappointed that Kirk Acevedo doesn’t seem to be voicing Jackie this time though.
02/06/2011 at 17:00 Felixader says:
I know a dog who did Quad wielding a long Time ago.
Off topic: And THIS games predecessor (that withe the quad wielding dog) i somehow remember with emotions like trip and that althougth i never have taken any drugs.
02/06/2011 at 18:35 Gabbo says:
It does suck that Acevedo isn’t doing Jackie’s voice, but the video does sell me on the rest of the game.
02/06/2011 at 20:56 Chief Slambo says:
@Felixader: MDK2? :D
03/06/2011 at 15:30 blainestereo says:
Who cares about Avocado! Patton’s back!
02/06/2011 at 15:27 Richard Beer says:
I enjoyed the first kitten video on the Internet, and this seems like a worthy sequel.
02/06/2011 at 15:28 noodlecake says:
I hope it’s Mike Patton as the Darkness again. He was great. :)
02/06/2011 at 15:33 Frederichvon says:
I predict that in the future every single videogame protaganist shall be voiced by nolan north
02/06/2011 at 15:44 Moni says:
That kitten looks like consolified rubbish, I can tell by the pixels.
02/06/2011 at 16:05 Scroll says:
The first was a lot of fun, left on a bit of a cliff hanger as well.
It’s a shame it’s not in the hands of the same developer but the first game wasn’t perfect so who’s to say they can’t make a better game?
02/06/2011 at 16:09 Inigo says:
Wait, so… someone nailed a cat to a door?
02/06/2011 at 16:28 Cirdain says:
Looks quite good :)
02/06/2011 at 16:34 CaspianRoach says:
But… how do I control four hands if I only have two of my own? Do I need to get a chum over to be able to play this game?
02/06/2011 at 17:33 BrendanJB says:
L1 R1
L2 R2
02/06/2011 at 18:54 Tatourmi says:
That would actually be pure genius: Coop game in one character. It would also reflect the difficulty you might have to control the darkness, to communicate with it, as well as it’s independance.
02/06/2011 at 20:37 CaspianRoach says:
What are those L1 R1 you are talking about? I can’t seem to find these buttons ON MY PC’S KEYBOARD.
02/06/2011 at 16:54 Mark says:
I came for the kitten.
I did not leave disappointed.
02/06/2011 at 23:15 YanDaik says:
Jackie Chan? )
03/06/2011 at 02:53 wazups2x says:
Digital extremes is developing it so it should be pretty good on the PC.
03/06/2011 at 07:19 coldvvvave says:
Cats are evil, selfish and unloyal creatures.
04/06/2011 at 02:40 Daniel Klein says:
Glad to see you’ve picked up Boingboing’s tradition of Unicorn Chasers.
06/06/2011 at 05:22 Thiefsie says:
cel-shaded… hmm interesting. The first one was great so high hopes for this!