Some people refer to Darksiders as "Zelda meets God of War." I don't think they mean it in a bad way at all because the game is far different enough from those two to make it's mark as a distinguished title.

The comparison to Zelda and God of War are in reference to the fact that this is an action-adventure game with combat similar to God of War and puzzles similar to Zelda. As I said earlier though, this game is different enough from those two that it makes for a fairly unique game experience. Few action games have the kind of puzzles present in this game and almost no puzzle based games feature the combat that Darksiders has.

Even though it's different in it's own way than God of War, if you have played GoW you'll feel right at home with the controls and the combat. You have your basic attacks, magic, and a huge number of combos to pull off. Countering enemies is always satisfying and gives you a huge advantage in that moment. Bosses are also great with each providing a slightly different mechanic to use to defeat them.

One area where I feel the game could improve is the ratio of combat to puzzles. There were some puzzle sections that seemed to go on just a hair too long as I was itching to kill more stuff. Combat is so fun that you end up missing it when doing the puzzle sections (which are adequate, but not quite up there with Zelda). This slightly breaks up the flow of the game and as I said earlier some puzzle stages definitely overstay their welcome. It doesn't help that the puzzles are usually somewhat mediocre (move x to y, push button, etc.). They aren't bad, but it's not like the combat which in itself is pretty exceptional.

On a visual level this is a relatively old game but it still looks pretty good thanks to Todd McFarlane's excellent character designs. Character design is great and you truly get the sense of being in a fantasy/post-apocalyptic setting. Some visual effects are absent as this game was made awhile ago and unfortunately cut scenes are not in 1080p.

Puzzles and visuals aside this is one great game. It's fun and challenging without being frustrating and combat is a blast (when you're not solving puzzles). As far as achievements go there are a number of collectibles in the form of upgrades so they are worth collecting even if you need a guide. A forewarning about achievements in this game though: Some will NOT unlock when they should so keep your eye on the corner of your screen when you expect to get an achievement. I found I had to go back several times to pick up an achievement for beating a boss or collecting an item so make a LOT of saves if you can. This doesn't break the experience though and it only happened a few times so I would still give it a shot at getting 100% if you're up for that sort of thing.

With great combat and a unique art style (even with dated graphics) Darksiders is a great experience. There really isn't too much else out there like it and it will keep you busy for awhile (15-20 hours).

8.5/10

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!

Darksiders is a great game in my opinion. The story is great, controls with the keyboard aren't too difficult like, say Dark Souls, and it is as fun as it is challenging. One issue with the game that I have become aware of is that sometimes the achievements will bug out. To fix this, you need to make sure every time you launch the game through Steam, your Steam app on your PC must be exitted completely (as in log out and exit). Other than that, I haven't come into any major problems. The game makes you feel like a badass, and that alone should be enough to play it.

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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The start of this game is fairly slow, introducing you to combat and the world and therefore drags a bit as there's really not much you can do in terms of combat initially. You earn more weapons and techniques for them throughout the game and the battle system eventually becomes quite well fleshed out. While not on par with Bayonetta or the later DMC titles, it's still got enough to work with that it can be fun.
Once the game introduces you to the dungeons it becomes a lot more fun and interesting and the first two dungeons are great, rivalling some of Zelda's best with some good bosses to round off the experience.
Unfortunately the game begins to fall flat at around the halfway point with the latter two dungeons being much less interesting and the bosses being a bit lame. There is no final dungeon and the final battle isn't very challenging or engaging at all. To top this off, there's a bit of padding before the final dungeon which is really just backtracking and busywork, not aided by the poor map system.
The story is there but it's not something I was really invested in. I don't really care much about the characters and there weren't any great moments.

Overall I'd say this game is probably worth a play if you're into Zelda and want something that's similar but changes the formula up a bit. While it does dip towards the end, I feel that the first two dungeons at least are worth playing the game for if you get it cheap.

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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This game is fun for the first one or two chapters but after that it becomes a continous slog of trying to get to the end of the game is puzzle after puzzle then a fight and figure out how to kill a mini boss or large boss, its repetative and boring after a while.

its more than just hack and slash its puzzles galore and the last chapter is such a drag that im on the edge of giving up.

i have to get the beams to the angel of death, and after doing one i thought i was done, but oh no thers is another one to do and i have got my head in my hands, ive lost the willpower.

is it a good game in any other way, well yeah kinda...

it makes you think a bit with the puzzles and if you like hack and slash and easy peasy bosses once you've figured out their routine and how easy they actually are then go for it.

but this is not a game that can be finished in a weekend, ive tried. Now im fed up with it.

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.