darksiders tiene una estetica edgy que es la vision de un pibe de 15 años de lo que es el infierno que me encanta pero este titulo son 17 capitulos de lo mismo, un gameplay repetitivo, una historia aburrida con cutscenes pobres, combate contra esponjas de daño sin ninguna mecanica interesante, plataformeo incomodo con un sistema de movimiento glitcheado y lo mas estupido de todo: la necesidad de rejugar los niveles para desarrollar un sistema interesante de habilidades pasivas intercambiables pero cuya unica funcion es basicamente hacer que baje mas rapido la vida de los malos y mas lento la tuya.
si estas interesado en jugarlo con otra persona (motivo por el que lo compre) vayan a jugar cualquier otra cosa, en serio, porque lo unico que rescató un poco el gameplay para mi fue poder cambiar entre personajes a gusto y extender un poco mas la excusa de combos que tienen ambos, el modo multijugador deshabilita esto asignandole a cada jugador un personaje.

I do like a little bit more puzzle in my Darksiders and this one was definitely more combat focused. Although it took me a while to warm to it, the combat is quite fun. Building up Strife's combo meter to unleash stronger shots is very satisfying. There's new moves and ammo to unlock and if you're into replaying the stages, there's a lot of options for leveling up. The story is probably going to continue annoying fans for being another prequel after sitting on a cliffhanger since the original game in 2010. That said, I actually wouldn't mind a game focused on Strife in a format closer to the other games. What a weird series this has been though.

I just can't with darksiders, playing 1, 2 and genesis didn't change my mind.

A top-down slasher/TPS/RPG, the rpg elements are very light - just builds - fueled by collectibles. Gameplay itself is simple and mindless for the most part, setting is lowkey generic.

If you liked previous games then sure, give it a shot. Otherwise don't bother, this isn't the one to change your mind about the franchise.

I like how every installment of this series goes to a different genre while still saving some of its parts. We had a dumb slasher with War, diablo with Death, dark souls with Fury and now top-down shooter with Strife. I am eagerly waiting for an RTS or arcade racing in this universe.

Now answer me this. Why do you love Darksiders? Most likely this series has a warm spot in your heart but why? The story is nothing special, the gameplay is pretty dull after a while, puzzles are mostly tedious than interesting but I still can't make myself to hate this universe. I still love it after all those years, and I still don't know why.

But back to the game at hand. So here we have some isometric fun with our two dudes of the apocalypse - Strife and War. And if War gameplay hasn't changed at all since the first game, Strife offers us some extremely inconsistent top-down shooter perspective. Why is it inconsistent? Well, one moment you have great fun burning enemies in bulk with your flamethrower laughing like a madman and next you don't do any damage at all because game decided to fuck you for no reason whatsoever, making you burn through your entire ammo supplies just for one enemy. Also fuck black holes ammo, who thought it was a fun idea to include useless crowd control gimmick which deals no damage when you can jump around the arena with your four dashes like a dancing cockroach dodging bullets? Anyway, the design is still great and consistent, like all games before it, thanks Joe, you cool.

So the story this time is about some demons who are trying to conquer the world. And our brave horsemen have to tell those demons to please stop their evildoing in an easily comprehendible language, language of violence. That's, believe it or not, the entire story. And that, believe it or not, the end of my ramble.

Killing Dagon is a pretty miserable experience though. Also I'm kind of getting tired of those incredibly clever mentions of Garry Philipinos Warcraft and his bro Edwar Adam Pro in every game.

It has everything working for it except the controls. Sometimes during combat or exploration your controls simply "stall". With controls being as unreliable as they are, the game has some platforming challenges that require the precision of a Jak or Mario game, while having the controls that just cannot keep up.

Combat is usually pretty fun though. Each of the boss fights have a lot of care put into them and can be really challenging if you don't build War and Strife up correctly. The level up system is pretty cool, as your level is tied to your abilities and Creature Cores which act as the Horsemen's gear.

If not for the platforming and lacking controls, I'd easily give this game 4 or 4.5 stars because the characters, art, and story content are all on point.

This does get me in the mood for a solo Strife game though. Hopefully one is coming soon.

I played this game because I'm a fan of the first two games of the series and boy it's a pile of garbage. The fighting is just hitting spongy enemies or dying in 3 hits and the leveling and upgrade system just makes you hit enemies harder or dying in 4 hits. Indeed, I played it alone and not in coop because I have no friends but still, it gets pretty boring pretty fast. Playing as War is just button mashing and playing as Strife is running around in circles while shooting at enemies, I guess in coop it words better because War can frontline while Strife gets them from the back but it's still button mashing and running in circles.
The other games had a servisable story and this is just boring.
The good thing this game has is that the levels are pretty big and open and exploration is encouraged a lot by giving you modifiers for the weapons and some upgrades and stuff so that's nice.
The art direction is still good as usual but it loses impact because everything is far away in case of the characters and because you can't move your camera to admire the set pieces for the scenarios.
Overall, not worth playing unless you are with your bro stoned and bored. Maybe that way it'll entertain you.

The transition to a top-down view worked better than I thought it would, but at a cost of the platforming being much more difficult. The game was definitely more combat-heavy, whereas I would've preferred more of a combination of combat with puzzles and dungeon exploration like the first 2 in the series. Luckily, the combat was really well-done. Playing as Strife made the game a top-down twin-stick shooter with different ammo types, and it was fun kiting enemies. Playing as War felt more or less exactly like Darksiders 1, which I'd say is a good thing. Creature cores were interesting at first, but is kind of bare bones; I didn't really feel the need to experiment because it didn't seem like play-style would change much. All I ended up caring about was seeing my power numbers go up.

As my first and only Darksiders, i can't really make any comparisons to the main series, but I ultimately enjoy this game quite a bit. While it admittedly doesn't do any particular thing exceptionally well, i found it to be a very well-rounded and satisfying experience with combat that feels good, difficulty that suited me, progression that felt rewarding (although simplistic), and a surprisingly great soundtrack. I am also fond of the setting and premise of the game, although I suppose this would probably apply to other Darksiders games as well.