


"The Darkness II" is a dark first-person shooter that couples real-world firearms with otherworldly powers that rely on a lack of light. With memories of his lost love still tormenting him and a recent attempt on his life going wrong, the Darkness has come again to guide our "hero" on a quest for answers filled with destruction and fear. He used these powers to bring justice to the men responsible for his girlfriend's murder and, two years later, to rise as a don in a New York crime family. Jackie Estacado wields a powerful force known simply as the Darkness. Media Link: Six back-to-back episodes of "The Walking Dead" air Saturday, Feb. Throw in solid shooting controls, a weakness-finding Genesis scanning device and a scare-a-second story, and you have a completely original zombie-killing adventure. Being on a ghost ship not only adds to the creepy landscape but also provides plenty of water for swimming and underwater combat, a feature that has never been tried in previous titles. Gameplay has been streamlined as well, utilizing the touch screen to control inventory on the fly and solve difficult puzzles with ease. Using all of the tricks offered by the Nintendo 3 DS, "Resident Evil: Revelations" brings the horror genre to a new level as the third-person action leaps off the screen. In a story that bridges the gap between "Resident Evil 4" and Resident Evil 5," you'll experience new forms of claustrophobic terror as narrow corridors and submerged rooms become your new zombie-slaying battlefield. Typical to the "Resident Evil" franchise, the boat is crawling with all forms of zombies and mutations hoping to tear our would-be heroes to shreds. Jill Valentine and her new partner, Parker Luciani, have been sent on a mission to find Chris Redfield on board a long-forgotten cruise ship.
