Payback - p. 2 | Walkthrough The Darkness II Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

New objective: Regroup with your men outside the restaurant

Turn left and go into the nearby alley, pressing the BACKSPACE key along your way in order to get familiar with current objectives. Go to the wooden fence and quickly press the Q key to use your left tentacle to catch a metal rod. Aim at the enemy who appears on the balcony visible in the distance and again press the Q key. If you've done everything according to the plan, the bandit will be nailed to the wall and you'll get your first essence points (it is used to unlock new Darkness powers). Deal with the second thug in a same way - grab a new metal rod with your left tentacle (Q) and throw it at your opponent.

Go to the wooden fence now and press middle mouse button to use the right tentacle in order to destroy the obstacle and unlock further passage. The second fence needs a little more finesse. You have to hold the middle mouse button and perform vertical slash with your mouse (move it up or down). This should result in vertical tentacle swing and the destruction of the obstacle. You can move on.

Get ready because after a while two bandits with melee weapons will attack you. It would be good to test here an attack suggested by the game, so hold the middle mouse button and perform horizontal mouse slashes (move it to the left or to the right). After several attacks with the right tentacle your enemies should die in effective way. Keep going, performing a straight jump along your way (the SPACE key) and noting Jenny in the distance, Jackie's dead beloved.

Ignore the vision with Jenny and move to the closed door - there is a fuse box nearby. Aim at the box and press the Q key to grab it with the left tentacle. Keep pressing the E key until you break its outer cover. But this is not over yet, because now you have to use the right tentacle (the middle mouse button and vertical slash) to produce a short circuit. You can now use a newly unlocked entrance to the hairdresser.

Carefully approach an opponent standing a bit further. The game will suggest at this point testing an option of catching opponents by surprise. Make sure that enemy's heart has been highlighted and press the Q key. Since you do not know any other movements, press the 1 key with the intention of performing standard execution on captured bandit.

Go to the next room, which offers you another "training". This time you can practice the option of stunning opponents. Start by grabbing with your left tentacle (Q) a box lying on the floor and then throw it at the enemy. Quickly run to the stunned bandit, grab him with the left tentacle (Q) and them perform an execution (1). After successful action grab from a distance (Q) or pick up personally a gun lying near the exit from the hairdresser. A new opponent will run into the building soon and you can test a gun on him or deal with him using tentacles.

Exit the building and head to the left. Prepare for a series of fights, where you'll have a full freedom of actions. Personally I recommend using tentacles because such attacks are better scored (it is good to combine different types of attacks). Depending on your preferences, you can throw environment objects (car doors or parking meters for example) at your opponents or use bigger obstacles as a cover and rely on firearms. Regardless of chosen tactics, stay in the dark (the left side of the street), because otherwise powers of Darkness will not be able to function properly. Move forward until you reach the place, where you will witness a huge explosion and you'll be thrown into the right building.

You'll learn now new feature, associated with having your own darkling. These creatures will help you through entire gameplay from now on in solving puzzles and eliminating opponents. In that way you'll be able to survive many bad situations. After you get up from the ground, start by taking (Q) micro UZI from darkling. Or, as suggested by the game, test the simultaneous use of two different weapons (the 4 key).

Head to the door with sign EXIT on it. It is closed, but that's not a problem - you can just pull it out with your left tentacle (Q and then rhythmically E). Exit the building and be sure to look to the left for the first relic (Roanoke's Bane - 1/29). This is one of the game secrets and you should know, that as a reward for finding every relic is 300 essence points.

Turn right and move forwards. You can test now the sprint option (SHIFT) but it is not necessary. Move to your darkling, which will show you a Talent Shrine. Interact with a shrine, where you can spend your essence points for new powers. Buy the first power named Eat Hearts (it costs 50 essence points), that guarantees health recovery by eating opponents hearts. You can now close a purchase window or unlock another power (description of each of them can be found at the end of this guide).

You might test Eat Hearts right away on a dead bandit found nearby. This is done by moving close to such person and pressing the E key. You can now approach to a gate visible in the distance, where you should find your darkling. Wait until this nice creature unlocks a passage for you.

Go to the small yard and start fighting with a new group of enemies, using your weapons and/or tentacles attacks you know so far. I strongly suggest using tentacles to rip apart enemies' bodies (right tentacle) or throwing objects at them or grabbing them (left tentacle). Darkling should help you in winning this battle, jumping on some enemies and making them easy targets. After eliminating the main group of enemies, go to the side alley, which should be guarded by at least one bandit. Once you clear the area, go find enemies' bodies and eat their hearts.

Choose the path leading to one of the main city streets and be ready to deal with few bandits along your way. Move forwards and notice that the game allows you to attack several enemies by surprise - this is a good occasion to earn some essence points for nice and perfect actions. Do not attack your allies hiding behind the cat but take care of gangsters visible in the distance. You can deal with them depending on your preferences from a distance (weapons, throwing objects) or get close to them (grabbing, right tentacle attacks), using the parked cars as cover. As usual do not forget to eat dead enemies' hearts after the fight.