Darksiders

Darksiders is an absolute must have game, and the best possible way to start off gaming in 2010. In a year where almost every anticipated game is a sequel, Vigil Games has delivered a brand new IP the only way possible - flawlessly. The combination of action and puzzling is so perfectly calculated it screams 'gamer' - there's a gamer at Vigil with some power and s/he knows exactly what we want in a game.

For me, my bottomline is that Darksiders is a tremendous amount of fun because it's very well designed from top to bottom with just a handful of drawbacks. None of these drawbacks are critical enough to thwart an epic, and truly enjoyable experience.

A very entertaining and challenging game that tells a good story.

It's able to emulate its idols very well, so whatever War is doing, it's bound to be enjoyable. But anyone who's attracted to this sort of game, or action games in general, is going to feel more familiar than floored.

While you can explain a lot of things about Darksiders by listing off other games that are directly referenced during the adventure, the game doesn't feel like some simple clone. If you like Nintendo's Zelda games and want to see an altered, darker take on its concepts, portions of Darksiders will absolutely blow you away.

THQ's Darksiders may not be the most original game, however it works by giving the player a fun gaming experience that attempts to be clever at certain times and actually succeeds.

It's an open world that's not open, a Zelda game with no wit or brain power, and a God Of War clone without bite. [Feb 2010, p.122]

Война войной, стрельба отстой!? Так хочется сказать, что стрельба в Darksiders - не баг, а фича, по причине отсутствия каких либо критичных косяков во всём остальном, но не получается. Уж слишком громоздко она ощущается, хоть и под стать герою. Война, как всадник Апокалипсиса, полностью соответствует статусу, наблюдать за его поисками виновных в новоиспечённом, мультипликационном мире тёмного фэнтези со стороны — занимательно, ровно, как и решать задачки с окружением на пути к боссам, сражения с которыми могли бы встать в один ряд с битвами в God of War, при условии, что где-то неподалёку стоит скосоёженная X-blades. Добавьте ко всем этим "НО" развилки кастелироидного формата и всё равно получите игру с наивысшей оценкой, так как за счёт той самой, несуразной работы на дистанции, проект выглядит не калькой из всего и вся, а очень даже самостоятельным продуктом, где цепной пёс совета, как в рекламе Old Spice невольно говорит: "Посмотрите на другие слэшеры и на меня... На другие... На меня... Да! Я на коне.".

The game seems very fun at the beginning, but towards the end it gets so boring that you actually forget about the **** first hours of the game are very, very good, they really give you pleasure.

A decent scrolling brawler that will forever be known as the game that is "not as good as God Of War".

This is just another button masher with very simple and repetitive combos, i will however say that the finishing moves are cool, not quite a 3 or a 4 so 3.5 lets round that up to 4 yay

The combat is boring, repetitive, and lacks originality. The character models look good but the environments look poor at times. Uneven difficulty as well. I just didnt like this game.