Darksiders III

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  1. Steyraus
    May 11, 2020
    4
    Why did they ever stray away from the Zelda/GOW formula of the first game.. DS3 should be running at 60 fps for a start, but its budget and feels it.
  2. p1menta
    Oct 7, 2019
    4
    ok, this is a review of someone who didnt finished the game.
    another point i must make: i didnt know the series so there is no emotion involved either.
    I almost never review a game before finishing it. if I start a game, I1ll probably go till the end., but i just couldnt finish this one. almost every point of it was terrible for me. first of all, this is a PS4 game with late ps2    ok, this is a review of someone who didnt finished the game.
    another point i must make: i didnt know the series so there is no emotion involved either.

    I almost never review a game before finishing it. if I start a game, I1ll probably go till the end., but i just couldnt finish this one.

    almost every point of it was terrible for me.
    first of all, this is a PS4 game with late ps2 graphics, really, this is ugly AF.and the camera is so awfull that makes it even uglier. not to mention how hard it is to lock on a target and still dodge everyone else.
    i didnt finish but i've killed like 3 or 4 Sins, so i think i went pretty far, actually, but there was mot one thing i've found creative nor interesting or charismatic. for me it just seemed like the most stupid and the most generic "bloodborne meets god of war" i will ever see.    … Expand
  3. Matttwidale
    Dec 6, 2018
    4
    Completely changed the genre from Darksiders 1&2. Where they were hack n slash puzzley dungeon RPG's this game has completely ripped off the dark souls mechanics. And unfortunately due to input lag, poor hit boxes and a very slow healing animation what should be a tough fight becomes near impossible. I'm playing on Balanced (normal) and it is anything but.

    Maybe they will patch the poor    Completely changed the genre from Darksiders 1&2. Where they were hack n slash puzzley dungeon RPG's this game has completely ripped off the dark souls mechanics. And unfortunately due to input lag, poor hit boxes and a very slow healing animation what should be a tough fight becomes near impossible. I'm playing on Balanced (normal) and it is anything but.

    Maybe they will patch the poor control lag but who asked for a genre change? When over the many years since DS2 were fans saying make Darksiders more souls like?

    For me i just dont like the repetition of having to wade through hordes of mobs every time you restart from a checkpoint. It's boring, time consuming and slows down the story progression. I'll bump it down to easy mode and try and burn through it but then it's getting traded.

    Update: Having finished the game i very much enjoyed Fury's journey and story. I even prefer it over Death's but it doesn't bare replaying given the frustration of everything in between the juicy story points.    … Expand
  4. Coyote796
    Dec 2, 2018
    4
    This game is no where near a 10/10 let alone being even above 5/10. If you can get past the sometimes game breaking bugs such as, but not limited to, invisible enemies, enemies surviving frequently on 0 HP and even the game out right breaking your audio forcing you to turn the game off completely, you still have to deal with a slew of minor glitches.
    Textures not loading fast enough,    This game is no where near a 10/10 let alone being even above 5/10. If you can get past the sometimes game breaking bugs such as, but not limited to, invisible enemies, enemies surviving frequently on 0 HP and even the game out right breaking your audio forcing you to turn the game off completely, you still have to deal with a slew of minor glitches.
    Textures not loading fast enough, hitboxes being out of place, "cutscenes" being ruined by texture pop ins or even whole character models shifting and many more issues, that should honestly not be in any game on release.
    The combat in this game is equally as terrible, it neither resembles Darksouls or Darksiders of the past and feels like a cheap Chinese copyright knockoff of the two. The game tries for the "close combat" approach of Darksouls but falls incredibly on its face when every move forces you to shift in any given direction and enemies fly around you like ninjas, leading you to switch to Darksiders of old and try and just kill the thing before it kills you.
    I am writing this review before finishing the game but I am giving it leniency points just for the story. Yes it is not exactly J.R.R Tolkein quality but I find it satisfactory for a Darksiders game.

    As a side note I am glad people are finding this game enjoyable, but giving it a needless 10/10 is completely irresponsible. The game is a shambles and the developers should see the score it deserves, not the score it has been bumped up to.    … Expand
  5. Vango
    Dec 2, 2018
    4
    Having played the first 2 Darksiders, the 3rd one is a step back in every aspect. Let me talk about the Pro's first:

    - Nice Level design and fluid interconnected semi-open-world (especially liked the underwater aspect) - Some might have this as a bad point but i like the animation style and even tho some textures look clunky it looks nice overall - Nothing really negative to say about    Having played the first 2 Darksiders, the 3rd one is a step back in every aspect. Let me talk about the Pro's first:

    - Nice Level design and fluid interconnected semi-open-world (especially liked the underwater aspect)
    - Some might have this as a bad point but i like the animation style and even tho some textures look clunky it looks nice overall
    - Nothing really negative to say about the Story itself

    Sadly thats about it. Coming to the Con's:

    - Downgrade in variety of skills (No skill tree or actual Magic abilities)
    - The removal of loot which ultimately brings stale gameplay
    - Story progressive based weapons
    - The different secondary weapons give no real advantage over each other
    - Low damage numbers make you feel weak
    - Upgrading your weapons has no point since the damage increase is so low you can barely feel a difference (Whip Lv.9/Thunder Staff Lv.10)
    - Chaos form is extremely weak, its weaker then your regular hits but at least you dont lose HP while using it
    - No quick save
    - The hitboxes on a good part of moves and monsters are terrible
    - Even tho i dont mind the harder difficulty overall, i feels badly adjusted and basically ignores its casual player base since easy isnt really "easy"
    - The Puzzle aspect of the previous games was dumbed down to "swing over hole" and "fire jump"
    - Double jump is bugged and barely adds height to a regular single jump so i found myself constantly in fire form for optimal movement
    - Multiple crashes in just 28h of playtime
    - Dodge delay if you try to dodge back to back
    - To my knowledge there is no armor set available except the 2 i got. The standard grey and Gold one. They dont provide any stats whatsoever.
    - Leveling up Fury doesnt have an impact on the gameplay so you feel absolute no difference. ( i got to lv. 58 on my first Walkthrough, Lv.14 HP/Lv.22 Dmg/Lv.22 Magic)
    - There is seemingly no reason to collect souls other then Leveling up Fury which like i said doesnt denefit you in the slightest
    - Unbelievably cringy and edgy character script of Fury

    I play on PC with controller and i have a mostly stable framerate and overall great performance. I see a lot of people complain about performance but i had a rather positive experience even tho sometimes the game freezes for about 2 seconds but continues to run smoothly again afterwards.

    Overall i would not recommend this game. It has no variety in gameplay. It offers no satisfaction when upgrading or leveling up your weapons and character. Customization is non existent. Its a shell of a game with huge potential.
    If you want to have a fun time hackin' and slashin' I do not recommend this game!    … Expand
  6. Epic-jakeyo
    Dec 17, 2019
    4
    I really wanted to like this game, but couldn't find the motivation to finish it. Unacceptable performance drops, input lag, frustrating enemies with sloppy dodge mechanics made this an unnecessary respawn fest where unregistered inputs made deaths feel unfair. God of war destroys this game in every aspect.
  7. emigoyaf
    Sep 8, 2019
    4
    Very bad game. Many errors on textures. Very poor narrative and the gameplay bored.
  8. t2daino
    Oct 18, 2020
    4
    This game is literal garbage. They got rid of the mini map because they “wanted the player to get lost and not focus on side quests”, they made the dodging mechanic work only 25% of the time, the whip is a trash weapon and doesn’t hit enemies if they aren’t directly in front of you, every time I use the whip to swing from a bar or branch I’m always afraid that it isn’t going to grab aholdThis game is literal garbage. They got rid of the mini map because they “wanted the player to get lost and not focus on side quests”, they made the dodging mechanic work only 25% of the time, the whip is a trash weapon and doesn’t hit enemies if they aren’t directly in front of you, every time I use the whip to swing from a bar or branch I’m always afraid that it isn’t going to grab ahold because there is no indication of it going to, there is no auto collect for the shards that the enemies drop, the character isn’t likable and the list goes on and on. Why would you take a proven formula and strip it completely? Don’t waste your time on this heaping pile of trash. If you want to play a great Darksiders game, play the first one. It’s the only good one.… Expand
  9. Agussanchex
    Jan 31, 2020
    4
    La jugabilidad es penosa, los controles fallan cada dos por tres, el sistema de combate le falta mucho por pulir. Cargas momentáneas que cortan el ritmo del juego constantemente ya que lo frizan por 2 segundos. La verdad es el peor darksiders de todos por mucho
  10. AlbYSaN
    Jun 30, 2021
    4
    Boring, it looks like a game of a generation ago, some things that could been added are missing and the story is missing of something.
  11. Godudu
    Aug 16, 2022
    4
    Darksiders franchise suffers hardly from an identity crisis. It really dont know what it wants to be. Now it wants to copy souls like success, without knowing what made it successful in the first place. There is not much freedom of criativity in the combat or in customization, there are no builds in this. The game is super linear. Fury is super annoying. But there are some good things, itDarksiders franchise suffers hardly from an identity crisis. It really dont know what it wants to be. Now it wants to copy souls like success, without knowing what made it successful in the first place. There is not much freedom of criativity in the combat or in customization, there are no builds in this. The game is super linear. Fury is super annoying. But there are some good things, it has good boss design, areas and enemies are actually creative. Overall, its clear that the reason for this is the low budget the game received. And unfortunately the game didnt sold well, now the hope for an ending for the franchis dont looks like its coming soon… Expand
  12. OutlawTX
    Apr 11, 2021
    3
    I really liked Darksiders 1 and 2 but this stinks. It’s an incredibly failed attempt merging Dark Souls with Darksiders. The fact that I have platinum trophies in every soulslike game and don’t want to play any more of this exemplifies the stink. The concept of having to reclaim souls just doesn’t work when there’s no risk/reward factor, combat isn’t fluid and the dodge mechanic that’sI really liked Darksiders 1 and 2 but this stinks. It’s an incredibly failed attempt merging Dark Souls with Darksiders. The fact that I have platinum trophies in every soulslike game and don’t want to play any more of this exemplifies the stink. The concept of having to reclaim souls just doesn’t work when there’s no risk/reward factor, combat isn’t fluid and the dodge mechanic that’s integral to playing doesn’t always work. I’ve even gone back to collect my souls and they’re simply not there. The combat and camera are complete garbage to the point that I just don’t care about playing it anymore. Booooo!… Expand
  13. Vellinaria
    Oct 15, 2021
    3
    Broken piece of crap. Frame rate all over the place. Horrible combat. Dark souls wannabe but horrible execution
  14. Zisis151
    Nov 27, 2018
    3
    As much as I love Darksiders and want to support it, I must say that this game is a colossal disaster.. I wasn't expecting something mind blowing since I knew it was on a smaller budget, but some things like cut content, false marketing and huge technical issues are inexcusable.

    First off, let me warn you about the scummy marketing THQ did with the trailer showing Fury and her horse...    As much as I love Darksiders and want to support it, I must say that this game is a colossal disaster.. I wasn't expecting something mind blowing since I knew it was on a smaller budget, but some things like cut content, false marketing and huge technical issues are inexcusable.

    First off, let me warn you about the scummy marketing THQ did with the trailer showing Fury and her horse... You NEVER get to ride the horse. Also, for those who were expecting the abyssal armor (which was in both previous games) it's gone and they're selling it as DLC in the future.
    Moving on to it's technical department. Tons of frame drops and screen freezes because the game doesn't load the enviroment properly, as well as a game breaking bug where it randomly crashes loosing your WHOLE progress. Yes, you loose everything you did up to that moment.
    Also, I can't possibly understand how a game with such tight spaces and mediocre graphics barely runs at 30fps.. God of War and Nier: Automata had better graphics and 5x times the world in size, yet they both had an uncapped option for PS4 Pro that could raise the framerate to 45-60fps. So what the **** is wrong with this one?
    Lastly, I'll mention a couple of things about the gameplay. The fact that yet another game decides to rip off Dark Souls without having a clue on what makes the series good is already irritating.. But what's more irritating is how broken the dodging mechanic is. DO NOT dodge to the sides my friends, there are no invincibility frames unless you do a perfect dodge.
    Gore and finishers are also removed in case you haven't noticed.

    I believe Darksiders is a franchise with potential and that's why it kills me watching it getting screwed with entries like this. Darksiders 2 suffered from huge technical issues, same with this one. The lore is great, the artstyle is different and unique. It's a promising franchise, it just needs more attention or a new development team.    … Expand
  15. tfonias74
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    The opposite of Fun.. Loved the previous ones and there are glimpses here in some boss battles and cut scenes but the overall mechanics and combat decisions make this game extremely hard to like.
    And the loading screens, f@ck the constant loading screens! 3 minutes loading screens to fight for 4 seconds where you get one-shot by anything (that can block 100% your attacks while you are not    The opposite of Fun.. Loved the previous ones and there are glimpses here in some boss battles and cut scenes but the overall mechanics and combat decisions make this game extremely hard to like.
    And the loading screens, f@ck the constant loading screens! 3 minutes loading screens to fight for 4 seconds where you get one-shot by anything (that can block 100% your attacks while you are not allowed to block anything).    … Expand
  16. Alarosh
    Sep 7, 2019
    3
    As much as I love Darksiders and want to support it, I must say that this game is a colossal disaster.. I wasn't expecting something mind blowing since I knew it was on a smaller budget, but some things like cut content, false marketing and huge technical issues are inexcusable.
  17. CreamyGuy
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    So this is a personal one...
    I recently played the first two games and they kind of reignited my love for gaming, which has been lost for a while. And then I started this. First thing I notice is a solid framerate of 15-25 fps at most. In no way do the graphics or gameworld justify this one bit. Don't get me wrong, it looks good and all, but there are games, that look better and don't have    So this is a personal one...
    I recently played the first two games and they kind of reignited my love for gaming, which has been lost for a while. And then I started this. First thing I notice is a solid framerate of 15-25 fps at most. In no way do the graphics or gameworld justify this one bit. Don't get me wrong, it looks good and all, but there are games, that look better and don't have these issues. With the stuttering follows the frustration. Dodging is wonky as hell and you lose orientation pretty easy. The concept of finding the seven deadly sins is a cool idea, but not executed in the most engaging way. And when you reach the sins themselves YOU WILL RAGE because of the afformentioned issues. There are attackes, which you either have to be very lucky to dodge (positionwise) or are damn near impossible to predict and thus to dodge. Darksiders 3 has a few cool aspects to its gameplay and the dialogue is kind of funny, at least between Fury and the Watcher, but other characters are dismissable and forgetable. Next thing is the map. Why do we not get to see the worldmap or partial maps? This complicates traversing and backtracking in a way, that I don't want to do it. The first games had one and they are 8 and 6 years older. Another feature completely gone is quicksaving. The only times the game sets a checkpoint is when you find a Vulgrim location, manual saving is completely gone. This makes many parts of the game exremely frustrating, when you die and you have to do 15-20 mins of gameplay all over again. Another thing, which bugs me is consumeables being gone after dying. I buy shards from Vulgrim before I fight a boss, I use a shard, I die and the shard is gone and I can't buy another one, because all my souls are gone. I really want to like it, but the amount of missing features, framedrops and frustrating moments make it very hard for me to do so. Very sad and disappointing.    … Expand
  18. Blackshine
    Nov 17, 2022
    3
    Камно,какашка,писюн неасосаный шо ищо сказат такое себе гавно и жопа небритайа
  19. Tempster
    Nov 28, 2018
    2
    The balancing act between Dark Souls and Zelda went horribly wrong. There's nothing wrong with a harder game/encounters, but not when the developer uses bad mechanics of both genres and mixes them up. A proper tutorial for newcomers would have been nice, there's pretty much nothing of it outside of press this button to jump and that one to attack. I don't mind harder boss encounters, butThe balancing act between Dark Souls and Zelda went horribly wrong. There's nothing wrong with a harder game/encounters, but not when the developer uses bad mechanics of both genres and mixes them up. A proper tutorial for newcomers would have been nice, there's pretty much nothing of it outside of press this button to jump and that one to attack. I don't mind harder boss encounters, but holy crap are the reset points bad, like do the entire level before the boss again. Also, if you die during an encounter there isn't a possibility to regain your XP because you have to kill every enemy before the boss again which creates a slog. When you try to be a soulslike, you actually have to understand why it's fun learning an encounter and so on. The last steps and stage right before a boss are also important. Something like that is an absolute fun killer, it doesn't even matter if the game actually tries to be a soulslike or a Darksiders or whatever. Gunfire Games/THQ Nordic failed hard in that department.

    Also the game is advertised as open world, though 90% of this "open" world are narrow hallways with bad camera to top it off. Also, the performance is really bad at times, sometimes even the game itself froze and I encountered one hard crash of the console while playing. The fps are capped, but I don't understand why. There are games with better graphics that aren't capped at 30 fps. I think the developer was just lazy here.

    In the end, they done ****ed it up. How about trying to be a Darksiders game for once, and not dipping into every related genre of action adventure?    … Expand
  20. vovaklesov
    Apr 29, 2020
    2
    Permanent FPS dropping in cartoon graphic experience, loading of locations during gameplay time (annoying).
    Visible large drop of resolution throughout fighting (shame). Game hasn't 60 FPS when handsome Infamous: Second son has for example. By the way game is bored imho.
  21. Section95
    Dec 1, 2018
    2
    This is far the worst Darksiders game in the series. This game is nothing like the previous 2. It's just a bad game at every aspects. As much as I want to love this, I am unable. It can't be compared the the "original" games. When THQ got bankrupted, Nordic and Gunfire Games was the worst option possible to make a sequel. I was expecting some quality over the game, some good dungeons, goodThis is far the worst Darksiders game in the series. This game is nothing like the previous 2. It's just a bad game at every aspects. As much as I want to love this, I am unable. It can't be compared the the "original" games. When THQ got bankrupted, Nordic and Gunfire Games was the worst option possible to make a sequel. I was expecting some quality over the game, some good dungeons, good fights, good puzzles, platforming blablabla.. what the previous 2 games has offered. The combat flow feels wierd, if you get close to a group of enemies, it is possible to die no matter where you are, you will be spawned to the last Vulgrim place you've visited. And of course, you'll lose all of your collected souls, you have to fight again - if you want but you can just rush straight ahead -and you can collect your lost souls. The only good thing about this game is the voice acting at certain known characters. I am not reccomending the game, not even at sales. The mixed critics are truly right. This isn't the Darksiders game we loved. RIP DS franchise.… Expand
  22. gothic33
    Sep 7, 2019
    2
    такое дерьмо еще поискать надо..............................................
  23. paulinhobr
    Sep 18, 2019
    2
    Overall it's a bad game. The game crashes a lot, the gameplay is heavy due to the lags. My game has hung up alone 3 times. The graphics are simple, and the soundtrack is bad and unorganized. The only interesting thing about the game is the characters. I really liked the Fury.
  24. Odezza
    Nov 27, 2018
    1
    Darksiders 1 and 2 were a mix between Zelda and DMC. This time around the game tries to go it's own way and suffers for it. My biggest gripe is that there is no more dungeons in the game, that's right! The best thing about the old games are gone. Now the game is only a long hallway with some monsters in the way.
  25. Halfnail
    Sep 25, 2019
    1
    Bad game design at its finest form... Horrible placement of buttons and platforming is pure absolute trash combined with horrible jumping mechanics.
  26. Thaksin
    Mar 4, 2020
    1
    Ждал эпических приключений с всадниками, пере прошел с большим удовольствием 1 и 2 часть в преддверии 3-ей, в итоге получил не эпика, ни интереса и сплошное souls разочарование.

    Странная мысль, что игра должна быть сложной, чтобы понравится. Рад что DMC5 не пошли по этому пути, как Darksiders 3.    Ждал эпических приключений с всадниками, пере прошел с большим удовольствием 1 и 2 часть в преддверии 3-ей, в итоге получил не эпика, ни интереса и сплошное souls разочарование.

    Странная мысль, что игра должна быть сложной, чтобы понравится.
    Рад что DMC5 не пошли по этому пути, как Darksiders 3.
  27. Aquelfoly
    Feb 18, 2020
    1
    Only 67% finish the first boss and 22% the second one. There is no mistake this game is ****
  28. norse
    Jan 28, 2019
    0
    What an incredible disappointment. I absolutely loved and adored I and II, and I have replayed them across multiple consoles. This game completely ruined the franchise for me.

    The graphics are bad. They are a step down from DII, with visible jaggies and polygons. The text rendering alone is reminding me of my Commodore 64 years. The gameplay has been made hard and unforgiving, to the    What an incredible disappointment. I absolutely loved and adored I and II, and I have replayed them across multiple consoles. This game completely ruined the franchise for me.

    The graphics are bad. They are a step down from DII, with visible jaggies and polygons. The text rendering alone is reminding me of my Commodore 64 years.

    The gameplay has been made hard and unforgiving, to the point where I spent three hours just trying to get through the first ten minutes of gameplay on the easiest mode. No dice.

    I have no idea what the people in charge of this project where thinking, but they managed to ruin what to me was one of the most promising franchises of console gaming.    … Expand
  29. ChosenOne
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    on my ps4 pro this game lags constantly. It feels like somewhere betveen 15 - 30 fps all the time. For me it's unplayable. Sadly going to refund it.
  30. EarsoftheBird
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    Was really looking forward to this game, I am a huge fan of the series. I unfortunately at this point have to recommend everyone avoid. It's not fun at all like the other games. The fighting is frustrating and unforgivingly annoying. The graphics are also really poor and grainy. Extremely disappointed. Oh well back to Red Dead 2.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 59
  3. Negative: 11 out of 59
  1. GameCritics
    May 20, 2019
    85
    I’d much rather have a meaty and engaging adventure that’s happy to embrace its videogame origins over a lavishly budgeted and beautiful ‘experience’ littered with dull introspective and endless navel gazing. Darksiders III gleefully provides the former while completely shunning the latter, and I’m all for it.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    Jan 4, 2019
    40
    If the idea was to get you into Fury's angry mindset, then job done - though in truth you more often feel like one of her lesser-known cousins, Boredom or Irritation. [Issue#328, p.112]
  3. RPG Fan
    Jan 2, 2019
    59
    An uninspired sequel that feels like it was rushed out the door.
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