Darksiders any use?

dreamers75 · 22-09-2010 8:50pm #1

30 quid on PC looks decent prolly prefer a game like that on Xbox but i have xbox controllers for pc now so can save money here

looks like Zelda made in US but still kinda good.

Anyone played it ?

gizmo · 22-09-2010 9:11pm

Played it and loved it. It does rip a hell of a lot of things off from other games but it's all stuck together extremely well with some fantastic art from Joe Madureira.

The ending is also ****ing awesome and has me totally stoked for the sequel in 2012.

Mr E · 22-09-2010 9:52pm

One of my favourites of the year so far. Loved it.

Gunmonkey · 22-09-2010 10:50pm

It is a lot like Zelda, but a very well made game in its own right. There was a demo out on 360/PS3 and I think its meant to be arriving on the PC soon, hunt around the download sites for it to give it a spin.

sidewinderVX · 23-09-2010 12:04am

I just started playing it last week for Xbox, it's good, and I picked it up for like €19.99 in Smyths

tman · 23-09-2010 6:51am

Mr E wrote: »

One of my favourites of the year so far. Loved it.

Ditto - the only game that I've ever bothered getting all achievements in
Well recommended!

Noffles · 23-09-2010 7:02am

Bought it on the off chance last year... was a brilliant game in the end and as someone said above it's very Zelda like (which is a very good thing)... the whole theme and the cut scenes are excellent...!

CombatCow · 23-09-2010 8:31am

Amazing game indeed, I 100% it on the ps3, played it on the pc last night and was disappointed, the mapping of the keys is insane eg. you have to hold caps lock and press 1,2,3,4 to do a special move. It's like they assigned random and purposely awkward keys for war’s different moves. Haven’t try'd changing them but initially it really put me off it..... Shame cause I was so excited about playing it through again.

dreamers75 · 23-09-2010 9:08am

Gunmonkey wrote: »

It is a lot like Zelda, but a very well made game in its own right. There was a demo out on 360/PS3 and I think its meant to be arriving on the PC soon, hunt around the download sites for it to give it a spin.

In stock with play for 34 but Game have it for 29,99

Gonna play it on PC with xbox pad unless i find it cheaper for xbox.

CombatCow · 23-09-2010 9:33am

Jesus thats a rip from both places, iv seen it in HMV for like €17 you can get it online for £13

quarryman · 23-09-2010 9:48am

its like Zelda but..... chunkier.

muppetkiller · 23-09-2010 10:07am

I picked it up on the XBOX as part of the 5 euro trade in deal ages ago. I played it for about 2 hours and returned it. I thought it was rubbish.
But it wasn't really my style of game.
To compare it to Zelda is simply wrong though. I was a massive Zelda fan but could be bothered with Darksiders.

Mr E · 23-09-2010 10:12am

The zelda elements don't really kick in until well after the 2 hour mark. Up to then its just a hack and slash (although a really really good one)

Kiith · 23-09-2010 10:45am

There's been too many Zelda references in this thread for me to ignore the game anymore. Going to pick this up later.

NunianVonFuch · 23-09-2010 11:12am

muppetkiller wrote: »

I picked it up on the XBOX as part of the 5 euro trade in deal ages ago. I played it for about 2 hours and returned it. I thought it was rubbish.
But it wasn't really my style of game.
To compare it to Zelda is simply wrong though. I was a massive Zelda fan but could be bothered with Darksiders.

Same. Game has some of the dullest most repetitive combat I've ever played and some pretty poor checkpointing. I got as far as the part where you fight the monster on the highway that throws cars at you, kept having to do the entire level again from underneath the highway, through the building, etc.
This = Fail.

Mr E · 23-09-2010 11:25am

Stoneskin + Block.

If you go toe to toe with that guy, you'll die every time. I agree that the checkpointing there was pretty poor (I was stuck too, and it almost put me off continuing).

Its a shame, because you didn't even get as far as the first proper 'dungeon'.

maddymcmaddser · 23-09-2010 11:31am

Darksiders is a brilliant Zelda type game and anyone who says any different obviously didn't get past the start of the game! I can't wait for the sequel!

quarryman · 23-09-2010 11:37am

NunianVonFuch wrote: »

Same. Game has some of the dullest most repetitive combat I've ever played and some pretty poor checkpointing. I got as far as the part where you fight the monster on the highway that throws cars at you, kept having to do the entire level again from underneath the highway, through the building, etc.
This = Fail.

Get past all that and the Dungeon/Puzzle aspect kicks in.

Great game.

gizmo · 23-09-2010 12:09pm

NunianVonFuch wrote: »

Same. Game has some of the dullest most repetitive combat I've ever played and some pretty poor checkpointing. I got as far as the part where you fight the monster on the highway that throws cars at you, kept having to do the entire level again from underneath the highway, through the building, etc.
This = Fail.

You mean the boss at the end of the first level? Which is pretty much the prologue for the story?

Mr E · 23-09-2010 12:40pm

He wasn't a boss. He was a mid-level tough enemy.

The first proper end of level boss was Tiamat.

gizmo · 23-09-2010 12:48pm

Mr E wrote: »

He wasn't a boss. He was a mid-level tough enemy.
The first proper end of level boss was Tiamat.

We are talking about your first meeting with Straga, right? I'd consider him a boss tbh regardless of how the fight turns out. :pac:

tman · 23-09-2010 12:58pm

Sounds like NunianVonFuch got as far as the broken stair area, I vaguely remember that being an annoying checkpoint too!

You really need to keep playing past that, and don't let the kind of crap

Panzer Dragoon

style section put you off either... The game really opens up after that point!

KilOit · 23-09-2010 12:58pm

Might check this one out, recently got Dragon Age but jesus it gets dull after 20 hours or so

NunianVonFuch · 23-09-2010 2:48pm

Based on your comments it seems I was at the point where the game started to allow you to have fun, FFXIII style. Might try and beat that section before chucking it so, but grinding through repetitive levels to get to the good parts is no fun at all! Those challenge rooms were pretty muck as well, hopefully they're only in the first section. I checked on raptr and I was only 2 hours into the game, felt like at least double tbh!

TomCo · 23-09-2010 2:51pm

Picked this up at lunch for €12 in the Ilac center based on reading this thread!

deathrider · 23-09-2010 3:19pm

Good fun game. Bought this and Bayonetta on the same day earlier this year. It's defo worth a play, although the action is kinda slow and clunky. Enjoyable stuff non-the-less.

dreamers75 · 23-09-2010 3:41pm

TomCo wrote: »

Picked this up at lunch for €12 in the Ilac center based on reading this thread!

PC or Xbox?

fasty · 23-09-2010 3:55pm

Does the PC retail version tie in to Steam? It's €49.99 to buy from Steam but seemingly way cheaper to buy in the shops.

TomCo · 23-09-2010 4:01pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

PC or Xbox?

xbox, there's too big a price difference at this stage to buy it on the PC (as much as it pains me to admit it).

KilOit · 23-09-2010 6:09pm

fasty wrote: »

Does the PC retail version tie in to Steam? It's €49.99 to buy from Steam but seemingly way cheaper to buy in the shops.

Getting a bit peeved with the generic 50 quid price tag slapped on new steam games, direct to drive is 50 aswell :mad:

fasty · 23-09-2010 6:35pm

Kaidan wrote: »

Getting a bit peeved with the generic 50 quid price tag slapped on new steam games, direct to drive is 50 aswell :mad:

Agreed. I love Steam, but mostly, I wait for special offers now which in the long run will hurt the industry.

Zapp Brannigan · 23-09-2010 8:21pm

I got this when it came out and despite being a slow starter the game really picked up and I was loving it.

Then I got distracted by Bayonetta... some day I'll finish Darksiders.

Kiith · 25-09-2010 4:16pm

I'm absolutly loving it. It's got some excellent combat, a good story, and some great set pieces.

NunianVonFuch · 26-09-2010 2:13pm

Tis a bit after the point, but the mighty Jim Rossignol of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, etc. posted his impressions on the PC port here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/24/raargh-darksiders-released-impressions/

He got stuck at the same bit and gave up as it's far too frustrating!

WolfForager · 26-09-2010 8:01pm

Picked it up on friday for the 360, loving it so far!

fasty · 27-09-2010 2:40pm

I managed to get this on PC without paying the stupid €49.99 Steam wanted.

You can buy the game from here which contains a Steam activation code in the confirmation email. You then add that to your existing Steam account and it all works.

That just saved me €20!

vandammaged · 29-09-2010 9:37am

Id like to play it didnt but it.

i think the zelda thing annoyed me

Overheal · 30-09-2010 3:50pm

surprised by the responses after so many people were ready to knock it before its release.

lmimmfn · 01-10-2010 1:06am

weird i didnt have any problem with the guy on the highway bit( lol, but i had a lot of grief with some of the others )

tman · 01-10-2010 6:45am

The only problem I had with the checkpoints is when you pass one with full health, get beaten by a boss (

mainly just that bastard at the end of the Iron Canopy

) then respawn with half of your health

Kiith · 03-10-2010 3:21pm

Just cleared it there. That was really enjoyable, and the ending was ****in epic. Really hope they do a sequel.

gizmo · 03-10-2010 3:28pm

Kiith wrote: »

Just cleared it there. That was really enjoyable, and the ending was ****in epic. Really hope they do a sequel.

The sequel is confirmed as being in development with a release date of 2012. I'd imagine Q1, just like the original. Personally I smell

4-player co-op with the other horsemen

NotorietyH · 04-10-2010 11:14am

Just going in agreeing with everyone who loved the game. Was one of the most enjoyable games I've played all year, and I've played a lot of games! One of those games that slid under my radar and I picked it up for the sake of a new game and was surprised by how much I ended up enjoying it.

tman · 04-10-2010 11:40am

NotorietyH wrote: »

Just going in agreeing with everyone who loved the game. Was one of the most enjoyable games I've played all year, and I've played a lot of games! One of those games that slid under my radar and I picked it up for the sake of a new game and was surprised by how much I ended up enjoying it.

Same here actually... I tried the demo and didn't think much of it, but decided to give it a rent anyway and ended up being absolutely blown away!
Definitely a contender for game of the year for me!

PerrinV2 · 04-10-2010 4:43pm

Saw it in hmv today for 20,considered it.
Watch a gameplay vid there,just seems to hack and slack game.

WolfForager · 08-10-2010 9:23pm

Just came across the top hot wearing skeleton, and all i can say is.... LMAO!

WolfForager · 08-10-2010 10:40pm

BOOM! What an ending! There better be a sequel!

NotorietyH · 08-10-2010 10:50pm

WolfForager wrote: »

BOOM! What an ending! There better be a sequel!

There is, it's been announced that they're working on one. To be released 2012 as far as I know. No doubt they'll have a promotional tie-in with the actual Apocalypse which will be happening around then too.

tman · 09-10-2010 1:00am

NotorietyH wrote: »

There is, it's been announced that they're working on one. To be released 2012 as far as I know. No doubt they'll have a promotional tie-in with the actual Apocalypse which will be happening around then too.

Ah well, at least we won't have to suffer through tacked on co-op play...

gizmo · 09-10-2010 2:32am

tman wrote: »

Ah well, at least we won't have to suffer through tacked on co-op play...

I think given the development time they're allowing for it will be anything but tacked on.

A-Trak · 16-10-2010 12:19pm

Picked this up for €20 in HMV on the back of this thread.
Brilliant game, really enjoying it. And big as well.

The puzzles are really well thought out and you can trust the game, as in you can breeze past what looks like an area you can get to, knowing that it'll give you the tools to get there later and not spend half an hour attempting to get there now.

Have to say Mark Hammill as the watcher is brilliant.
Love that bit in the Ashland,

after the fight arena section, "Are you not entertained?"

Gave me a good laugh

Darksiders any use?

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