The kind of games I would like to see more often!
- Awesome atmosphere
- Badass character designs (By Joe Madureira but not only)
- Excellent Boss fight
- Cool voice acting
- Smoth and fun Gameplay
- Cool abilities & Puzzles

In conclusion an Epic adventure that MUST be experienced!

Awesome Game. 9.9/10 because gameplay is kinda repetitive at the end. If you don't own the game, wait til' the remastered edition is out. Enemies and bosses are great.

Zelda meets God of War meets christianity, but the combination is awesome. Great game, definitely recommend.

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What a beautiful game with all of his means.. The lore of this series it have with the 4 horsemans and the apocalypse with the 3 kingdoms and the kingdom of the man falls, from demons and angels hands and then for man its come an end and then the chaos comes.. but 4 horsemans needs to bring balance on earth and we starting with the little one the War our playble character on darksiders 1.. Give it a try dudes, its worthing your time if u loving a action hack and slash games with amazing storyline..!

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One of my all time favorites.
To sum it up, it's an apocalypse Zelda where you explore the mystical land of Detroit as Red Arthas, a.k.a. War.
You get touched inappropriately by Vulgrim who is the Genie to your Aladdin, and also by the Watcher who is the Navi to your Link.
You mission is to find the president's stolen rubies, restore Satan's nemesis to his older glory and to find the true meaning of Christmas. The usual.

Pros:
- Cool story. You're a horeseman who's so strong that you serve as the law, balance, and order between Heaven, Hell, & Earth.
- Awesome Hack & Slash gameplay. The combat looks great and feels satisfying.
- Progression: There's lots of gear, combos, special moves, upgrades, etc. to unlock.
- Good graphics, cutscenes, and voice acting

Cons:
- Puzzles are required to reach the next area.
- Puzzles are required to reach the next boss.
- Puzzles are required to reach another puzzle.

The game may show a large amount of mechanical similarity to God of War, that is really where the comparison ends. Darksiders drops you into a post apocalyptic nightmare of a world that is an amazingly organic blend of Heaven, Hell, and the modern world. The game contains many beautifully designed levels that have you running down city streets one moment, and fighting in a Hell spawned cesspool the next, with one flowing beautifully into the other. Character and monster design leave nothing to be desired either, with wonderfully detailed nightmares and angelic warriors coming at you from all sides. This game definitely has the eye candy taken care of.

As far as the mechanics go, as I said, think God of War and you've pretty well got the idea. You're going to collect souls in order to level up. You'll learn new skills, get new toys, and those toys will need to be leveled as well. You'll run around unique, artistic maps solving complex puzzles. Combat is largely combo based versus multiple opponents, with multiple weapons to choose from. One of the amusing additions to combat is the ability to use just about anything in the environment as an improvised weapon. Street signs, street lamps, cars, you can use them all as either projectiles or beating implements. When the boss fights come up, you'll be working to beat them down to a context specific cut scene finale. If you enjoyed the GoW's gameplay style, you'll feel right at home here. And honestly, there is something to be said for that. The familiar mechanics mean that there's no time wasted figuring out how the game works, and more time spent actually playing the game.

Darksiders can be challenging at times, particularly some of the boss battles but the best advice as always is to persevere and you will find the solution. If you can overcome those minor issues then Darksiders has much to offer with a good storyline, many hours of gameplay, and some of the best action sequences you are likely to see.

Though influences from other games are clear to see, Darksiders still manages to excel on its own merits. If you're looking for an action/adventure that will keep you busy for hours then there is no need to look further.

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I played this a very long time ago. Darksiders can be called many things; most idiots, in fact, will call it a "God of War rip-off", a "Zelda rip-off" and so much else that no one bothers to call Darksiders... well... "Darksiders", even though the game has its uniqueness. It's like calling Crackdown or Prototype a GTA clone!
It has similarities to Zelda and if you're going to take ideas (not rip-off, people! Jeez!) from some franchises, Zelda is certainly one of the best to start with.

Alright let's get TL;DR out of the way for you lazy dudes out there ;)


Darksiders is a Third-Person Character action game that everyone should play.


+ Excellent variety in the locations and enemies;
+ Interesting story with very good atmosphere and lore;
+ Simple (though not easy) but entertaining combat;
+ Metroidvania elements (some may not like this, though)
+ Very lengthy and decently paced (according to steam, took me about 25-27 hours to finish);
+ Hard but satisfying puzzles and platforming elements;
+ Open World that doesn't feel empty (there always something interesting every corner);
+ Appealing art-style.


- Game has pacing issues by the end;
- Last boss fight, in my opinion, was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t;
- VERY Barebones PC Port (will enter in detail below);
- The achievements of this game are bugged and have never been fixed.



Apocalypse is rising, Heaven and Hell are fighting and mankind's totally f*cked in the middle.

Also in the middle is YOU: War, one of the 4 mythical horsemen of the apocalypse. You get unfairly accused of screwing up and thus, it's your mission to get into an amazing adventure and fix all this ♥♥♥♥.

The story is fun to follow through and serves as a nice reason for you to get into the varied locations you're going to get into.


One issue will sit in this particular section: the PC Port.

Now... it doesn't run bad! In fact, even my old trusty toaster can run this game! I didn't try to put the disc in the toaster's slot, but I'm pretty sure the game runs well there... and I can eat delicious toasts with butter while playing :)

Anyway, the game runs well BUT! There are no graphical options! Well there are some... a whoopingly high amount of video options of...
Yeah... moving along.


Basically what makes Darksiders so good is the gameplay. It's very varied.

Sure, you start with a very basic combat focused game with few to no combos at all. But like any game, the gameplay becomes harder and more varied. You'll get a leash to grab high ledges, a powerful Power-Fist sort of gauntlet, a scythe, a portal gun (lmao), etc. This will add depth to the combat AND will add its own puzzles and platforming sections.

The puzzles made tear my hair out by the end. Then again, I'm not a very good puzzle game player, though I love puzzle games.

You'll also learn new moves/combos with each weapon.

With every new object you get, you'll be able to unlock new areas and even in old areas, you will be granted access to some valuable secrets to help you on your journey, if you care enough to go back, that is... This is where the metroidvania elements come into play.

There are also a lot of collectibles which are worth your time searching for. It's not just a gimmick like in Call of Duty :p


I. ♥♥♥♥ing. Love. The ♥♥♥♥. Out of this soundtrack!

Moving on: the voice acting. It's actually very well done. Voices are either hell-ish or those Gruff McGrufferson type of voices, but they work in the context of the game. Nothing's too cringe-worthy to make me lose interest in the story.

The combat is also good thanks to the great sound assets of the weapons and the enemies.

CONTROLS

The controls for a character action game usually prefer the controller (a game I've been playing recently that applies well to this rule is Alice: Madness Returns), however, I played through the entirety of Darksiders (1 and 2) with the Mouse and Keyboard and I must say he controls are so well done, responsive and properly placed that I had no issues with them. Absolutely no desire to go to a controller.

It's sad because the controls are obviously well PC designed but then the graphical options department is almost non-existant.

OVERALL

One hell of a game! (Pun not intended)

Seriously, I had no moment where I felt bored. just when every location started feeling dull, a new one TOTALLY different appeared and the game kept doing this over and over. No location felt overdone and this allowed the game to not outstay its welcome.

And since nowadays a review can't be taken seriously without a score that abstractly sums story, graphics, audio, gameplay etc. into a number that represents absolutely nothing useful for the consumer, I will rate Darksiders a WorthBuying/10.

Oh... right, the score must be pointlessly idiotic, almost forgot :p

9/10. Anything below 30€ will get your money's worth. The game goes regularly on sale and reached the "Under 5€" mark so, with a bit of patience, you can grab this game dirt cheap; almost like stealing.

SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO STEAL SUCH MASTERPIECES! :p