Payback - p. 1 | Walkthrough The Darkness II Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Prologue

Note! Before you start playing, you have to choose difficulty level. By default you start with Mobster (Normal) difficulty level and if you're not looking for too great challenge, it seems to be a most reasonable proposition. But if you want to get achievements, then you should try to complete the game on first try at low difficulty level, since it will be easier to automatically get achievements in this case. I recommend also agreeing to watch the summary of previous part of the game (YES option).

First stage of the game will begin with the walk in a restaurant in the company of Vinnie. Once you're inside the restaurant, turn left and then walk with him. You have nothing to do here, so just listen to conversations between people here (I recommend focusing on Swifty in particular).

Vinnie takes you to the table, where two cute twins await you. But this idyll will not last forever, because the restaurant will soon be attacked by hitmen. Prepare for fight!

New objective: Survive the Hit

The game will not let you to take full control over the main character. Instead, you'll have to take part in only partially interactive scene, during which you'll be dragged by Vinnie through the destroyed restaurant. As you probably guessed, your job is to eliminate thugs emerging in front of you. Do not worry if you do not kill them all, because it is hard to die here. You should also know, that the gun you're using has unlimited ammo although you should properly choose moments to reload and do this between consecutive attacks.

During playing this scene, try to aim at heads of your opponents if possible. You can help yourself using zoom, which is activated with right mouse button by default. It is also worth noting that enemies are wearing partially orange clothes, so this can help you locating them (you do not have to look to sides, although it is possible). After walking over small steps, watch out, because in the next restaurant room opponents will try to shoot you from behind covers.

Eventually you have to reach a place, where Vinnie wants to rest and a van breaks through the restaurant wall. Try to keep your opponents out of character you're controlling, trying to shoot their heads. After a while you'll get another weapon and as a result you'll be able to test the option of shooting two guns at time. In this case each mouse button corresponds to a separate gun. Continue shooting, keeping in mind that you do not have to save ammo.

Vinnie should eventually resume the process of dragging the main character, heading towards the kitchen. Do not stop shooting and watch out for at least one opponent, who might try to surprise you from the right. Once you get into the kitchen, watch the interesting cutscene - unfortunately you do not have any influence on it.

After regaining consciousness, listen to what mysterious man with a cane has to say and then start to move toward one of the thugs, holding the W key. When you get close enough to him, press E to release the Darkness within the main character and deal with surrounding enemies in effective way (without your actions).

Notice that you are healed now and both your "tentacles" are active, but you do not have to learn instructions how to use them, because this will be precisely presented later in this chapter. Walk to wounded Vinnie and press the 1 key to initiate a conversation with him. From the gangster you'll learn that the other allies are gathered at the restaurant entrance and to reach them you have to go through nearby alleys.