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I am very very excited for sure. Darksiders 1 was a potentially amazing collaboration of Zelda, God of War and Devil May Cry. This looks to be capitalizing on that idea.
i just finished slugging my way through the first one about two weeks ago and rather enjoyed it more than i would have ever imagined. i'm pretty excited about this second one. i can see where others are coming from about the art - it's pretty rob liefeld-ish.
joe mad's art is awesome. if this game has more memorable moments than the first 1, and even more rpg elements like they promised, it's going to be good
Please let this sell well. I loved the first game, can't wait for this and seriously want to see Dark Millenium Online come out.
I found the combat in the first one became a bit of a grind, but loved everything else. In particualr I love the art style. I love the way everthing is so sculptural. It also has such a cohesive aesthetic. can't wait to play this.
The first one could've been a home run had it not botched the story at the very end by throwing so many question marks your way that you (and by "you" I mean "I") felt robbed of the conclusion and closure to the story, not sure who is who is what is when anymore. If they were going for a cliffhanger type thing they failed, IMO.
Luckily, the gameplay more than made up for it. It has such a casual gaming feel to it. I mean that in a good way. Not too hard of a game. Pleasantly colorful, pleasantly stylized, pleasantly playable. A game world with lore that felt like it had potential. Talking to and dealing with demons instead of humans was a welcome and exciting change. And the point in the game where - trying not to ruin it for anyone - "traveling is made easier" felt awesome and right as hell. The weapon/skill upgrading was also key in keeping me interested throughout the length of the game.
Darksiders was just a feel good game for me. A good game for when you're not in the mood to take games too seriously. A game for when you just want to kick back and kill some time instead of brain cells. Oddly enough, it's the only game in my collection with that role.
And to think I almost didn't buy Darksiders on principle alone when I heard that it "ripped off" other games (hats off to Jim for changing my mind through his review). It took some things, yeah, but the game absolutely uses those things in its OWN way, and it manages to have integrity despite having sticky fingers, however that is possible.
I feel like buying Darksiders 2 on day one to show Vigil my support. I'll buy it either way, though. For the casual gamer in me.
Luckily, the gameplay more than made up for it. It has such a casual gaming feel to it. I mean that in a good way. Not too hard of a game. Pleasantly colorful, pleasantly stylized, pleasantly playable. A game world with lore that felt like it had potential. Talking to and dealing with demons instead of humans was a welcome and exciting change. And the point in the game where - trying not to ruin it for anyone - "traveling is made easier" felt awesome and right as hell. The weapon/skill upgrading was also key in keeping me interested throughout the length of the game.
Darksiders was just a feel good game for me. A good game for when you're not in the mood to take games too seriously. A game for when you just want to kick back and kill some time instead of brain cells. Oddly enough, it's the only game in my collection with that role.
And to think I almost didn't buy Darksiders on principle alone when I heard that it "ripped off" other games (hats off to Jim for changing my mind through his review). It took some things, yeah, but the game absolutely uses those things in its OWN way, and it manages to have integrity despite having sticky fingers, however that is possible.
I feel like buying Darksiders 2 on day one to show Vigil my support. I'll buy it either way, though. For the casual gamer in me.
God its like Joe Mad tore open my chest cavity and looked at my still-beating heart and was all like, "I feel ya."
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