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Darksiders is awesome. I do hope they get to make a 3 and a 4. Vigil needs to become a part of some other company.
Don't end DSII in a Cliffhanger if you don't make sales.
Also, New Game+ AND Perma-Death? Daaaaaaaaamn.
Also, New Game+ AND Perma-Death? Daaaaaaaaamn.
Opposed to there somehow being a Darksiders 3 without Darksiders 2 selling well? Seems like a no brainer to me. I don't like the idea of the 3rd game having a reduced scope. The biggest problem with the first game was that it lacked scope. It would be a step backwards to go back to that after such an expansive sequel. The 2nd game looks like it's pretty polished to me too, although we haven't been able to play it yet of course. The first game was really polished.
"(approximately four times as big as the first game, according to the developers)"
Look devs, I understand the concept of escalation and all, but you seriously need to tone it down.
Darksiders was a big game; my first play-through was about 20-25 hours give or take. You didn't have to try to outgun Oblivion in scope for the sequel, another 20 to 25 hours would have been OK.
Four times the size? If this is true, you're insane, and you're taking a huge financial risk on a game's first sequel, that also happens to change the game's genre from action adventure to full-on RPG.
Very, VERY reckless.
Look devs, I understand the concept of escalation and all, but you seriously need to tone it down.
Darksiders was a big game; my first play-through was about 20-25 hours give or take. You didn't have to try to outgun Oblivion in scope for the sequel, another 20 to 25 hours would have been OK.
Four times the size? If this is true, you're insane, and you're taking a huge financial risk on a game's first sequel, that also happens to change the game's genre from action adventure to full-on RPG.
Very, VERY reckless.
So hard for 2. As hard as Occams when he pulls on his red and blues for his weekly date with Nightwing.
Had this preordered for a while.
Vigil may not like hearing all the comparisons to Zelda, but I can pretty much play Zelda games forever, and the same goes for Darksiders. If they keep making them, I'll keep buying them.
Vigil may not like hearing all the comparisons to Zelda, but I can pretty much play Zelda games forever, and the same goes for Darksiders. If they keep making them, I'll keep buying them.
I pre-ordered. Personally, I found the first to be the most enjoyable game this generation has offered us. However, how would 3 work? Fury and Strife are not common representations of the Four Horseman, so honestly I feel no connection with them at all. I think a third would have to be War and Death again. Maybe in a LoK: Defiance kinda way. Either way, if I was a rich eccentric then I'd donate the money myself.
Darksiders 2 has been pre-ordered for OnLive. No doubt I'll buy it for either 360 and/or PS3 too eventually, as I did with the first. Just doing my bit.
Darksiders 2 has been pre-ordered for OnLive. No doubt I'll buy it for either 360 and/or PS3 too eventually, as I did with the first. Just doing my bit.
Darksiders 1 didn't impress me, but it seemed liked there was a lot of heart put into it and it had a respectable following. I'm hoping 2 does well.
That being said, if 3 stars Strife, I'm down. His design alone was fucking badass.
That being said, if 3 stars Strife, I'm down. His design alone was fucking badass.
I think Fury and Strife could be just as popular, if they really sell the story. If they would tell a little about them in this #2, it would kind of open up the interest in the characters more.
Also if they keep building and improving on the game mechanics, I bet they would also be hits. Like the idea of feeding weapons you find to your favorite weapon to improve it, that's just an awesome mechanic.
Also if they keep building and improving on the game mechanics, I bet they would also be hits. Like the idea of feeding weapons you find to your favorite weapon to improve it, that's just an awesome mechanic.
@Soulcage
Fury could be a complete asshole like Kratos to juxtapose himself against the existing two horsemen, and Strife could be self-loathing, and very interesting, with a sympathetic backstory.
I agree, they could work.
Fury could be a complete asshole like Kratos to juxtapose himself against the existing two horsemen, and Strife could be self-loathing, and very interesting, with a sympathetic backstory.
I agree, they could work.
If the third game is really scaled back then they could just have Famine and Pestilence sitting a room, playing card games and wondering where War and Death went.
I just checked out the Collectors Edition and will most likely pre-order. That mask is too sweet. I pre-ordered the first one when it came out. I think I let my brother-in-law borrow it, might have to ask him for it.
@PhilK3nS3bb3n I need to make a comic where Killer Croc force feeds Spider-Man and Nightwing handfuls of lasagna laced with ketamine then sodomizes them for hours. Then he could sit Spider-Man on Nightwing's face and squeeze his bloated stomach until Nightwing chokes to death on Spider-Man's feces.
@zee
I've been telling my friends this for years. Get all 4 horsemen, give them their own unique abilities or a class and put them into a beat em up/adventure game with coop. Would be awesome if done correctly.
I've been telling my friends this for years. Get all 4 horsemen, give them their own unique abilities or a class and put them into a beat em up/adventure game with coop. Would be awesome if done correctly.
Also, when did pestilence and famine become fury and strife? Or are people thinking of a comic book or something?
@konnery
I don't know how to properly answer your question.
I always forget that they changed them in the game.
I don't know how to properly answer your question.
I always forget that they changed them in the game.
Also, I totally forgot Fury was a "she". War even calls the rest of the horsemen "his brothers" in Darksiders.
@Tek
1) That's what the game calls them.
2) Pestilence has always been a disputed term for that particular horseman.
@Tek
1) That's what the game calls them.
2) Pestilence has always been a disputed term for that particular horseman.
Chris, I'm not exactly sure I'd call Captain Obvious out ont his one.. I mean.. Its a miracle that Darksiders did well and got a sequel while being called derivative and being a new IP. If this game happens to not sell well (for some reason, but I think it will) then I can see a 3rd one get scrapped.
Plus, honestly, you work in reporting game news, you know games can just be canned simply because the studio shut down. Not saying I want it to happen, but I'd never 100% count on a sequel to any game that isn't directly made by a publisher, or hasn't broken records..
"...as well as a fully fleshed out New Game+ mode, which the first game lacked."
Feels like you say "lacked" as if it needed it or would have benefited from it. Did you play the first game? A new game + would have been ridiculously easy unless they upped the health on everything. The puzzles and placement of things would have probably been the same and people would have breezed right through, like Taco Bell through a toddler. The only benefit would have probably been to some of the more grindy achievements.
Plus, honestly, you work in reporting game news, you know games can just be canned simply because the studio shut down. Not saying I want it to happen, but I'd never 100% count on a sequel to any game that isn't directly made by a publisher, or hasn't broken records..
"...as well as a fully fleshed out New Game+ mode, which the first game lacked."
Feels like you say "lacked" as if it needed it or would have benefited from it. Did you play the first game? A new game + would have been ridiculously easy unless they upped the health on everything. The puzzles and placement of things would have probably been the same and people would have breezed right through, like Taco Bell through a toddler. The only benefit would have probably been to some of the more grindy achievements.
To be honest; I loved the fact that Darksiders was like a Legend of Zelda meets The End of Days. It was a familiar genre, the action was always fun, the cutscenes were god damn splendid; and the hunting for all the gear, hidden areas and back-tracking with new gear made it a blast.
The fact that Darksiders 2 is going more 'open world', 4x the size, loot/gear drops(and gear sets), skill-trees and so on; shit, thats insane and I love it.
Watch, Darksiders 3 will be a first or third person shooter as we play as Strife. =]
The fact that Darksiders 2 is going more 'open world', 4x the size, loot/gear drops(and gear sets), skill-trees and so on; shit, thats insane and I love it.
Watch, Darksiders 3 will be a first or third person shooter as we play as Strife. =]
Putting mundane numbers up to claim success has always pissed me off, especially if it makes or breaks the game. Look, if you're asking for a minimum sales number in order to keep the franchise going, then you've already failed. You make a good game, and people will buy it... if you're trying to plead to the masses, you're in the wrong business.
It's like what happened with Studio 38 and the ToA: Reckoning game. If you're saying '3 million or bust', then you already lack confidence in your game and your skills SUCK. This isn't a phone-a-thon jackass... don't plead with people to buy this many, tell us why we should buy it in the first place.
It's like what happened with Studio 38 and the ToA: Reckoning game. If you're saying '3 million or bust', then you already lack confidence in your game and your skills SUCK. This isn't a phone-a-thon jackass... don't plead with people to buy this many, tell us why we should buy it in the first place.
@Booming - he never implied it was a sure thing... Game devs usually don't get shut down if their game sells well, and games that sell well usually get sequels, so the 'may' in the title covers all bases.
As for the new mode, yeah, it would have benefited from it, just like any NG+ mode is beneficial. Of course it will be the same game, but with higher difficulty... just like any NG+ mode is. Have you never played Arkham City, Demon's/Dark Souls, Prototype, and the many others that featured it?
As for the new mode, yeah, it would have benefited from it, just like any NG+ mode is beneficial. Of course it will be the same game, but with higher difficulty... just like any NG+ mode is. Have you never played Arkham City, Demon's/Dark Souls, Prototype, and the many others that featured it?
What Arttemis said. Having a New Game+ doesn't automatically mean they would implement it incorrectly. Just up the difficulty, allow your old character, and you're basically good to go. Have the player re-earn all of the special items that are needed for progression, and that's done.
@ Occams
Just imagine what it would be like when he pulled out.
With all those little scales and such.
Just imagine what it would be like when he pulled out.
With all those little scales and such.
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