Darksiders (PS3/360)

[Skull Commander]

Having finished Bayonetta I have now decided to make a start on this. I'm about 4 hours in, and so far I think it's pretty decent.

First thing that strikes me is the excellent voice work. Some of the best I have head recently. Good variety and the stone Golem type dudes totally remind me of the riddle walls on 90's kids classic Knightmare.

The art design is first class, and the game drips atmosphere. Part of this comes from the clever level design too, with the dungeon I played easily comparable to a good Zelda one.

Considering the game takes a lot of influence from hack and slash type games for it's combat, there is a pleasing amount of variety so far, with some nice platform elements and good puzzles.

I like the drip feeding of new abilities, but if I have a criticism so far it's that the controls could have been a tad better. I would have liked the dash better implimented, and block and counter feels a little clunky at the moment, and also the throwing star boomarang thing feels a little over complex at times in the heat of the battle. Maybe I'll get more used to them as the game goes on, but I suspect I'm going to have even more controls to contend with as my abilities increase.

[Skull Commander]

Definatly gets better the further you get into it. I really can't see myself replaying this at all once finished, but it's great while it's lasting.

At first the combat in this seemed very God of War, but I actually now think that it's more Viking in style, both in feel and control. Also

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the horseback combat is almost identical to the Dynasty Warriors games I have played.

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Lastly to anyone who has played through this, am I more than half way through? At the moment I'm

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just away to fight the Spider boss.

[k0pp0]

Did anyone else get (what seems to be) horrendous controller lag with this?

I recently 1000g'd this. and hated it by the end.

[mr_sockochris]

Lastly to anyone who has played through this, am I more than half way through? At the moment I'm

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just away to fight the Spider boss.

You're about 2/3 done

[Skull Commander]

After singing this games praises I suddenly hate it. The inclusuion of the

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portal type void gun, has totally put me off. I disliked portal and this game doesn't do it as well as it did. It feels out of place, and at the moment I'm considering just stopping. I'm not a happy chap

[Lebowski]

After singing this games praises I suddenly hate it. The inclusuion of the

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portal type void gun, has totally put me off. I disliked portal and this game doesn't do it as well as it did. It feels out of place, and at the moment I'm considering just stopping. I'm not a happy chap

I groaned when it showed up, as at first it looks like they really have bottched this thing into the game. Once you get past that bit its not really used an aufull lot, there are some nice simple puzzles in this bit and you get through them quite quick.

you would be missing some fantastic bits if you give up now mate though.

[Skull Commander]

After a day not playing it, I maybe over reacted a bit. It did put a dampner on a game I was really enjoying though.

I'm going to go back and persevere, if only to see the story through, as I'm enjoying it.

[Number45]

Dear Vigil Games, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

Seriously, from what I've played of this so far it's as if the game was made just for me!

[Number45]

I'm really enjoying this, fairly near the end now (A few more blade pieces to find then on to the final encounter).

I was toying with going for the Platinum, but it looks as though I'll need an inordinate amount of weapon and soul grinding.

[toythatkills]

It's honestly not as bad as you think, you can grind your stuff to level four in an hour or so if you've got the right skills/equipment on.

[Number45]

I'm just going by how long it's taken me to get Chaoseater to level 4 (Which it isn't yet, and I have had the 'boost weapon XP' item equipped on it for AAAAAAGES). Of course, now I find out that I don't actually need to level the Chaoseater for the trophy. >_<

I'm using this time to explore the world again anyway, going for any items I've missed (lifestones, wrath shards, artefacts etc.), so we'll see. Of course, no matter what I do I still have to play the game again for the missable (Grr!) trophies that I didn't know about (Managed to beat Ulthane, but didn't get the 160 on the flying beast or the helicopter task in the prologue and I can't find a location where the Duskbats are plentiful enough for that trophy either) before starting and the APOCALYPTIC difficulty.

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and I can't find a location where the Duskbats are plentiful enough for that trophy either)

Outside the big cathedral where you land after the Panzer dragoon section. Big Bat cathedral thats it!

[Number45]

Thanks, got that first time of trying in that location.

I'm just going by how long it's taken me to get Chaoseater to level 4 (Which it isn't yet, and I have had the 'boost weapon XP' item equipped on it for AAAAAAGES). Of course, now I find out that I don't actually need to level the Chaoseater for the trophy. >_<

Yeah, so apparently there's ANOTHER enhancement that boosts weapon stats even more. >_<

I'm still not sure I can be bothered going for the platinum on this one. The mapping (Even with Fury's Embrace) isn't the best (I'd like to be able to see all maps from the map screen rather than only being able to see the area I'm in). I only need a single artefact and a few wrath/lifestone shards to collect all of the items.

Then I need to grind souls and power up the weapons. And THEN I need to complete the game again on apocalyptic being sure to get the last couple of missable trophies. I'm not sure my patience will stretch that far to be honest.

[Number45]

Argh! Trying to pinpoint the last few items in this game is ridiculously infuriating! I need one of the Abyssal Armour pieces and two more Wrath Shards - that's it. But because of the horrible mapping system (Not to mention some apparent glitches with Fury's Embrace) I'm roaming endlessly and unable to find them.

This game needs an option to upload your save file like Burnout Paradise.

[Number45]

Yay! Found the rest of them last night.

Now just a horrible amount of soul farming and riding to go, and I'll be able to get the Platinum in a single playthrough on APOCALYPTIC.