Darksiders III

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  1. domanigamer
    Dec 27, 2018
    10
    supero mis espectativas, buena banda sonora, bien optimizado, 0 bugs, dificultad alta. me encanto lo recomiendo
  2. Kassadar
    Dec 29, 2018
    10
    Познакомился с серией в этой части, очень интересно развивается сюжет и крутая боевая система
  3. guddulu
    Jan 1, 2019
    10
    Just i loved this game i want more series of the Darksider i love playing the game with my friends
  4. Marienburg
    Jan 1, 2019
    9
    Great game. Very satisfying combat and good narrative pacing thoughout the game. Play on harder difficulties, it's more satisfying.
  5. ChosenOne
    Dec 9, 2018
    7
    It feels wrong that the third game in AAA series has lower budget and so - lower quality. Core gameplay moved towards Dark Souls - it was unexpected, and I don't think it's right to change core gameplay that much. Whole game feels like Dark Souls clone with bright colors and small Zelda-like elements. It crashed several times (few times after a difficult boss fight, so I had to fight himIt feels wrong that the third game in AAA series has lower budget and so - lower quality. Core gameplay moved towards Dark Souls - it was unexpected, and I don't think it's right to change core gameplay that much. Whole game feels like Dark Souls clone with bright colors and small Zelda-like elements. It crashed several times (few times after a difficult boss fight, so I had to fight him again). Some autosave locations are very questionable to say the least, especially for game with that many bugs.
    But overall - I really enjoyed Darksiders 3. It surprisingly felt like something new, and it's a real game! Challenging and rewarding.    … Expand
  6. spidey87
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    The worst of the series. They tried to change this game like souls but they failed badly. Ps plus gave it this month free but i tell you that it’s not worth your time. They have a very good game like Darksiders II but why did they ruin it i guess i’ll never know.
  7. NutZdk
    Jan 5, 2019
    1
    The other darksiders games quickly made you feel like a badass, which mostly carried the horrible stories of these games. But this time around, theres a B-movie like smirk to everything Fury says, its cringe at best.
    On top of that, what really ruined the game for me, is how everyone including Fury herself is constantly blabbering about how she is the toughest and most amazing of all the    The other darksiders games quickly made you feel like a badass, which mostly carried the horrible stories of these games. But this time around, theres a B-movie like smirk to everything Fury says, its cringe at best.
    On top of that, what really ruined the game for me, is how everyone including Fury herself is constantly blabbering about how she is the toughest and most amazing of all the horsemen...
    YET, she feels 200% weaker in every aspect than any of the others, constantly getting hit when theres multiple enemies because first attack is AOE, next one is direct line ahead - meaning the enemies on the sides are free to hit you allready at 2nd attack.
    Everything about the combat is unprecise and feels more like luck + buttonmashing than anything skillbased.
    Theres just so many bad things about this game in so short time, the firebeetles, the doublejumping when she can hardly lift herself off the ground. Why doublejump if the first jump only hardly raises you in the air?... it just makes the animation look so silly and makes her feel even more clunky and stupid.
    I loved the first game, I liked the 2nd - so naturally this game is a huge dislike, I wont be trying an eventual 4th game - since I will probably freaking hate it, way to ruin a franchise boys.    … Expand
  8. Zoid
    Feb 14, 2019
    10
    Good B rank game. Each game of the Darkesiders series has its own face, and this game of the series is no exception. This time there are all signs of Dark Souls games and I liked it.
  9. Shadow1234
    Sep 4, 2019
    0
    Played the game on the Apocalyptic setting, trying to get all the achievements. Started out great but died at first boss and had to start all over again at the start of the first level instead of at the boss. Game deleted never to be played again... 0/10
  10. HighFive2512
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Compared to the first game, this looks unfinished and absolutely not enjoyable, mainly due to the very high amount of bugs.
    On paper the game looks great - action game with hack and slash rpg elements and some inspiration of the soulsborne games, but in reality the game is rotten to the core - infested with bugs and untested boss encounters.
    Being a fan of the soulsborne games, I had good expectations , but boy I was wrong - I started the game on apocalyptic difficulty, the combat felt good, the enemies were fine, but as you progress in the game, it becomes more and more evident how flawed the code behind it is - almost every 15-20 minute there was a bug - sometimes graphical, other times something more serious - game breaking bugs that require restart in order for you to progress (for an example the beetles that you're supposed to throw at objectives after they're fed with red/purple goo, so they'd explode - not once or twice I've seen them spawn from the yellow nest up during a fight and totally disappear at the end of the fight, causing progression to be impossible until a restart is made - this and a few other bugs that kept re-occuring made the game really frustrating).

    In regards to the untested encounters - the first one that pops up right away is Gluttony - this abomination, not only as boss but as mechanics is the buggiest **** I've played against - it is TOTALLY broken, which made it INSANELY frustrating to kill - the boss has relatively small skillset - first phase there are ~5 abilities, which on paper looks fine and boss is easy, but the way they transit from one to another skillset is very sudden, and there is no time to react at all - the sweeping tentacle happens so fast that you absolutely cannot reach the safe zone without being hit, then there's the sudden sucking phase - boss starts to consume air and everything around him. If you've not made some distance before this happens he insta kills you on apocalyptic difficulty - the problem here is that it happens suddenly - there's no warning or some specific animation - it is very similar to normal boss attack.
    There was this reddit post about one of other bosses - Avarice - the boss can become invulnerable to almost all of Fury's attacks - while only Havoc form can damage him.
    Other bugs include entering a timeless cycle of boss corpse vanishing after being killed and before the animation after its death starts, which restarting the game from the last checkpoint does not fix.
    This and many other bugs make the experience from this game dreadful - and while the soulsborne games are punishing and unfair from challenge perspective - this game is punishing and unfair because it is not a finished product, flawed with many bugs and unpolished elements.    … Expand
  11. Arwing1979
    Dec 18, 2020
    4
    First of all, I'd like to say i'm a huge Darksiders fan. I loved the first 2 games, which i played on 360. But i had an extreme love/hate relationship with Darksiders 3 on PS4. I'll try and break it down into bite-size segments below...

    Graphics: While the graphics are nothing to write home about, they aren't too bad. Character models, especially Fury and the seven sins, are great. The    First of all, I'd like to say i'm a huge Darksiders fan. I loved the first 2 games, which i played on 360. But i had an extreme love/hate relationship with Darksiders 3 on PS4. I'll try and break it down into bite-size segments below...

    Graphics:
    While the graphics are nothing to write home about, they aren't too bad. Character models, especially Fury and the seven sins, are great. The real problem stems from performance issues. The game constantly drops frame rates, stutters and freezes for 5-10 seconds while loading new assets/areas during gameplay. There's no reason why a game with such basic graphics should struggle to run 5 years into a console generation. It's just poorly optimised and there's no excuse for that.

    Gameplay:
    This is probably the worst part of the game. The combat has been patched and now includes a "Classic" mode which is much better than the default mode. Still, even with this classic mode, the combat is extremely poor in this game. Very unresponsive and the game and camera just don't allow for multiple enemies. When fighting groups, it's easy to be blindsided and attacked by enemies you can't see. This is made worse by the fact your health drains so quickly. Really, why does health drain so fast in this game? Just scrap the health bar and give us 3 hit boxes instead. Also, items don't work whilst your in an animation. Be that a combo, or being hit by enemies. I've died countless times while spamming up on the D-pad to use a healing item but it wouldn't register as i was in some animation loop from being hit to death by multiple enemies. There's no map, making exploration a little frustrating at times. it's also makes knowing where to go next impossible at times. The Metroidvania aspect of the game does work well. Making it fun to explore old areas with new abilities to see what secrets you can find. The save system on this game is utter garbage. It auto-saves (usually but not always) when you reach Vulgrim at one of his serpent holes. And when you quit the game. However, i have loaded saves up several times and had to replay anything from 15 minutes to over an hour again because it hadn't saved.

    Overview:
    I did manage to platinum this game. I loved Fury as a character and while the story wasn't on par with the first 2 games, it was serviceable. There were times when i loved playing Darksiders 3. But they were soon ruined by times of frustration due to poor game mechanics, technical glitches and the game crashing more than its fair share. I feel there is a good game here at its core. It's just marred by so many technical issues and gameplay mechanics than ruin the experience. Which only makes it all the more frustrating, that this could have been a good game and wasn't.    … Expand
  12. ADHGO
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    I have great memories with Darksiders II; now come this fantastic brilliant version to fulfill my expectation
  13. elitedata
    Dec 22, 2018
    1
    I got this game by Origin Access Premier. Thank you God I didn't waste money on this garbage. Dull animation and graphics. Dumb and uncomfortable camera. Fighting and movement mechanics isn't smooth and predictive. Cutscenes were drawn in Adobe Flash. When you start a game you complete the first location level and fight with the first boss - Envy. She is hard as hell to beat and she killsI got this game by Origin Access Premier. Thank you God I didn't waste money on this garbage. Dull animation and graphics. Dumb and uncomfortable camera. Fighting and movement mechanics isn't smooth and predictive. Cutscenes were drawn in Adobe Flash. When you start a game you complete the first location level and fight with the first boss - Envy. She is hard as hell to beat and she kills you. After you were killed by Envy you start... at the beginning of the level. Then I realized I don't want to play this game anymore.… Expand
  14. FrankieZee
    Dec 1, 2018
    9
    Great game, it has solid Darksiders game play , it's very easy to pick up but hard to master , the game mechanics are simple but there is a lot of finesse to acquire and to master the mechanics , My game is working pretty good for a new launch I have downloaded 1 patch , so far I personally haven't had a problem with the game , so I have no opinion on hardware problems , the gameGreat game, it has solid Darksiders game play , it's very easy to pick up but hard to master , the game mechanics are simple but there is a lot of finesse to acquire and to master the mechanics , My game is working pretty good for a new launch I have downloaded 1 patch , so far I personally haven't had a problem with the game , so I have no opinion on hardware problems , the game itself seems %100 Darksiders , the look the feel the story , they nailed it. , I'm very happy the series continues and this is a very good squeal ,… Expand
  15. tkaneki
    Dec 1, 2018
    10
    great and fun game
    on pc the game runs very well with some glitches there and there
    combat is really good especially the hollwos
    graphics is acceptable
    story is fantastic as usual
    I highly recommend buying it if you are hack and slash fan
  16. Kettun
    Dec 1, 2018
    9
    An Excellent entry to the Darksiders franchise.
    It's different from the earlier ones, ramping up the difficulty, and making a little more "soulslike" e.g. You drop your currency when you die, but you can get it back, it shows mercy compared to Dark Souls by the fact that dying again does not make them disappear. There are many other comparisons to dark souls you could make, but an equal,    An Excellent entry to the Darksiders franchise.
    It's different from the earlier ones, ramping up the difficulty, and making a little more "soulslike" e.g. You drop your currency when you die, but you can get it back, it shows mercy compared to Dark Souls by the fact that dying again does not make them disappear. There are many other comparisons to dark souls you could make, but an equal, if not greater amount of differences.
    I played through the game on "Apocalyptic", and while this did make some of the huge cast of enemies feel cheap, the challenge was worth it and intricately dodging and weaving made the combat feel very satisfying when I got to that point.

    Level design is top notch with interesting paths, puzzles and secrets, connecting every area to every other with "oh so that's where that went" moments like a good Metroidvania. The game lets you explore which makes you feel very smart when you figure out how to get to the place you want to go. Following the main objective was made easy (unlike what some reviewers might have said) by following the skull on the compass, but the joy of exploration is never taken away from you. Whenever you can see an area, it likely means you can reach it, like other famous adventure games.

    The Art is fantastic in style, in more than one way of the word, and still matches the style of Darksiders 2, even after migrating to Unreal Engine 4, some of the newer characters do seem to have evolved a little more than the older ones and not necessarily in the best way, but it still fits.

    Performance takes a hit when a lot of particles are on screen, which clearly missed an optimization pass, hugging a waterfall drives it down by double digits, but otherwise it runs fine on a modern system. Loading is done "elegantly" for the most part, with short interlude sections like crawlspaces to hide loading screens.

    TLDR; More Soulslike in a good way, Great metroidvania leveldesign, very little handholding, excellent art, performance is generally fine except for lots of particles. Great.    … Expand
  17. Saint_Nixxous
    Dec 2, 2018
    10
    Be sure to look through all of the "Critic Reviews" before you make an assumption as around 45% of them from what I've seen that are negative say something along the lines of was too hard and buggy and i just couldn't play it. No my good sirs, you couldn't beat it. Let me tell you now going through my apocalyptic difficulty play-through (after doing balanced and challenging) the game FEELSBe sure to look through all of the "Critic Reviews" before you make an assumption as around 45% of them from what I've seen that are negative say something along the lines of was too hard and buggy and i just couldn't play it. No my good sirs, you couldn't beat it. Let me tell you now going through my apocalyptic difficulty play-through (after doing balanced and challenging) the game FEELS good to play. It definitely takes a few hours to master but it's well worth it. I may go into a more in depth review after my final completion of the game but just know the lead character isn't a mary sue (thank god) it reveals some interesting depths into the series ongoing lore (thank god) and there are some definite moments where you did not see some plot changes coming (besides the obvious one that is obvious). All in all challenging game that's gonna take some time to knock out but super worth it for any fan of the serious or fan of a challenging hack and slash, while many will call it a "Dark Souls Clone" it's just because they have so little background knowledge of games that involve any amount of prowess to complete that they opt for the easiest comparison.… Expand
  18. Ruki_TW
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Не слушайте тех людей которые пишут про смесь Dark Souls, или игра провалила серию. Это чушь собачья, игра стоит своих денег. На Unreal Engine 4 графика сделано превосходна, мелочи/детали проработаны. За весь геймплей, всё, что меня не устроило, так это неувязка с русской озвучкой, она иногда (Редко) не подходит шевеление губ, или вообще под персонажа. И 1 баг, с конвеером на последнихНе слушайте тех людей которые пишут про смесь Dark Souls, или игра провалила серию. Это чушь собачья, игра стоит своих денег. На Unreal Engine 4 графика сделано превосходна, мелочи/детали проработаны. За весь геймплей, всё, что меня не устроило, так это неувязка с русской озвучкой, она иногда (Редко) не подходит шевеление губ, или вообще под персонажа. И 1 баг, с конвеером на последних миссиях. Больше я конечно поражаюсь тем, кто пишет негативный отзыв и говорит, что это не стоит с воих денег, уходите проч от сюда, из-за того, что здесь нет добиваний как раньше, это уже верх критинизма. Боёвка на уровне, битвы с боссами, ещё лучше. Сюжет не запоран, в нём нету дыр, всё по полочкам. Некоторые моменты будет трудно понять тем кто не проходил хотя бы 1 часть. Мне не понять, тех людей которые пишут про эту игру сравнивая с Dark Souls, это как сравнивать валенок и яблоко, меня в этой игре всё устроило советую всем к покупке. Первая часть, для меня была намного лучше второй, это уж лично мой вкус. 9.6/10 (И то за 1 баг, а за русскую озвучку, ну за это судить глупо, ибо переделывать всю игру из-за одного языка, а вней их поддерживается не мало, а прилично, ещё глупее.) От меня удачного поправления, овощам у которых руки растут не из того места. Они так и продолжат кричать, что сложно, а сами будут играть с трейнирами, и вообще на самом лёгком уровне. Они так и будут орать, что это Dark Souls 4, с их логикой я могу кричать:-"УХ ТЫ Я ЖЕ инвалид/аутист., А ЭТО TES 6 ТУТ ЖЕ ЦЕЛЫЕ ГРЯЗЕКРАБЫ". Не советую вам слушать нытиков, берите игру. Она того стоит.… Expand
  19. GeorgeCST
    Dec 9, 2018
    9
    I really enjoyed Darksiders 3. It is a very good sequel to the franchise. Yes, the combat and level systems are Dark Souls inspired but i think that only added to the RPG part of the game. The story, voice acting and ambiance of the game are also great and it leaves you wanting a 4th entry. I think the game got some bad reviews a bit too early from Gamespot. I think that mostly darksidersI really enjoyed Darksiders 3. It is a very good sequel to the franchise. Yes, the combat and level systems are Dark Souls inspired but i think that only added to the RPG part of the game. The story, voice acting and ambiance of the game are also great and it leaves you wanting a 4th entry. I think the game got some bad reviews a bit too early from Gamespot. I think that mostly darksiders fans will love this game. Hope a 4th one gets made! :D… Expand
  20. asasasasasas
    Dec 12, 2018
    10
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    لیاقت امتیاز بیشتر از این رو داشت دمشون گرم عالی بود    بهترین بازی ک به عمرم کردم از دست اندر کاران tqk nodrik ممنونم
    واقغا بازی خوبی بود
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  21. Violetraccoon
    Dec 24, 2018
    9
    Отличная игра. Удобное управление, красивый арт-дизайн, сбалансированная сложность. Радуют элементы из серии souls, которые, авторы хорошо адаптировали для своей игры. За персонажем Ярость интересно наблюдать, как с точки зрения сюжета, так и с точки зрения эстетики.Отличная игра. Удобное управление, красивый арт-дизайн, сбалансированная сложность. Радуют элементы из серии souls, которые, авторы хорошо адаптировали для своей игры. За персонажем Ярость интересно наблюдать, как с точки зрения сюжета, так и с точки зрения эстетики.
  22. Reignblazer
    Mar 10, 2019
    8
    This game came out relatively unannounced during a time of AAA botch jobs and in light of this is one of the better releases of 2018. Not outstanding, but very solid game nonetheless. Worth the money if you are a fan of the series. Considering the development Hell this game went through I am surprised it turned out as well as it did.

    Gameplay is solid and engaging but very punishing.    This game came out relatively unannounced during a time of AAA botch jobs and in light of this is one of the better releases of 2018. Not outstanding, but very solid game nonetheless. Worth the money if you are a fan of the series. Considering the development Hell this game went through I am surprised it turned out as well as it did.

    Gameplay is solid and engaging but very punishing. The difficulty will dropkick you in the face within the first 5 minutes, even on normal setting. I am by no means a difficulty-worshipping masochist but I find this to be a welcome change of pace compared to the first two games.

    The loot system and semi-sandbox style gameplay elements seen in Darksiders 2 have been done away with in favour of a more focused and traditional action RPG experience. A good change imo since i do not feel a fast and frantic genre of games should be bogged down by proper RPG inventory management and tiny gear upgrades in the form of drops.

    Graphics are clean and crisp with a highly stylized cartoony art style which fits the game's setting quite well.

    It does have some nagging technical issues like framerate drops here and there, ultrawide not being 100% supported and cutscenes being capped at 30 fps. The double jump also feels a little off at times but overall these are very minor issues.

    It gets an 8 from me because of its tight gameplay, coherent visual presentation and the fact that it really is a game that has a lot of heart put into it, which is an increasingly rare thing in today's big money gaming business.    … Expand
  23. xBlack_Tenchu0x
    Dec 13, 2018
    6
    Que la calificación no los engañe, Darksiders III es un juego claramente hecho con presupuesto bajo, y está dirigido al mercado como un juego de clase media, pero eso no quiere decir que no es un buen juego, creo que no me había divertido tanto con un juego desde hace mucho tiempo, es algo que Darksiders III hace bien, te mantiene siempre con ganas de jugar más.

    Lo que lo baja hasta el    Que la calificación no los engañe, Darksiders III es un juego claramente hecho con presupuesto bajo, y está dirigido al mercado como un juego de clase media, pero eso no quiere decir que no es un buen juego, creo que no me había divertido tanto con un juego desde hace mucho tiempo, es algo que Darksiders III hace bien, te mantiene siempre con ganas de jugar más.

    Lo que lo baja hasta el puntaje que le doy son algunos aspectos del gameplay que fueron mal implementados, la falta de mapa en un mundo que puede fácilmente desorientar al jugador, la mala optimización general, al menos en la versión de PC, causando que el juego corriera a menos FPS en ciertos momentos, algunos que ni siquiera parecen demandantes (nada que no se pueda arreglar con parches), e incluso sufrí un par de crasheos del juego gracias a esto, y mi PC corre Hitman 2 y cosas parecidas sin problema, y lo que yo creo que es lo peor del juego y lo que más lo termina dañando es la historia sin chiste y, principalmente, su guion mal escrito y mal implementado en la mayoría de las ocasiones.

    Son detalles que, a primera instancia, te hacen pensar que el juego es malo solo por esos aspectos, pero créeme cuando te digo que si tienes ansias de un juego que no sea de esos super caros de hacer con valores de producción estúpidamente grandes como God of War o Red Dead Redemption 2, de verdad, créeme que esto es justo lo que estas esperando, claro que tengo que decir que una mejor historia pudo haber hecho que la experiencia fuera mucho mejor, pero aun así, sigue siendo un juego y un gran precedente de un pequeño estudio que, no solo logro hacer su primer gran juego, si no que claramente se esforzó demasiado para lograr que este juego fuera justo lo que es, un juego divertido.    … Expand
  24. ir_aria_sh
    Dec 4, 2018
    7
    I think Darksiders 1 was the best and Darksiders 2 was so-so ! but this Darksiders3: nah!
    a few bugs/ bad FOV (can be fixed with mod) / short story line / lack of equipments and its not open world actually.i see no gunfight !! the bosses are good/ the fighting method is good / and the puzzles in game are so easy!! its just 3-4 puzzle in whole
  25. fordagame
    Jan 16, 2019
    9
    Darksiders 3 is different than other Darksiders games. To be honest every Darksiders game is somehow different than other. And that is not bad, that developers experiment with the game.
    A bit about frustrating gameplay at launch: First impression on release date for the game was about 2/10. Terrible graphic, terrible combat, terrible difficulty. And yes, I don't like Dark souls like    Darksiders 3 is different than other Darksiders games. To be honest every Darksiders game is somehow different than other. And that is not bad, that developers experiment with the game.
    A bit about frustrating gameplay at launch: First impression on release date for the game was about 2/10. Terrible graphic, terrible combat, terrible difficulty. And yes, I don't like Dark souls like combat style. 1 months later and few more patches and this game from 2/10 became for me 8/10. Just the change for combat system improve the game so much, that it started to feel already like darksiders game. Dificulty maybe was tuned as well. Pre-patch I hardly killed first boss even on easy, after patch I completed the game on apocalyptic (how I said, never was a Dark Souls fan). So if you didn't like the game at the start, its worth trying now for sure. Darksiders 3 has one very big problem that first 1 hours is not so interesting, especially with the old combat system. Tutorial is terrible and when you die over and over and kill same 5 mobs before envy for 10th time, this is really bad.
    About the game:
    - The game may not have the best graphic or the best story so far, but that doesn't make it bad game. Actually I pretty much liked all aspect of darksiders after few hours of gameplay.
    - Checkpoint system is a bit strange and anoying at the begin with constant need to clear same enemies over and over again. With adding few more serpent holes in the latest patch, actually you understand that the idea is that every area should provide some kind of challenge and puzzles, which you need to pass without dieing. Serpents are enough in order, to not make too big areas without any ability to save your progress. Game difficulty in my opinion is perfect. I feel constantly challenged on apocalyptic.
    - What about open world? This kind of game are not really design for open world. There are few different type of zones, where every zone has its own type of enemies and theme. It feel different enough in order to be thrilled by every zone. Of course as in ever action game, enemy mechanics sometimes feel similar, but in this genre, this is not something too strange. All gameplay zones are connected with each other in very interesting way and you can definetly say that it is open world exploration, even if it is not standard one. But the fact that it is semi open world is not the advantage of the game. The advantage for me was, all secret areas hidden all over the map, which you can found only with exploration. And this is not exploration, which is absolutely sided out of the main line, you meed all this secrets on your way to kill next Sin. And you know that you want to looked at every corner of the room before you go to next one. Serpent holes definetly help if you accidently missed something important and want to go back. To be honest it felt like an new God of War in terms of open world. GoW was a bit more polished as graphic and experience maybe, but anyway Darksiders is good enough.
    - I liked revamped combat system. It felt much better than on launch. A lot of people say that there aren't a lot of weapons, but I can't understand how it happens that there aren't a lot of weapons if we had 6. Most Actions/Slashers has same numbers of weapons. For example Shadow of the Tomb Raider has 4, God Of War has 3(4 if we count Atreus bow), shadow of war has 2. Enhancements was really nice addition to tune your gameplay in the way you want. Bosses are a bit easy and not so fun.
    - RPG/Talents element: Ok this game don't have modern tallent tree from few different branches and type of gameplays. But does that make it bad? No... I would say something more even, it doesn't reflect on the gameplay at all. Most of the new games has pointless stupid talents system, which don't do any differences and sux. Why would you need talent tree which first cut half of the gameplay, and than you spend time to add all interesting gameplay mechanics. For example in latest Tomb Raider, talent tree was so useless, that I even didn't found something which affected may gameplay somehow (here we talk for the highest dificulty). In God of War it was a bit better, but again pretty much useless element, which doesn't change a lot. Here we have 3 main attributes and we can increase them in the way we want. Thats fine, this is good. I like it. The other "Talent" elements are weapon enhancements. Choose your favorite enhancement and max it. This is making you feel progress and developing character, without any useless trash talents as you run with 10% faster.
    -[spoiler] Horseman without horse. People complains that Rampage (horse) was falsely advertised and in game you don't have actually any horse. Riding in previous darksiders was so useless, that I don't understand why people want it back. Only need for mounting is if you have big empty spaces, in which you have nothing to do. So I like the fact, that there aren't big fields on which to have horse simulator as RDR2.    … Expand
  26. valizy
    Jan 4, 2019
    0
    most worse and annoying game i played so far. dont waste your money and time for this game.
    - The graphic is very bad, character motion like statue.
    - WTF story and conversation - Almost no bgm - Monotonous and annoying puzzle, its like the developer dont know how to make puzzle and never tried it (i just want to punch the developer face for making this game) - Very bad game    most worse and annoying game i played so far. dont waste your money and time for this game.
    - The graphic is very bad, character motion like statue.
    - WTF story and conversation
    - Almost no bgm
    - Monotonous and annoying puzzle, its like the developer dont know how to make puzzle and never tried it (i just want to punch the developer face for making this game)
    - Very bad game mechanics, all indie game i played so far better than this
    Overall: this is trash (darksiders 2 better than this)    … Expand
  27. hypernewbie
    Oct 15, 2019
    0
    Whoever designed this game: you need to take game design classes.

    I don't think it's anything big or major that is wrong, but one billion small things aren't adjusted quite right. I think you're trying to make a soulslike game except you don't understand it. Small things like the rules for using an item is SUPER inconsistent. Sometimes it just completely ignores your request to do so    Whoever designed this game: you need to take game design classes.

    I don't think it's anything big or major that is wrong, but one billion small things aren't adjusted quite right. I think you're trying to make a soulslike game except you don't understand it.

    Small things like the rules for using an item is SUPER inconsistent. Sometimes it just completely ignores your request to do so and sometimes I can't even believe you can use items in such a situation.

    Small things like enemy lock-on lunge when they attack. They have some sort of homing thing when they attack, as if you couldn't design the attack themselves to work properly you had to home it in. Problem with that is that it's not position dodgable, it's only dodge-button dodge-able. That literally reduces the complexity of not getting hit to a single button press.

    Small things like switching hollows not being instant, so you can't chain them in cool ways. I was excited to chain things together then found that you can't because it just doesn't work.

    Small things like enemies that just keep kiting you, as if they're designed for Halo 5. You're not master chief, don't design enemies for Master Chief's weapons and abilities, design enemies for Fury's weapons and abilities because Fury is what you are playing in Darksiders III and not Master Chief.

    Small things like every attack is literally the same just keep pressing X. Poor reward for landing big charge attacks, do why bother? The whip is SUPER inconsistent. I think someone should make a pop quiz who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire game on every scenario where the contestant tries to guess whether the whip will hit YES / NO in a number of situations. It will be a super fun game because whether the whip will connect at any given situation is COMPLETE NONSENSE.

    Other small things like ledge grab being WAY too slow for a game like this, and worst of all, enemies can attack you while you ledge grab, and you ledge grab pull up SOOO LOWWWW that enemies can attack twice to 3 times while you're grabbing up, so that you actually try NOT to ledge grab by using fire charge upwards to workaround it.

    More small things like HORRIBLY inconsistent crowd combat. Dark Souls with always works a consistent way every weapon in crowd combat. This game forces you to just-frame dodge, but every just-frame counter only hits 1 enemy, leaving you open to the surrounding crowd. Why isn't there a HORIZONTAL whip just counter move????

    I could go on and on and on and on and on. I think game design is all the small things. I would recommend taking classes. Yes you, whoever designed the game. Go and learn.    … Expand
  28. RagnarCritic
    Jan 7, 2019
    9
    I'll start by saying that I'm really surprised, first of all by the good taste in my mouth that this game has left me, and secondly because I can't conceive how it could have had such a bad score from the press, I really can't explain it.

    This is a title that does not start with the budget of God of War, to give an example of the same genre, but certainly before a game from beginning to    I'll start by saying that I'm really surprised, first of all by the good taste in my mouth that this game has left me, and secondly because I can't conceive how it could have had such a bad score from the press, I really can't explain it.

    This is a title that does not start with the budget of God of War, to give an example of the same genre, but certainly before a game from beginning to end, developed with much less budget, and you will be hooked on command hours and hours especially if you're looking for a game with a good combat system, which is frantic, aggressive, varied, challenging and very polished.

    In this installment we handle Fury, the female of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. A relentless rider with a lot of character, who will be hampered by the mission to hunt down the seven deadly sins: Envy, Greed, Anger, Lust, Laziness, Pride and Gluttony.

    The most remarkable thing about the game, without a doubt, is its combat system. This is a Hack and Slash that won't let you survive if you're used to crushing buttons like crazy with the aim of creating a whirlwind of death and destruction that ends with hordes of enemies. A lot of the enemies here are very tough, and you'll have to watch out for any and all bugs around you and their movements. Fury is agile, very agile, which allows him to move quickly and perform constant dodges, mechanics that you must learn to perform at the right time, because if you perform the dodge just before receiving an attack, you can make an arcane attack that will be much more forceful than normal attacks. The arsenal will increase, becoming more and more varied throughout the adventure. In addition to his whip, the main weapon, Fury will be getting different types of weapons that will allow your style of combat to be varied and adapt quickly, and in the middle of any battle, to the enemy we are not facing. Each weapon also has associated damage elemental, such as fire, electricity, ice ... etc, and along with its particular set of movements, will include different special skills (such as planning, walking on water, breaking down certain types of barriers ... etc) that we must use to advance along the map and its passages.

    And speaking of the map. Darksiders 3 presents a branched level design where everything is intertwined in a very organic and well designed way. With the city as a link, we will move through tunnels, volcanic caves, subterranean temples, catacombs, factories...etc.

    Aesthetically the game looks very colorful and resultant. It maintains an artistic design much closer to the first Darksiders than to the second, since in this delivery we are also on Earth. I would emphasize that although the style marked by the first installment was not, let's say, very original, this third installment notes that everything possible has been done to improve especially in the design of enemies, which although they are still demons / beasts / insects a little random and quite generic (some in fact I think they are the same as we saw before), they are somewhat fresher and more worked than those we saw in the War adventure. Special mention for some of the bosses.

    To be closing, say that the game has taken me about 16 hours to complete it, and I have played it in the third level of difficulty of four that there is. With this level of difficulty the difficulty curve I have noticed it perfect, being a quite challenging game, which requires you to learn to master well your different weapons and skills, but even dying more than in most games of the style, at no time you notice that it is an excessively high or forced difficulty. I'd say perfect.

    To sum up, if you like Hack and Slash adventure and action games (and touches of puzzles and platforms) that are barely made, such as Devil May Cry, Castlevania Lords of Shadows, Dante´s Inferno or God of War, as well as more tactical and challenging games like Bloodborne or Nioh, you're sure to enjoy this Darksiders 3.    … Expand
  29. Synt0xx
    Jul 24, 2019
    9
    This is a very good game! I can't understand all the bad reviews about it!
    The game is challenging, has really good graphics, runs well, no bugs so far and the gameplay is fast and fluent.
    Story is alright but not excellent. The level design is great and there is a lot of stuff hidden behind corners and little riddles and puzzles. I love the new Darksouls like gameplay, it fits the    This is a very good game! I can't understand all the bad reviews about it!
    The game is challenging, has really good graphics, runs well, no bugs so far and the gameplay is fast and fluent.
    Story is alright but not excellent.
    The level design is great and there is a lot of stuff hidden behind corners and little riddles and puzzles.
    I love the new Darksouls like gameplay, it fits the series very well.    … Expand
  30. Greyking
    May 12, 2020
    5
    This isn't a great game. I would never recommend purchasing it. It's a hybrid of a Souls Game and a traditional hack and slash and does neither very well. I think it is decent for what it does, but it lacks the polish and fun gameplay of a God of War or Devil May Cry,
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  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    50
    Darksiders 3 does a lot of stuff wrong. True fans will be grateful that it exists, but this game is a below average action platformer that tries to be something that is not.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    60
    Darksiders III feels like a trip to a museum, which of course doesn’t have to be a drawback. Its antiquated design has a certain charm and made me realize that I miss simplicity and compactness in bloated modern open-world games. Unfortunately Gunfire’s effort is messy – it’s rough around the edges, it made a step backwards in terms of RPG elements and environmental puzzles, some design choices are dubious, the combat system is imprecise, and there are a lot of bugs and glitches on top of all that. As a result Darksiders III can compete neither with modern action titles, nor with previous games in the series. [01/2019, p.82]
  3. Game Debate
    Jan 22, 2019
    65
    There’s precious little to elevate Darksiders 3 to the level of the previous two games, let alone its peers in 2018. It’s a game that offers few surprises, few challenges, and few moments of greatness. What it does, it does to a satisfactory level and never kicks on from there. But there’s something about Darksiders 3 that still sort of works though. It’s a B-tier production, without a shadow of a doubt, but it’s the sort of thing that doesn’t actually come along all that often these days. Fans of the series will no doubt get a kick out of the continuing story and there’s just enough here to help Darksiders 3 stand out and make for an entertaining playthrough.
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