By Sam
Coles:
Darksiders is a series in my opinion that is really
underrated and I know people berate it for being an M rated Zelda clone, in
which I reply with. Yeah so what? How many games do you see that actually copy
the Zelda formula? Not many and to be honest if you're going to do an action
adventure format with blade based combat, why not take the simplistic nature of
Zelda.
Darksiders II originally came out on the Xbox 360 and PS3
back in 2012 which was the follow up to the 2010 release. This time however you
no longer play as War one the horseman of the Apocalypse, but instead you play
as his soul harvesting brother Death, who looks like a more muscled version of
Marilyn Manson. The story for this game is that you must help your brother War
because he got into trouble with the Chard Council in the previous game for
setting off the Apocalypse off too early so you must try and restore the world
back to normal in order to save him.
This game is an adventure game where you roam the world
collect treasure, slay monsters and grab new abilities, but it also splices in
elements from RPG's such as armor and weapon loot with different stats whether
it be better or lesser than your currently owned weapon. You also have a skill
tree that you can upgrade various abilities such as Death's Reaper form where
he turns into the traditional Grim Reaper and he can deal more damage, or his
teleport slash where he can strike multiple enemies within a short
teleportation jump.
Gameplay is fairly familiar if you've played any of the 3D
Zelda games and God of War. It takes the Z targeting from Zelda and the
frantically over the top hack and slash action from God of War so you can mix
two types of weapons in a combo with pausing to switch them out. The combat is
super responsive and satisfying although the camera can freak out a bit in
tight areas when you're locked on so you get a face full of wall texture.
You’ll
also be doing a lot of platforming as you traverse the land and dungeons. I
must commend the game for this because it’s one of the best climbing controls
that I’ve used because it’s not awkward, it’s snappy and you don’t perform leaps
of faith and hope you land somewhere safe. For example if you’re climbing a
pole and you want to jump to another pole then you press a button to reach and
not awkwardly point the analogue stick in that direction and hope your
character reaches out. Take note Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted.
The visual presentation is a mix bag in terms of the
environments; some areas came look beautiful with vibrant colours such as the
starting area where you’re wondering the tundra with your horse. However some
areas can look really bland and bury this seems to be the dungeons only with
their grey and brown hues that aren’t very interesting.
Darksiders II is a fun adventure game with
interesting puzzles and great combat. If you’ve played this game before I don’t
see any point in revisiting this game, but if you missed it the first time
round and are looking for a decent game to fill the time on your Xbox One or
PS4 then I would say pick it up.
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