Darkness Within is a series of adventure games inspired by famous horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. In "The Dark Lineage", the second installment of the Darkness Within series, players again take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, who suffered from the paranormal happenings around him in the first volume Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder. Now, Howard discovers that his own horrible past is connected with the madness that is about to swallow him. This second volume will see the Darkness Within saga come to its unsettling conclusion.
The Dark Lineage will take you to places where the "things" of the past still live, and all the memories that should be long-forgotten are still remembered; including a drowsy, depressing town called Arkhamend, a Victorian mansion that conceals some horrible secrets, a dilapidated building inside forbidding, snow-clad woods and dim underground buildings and tunnels. The Dark Lineage is even more frightening and stronger than the previous installment so prepare yourself for the descending darkness, this time will be your last...
Features
A new and more advanced game engine: o With the new and more advanced version of the original game engine of Darkness Within, you can move anywhere you want, light up your way with light sources that cast real-time soft shadows and realistically lift up, push, pull or throw objects with the power of NVIDIA® PhysX™ engine.
Built-in Hint System with 3 Difficulty Levels: o Players can choose to play in Standard, Detective or Senior Detective modes.
Dynamic Puzzles and Features: o Traditional adventure game puzzles are complimented by deciphering dreams, underlining excerpts in documents to garner critical clues and interacting physically with the environment.
Enhanced Gameplay Experience: o The proprietary fully 3D real-time game engine enables compelling special effects, stunning visuals, and dynamic lighting and shading, in a first person game environment.
Eerie Gameplay Atmosphere: o An immersive experience is created by a fascinating Lovecraftian story, chilling real- time cut scenes, and haunting music.
windows Minimum
OS: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista™
Processor: 1,8 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible Pixel/Vertex Shader 3.0 support
Storage: 2 GB available space
Directx: Version 9.0c
Sound card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card
windows Recommended
OS: Windows® 7/8™
Processor: 2,4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible Pixel/Vertex Shader 3.0 support
Storage: 2 GB available space
Directx: Version 9.0c
Sound card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card
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Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck