Sie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I was hoping to pick this up in Asda yesterday but they'd sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Anybody else played this yet? Was really looking forward to it, but all the reviews point to it just being a complete Zelda rip off. Nothing wrong with that in itself I suppose, but not really something I'm going to rush out and buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Haven't got it yet, though will probably at some point in the near future. I hardly think being called a Zelda rip off is a bad thing, given how succesful those games have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoyman Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 this is really good a daft goth version of Arkham Asylum, with intricate Zelda dungeons and OTT God of War style set pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sie Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 So I finally picked this up as its going for dirt cheap and thoroughly enjoying it. It reminds me of all that was brilliant about PSOne and PS2 era action/adventure games. "Zelda+Soul Reaver+God of War=Darksiders" ^^What I suspect was written on the whiteboard during the concept stages of this games development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 18, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2010 Funny you bumped this Sie, I was sorta interested in it at release but not enough to invest. Over the last few days (coinciding with a Arkham Asylum re-play) I've really hankered for a 3rd person adventure game. And being... ahem... inspired by Zelda is probably another selling point. As is it being cheap. So it's going on my near future purchase list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sie Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Well its currently £15 in Asda or a couple of quid cheaper if you order it online from Play. But yeah, the game wears its influences on its sleeve in a very positive, very knowing way. It's really more of a mash-up of, and a homage to, the games I mentioned earlier rather than a straight up Zelda clone. Personally, I don't think its fair seeing it labelled a Zelda clone because it robs the game of the originality the sum of its parts create. The ingredients combine to produce something quite fresh in a world full of FPS games and the end result is worthy of praise on its own merits. I'd wager that Vigil are big fans of the games that Darksiders borrows from rather than chancers with no ideas of their own. And it ain't a push over either. It can be a tough cookie when it wants to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I borrowed this from a friend a couple of months ago, and really didn't enjoy it much at all. Nice graphics, but it really just did come across as an average Zelda/God of War mash up. The 7/10 reviews it mostly got were about fair I reckon. Shame, because the potential was there for it to be ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Pretty much what Risso said. Decent, but could have been much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 yeah 7/10 is spot on IMO its a proper soul reaver clone, which isnt a bad thing but the initial enjoyment wore thin, cant remember exactly how long it took me to finish, im sure it went into double figures but it didnt half become a chore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sie Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Just wrapped this up. It's a game not without its share of issues but thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish nonetheless. One thing that did bother me was trying to figure out why War's voices sounded so familiar and it wasn't until the last hour of so that I finally remembered - he's Illidan Stormrage, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_The_Villan Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Picked this up cheap the other day and started playing last night. Really enjoying it so far. Went straight in at the deep end and put it on the hardest difficulty level. Just hope im not regretting that halfway through!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Been thinking of picking this up as one of my Summer vacation games. Haven't decided yet and a whole week of vacation has already passed. Only three weeks left, so I have to make a decision tomorrow at the latest. I do like the looks of Darksiders though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Darksiders 2 is coming out near the end of June and the more I am seeing of it, the more I'm liking the look of it. This time you play as Death, as opposed to War in the first one. Here is the latest feature on it from IGN. I think I may give the first Darksiders another purchase (for the 360 this time) to play it through again before the second is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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