Darksiders

[Humodour]

I just purchased this game on Steam for $40 USD. For a AAA-style action title with an on-the-face-of-it generic high-fantasy IP designed for consoles it has surprisingly strong and satisfied critical reaction from fans and reviewers (both casual and hardcore). Basic premise: You are War, horseman of the apocalypse, and you "embark on an epic quest of revenge and redemption".

 

Compare the Metacritic score for Darksides to that of Halo 1 or Oblivion and you can see the review ratings are justified (for Halo and Oblivion for example, reviewers were clearly paid off, because you can see customers actually gave them both **** ratings - not so for Darksiders):

 

Darksiders: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/darksiders

Halo 1: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/halo-combat-evolved

Oblivion: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elde...lls-iv-oblivion

 

Without spoiling any plot elements (or you do, use spoiler tags), who here has played it and what did you think? Obviously I've bought it either way but once it's finished downloading I'm going to want to discuss it.

 

As a final note, the PC port is considered superior to the original console version it seems.

[Pidesco]

It's a dumb third person actioner with horrible art and plot. You are War, one of the four horsemen of Apocalypse, tasked with collecting the souls of cars, trees and parking meters in order to become stronger and defeat generic evil.

 

It's loads of hectic fun so far.

[Purkake]

Umm, so this is a discussion about Metacritic?

 

Oh and it's usually raging and/or trolling fanboys that give games bad ratings on Metacritic, perhaps Darksiders didn't spark enough passion for anyone to care?

Edited November 18, 2010 by Purkake

[C2B]

It's a dumb third person actioner with horrible art and plot. You are War, one of the four horsemen of Apocalypse, tasked with collecting the souls of cars, trees and parking meters in order to become stronger and defeat generic evil.

 

It's loads of hectic fun so far.

 

That I disagree with immensly. Its not Madureiras best work but seriously. Perfectly good comic art. Also the plot isn't anywhere near horrible especially in gaming terms and the dialouge writing is actually pretty good. Mark Hamills charachter as usual is the best one.

 

 

In terms of all Action games released this gen. Darksiders my favourite.

 

tasked with collecting the souls of cars, trees and parking meters

 

This however is incredibly true. Though a widespreed mechanic in the gerne.

[HoonDing]

So this is basically Bayonetta with a guy?

[Pidesco]

No. That would be DMC.

[Labadal]

I played and finished the game on PS3. It's basically a Zelda+Gof of War combination. It gets better later on in my opinion as the start is a little weak. The ending was cool, and a new game is being developed.

[Majek]

It's a little bit of everything but i loved it. Played it on ps3. Can't wait for the sequel.

[Tale]

It's a great game. After I beat it I noticed my officemate from Ensemble was on the QA team.

 

The sequel supposedly won't follow War, opting for a different horseman during the same time period.

[Labadal]

You will not be playing as a different Horseman is what I understood, I have a feeling that I know who it might be. But to be honest, I wanted a sequel, the ending screams for one.

[Tale]

When discussing that it would occur during the same time period, Bilson said "There's only one apocalypse -- I couldn't very well have four different apocalypses, one for each rider."

 

That seems to imply the franchise will focus on playing as horsemen.

[entrerix]

i hate bayonetta and dmc and god of war, but i love zelda games...

 

would I like darksiders?

[Majek]

Well you can always play the demo and see for yourself.

[entrerix]

that.... is a very good idea....

 

thanks!

 

(why do i always forget demo's exist...)

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

It's probably the only good Zelda clone ever. Personally I loved the art style, but the combat was somewhat monotonous.

[Nightshape]

Umm, so this is a discussion about Metacritic?

 

Oh and it's usually raging and/or trolling fanboys that give games bad ratings on Metacritic, perhaps Darksiders didn't spark enough passion for anyone to care?

 

Purkake... Saying it how it is.

[Oner]

I signed up on THQ's newsletter just so I know when this game comes out.

 

And they never told me. Hmpf.