Darksiders

[Arkkham]

So i was shown some darksiders gameplay footage a few months ago, put it on the back burner of my mind until i was at bestbuy returning a laptop bag that didn't fit my laptop, got store credit and picked it up for the PS3, its out on the xbox360 also.

This is a great game, the best way to describe it is The legend of Zelda OoT meets God of War, with all the blood, gore, and breasts (like 3 but they are on a giant bat thing).

Just beat it today, 13hours of gameplay, great puzzles, fun bosses, the dungeons are set up like classic zelda, new item mini-boss you use it against, and then the boss is lets see if you mastered it.

Most bosses are quite difficult until you learn the patterns, very minimal healing items, you can only carry a few, but there are full heals before each boss fight, your health does not regenerate.

Minor enemies, do a good chunk of damage but never feel cheap, i didnt notice being attacked off screen.

Puzzles start off easy but get progressively harder, and when you finally get it you feel the classic i cant believe i didnt think of that sooner.

The game only lets you have one main weapon, with 2 secondary weapons, with nearly 20 echantment items for the weapons you can set life steal/mana steal/more souls (currency)

Ive only run into one small glitch where i got suck in a walkway, that reforms in front of you when i did the dodge move infront of it and built itself in me.

only real problem i had with the game, was the navi character, a demon voice by mark hammil doing the joker from batman arkham asylum isnt really helpful (no hints at all) except for boss fights, but he is quite funny and insults you most of the time and isnt annoying. The combat controls are quite good except for one move i kept doing unintentionally there is always one, that i regretted buying, called power swing, i wanted to do a spear tackle with the sword but did that a few times.

Aside from some screen tearing and some minor slow down when blowing up a wall, durring a big fight the game was great worth the 60 dolalrs, a solid 8/10, and i hope to see more games in the series.

[Candira]

Very nice review

[Dretchen]

Originally Posted by Candira

Very nice review

Figures Candira would reply.. Breasts were mentioned

[Caspar]

Sounds like fun, but 13 hours sounds like a really short game...that's like 1 to 2 days of entertainment.

[Arkkham]

yea, it did feel short and i got really into the game couldnt wait for the next dungeon, but compare that to most recent games which clock in at 5-8 hours, its a big improvement, i look at it vs a movie now a days, 13.50 for a ticket, and 12-17 dollars on popcorn/pop, if you dont bring your own, double the ticket if you bring a lady friend, for 2-3 hours of entertainment the video games dont seem that bad.

13 hours felt right for the story there wasnt any filler trying to pad out the game time. I didnt 100% the game either i was missing 1.25-2.25 life bars, and 3-4 magic bars. and 8-9 weapon enchantments.

Its worth a the price at a rental if you are feeling nostalgic from some Zelda OoT.

[Caspar]

Cool. Yeah I had that happen with Fable, I really into the game, and it was over all way too unexpectedly soon. It waas worth the play though.

[Blackfist]

you know. that game reminds me of Soul Reaver. old PS1 game. specially using the wings to slowfall. i really liked that game. also had some of the best voice acting evar.