Darksiders

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 874 Ratings

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  1. Kvasi
    Sep 9, 2013
    8
    A good puzzle, action, jump, slash game. Not the best, but good.
    Pros: Cool looking bosses, fun fighting, fun puzzles.
    Cons: Playing with a controller sometimes the aiming in fights is a bit annoying. A lot of times the camera angle is retarded. Ideally you would like to see yourself, the enemy and where you are going, most of the times you get two out of three. The story is generic as    A good puzzle, action, jump, slash game. Not the best, but good.
    Pros: Cool looking bosses, fun fighting, fun puzzles.
    Cons: Playing with a controller sometimes the aiming in fights is a bit annoying. A lot of times the camera angle is retarded. Ideally you would like to see yourself, the enemy and where you are going, most of the times you get two out of three. The story is generic as hell. Considering this game is a complete rip-off of Soul Reaver one might expect that they could produce a better story considering the Legacy of Kain series (of which Soul Reaver is a part) has the best story in gaming history.

    So to sum up, fun but not a game of the year.    … Expand
  2. speedfrizzle
    Sep 2, 2013
    8
    My overall experience with Darksiders was enjoyable. The aspects of the game that it took from previous titles such as Zelda and God of War were all well implemented. While the game may not be as good as the titles it takes mechanics from, it is a decent title that I would recommend picking up.
  3. mikhailmaldonag
    Sep 8, 2015
    8
    I grade the game with an 8 because Darksiders is a Green Color Score Game, but the real score is a 7.

    Game is a 7. I found the game very-very easy. If you use dash and stone skin you will kick-asses all the game, I lose only 1 heal bar vs The Destroyer-Abbadon in Apocalypsis (only lose the bar because I suck in "pressing bottons mini-games"). Well, I use two post-procesing forced    I grade the game with an 8 because Darksiders is a Green Color Score Game, but the real score is a 7.

    Game is a 7.

    I found the game very-very easy. If you use dash and stone skin you will kick-asses all the game, I lose only 1 heal bar vs The Destroyer-Abbadon in Apocalypsis (only lose the bar because I suck in "pressing bottons mini-games").

    Well, I use two post-procesing forced into the game: FXAA (max quality) and morphological filtering, force AA edge dected (multisample) at 8qX (that is 16x in nVidias) and Texture Ultra quality (with AMD optimacer). V-Sync at 58 frames (you know, new patch in Catalys AMD allow you to fix V-sync frames to a minimun of 55 and a maximun of 95).

    Doing this the game improve a lot. GRAPICS AND EFFECT AT MAMMOTH LVLS. Really impressive the good optimization of this game, a 2010 game support so hard-core high-end set up is impressive.

    Most of the game is not fight at all. Puzzles are stupidly easy and they only made you lose a lot of time (and fun).

    Maybe people said this game is hard because they tried to block in fights (there is a small dealy in blocks) so you have to be very, very acuarate and wait the exact moment, or just dash an hit. I calculate that for every counter I can made 4 slash. Just dash and slash :D. Very easy game. (Yeah, I have the madman trophy in the Witcher II, so this is a chesse eating game).

    Solid 7 game:
    Grapics: 7 (with forces AA improve to a 10, for 2010 standars)
    Sounds: 7
    Fun lvl: 7
    Difficult: 1
    Puzzle solve: -1000 (very boring part of the game, at least 10 hours of the game is solving puzzles)    … Expand
  4. migusnex
    Nov 19, 2015
    8
    Slasher with an open world create a perfect combination, as evidenced by the Darksiders. The game has very nice, varied fairy-tale graphics and nice soundtrack. An interesting character leveling. I think this game is one of the best slashers on the market.

    Score: 8/10 - I highly recommended it!
  5. Quacke
    Sep 3, 2014
    8
    As an old God of War fan I couldn't resist trying Darksiders. And I am far from disapointed. Game really makes you want to play it for hours. That's mainly becouse of the "Half-Lifish" idea of giving you new mechanics every next chapter, so that you don't stuck to doing the same thing on and on. As a slasher it really does grate in terms of... well... slashing. Killing enemies isAs an old God of War fan I couldn't resist trying Darksiders. And I am far from disapointed. Game really makes you want to play it for hours. That's mainly becouse of the "Half-Lifish" idea of giving you new mechanics every next chapter, so that you don't stuck to doing the same thing on and on. As a slasher it really does grate in terms of... well... slashing. Killing enemies is rewarding, and finishers feel really good, even though the secondary weapons weren't really comfortable in use, and made me use only that huge sword. But that's not the last of "it-could-have-been-done-better". Some of the ranged weapons became useless after half an hour of having them in the inventory, and War's horse felt balky. Anyways the storyline and fun Darksiders gave me make me want to go, try the sequel. I'm actually on my way to do that, and I hope it got away from it's predecessor's flaws.… Expand
  6. quickster6243
    Jun 25, 2014
    8
    I'm about 80% through the game and this game is like God of War, except I found the puzzles to be more challenging. The graphics are ok. Kinda grainy looking for today's standards. I give it somewhat of a pass on graphics since the game is old. It still is alot of fun. If you are a fan of the God of War games you will like this one. The game doesn't dish out anything original really so youI'm about 80% through the game and this game is like God of War, except I found the puzzles to be more challenging. The graphics are ok. Kinda grainy looking for today's standards. I give it somewhat of a pass on graphics since the game is old. It still is alot of fun. If you are a fan of the God of War games you will like this one. The game doesn't dish out anything original really so you might not be impressed if you have played a ton of video games on the Xbox already. I just got my Xbox about 6 months ago and I think this is one of the better games for this system if you like a challenge, but not too much of a challenge. Other than a couple of REALLY tedious challenge type battles the game is awesome. Controls are a bit off sometimes. And there seems to be a delay with jumping so if you are running towards a cliff you will end up falling off a few times until you get used to jumping a little bit sooner. If it were not for the small negative things I posted this game would have gotten a 10 and that is not counting the dated looking graphics. This game should NOT be getting a 10 as it is not the same caliber as a perfect game and whoever is giving this game a 0 and saying that it is linear is full of crap. Final Fantasy was linear. This game is like Zelda or Metroid in some ways. If you like God of War, Metroid or Zelda try this one out. Just don't have the expectation that this game is as polished as those titles. This is a good one though if you don't have a Wii or Playstation available.… Expand
  7. Tomle1202
    Jan 20, 2016
    8
    Darksiders is a game that contains many elements from many different titles, mixed together to create the ride to hell of War. It has its problems, yes, but that does not mean the game is not on a great path.
  8. headspacej
    Feb 24, 2016
    8
    I came at this one backwards, having been obsessed with Darksiders 2 and wanting to dig into the original. So it's pretty hard not to compare it to the much larger, darker and more sophisticated sequel. The combat seems rather simplistic and clunky when you're used to Death's smooth moves and complex combos. The style is sort of cartoony and over-bright, but maybe that's just compared toI came at this one backwards, having been obsessed with Darksiders 2 and wanting to dig into the original. So it's pretty hard not to compare it to the much larger, darker and more sophisticated sequel. The combat seems rather simplistic and clunky when you're used to Death's smooth moves and complex combos. The style is sort of cartoony and over-bright, but maybe that's just compared to the pervasive atmospheric gloom of D2. Loot and upgrades feel weak as well. But despite all those comparative quibbles, I'm still enjoying the game -- it's tighter and more focused than the sequel, showing the roots of the series and just being plain fun.… Expand
  9. mikehettfield
    Mar 12, 2017
    8
    This game is simply Epic, despite whatever comparison cold be made to othyer franchises, the lore, the ambientation, the gameplay, the music, the deepness of the combos, everithing is in place in this awesome post-apocalyptic Acrion-RPG, rest assured THQ have you covered with this one for all your adventure need.
  10. JustSomeGamer
    Apr 27, 2016
    8
    Really cool game! Good gameplay and quite an interesting story too. I kinda hated some of the puzzles though. Goddamn those could get annoying. If you like 3rd person hack 'n' slash games definitely check this one out!
  11. faroukthehedge
    Apr 7, 2020
    8
    Awesome game, It's like The Legend of Zelda meets God of War (with a little pinch of Portal near the end), but it does have it's share of flaws that prevent me from giving it a solid 10:

    * Travelling from one dungeon to another can feel exhausting and tedious because some fast travel points are made optional, and you don't get your horse until very late into the game, even after you do,    Awesome game, It's like The Legend of Zelda meets God of War (with a little pinch of Portal near the end), but it does have it's share of flaws that prevent me from giving it a solid 10:

    * Travelling from one dungeon to another can feel exhausting and tedious because some fast travel points are made optional, and you don't get your horse until very late into the game, even after you do, some areas don't allow you to summon it.
    * The game doesn't do anything particularly risky, new or interesting, so if you're looking for something fresh to experience this is probably not the game for you.    … Expand
  12. KoKop0
    Aug 19, 2020
    8
    this game is an amazing game but it isn't perfect by any means... its one of the best hack N slash games and kinda like dark souls at some parts... I highly recommend it if u are into hack N slash games

    Story is original and really good, Gaphics is great, Gameplay is great, Combat is fun... the amount of exploration and going back and forth through the whole world map after obtaining new    this game is an amazing game but it isn't perfect by any means... its one of the best hack N slash games and kinda like dark souls at some parts... I highly recommend it if u are into hack N slash games

    Story is original and really good, Gaphics is great, Gameplay is great, Combat is fun... the amount of exploration and going back and forth through the whole world map after obtaining new items or weapons or unlocking doors etc. to open new passage to go through or to find secrets, is my favorite part of the game... The World Map design is perfect! 9/10... there are some bad checkpoints and fast travel points... the fast travel mechanic is really cool and creative... respect to Devs team sadly there is no hint system, if you are lost in the map or confused or can't figure how to kill certain enemy or boss... you either gonna die a lot trying to figure it out on your own or just Google it because "Watcher" is useless lol... Watcher is waste feature to be honest most of the puzzles are really really cool and enjoyable... but still there are few annoying ones

    late game you gonna die A LOT!!!! from very cheap 1 hit kill... there are few enemies will strike one and half of your health bar in just one hit!!!! lol

    most bosses are very well designed and creative but there are very cheap ones late game too game lol    … Expand
  13. Raderon
    Nov 27, 2018
    8
    Darksiders III is a great game with some flaws.
    Pros: Great combat, great visual character concepts as always, a good level design scheme.
    The game does not punish you for exploring and making leaps, has several difficulty options available (don't mind many of the reviewers who complain that the game is too hard or unbalanced when they are playing on the hardest difficulty, maybe the    Darksiders III is a great game with some flaws.
    Pros: Great combat, great visual character concepts as always, a good level design scheme.
    The game does not punish you for exploring and making leaps, has several difficulty options available
    (don't mind many of the reviewers who complain that the game is too hard or unbalanced when they are playing on the hardest difficulty, maybe the game can improve on the doability of the difficulty levels but if you are signing up for the hardest level then expect the hardest gameplay where you WILL struggle).
    I combines and improves some of the Dark Soul series game features such as the ability to invest all of your souls at once, the leveling is a lot more streamlined which can be a CON I suppose as well.

    CONS:
    While the list of cons might be a bit longer it is meant as a general feedback to an extent for the devs as well as for the people who want to lay the game and what they can expect.
    The level design while great and colorful can sometimes feel the same and you can get lost in the colors and labyrinthine design.
    There is a lack of customizations in some area. Another point is that he game could have always used a lot more banter to fill in the exploration and a bit deeper lore presentation.
    Not all weapons feel that cool which is to be expected I suppose but I wish there was more variety between the weapons that you are actually going to use for balance purposes.    … Expand
  14. GameBag
    Apr 7, 2020
    8
    Awesome game, It's like The Legend of Zelda meets God of War (with a little pinch of Portal near the end), but it does have it's share of flaws that prevent me from giving it a solid 10:

    * Travelling from one dungeon to another can feel exhausting and tedious because some fast travel points are made optional, and you don't get your horse until very late into the game, even after you do,    Awesome game, It's like The Legend of Zelda meets God of War (with a little pinch of Portal near the end), but it does have it's share of flaws that prevent me from giving it a solid 10:

    * Travelling from one dungeon to another can feel exhausting and tedious because some fast travel points are made optional, and you don't get your horse until very late into the game, even after you do, some areas don't allow you to summon it.
    * The game doesn't do anything particularly risky, new or interesting, so if you're looking for something fresh to experience this is probably not the game for you.    … Expand
  15. caiomachi
    Jul 5, 2020
    8
    Pros:
    • Zelda-like
    • Balanced battles
    • Good puzzles

    Cons:
    • Confusing story
    • Few enemies types
    • Too linear
  16. Torgall
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    I liked it. The combat is great and whole setting epic. There are some issue here and there but definitely worth a play.
  17. Xankyo
    Jan 5, 2021
    8
    Oldschool hack n slash. Nice story. Good gameplay. Solid puzzles. Cool main character. What more can a player ask for?
  18. TCM_Crash
    Mar 2, 2022
    8
    ---{ Graphics }---
    ☐ You forget what reality is
    ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of    ---{ Graphics }---
    ☐ You forget what reality is
    ☐ Beautiful
    ☐ Good
    ☑ Decent
    ☐ Bad
    ☐ Don‘t look too long at it
    ☐ MS-DOS

    ---{ Gameplay }---
    ☐ Very good
    ☑ Good
    ☐ It's just gameplay
    ☐ Mehh
    ☐ Watch paint dry instead
    ☐ Just don't

    ---{ Story }---
    ☐ No Story
    ☐ Some lore
    ☐ Average
    ☑ Good
    ☐ Lovely
    ☐ It'll replace your life

    ---{ Game Time }---
    ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
    ☐ Short
    ☑ Average
    ☐ Long
    ☐ To infinity and beyond

    ---{ Price }---
    ☐ It's free!
    ☐ Worth the price
    ☑ If it's on sale
    ☐ If u have some spare money left
    ☐ Not recommended
    ☐ You could also just burn your money    … Expand
  19. The_D4RknesS
    Aug 2, 2022
    8
    GOD OF WAR computer because everything remembers him, executions, After-kill spells, Environment, combat, Quick time events, and so on.

    Biggest problem in the game and only the high difficulty of both puzzles and enemies
  20. Nekrips
    Nov 19, 2022
    8
    A dynamic, brutal slasher with pathos, cool characters, a good plot, and various puzzles.
    The main character looks as cool as possible. The main character looks as cool as possible. He also has an interesting arsenal and skills, including transforming into a giant demonic monster. All this can be upgraded over time.
    Bosses also look cool and require appropriate tactics. The plot has    A dynamic, brutal slasher with pathos, cool characters, a good plot, and various puzzles.
    The main character looks as cool as possible. The main character looks as cool as possible. He also has an interesting arsenal and skills, including transforming into a giant demonic monster. All this can be upgraded over time.
    Bosses also look cool and require appropriate tactics.
    The plot has nothing to do with the Bible and is based on the comic book of the same name. It is interesting to follow the development of history. The game's graphic is also made in comic style and looks decent.
    The game is filled with a variety of puzzles and secrets that are in each location. Sometimes it is quite not easy to pass them.
    As a result, the game turned out to be a cool and fun slasher.    … Expand
  21. fuwaneko
    Oct 11, 2010
    7
    Spectacular! Graphics, music, sound effects, design, levels, monsters, characters. Everything is made extremely well and combined tight and solid. Nice and original setting, non-repetitive gameplay, a lot of combat, simple yet fun puzzles, awesome voices and dialogs. I just can't stop playing. And there are not too many good slashers on PC. Worth every cent.
  22. gas
    Mar 23, 2011
    7
    Just bought the game for 7,75 euros, im not a fan of action games, im a pc user keyboard+mouse, never had joypad and i will never get one.
    Anyway i was attracted by the setting of this game and for this price i decided to try it.
    The game sadly is a console hard port, and this ends ofc to have no graphic options and controls developed for a joypad in mind, which is the main and prolly only    Just bought the game for 7,75 euros, im not a fan of action games, im a pc user keyboard+mouse, never had joypad and i will never get one.
    Anyway i was attracted by the setting of this game and for this price i decided to try it.
    The game sadly is a console hard port, and this ends ofc to have no graphic options and controls developed for a joypad in mind, which is the main and prolly only issue of this game for the pc release.
    All the options and menus are not pc friendly, but they are not too bad at the end.
    Controls are customizable to a point where game is enjoyable, anyway when needed to use ranged weapons aiming is a bit a pain, very imprecise compared to any fps game, but especially when you wanna select multi targets to be hit, you need to press 3 buttons to perform the action which is really far from something logical.
    At the end on some fights you are fighting your controls more then the bosses.
    Weird that it result quite hard to correctly aim with ranged weapons, which should be the easy part playing with a mouse in theory, but for some reason in this game even if changing settings the controls about it remain quite crap.
    Anyway beside the aiming issue playing with a mouse, generally the melee fights are enjoyable, fast, and you can control your toon very well.
    The graphics are bit dated, prolly it was not the best even at release, no AA etc, but i have to tell generally the palette, level design and mobs models are nice and got style and personality so its pleasing under this aspect.
    Also the cutscenes are appealing and nice to see, the audio is good, voice acting bit better then usual, music nothing impressive but generally nice (the game comes with the soundtrack stand alone as bonus content actually).
    Game is very fast peace on combat but its not a hack n' slash fest, you will spend a lot of time solving "puzzles" to go on, there are a good number of hidden "chests" etc to discover.
    Some of the puzzles are quite interesting, some are also not so easy to solve if you wanna skip the internet guides and find yourself what to do, but some other goodies are bit weird and non-sense, so about that i can tell as average the puzzle side of the game is quite good and interesting, but sometimes its a bit frustrating or just impossible to figure out if not destroying or trying to interact with every single object present in a level.
    The game is linear but the level design is good, most levels are quite big and you are free to roam into them, especially for puzzle solving you will find yourself moving a lot and backtracking is a must in this game, as many areas/rooms are not accessible without items you will find later in the game.
    This backtracking actually adds a bit of longevity and its not bad as idea as you will have portals zones in every area to choose where to go instantly, but it can be a bit tedious sometimes.
    Weapons have a level up system and can be upgraded during game, also your character will gain new combat moves and abilities / items.
    About that i can tell the game requires a bit of grinding cause to level up weapons and especially to gain "credits" to buy upgrades you will need more then once to backtrack and kill a lot of trash mobs which respawns in the old zones, this adds again some longevity but its not very fun after a bit.
    At the end im pleased with this game, its fun, combat is overall nice and most of the puzzles are involving, also i consider that ive spent actually less then 10 euros.
    Only im complaining to the controls which could have been a lot better without the need of an incredible re-work i guess.
    Ive wrote this review mostly cause i think a game like this , with a minor work on the pc release to rework controls (also graphic options but its less important) could have been really another level and its a shame to see most of the games ported in the last years to be hard ported without any upgrade, at the end pc gamers are paying the full price for a new game (at release i mean ofc), so some minor changes / customization to the menu and controls should be included in the porting.    … Expand
  23. Prosthetics
    Dec 24, 2010
    7
    Overall this game a well done Xbox 360 port. The controllers for the PC are atrocious and the game is obviously much better suited to be played on a Xbox controller for windows. Overall the story offers a linear progression, with additional goodies being added with each phase of the game, giving you the ability to backtrack to previously visited areas to see if you missed anything.Overall this game a well done Xbox 360 port. The controllers for the PC are atrocious and the game is obviously much better suited to be played on a Xbox controller for windows. Overall the story offers a linear progression, with additional goodies being added with each phase of the game, giving you the ability to backtrack to previously visited areas to see if you missed anything. While you have the ability to backtrack if you wish (with some scaled baddies to fight in the area), it just seems like a one play wonder. I personally played it through once and then moved on. Worth the asking price of $40? I personally don't think so. It is a game that is more attune to a $20 price tag.… Expand
  24. dondon
    Jan 3, 2013
    7
    This game is certainly not a strong port to the PC. You'll find the only advanced graphic options is just resolution and v-sync. Although, many claim the PC is still superior to graphics than the consoles. I've had cut-scenes skip frames but not enough to be pissed off about. I find this to be a typical hack-n-slash adventure game. There are interesting fights along with decent puzzles toThis game is certainly not a strong port to the PC. You'll find the only advanced graphic options is just resolution and v-sync. Although, many claim the PC is still superior to graphics than the consoles. I've had cut-scenes skip frames but not enough to be pissed off about. I find this to be a typical hack-n-slash adventure game. There are interesting fights along with decent puzzles to solve. I found the keyboard and mouse quite usable, also quite responsive. In this type of game, controller is your best bet if your not fluid with the keyboard and mouse.… Expand
  25. gmboy902
    Apr 5, 2011
    7
    Laughably boring main character, uninteresting plotline, and a steep learning curve for combat. That being said, the game is literally floating in a sea of blood, surrounded by leeches, being eating by bloodhounds, being massacred by torture machines from Saw movies. "Gore" or "Bloody" doesn't cut it. The combat is exciting to watch - due to the massive amounts of blood, especially - andLaughably boring main character, uninteresting plotline, and a steep learning curve for combat. That being said, the game is literally floating in a sea of blood, surrounded by leeches, being eating by bloodhounds, being massacred by torture machines from Saw movies. "Gore" or "Bloody" doesn't cut it. The combat is exciting to watch - due to the massive amounts of blood, especially - and the graphics are great, though not customizable to any extent. The boss fights are entertaining. The voice acting isn't a marvel, but it does the job without sounding crappy, fake, or poorly scripted. All in all, it isn't really worth 40 bucks, but definitely worth it if you can get it on sale, and if you have money to spare perhaps you can drop the full price for it. If you could enjoy, say, God of War, but without the storyline, characters, or great voice acting, then you could probably enjoy this game.… Expand
  26. Chapa9dj
    Jun 14, 2013
    7
    Had to watch the ending on YT. I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. I don't know, i find it too boring for my taste. Maybe the story or the characters are not really that interesting.
    However, i don't think its a bad game. In fact i think its pretty decent but not what i expected.
    Maybe i'll find Darksiders 2 more appealing.
  27. GolovA
    Jul 23, 2012
    7
    The game is descent. Perhaps it is good for a console, but it is just ok for the PC:
    basically, you run around with a sword, and kill nasties with different combo moves which basically are performed only using left mouse button. The story is cheesy - i mean, come on - Angels Fighting Demons! Man! Who's God then?.. Anyway, the graphics are good, but you are stock in a narrow point of    The game is descent. Perhaps it is good for a console, but it is just ok for the PC:
    basically, you run around with a sword, and kill nasties with different combo moves which basically are performed only using left mouse button. The story is cheesy - i mean, come on - Angels Fighting Demons! Man! Who's God then?.. Anyway, the graphics are good, but you are stock in a narrow point of view mode which you cannot change. There is no leveling up system - but your weapons do level up and increase in damage with time (depending on kills). The store (where you can buy stuff for souls) actually sucks asc - some character customization would be much more welcome (let's say a green-glowing scythe), than a combo move (you can actually kill anything without combos)!
    Overall, a 7/10 game. Killed a few hours with it. Switching to Fallout: New Vegas!!!! ):D    … Expand
  28. Blackhamer
    Sep 24, 2011
    7
    My feelings toward this game were constantly changing as I played it. At first It seemed epic action game with the only flaw being it's graphics but I got over it and I was still thinking it's an awesome game. After some time (the bat-dragon-like-thing boss) I started to get irritated. Puzzles in this game are too hard, and maps are horribily designed (they look like remaked maps from 2DMy feelings toward this game were constantly changing as I played it. At first It seemed epic action game with the only flaw being it's graphics but I got over it and I was still thinking it's an awesome game. After some time (the bat-dragon-like-thing boss) I started to get irritated. Puzzles in this game are too hard, and maps are horribily designed (they look like remaked maps from 2D platformers, most of them at least). I managed to get stuck too many times or died because of the not very responsive controls. I never finished this game, but I think it's worth it if you can get over the map design, the irritating puzzles and the average controls. The audio was nothing special. The story seemed a bit stupid, but I liked it after all. I recommend it if you want some fast impressive action on your screen and you have nothing better than 7/10 . Ty for reading it's my first review.… Expand
  29. keefbaker
    Oct 27, 2013
    7
    It's not a bad game at all, it just feels as though it tries to appear as though it's more than it is: A basic hack and slash game with a few upgrades. If that's what you want then you can do a lot worse, if you want a 3rd person melee game that does more try Batman Arkham City/Island.
  30. dumle
    Sep 30, 2012
    7
    I had a good time with Darksiders. The game has a good mix of fighting and exploring and the game is as varied as you can expect from the genre. All the different components of the game works really well together. I wouldn't say that any single component is anything out of the ordinary but they all feel really competent and together they make a good game. The game does have some problemsI had a good time with Darksiders. The game has a good mix of fighting and exploring and the game is as varied as you can expect from the genre. All the different components of the game works really well together. I wouldn't say that any single component is anything out of the ordinary but they all feel really competent and together they make a good game. The game does have some problems though. The graphical options are quite limited and the controls feels like they are made primary for a controller and not a keyboard. They game is still a competent action/adventure game though and i would recommend it for people interested in the genre.… Expand
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#23 Best PC Game of 2010
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#22 Most Discussed PC Game of 2010
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#22 Most Shared PC Game of 2010

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 13, 2011
    80
    PC answer to God of War is not without flaws but the lack of competition on the PC platform makes Darksiders an unconditional winner. Be warned - No fun without a joypad! Forget about playing Darksiders with a keyboard and mouse only. [Issue#197]
  2. PC Format
    Dec 25, 2010
    80
    Not the most innovative of games, but give Darksiders a go and you'll most likely be pleasantly surprised. [Issue#246, p.106]
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Oct 25, 2010
    83
    Sure, you've seen it all somewhere before, but Darksiders manages to tie together just about every adventure-game idiom and make it all work.
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