Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

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  1. leopoldo
    Dec 3, 2015
    9
    Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition is another great game remastered. The story is fantastic, with a great background mythology. The gameplay with Death is very good, one of the best games of this style; Another good thing is the soundtrack. Visually the game has improved and does not have many bugs. In this edition, all pre-order DLCs are there, but otherwise has nothing special.Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition is another great game remastered. The story is fantastic, with a great background mythology. The gameplay with Death is very good, one of the best games of this style; Another good thing is the soundtrack. Visually the game has improved and does not have many bugs. In this edition, all pre-order DLCs are there, but otherwise has nothing special. Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition is a great remastered game that will please many players. 9/10… Expand
  2. ADHGO
    Dec 11, 2015
    9
    Great fantasy game, fighting action is very good, great swords, game play is fast and full of action, still the graphic textures not as expected after this upgrade, but over all experience is great and still the same,,,
  3. chaos7
    Dec 13, 2015
    10
    Epic. Only word to describe this game. Combat is simply awesome and is on par with top notch titles like God of War and Devil May Cry. Graphics are significantly better than the original release. Soundtrack is one of the best I have ever heard. While the story is just alright, the lore is excellent. The DLC integration is well done and Gunfire has made many minor gameplay changes whichEpic. Only word to describe this game. Combat is simply awesome and is on par with top notch titles like God of War and Devil May Cry. Graphics are significantly better than the original release. Soundtrack is one of the best I have ever heard. While the story is just alright, the lore is excellent. The DLC integration is well done and Gunfire has made many minor gameplay changes which greatly refine the experience. Death himself as a character is just amazing and his sarcasm will appeal to almost everybody. Michael Wincott (his voice actor) should receive an award for doing such a good job. Oh, and by the way "THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A REVIEW". 10/10… Expand
  4. RomanGor
    Nov 7, 2019
    8
    Достойное продолжение серии. Видно, что разрабы поработали над ошибками первой части.
  5. Estr
    Dec 10, 2019
    8
    Before I begin this review I'd like to take a moment and talk about the "Deathinitive" Edition. Now, I'm really curious as to what kind of dev had the balls to release a "Deathinitive Edition" so completely riddled with bugs and glitches; Things that should have been ironed out and fixed on the first sales weekend are omnipresent in this version, from enemy AI ceasing to function to theBefore I begin this review I'd like to take a moment and talk about the "Deathinitive" Edition. Now, I'm really curious as to what kind of dev had the balls to release a "Deathinitive Edition" so completely riddled with bugs and glitches; Things that should have been ironed out and fixed on the first sales weekend are omnipresent in this version, from enemy AI ceasing to function to the player character being unable to damage anything, to animations getting stuck. I wouldn't bring it up except that almost every session I played I encountered one of these and it was really making it hard for me to return to it.

    I'll start by saying that I am NOT a fan of the Diablo style loot and leveling system. It is so redundant and unnecessary that it weighs down the game incredibly. I don't want to have to make a "build" to play on a higher level, I don't want to have to get stuck grinding to be able to beat a boss or an area, this is not what I play action platformers for. The first Darksiders made exploring fun and profitable, made levelling up your weapons worthwhile (even with the ungodly completionist spider grind), in Darksiders 2, each act of exploration and backtracking rewards me with... loot... woohoo. another piece of junk I probably won't be using, or would be sacrificing to one of my possessed weapons.

    War had an excuse to losing his powers and having to build again from scratch, why is Death so weak? The comic that came with Darksiders 1 presented death as superior to War and "practically invulnerable" whereas here he is often ridiculed and mocked by pretty much every character he meets? No one fears Death? Aren't the horsemen the most feared beings in existence, with the power to destroy anyone who threatens the balance? He has to learn how to fight from an undead human? Really?

    The platforing is by far the BEST part of this game. I've had an amazingly fun time figuring out ways to get from point A to point B and death's agility is a welcome change from War's clumsiness. The fluidity of being able to scale a wall using various tools and maneuvers is just satisfying on a deep level for me. The first time I got to the Eternal Throne I was blown away by how fun it was, short though it is, especially after long hauls of riding Despair back and forth in the Forge Lands.

    The story (and by that I mean a very limited perception of the main quest) is interesting, the expansion of the lore is welcome, however the RPG like questing absolutely destroys every shred of fun you can have with it. The entire game is basically a bunch of fetch and kill quests. That's all there is to it. No variety. "Go here, KillFetchActivate". This worked in the first Darksiders because it didn't have "sidequests". You didn't have to go and kill 50 Chosen. And what do you get for working your ♥♥♥ off? Rarely enough you'll actually get something good. But Mostly? Loot... woohoo. Why not make it so that each quest allows you to learn some ability?

    The world is massive and for most of it? The designs are amazing. Pretty much every locale has its own atmosphere and vistas, almost every dungeon is designed with great visuals in mind, pretty awesome. Fast Travelling is one of the things I do not object to in this case. Serpent Holes were pretty annoying after you went through them the first 30 times. Despair I'm not a big fan of. His controls barely work, either due to bugs or bad programming, half of the time if I tried fighting on horseback he'd just randomly stop and neigh.

    The soundtrack is pretty damn great, it fits the atmosphere of each level and area, it knows how to stir you up, it knows how to calm you down, it almost feels like the game tracks where you are and what you're looking at to play it. Well done!

    And lastly, the combat. Look, the combat in and of itself is fantastic, the moves, the combos, everything flows, everything is intuitive, unbelievable. I would give the combat alone the best score possible. But it's dragged down to the gutter by the stupid RPG mechanics that have no place in a Darksider's game! Why does death need so many weapons?! Aren't the Four Horsemen supposed to be equipped with legendary weapons that can only be surpassed by even more legendary weapons?! This beautiful masterpiece of control programming is bogged down by stupid RNGs and stats and items... And it doesn't even feel rewarding because it gets you so little XP.... But hey, at least you get loot... woohoo.    … Expand
  6. Skaamit
    Dec 9, 2018
    8
    Remastered the good game. This an interesting and epic adventure. The game have a cool setting, a design and a lore. And loot, combats, puzzles. But have some thecnical problems.
  7. killyourpepe
    Sep 8, 2018
    8
    The ultimate DARKSIDERS II experience! 1080p native resolution. Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution. Improved Graphic Render Engine for even higher visual quality, lighting and shadows. Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics.
  8. Efesys
    Nov 30, 2018
    8
    The man who wrote and selected the music of Darksiders 2 is a genius, the atmosphere there was bezmenny, the transitions between the battle and parkour and just a journey.
  9. zyllus
    Mar 16, 2022
    8
    The entire game and storyline can be summed up with 2 lines,

    "I am not your errand boy..." ~Death *rides off to do errands for everyone else that asks* This game is set after the events of the first game. You play as the second horseman, Death. He is the leader and the most powerful Horseman among the four. He is on a self-imposed quest to clear his brother's name for bringing    The entire game and storyline can be summed up with 2 lines,

    "I am not your errand boy..." ~Death

    *rides off to do errands for everyone else that asks*

    This game is set after the events of the first game. You play as the second horseman, Death. He is the leader and the most powerful Horseman among the four. He is on a self-imposed quest to clear his brother's name for bringing Apocalypse in the first game. Death relates to the average player who plays Darksider, Attack First, Questions Later. Its quite a long adventure and mostly the badass protagonist who seemed OP in the game trailer is nerfed. There are countless dungeons and the map is divided into four regions which are quite huge as well. The worst part is the countless weapons you get on your way and it becomes useless very quickly.

    Tip - Just keep the Possessed weapons and recycle all the weapons and feed them to the Possessed weapon. Don't sell anything for coins and don't buy stuff, you get better stuff along the way, and Vulgrims chests are quite useless so don't waste your time collecting the coins    … Expand
  10. AgentLvi
    Jun 19, 2023
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing

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  1. Games.cz
    Jan 4, 2016
    60
    Old hit remaster doesn’t offer enough of a new content to justify its price. So you can consider DII: DE only if you have no previous experience with Darksiders II – and you should because the age didn’t hurt the game at all.
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  2. Ragequit.gr
    Nov 16, 2015
    70
    Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition includes all the DLC's and the huge content of the original great game, but the graphical overhaul suffers from inexcusable stuttering and frame-rate issues that prevent you from really enjoying it.
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  3. GameWatcher
    Nov 16, 2015
    72
    Darksiders II is worth playing, but Deathinitive Edition is not worth the upgrade.
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