The Darkness II follows a similar combat template as the first game with the introduction of new features, such as a tactic dubbed "quad wielding," a technique which allows the protagonist Jackie Estacado to use both The Darkness and firearms simultaneously. There is a greater emphasis on the aspect of Darklings, with there now being only one primary Darkling who holds greater importance and is more involved in the storyline and who is useful in all situations; able to go to and lead Jackie to certain waypoints and show him important items during boss fights, and allow Jackie to use him to go into hard-to-reach areas and kill enemies at a distance, while looking through the Darkling"s eyes. The Darkling is able to interact with the environment by using items such as a worker drills to attack and torture Jackie"s enemies and he can also use standard weaponry such as pistols to attack or threaten them. Jackie can use the environment to his advantage, by using car doors as shields and parking meters to kill enemies. Unlike in the first game, Jackie can use both his weaponry and The Darkness in public places. The Darkness only disappears while in the light or for story purposes.

OS : Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor : Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200
Video Card : 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
Memory : 1.5GB RAM
HDD Space : 10GB
Additional Info : Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107