The game features elements found in role-playing video games such as skill trees, experience, and a four-player cooperative mode. The player controls Jackie Estacado, a mafia hitman who possesses a mysterious power called 'the Darkness' that grants him supernatural abilities and a pair of Demon Arms. The game is the sequel to The Darkness (2007) and based on the comic book series published by Top Cow Productions. The Darkness II is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games.
