The Darkening had it's redeeming qualities. The cinematics were the driving factor for me (I actually found the plot somewhat interesting, and it was rewarding shoving that gun into the scum's face) so once you got through once you really noticed how mediocre the rest of the game was. Although you never got that tired of hearing the deathcry of a pirate who was so fixated on waxing that Aurora that he never noticed you...
------------------
You deal death with your roars and your screams, your threats, your taunts, your overblown ego. I hand it out, one with the steel and the silence, the blackness around me, with a thought.