The Darkness gets new, free multiplayer map

Awesome, awesome game.

But the multiplayer is entirely worthless. I'd be surprised if 10 people download this thing.

Following that link my eyeballs almost fell out. Microsoft actually charges money for themes on the xbox360?

I'm with Vcize on this one, the multi-player is complete ass for this game...

To each his own I suppose.

Personally I never understood why Bioshock got soooooooo much more acclaim than this one when really they are very similar. Both are mediocre as pure shooters (if you removed all other elements), both have some cool extra ability with RPG elements to counteract that (plasmids in Bioshock, The Darkness in The Darkness), both have character involvement and development far beyond what we typically see in a first person shooter.

For me, the scene at the end of chapter 1 of the Darkness was even more of a "holy shit!" moment than the would you kindly reveal in Bioshock, though both go down as all-time great scenes in videogames. It's remarkable how similar even those scenes were, with both having the same "you do not have control" theme.

Bioshock did most of these things better, and had Rapture going for it as well. However, I didn't think the difference was as vast as "winner of nearly every game of the year award in existence" vs. "game that hardly ever even gets mentioned".

Just my $.02

Ah crap, that was supposed to be a reply to Fenix above. Gah, edit button!

Just goes to show you how they hold back content from initial release to see if the game does well or not. If it does, then they SALE you DLC content, if it doesn't they give it away free.

I agree with Vcize here, I thought this was an absolutely awesome game. Very fun, good story, great atmosphere. Never touched the multiplayer once. I can barely muster the effort at this point to play Halo 3's single player campaign towards the end of beating it, just too boring.

I too thought this game was fantastic... except for the multiplayer. Too bad I traded it in months ago...

I always planned on picking up this title when the price was right.

I'm probably the only one that loved this game but I guess Bioshock stole its thunder.

The darkness did so many things right, yeah the MP kind of sucked. It was a lagfest and the host advantage was undeniable. The single player was awesome simply because it told an interesting story unlike COD4.

I don't think they sacrifice story for game play but after you get the Darkness powers all weapons turn completely useless.

It was enjoyable but I don't think no one is actually going to play The darkness over COD4,Gears or Halo 3 but at least they are giving the new maps for free unlike Bungie.

I really loved the presentation and first-person animations. I mean come on, isn't it about time the character would move his guns around obstructions rather then simply through them in all games?

I really loved the presentation and first-person animations. I mean come on, isn't it about time the character would move his guns around obstructions rather then simply through them in all games?

Oh I get it. Looking in the darkness and finding content for this thing.