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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 01-09-2010 11:07 AM                  I hadn't heard about this game until PA did their Friday comic on it but I'm so glad they did. They basically took Zelda and God of War, sprinked in some WoW, and topped it off with a whole lot of badassery. It sounds like the game would be shit because it plays so much like other games but the execution is epic. The voice acting is top notch including Mark Hamill and Liam O'Brien. I'm with Gabe on this being an homage rather than derivative. If you like puzzle driven RPGs, you gotta check this one out. Designed by Joe Mad (X-Men comic artist) http://www.gametrailers.com/video/story ... ders/49407 http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclu ... ders/52417 It's taken me a good four hours to get up to the first major boss and she's fucking hard too. It looks like a simple single button masher but you're literally using the entire controller. Last edited by bitWISE on 01-09-2010 11:14 AM, edited 1 time in total.
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phantasmagoria Bück Dich Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5158	Posted: 01-09-2010 11:14 AM                  i don't know, it looks kinda gay _________________ de_dolls Left 4 Sculpture http://phantasmagonorrhea.tumblr.com/
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 47145	Posted: 01-09-2010 11:19 AM                    Same kinda feeling here dude... :S
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seremtan Etile Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 26802	Posted: 01-09-2010 11:48 AM                  i see the current fad for giant shoulders and boots, accompanied by ever-shrinking heads, continues apace
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MKJ Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu Joined: 24 Nov 2000 Posts: 39812	Posted: 01-09-2010 01:26 PM                    ^ this game has gained my interest too. bring on a demo i say
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Mat Linnett Shambolic Joined: 11 Apr 2000 Posts: 7321	Posted: 01-09-2010 02:06 PM                    It's okay, but it lacks soul. I think that's largely down to the absence of any NPCs aside from the omnipresent trader.
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Κracus Lead Pipe Mafia Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 2510	Posted: 01-09-2010 02:08 PM                    looks interesting...
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obsidian I'm the dude! Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 10436	Posted: 01-09-2010 05:42 PM                  No PC version. Surprising for THQ. Too bad. And I'd like to echo seremtan and ask all the character designers out there, seriously wtf? Back when you had to make characters with a total of 30 polygons, you had an excuse for extra blocky people. What's your excuse now? Ever since Epic started doing it with Unreal and Gears of War, male characters are all walking tree trunks. _________________ GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 27909	Posted: 01-09-2010 06:27 PM                  obsidian wrote: No PC version. /thread
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Tormentius The voices in your head Joined: 14 Dec 2002 Posts: 10054	Posted: 01-10-2010 03:03 AM                    I just looked into it after reading the PA comic as well. Looks like it could be decent.
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Grandpa Stu bling bling Joined: 01 Nov 2000 Posts: 11940	Posted: 01-10-2010 03:29 AM                    yeah, i've kept a latent eye on this game and ever since giantbomb said it shares zelda charictaristics my interest in the game has peaked incredibly. if you want a good look at the game a few hours in check out this quicklook: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-darksiders/17-1837/ though predominantly contained to challenge rooms, it still shows enough to make one think that the overall mechanics reach much deeper.
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 01-11-2010 07:36 AM                  About 10 hours in. Working my way towards the last of the first four bosses. Not sure what happens after that but I wont be surprised if I have to fight Samael. Picked up a ton of shit yesterday though. Got my gun (shares ranged slot with blades), my other gauntlet (shares weapon two slot with scythe), the ability to activate time stopping devices, and best of all my badass flaming horse. Got to use a few huge enemy guns too that are crazily overpowered. Had an angel killing contest with a huge Irish giant. Beat a boss to death with a train car. Still having loads of fun.
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Eraser Cool #9 Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 36640	Posted: 01-12-2010 12:08 AM                    Yeah on Penny Arcade they were enthousiastic about it, which sparked my interest as well, but in the gametrailers review not much of that sort of enthousiasm is to be found. It's not exactly a genre that appeals to me so I'll skip. _________________ Get mods & maps at Engines of Creation
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 01-15-2010 07:04 PM                  Beaten in 16 hours so it is a bit short as far as rpgs go. But I still have a number of collectables I could go back for. Loved the story.
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Eraser Cool #9 Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 36640	Posted: 01-21-2010 12:04 AM                    Another brilliant zeropunctuation review. About Darksiders this time: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... Darksiders _________________ Get mods & maps at Engines of Creation
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MKJ Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu Joined: 24 Nov 2000 Posts: 39812	Posted: 01-21-2010 12:38 AM                    rofl...
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phantasmagoria Bück Dich Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5158	Posted: 01-21-2010 12:53 AM                  lol @ the portal bit _________________ de_dolls Left 4 Sculpture http://phantasmagonorrhea.tumblr.com/
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 01-21-2010 07:24 AM                  I strongly disagree with him in regards to the artwork. The portal gun was a bit ridiculous but the puzzles using it were enjoyable. I guess the key to enjoying this game is not having beaten any of the games it is similar to (which I have not done). Although, my roommate Joe enjoyed all those other games and loves Darksiders as much as I do.
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plained plained Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Posts: 15974	Posted: 01-21-2010 07:42 AM                  i really likes Joe Madureira work on xmen during the age of apocolips he never used to do the tiny head thing sooo awesome of a story _________________ i know my place. do you?
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 47145	Posted: 09-15-2011 03:32 AM                    So had this game given to me and I must say I'm hooked; really good shit this! Just dropped Tiamat and I am racing through another chapter now
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 09-15-2011 05:13 AM                  I'm really excited for the second one but it wont be out for another year. This time you play as Death with a giant scythe that can be taken apart and used as multiple weapons.
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 47145	Posted: 09-15-2011 06:24 AM                    That sounds cool as fuck Phil LaMarr is awesome as Vulgrim Gonna sink a few more hours in now I think - I want to clock it before GoW on Tuesday!
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 08-10-2012 02:40 PM                  Going to be playing the shit out of this next week
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 08-14-2012 02:26 PM                  So I was going to play the shit out of this.... except the fucking leaderboard servers are down so I can't play single player on xbox 360. Fucking retarded
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 47145	Posted: 08-15-2012 04:17 AM                    Pisses me off all these games needing to be logged onto the interwebs to play. Still not finished the first one as I was side tracked by Assassins Creed.
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 08-15-2012 05:33 AM                  I was finally able to create an account and login. Aside from the whole server/account thing the game is incredible so far. Its still Zelda meets God of War but now its got Skyrim mixed in too.
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 47145	Posted: 08-15-2012 07:04 AM                    Thats big.
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bitWISE god xor reason Joined: 08 Dec 1999 Posts: 20751	Posted: 08-15-2012 03:47 PM                  The one slightly neat thing about the account: http://www.darksiders.com/community/stats/resric
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Plan B foolproof Joined: 11 Jan 2001 Posts: 7287	Posted: 08-18-2012 07:53 AM                  Fantastic game. Very worthy successor to the first Darksiders, which was also outstanding. Pushes you a bit into the RPG-realm, which I'm not particularly a fan of, but here it works quite well. So well, that all the leveling and offense/defense customisation can get addictive, where you spend half the time tweaking your setup. I had to tell myself at a certain point: no, you don't have to kill everything that crosses your path, and you don´t have to customise every time you pick up loot. Stupid grinder. Just started playing today, leveled up to 8. This may very well be my bestest, favoritest game, like, evar.
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Denz denzii.visible = false Joined: 16 Aug 2000 Posts: 17777	Posted: 08-18-2012 02:18 PM                  if you find a game that doesn't have a demo try on live. I couldn't find a demo for this game so I looked it up on on live and sure enough it was there. I got to play it for 10 minutes and it looks promising. On live have tons of games to play. _________________
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MKJ Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu Joined: 24 Nov 2000 Posts: 39812	Posted: 08-19-2012 11:51 PM                    maybe i should get that first darksiders game.. ?
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Memphis Intoxicated Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 20750	Posted: 08-19-2012 11:55 PM                  MKJ wrote: maybe i should get that first darksiders game.. ? pc or console?
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MKJ Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu Joined: 24 Nov 2000 Posts: 39812	Posted: 08-20-2012 12:33 AM                    console. why, they different? apart from the obvious graphical stuffs obviously.
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Memphis Intoxicated Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 20750	Posted: 08-20-2012 12:41 AM                  it's a minimal, but functional port. graphics are identical bar resolution. can't help you with a console copy though.
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Eraser Cool #9 Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 36640	Posted: 08-20-2012 12:45 AM                    I downloaded and played the demo for the first Darksiders game this weekend and I'm a bit in doubt about this one. The design of things is great. It all looks really demonic and bad ass and everything. However, as with many hack 'n slash games, I wonder if things don't get stale after some time? The demo is quite sizable and features the "Twilight Cathedral" level. I guess this is a level somewhere further into the game as the demo just drops you in there without any real explanation of what's going on, who you are, why you're there or what your goals are. I wonder if, other than slaying piles of hellish enemies, there is any other point to the game? Is there an interesting story being told, or is it really mindless button bashing 15 hours straight? Are things going to be epic and grand or is it one room of enemies after the other? Also, does the combat evolve as you get further into the game, or does it stick to a "pressing one button and sprinkle in a few other buttons to make different moves" type of thing? I like the way the game looks visually, and I tried really hard to fall in love with the game by playing the demo, but it just didn't really grab me like I had hoped it would. I must admit that the last true hack 'n slash game I played was Too Human, and that left a very, very bitter aftertaste. _________________ Get mods & maps at Engines of Creation
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