Darksiders Review!

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So I received this game Yesterday

What Words can some this game up quickly, WOW and OMG!

Maybe not the WOW effect of holey shit this game is freakin Awesome,
But more OMG and WOW How many things come running at you and try and kill you,
i played this for an hour and have a blister on my thumb already lol

Ok so lets talk about the game:

Quick Summery:
Its a good game, and you can see they have really attempted to take it away from the popular genre game like GT3 and God Of War etc.
As a matter of Fact i find this game very much like Prototype
But much better

Allthough i liked Prototype i found the Open map and flying and everything a little too much but still good.

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This game you get all your Power Ups, New Weapons, New Moves, Features etc.
But its not free roaming game, your fixed like resistance and so on.
This make things a little better i find, you can focuses more on whets infront of you than running around like a headless chicken lol

The Start of the game:
At the Start of the game your introduced to a brief history of the Charred Council and the role of the Four Horsemen within it.
After your small but interesting introduced your chucked into battle

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"Now my own fault but I started the game on hard BAD MISTAKE"
I was getting swarmed by enemy's without even being told the controls
So i started with 9 Lives and left with 1 lol
But an Advantage you have is lots of power ups kind of like your playing the end part of the game at the begging before the game even starts

Now the game starts,
*********** Ill leave the rest up to you I want go into too much*************

Graphics:
Characters are stylish and move fluidly, whilst the environments are bright and colourful locations despite the apocalyptic setting. Only issue is the 3rd Person view and with the high and fast moving action i have been caught out a couple of times with the camera angle:

Sound:
Good music and sound effects, and a nice extra is the no subtitles and we have voices "This i was not expecting"
Turn up the Audio for this one!!

Gameplay:
Great Gameplay, High in action, i doubt you will get bored it will leave you gagging for a quite part for a small brake, i would knock a few points off as the controls can be slow / unresponsive at time, but otherwise action and problem-solving are combined wonderfully.


Personal Rating: 8 / 10

(Based on what i have played at the moment, that is only 1 hour, so i will post back some more)

What you see in this video is what you get,

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it's supposed to be a very good game. But as usual it's passed me by. But then again, I have been very busy.
Let me know what it's like?
Sy's already tweated that it's getting him a bit mad, and causing him to go bald.
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Post Updated for you Daz
Sy's already tweated that it's getting him a bit mad, and causing him to go bald.
I can see why if its based on how dam crazy the action is!!!!

Word of warning do it on Medium or Easy

I had to restart the game and go on medium hard to stupidly crazy lol
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theDAZBOMEGATRON wrote:Sy's already tweated that it's getting him a bit mad, and causing him to go bald.
He should get on some Uncharted online with me then, like I been trying to get him to lol :P
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yer u got to the big "bat" boss yet?
If u like this game Dave, you should look at demons souls in the future.

I like darksiders - lots of nice puzzles aswell as combat - man it gives u thumb ache though your right there lol.

Ive got quite a few moves unlocked and got the grim reapers scythe and that huge sword.
Love the dungeons (or shadow arenas) where u have to kill 50 enemies in 2 mins or complete head ripping or whatever lol.

Wait till u come across those guys who split shit at you (shit as in green gunk n fire) man u need the other unlock to finish them off easy - its like a boomarang the name i canna remember right now, but very handy lol.

u like that mini-boss who chucks cars at you? LOL!

anyways im currently at the bat boss, but i have had to give it a rest thumb is killin at the mo and got headache lol..il be bak on it later,

@infinite, i do play uncharted 2 but im always on another game when u send messages and dunna see them till i exit the game im in.. ill get into co-op or sumit one night not sure when though -- darksiders is keeping me occupied lol.
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lmao yer!!!!

I got up the the graveyard part where i was to kill the night watchers 4 mini arenas
killing 30 in 2 mins and so on yer!!!

Done them and just opened the next door by blowing me horn and moving the big rick dude who was cursed


Yer lovin the puzzles and all the combat keeps you well drilled in, the only issue i have is i run like a cowered when i see them Fat Dudes with holes in there stomach covered in fire
each time i loose a life against them or end up dieing all together so i run like a cowered when i see one lol

Richard4481 said try dashing them. so may give that a whirl, an suggestions?


I have the Grim Reaper Hook thingy, and thw sword, and a couple of unlocks,
and by the sounds of the Boss Bat sounds like he is next on my list
with all the bats in the graveyard

Very good loving it, May skip COD tonight and hit on that :)
Shame no Multiplayer!!!
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yer dash attacks, and attack them for 3 seconds n dash again, jump and if unlock the impaler move which is l3 and square u can really hurt them
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Yer i am on the second level now
(The Water-ish themed level)

Just gone head to head with that Giant (After that large hammer)
Failed and now just finished killing all the little flying fairy's lol

Entered the Dungeon and Saved and left it for a night,

On Level 3 on everything on me sword, level 1 / 2 on the hooky thingy!


I must say after finally completing dungeon i am Well Impressed with this game!!!

Its such a challenge and keeps you well drilled into the game,
Recommend this to anyone!!!!!
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i fought the giant worms and the boss sythian or w/e his name was last night, i saved just before world 3 boss.. which is a spider by the sounds of it from the trophy.

Before the worms u take part in a mammoth arena dave lmao, its about 10 minutes long and then u fight a guy on a horseman and gain your horse abilty... epicness!
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haha yer i done all that now Sys,
You didnt say i was gona fight like 5 horsemen

and 2 worms lolol

Mind you the worms where not that hard i didnt find hold R2 wih Pistol out and keep sprinting.

Just returned the heart and saved so will continue later, its getting ohhh sooooo good!!!!

I want my gapple hook tho (Am sure you get one as i have seen in a couple of places an levels places you cannot get to at the moment but there is a blue flying thing that looks like a hook.

whats the 3rd weapon gona be.. oh the question lol
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what do u think to sameal the guy your getting hearts for.. have u noticed his wings are upside down? lol.

I have a funny feeling he will backstab us, or not keep his word... hes very suspicous lol.
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I think he is the Big Big Boss
(Not the one the whole game is about)

But the fianl boss, He stables us in the back and you must defeat him,
But with all your new skills and powers, you should match him......

We shall see lol
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Last 2 bosses weren't as hard as i expected to be honest, straga was so easy!
lol i did it on me first go!

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overall game for me 8.9/10 - had a couple of glitches where i got stuck and had to either load from auto save or from an older save file, and the last 2 bosses were epic but not as hard as others i had gone against in the game and also i just completed the story on normal there is another harder difficulty and more items to get.. but 8.9/10 is dam good.

Story kept me hooked all week since i got it, its all i have played.
Reallly got to know why and what the hell you are and what your doing.

Alot of brain draining puzzles in between the combat, makes a nice break up/transistion i think.

If you like this game i suggest demons souls in the future. for deffo!

the ending to darksiders was good though :) but won't spolit it for anyone reading, but as mentioned i have uploaded the end onto my youtube aswell as boss battles.

http://symonator.com/1/how-to/how-to-be ... arksiders/ tips n tricks for the future readers!

i know i enjoyed it, and i know dave did = darksiders win
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Lol Yup i loved it lol.
demons souls you say Hmmmmmm. I shall have a look at that

I was a little disapointed at the last 2 bosses, i ended up spending about 10,000 souls on health, wrath, etc to not even use them lol,
Too easy should of been as hard as the Spider Boss, She was a bitch

Recommend this game to anyone,
and Agree on Sys Rating 8.9 sounds about right,
Things that let it down for me was the camera angle caught me out a couple of time (Expected of 3rd person view)
i was not as lucky as Sys to of glitch and got stuck :P

Could of been longer!

Only kept me going for 3 Days,
around 15 hours of Gameplay,but 15 great hours kept me well homed in :-) as most of you have seen me only only playing this lol.


Its much like the game Zelda for them people who have played it (Of course no deamons and souls etc in zelda)
But Gameplay with Different Maps, Tasks, Weapon Unlocks, Lives, Energy
Bosses etc.

Only differece is i would say is there is ALOT more action, your little thumb crys for breaks, and of course the whole scene of the game
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Well now that you've both finished it, time for some co-op uncharted 2?
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