Posted March 03, 2010
This game Darksiders basically feels like Zelda, God of War, and Devil May Cry all at once. Beyond that it truly is a fun game... until the boss fights, where they expect you to be perfect in everything you do.
As you play you'll notice that base game play is relatively easy, the monsters are not to hard and you can do combos only if you want. When mini bosses come out its just a matter of dodging and time. Eventually they die, if your lost hit select and summon navi.. err The Watcher..
Anyways its one of those go half way though the game/level then double back and use abilities, and then get a new piece of gear needed to defeat the boss and allow you though special parts of the game world. its very fun in that regard... a Zelda clone more then anything, but a Zelda that kicks ass.
My gripe about this game is the absolute massive jump in difficulty where stage bosses are concerned. I'm not by any means a hardcore gamer but Ive beaten GoW 1+2 and all the Devil May Crys, Prince of Persia's and Zelda's.. These games have a graceful boss curve that is manageable SAVE God of War that basically rapes your face when you meet Ares. Anyways I'm just appalled that game designers ramp up difficultly and make it so hard to defeat there creations in an American released game.
It feels at times like im playing Ninja Gaiden with the level of intensity this game requires. And the camera is quite possibly the worst camera in the history of action games. You literally need to keep moving it to keep it focused on the fighting field, yes you can lock on but then it'll suddenly zoom out and do some cinematic angle.
Anyways as it goes its a fun game and you may find yourself resetting half way though to easy just to complete the second part. Even on Easy the game really destroys you. Once you meet the final boss your going to need to buy a new controller, because it might get smashed to a million pieces on the floor. But i digress, if your really into blocking and have great timing then this game will pose no issue to you. It was frustrating as hell to breeze though the game only to be hit with brick walls when a boss appears. Be that as it may if you want it, wait for it to drop to sub $20
As you play you'll notice that base game play is relatively easy, the monsters are not to hard and you can do combos only if you want. When mini bosses come out its just a matter of dodging and time. Eventually they die, if your lost hit select and summon navi.. err The Watcher..
Anyways its one of those go half way though the game/level then double back and use abilities, and then get a new piece of gear needed to defeat the boss and allow you though special parts of the game world. its very fun in that regard... a Zelda clone more then anything, but a Zelda that kicks ass.
My gripe about this game is the absolute massive jump in difficulty where stage bosses are concerned. I'm not by any means a hardcore gamer but Ive beaten GoW 1+2 and all the Devil May Crys, Prince of Persia's and Zelda's.. These games have a graceful boss curve that is manageable SAVE God of War that basically rapes your face when you meet Ares. Anyways I'm just appalled that game designers ramp up difficultly and make it so hard to defeat there creations in an American released game.
It feels at times like im playing Ninja Gaiden with the level of intensity this game requires. And the camera is quite possibly the worst camera in the history of action games. You literally need to keep moving it to keep it focused on the fighting field, yes you can lock on but then it'll suddenly zoom out and do some cinematic angle.
Anyways as it goes its a fun game and you may find yourself resetting half way though to easy just to complete the second part. Even on Easy the game really destroys you. Once you meet the final boss your going to need to buy a new controller, because it might get smashed to a million pieces on the floor. But i digress, if your really into blocking and have great timing then this game will pose no issue to you. It was frustrating as hell to breeze though the game only to be hit with brick walls when a boss appears. Be that as it may if you want it, wait for it to drop to sub $20
