Darksiders III

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 586 Ratings

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  1. Saeedscorpion
    Feb 28, 2019
    9
    As a Darksiders’s Fan , i enjoyed every moment of DS3 .. i highly recommend it to everyone that love hack and slash games ...cant wait for Darksiders 4 ...
  2. Gohax
    Feb 8, 2019
    7
    darksiders 3 wow after 6 years they finally released another game will this game be good like the first one or is it meh like the second one let me explain everything in my review
    this game is a hard core dark souls like hack and slash game that tells the story about the four horsemen of the apocalypse this game takes place in the middle of the first one when war was taken prisoner by the    darksiders 3 wow after 6 years they finally released another game will this game be good like the first one or is it meh like the second one let me explain everything in my review
    this game is a hard core dark souls like hack and slash game that tells the story about the four horsemen of the apocalypse this game takes place in the middle of the first one when war was taken prisoner by the charred council and it happens in the middle of the second one where death goes on a quest to prove his brothers innocence now ill get straight to the pros and cons

    pros:

    -game is awesome combat is satisfying and you finally start with a horseman who is not depowered or wounded

    -the fact that there is no map just a compass and that's it just explore makes the game all the more thrilling

    -finally you don't need to get other peoples weapons and tools and the only new weapons you get is basically this elemental ones called hollows there is fire ice electricity and force and each one has its own weapon with combos

    -fury is easily the best horsemen because of her commentary over things sometimes even breaking the forth wall just makes you laugh and get connected to the character

    - the environment is just beautiful and the enemies feel like they are just wondering their own business and not awaiting your attack same goes for the bosses you can actually see them chilling over some place and you needing to get there

    - this game punishes you for being greedy with your attacks this game is really hardcore about the combat and you need to dodge and learn your enemies attacks before you attack yourself kinda like dark souls

    -the currency in this game is very similar to dark souls and some other stuff you can see where they got the ideas from for example there is a shard called undying shard which is basically like Tears of Denial where when your health drops to a zero you get some health back and a second chance

    -there are some jaw dropping moments that even made my jaw hit the ground

    cons:

    - the story escalated to quick barely giving you a chance to get really into the story

    -the parkour and the jumping stuff got a huge downgrade compared to the second game

    - the amount of bug and glitches and rendering issues is to much sometimes making me quit the game and take a break from that it needs to get fixed fast

    -story is just to short and shallow

    - bosses aren't that interesting or challenging plus no additional side bosses or side missions

    -the lack of horse riding although you are a HORSEMAN but yea what ever

    -no replay value what so ever and no new gameplus

    - valgrim is a pain and for some reason they made it harder to buy health shards by upping the price of anything you buy everytime by a small amount but at some point its just to much

    in conclusion this game is really good and i had a blast playing it it does have some bad moments but i gotta give some slack to thq nordic because this game was really low budgeted unlike the other triple a games in the market right now i wish they will learn of their mistakes and the next game they make will be a 10 but for now i give darksiders 3 a 7.5 out of 10    … Expand
  3. 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
  4. SileSixEcho
    Jan 28, 2019
    8
    Darksiders 3 sometimes feels like a little bit of a letdown compared to previous entries. However, it also gets lots right. Aside from some balancing issues and old-fashioned graphics, it's really a blast to play. Overall pretty happy with it.
  5. LordVeyrac
    Jan 13, 2019
    10
    Very entertaining game! Best in the series. I really hope for a continuation of this excellent game series.
  6. VasuBangera
    Jan 8, 2019
    6
    Well they added souls design with experience dropping on death, enemies spawning back and spawn at certain location rather than checkpoints. you also have to use health potions which refills from killing enemies there are other health items + damage/defence boost.
    The combat is not easy its tough, like you will get hit from enemies a lot unless you dodge and counter. There are 4 types of    Well they added souls design with experience dropping on death, enemies spawning back and spawn at certain location rather than checkpoints. you also have to use health potions which refills from killing enemies there are other health items + damage/defence boost.
    The combat is not easy its tough, like you will get hit from enemies a lot unless you dodge and counter. There are 4 types of weapons (no gun this time :wallbash:) Weapons can be equipped with enhancements. weapons can be upgraded too which requires certain items just like dark souls.
    There are 3 attributes which can be leveled up to increase health, damage and magic damage.
    Boss fights are good, missing huge bosses.
    There are very less puzzles when compared to previous Darksiders. Its linear open world, can collect everything post game completion.
    With new patch they have improved many things, like instant health item usage, more checkpoints and classic combat style.    … Expand
  7. SWERY_51
    Dec 29, 2018
    0
    Easily the WORST game i've played in ten years. It is wrong on so many levels.

    It's supposed to be hard, but it is actually unplayable. Freezes in a middle of a fight, camera that stays stuck in some random walls, dodge mechanics that works once in a while (and in apocalyptic difficulty, you dies in 2 hits, i let you imagine), graphics that are looking dated (Darksiders 2 remastered is    Easily the WORST game i've played in ten years. It is wrong on so many levels.

    It's supposed to be hard, but it is actually unplayable. Freezes in a middle of a fight, camera that stays stuck in some random walls, dodge mechanics that works once in a while (and in apocalyptic difficulty, you dies in 2 hits, i let you imagine), graphics that are looking dated (Darksiders 2 remastered is looking better)... It is not even close of an Alpha build.

    Don't waste your time and money on this. You're welcome.    … Expand
  8. soczi84
    Dec 20, 2018
    8
    I am a fan of the series. I straight up admit it. I loved both previous games. They are the kind of games that you can describe as “best 7/10 this year”. Darksiders 3 is just that to me. Yeah, the game is buggy on PS4. Small graphical glitches, loading textures, sometimes stuttering audio. It crashed on me once. It’s missing that polish that previous games had. It’s nothing game breakingI am a fan of the series. I straight up admit it. I loved both previous games. They are the kind of games that you can describe as “best 7/10 this year”. Darksiders 3 is just that to me. Yeah, the game is buggy on PS4. Small graphical glitches, loading textures, sometimes stuttering audio. It crashed on me once. It’s missing that polish that previous games had. It’s nothing game breaking and I usually do not notice the problems, but I am guessing others might. The plot is as usually convoluted and with almost no info is provided how it fits the timeline of the series. But I still like the apocalypse theme, I love the cartoonish touch, I like the combat and the Dead Souls-lite formula. It’s a little tacked on, but at least they are trying to highlight that each Horseman is different. I am simply having fun playing this. The maps are a bit bland but their design is very, very good. It’s a Castelvania style game done good. I really recommend this game to series fans. It’s a must play. For new to the series - probably you should start with Darksiders 1 to appreciate it. Buy this game and support it. We need to see the final act 4.… Expand
  9. CEHbKA
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    Ужасная игра. Я как фанат серии разочарован, что разработчики не продолжили развивать серию, а тупо сплагиатили все что только можно, пытаясь угодить всем кроме своих фанатов. Лучше бы они не выпускали продолжение.
  10. Qumi
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    Great story, great combat. The game can be very demanding, but fun as well. There's a lot of tiny mechanics that add up to a a complex experience.
  11. sin379
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    I had enjoyed the game since the begin to the end.. it's hard, but it's fun.. the story is good enough to keep me want to see the end.. a solid 8/10 but I have to give it a 10/10 to "BALANCE" those unfair 0/10 scores.. lol
  12. Onask
    Dec 6, 2018
    6
    Para empezar, decir que he terminado el juego de salida y adquirido la Apocalypse Edition (400$), por lo que intentaré que la reseña sea lo más objetiva posible.

    Nos encontramos ante la peor entrega hasta la fecha de la saga, pero eso no indica que sea un mal juego. De hecho, no lo es, pero tiene serios problemas técnicos (al menos en mi PS4 Slim) que emborronan toda la experiencia.    Para empezar, decir que he terminado el juego de salida y adquirido la Apocalypse Edition (400$), por lo que intentaré que la reseña sea lo más objetiva posible.

    Nos encontramos ante la peor entrega hasta la fecha de la saga, pero eso no indica que sea un mal juego. De hecho, no lo es, pero tiene serios problemas técnicos (al menos en mi PS4 Slim) que emborronan toda la experiencia. Algunos de estos problemas son inexplicables y obvios a la vez: inexplicables como las pantallas de carga que duran 20s mínimo, con cargas cada 20 metros dentro de cualquier nivel, cuando hay juegos en el mercado (como Read Dead Redemption 2) que ni se despeinan cargando juegos con unos escenarios decenas de veces más amplios y gráficos mucho más punteros; explicable por el intuyo poco presupuesto que habrán dedicado a esta tercera entrega (bastante inferior a 50 millones por lo que la empresa publicó). También hay serios problemas de frame-rate y sincronización labial, así como textos sin traducir y subtítulos comunmente desincronizados.

    Ahora bien, quitando todo lo negativo, tenemos lo "positivo": Encontramos unas mecánicas jugables muy cambiadas que tiran más hacia un Souls (donde se premia el esquivar y aprender patrones), lo cual no agradará a todos. Los combos están bien, así como los poderes y objetos a nuestra disposición. He de recalcar que yo aborrezco los juegos de tipo Souls, como Dark Souls, Lords of the Fallen o The Surge, pero he de reconocer que Darksiders III me ha parecido mucho más entretenido y menos tedioso que estos.

    La historia pues meh, nada del otro mundo. No recuerdo bien la de los anteriores, pero veo que no termina de cuajar. Por otro lado, el diseño artísitco es brutal, como ya nos tienen acostumbrados en la saga. Los diseños de personajes, armaduras y enemigos, así como de escenarios y props son brutales y desprenden carisma e iconografía.

    En definitiva, Darksiders III no está para nada a la altura de sus predecesores, pero es divertido de jugar y a pesar de todas sus fallas técnicas se puede disfrutar (supongo que en PC tendrá un muy superior rendimiento a la versión de PS4).

    Si no te importa tragarte un par de tirones bastante a menudo, pantallas de carga desesperantes y te gustan los juegos de corte Souls, adelante, juégalo.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. KingK_48
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    What is wrong with you guys? DSIII is a great game and I enjoy it a lot as a fan of the series. It had issues, allright. Issues were patched a few days later, so what? This game does not deserve your bad ratings. Stop being toxic. Same goes for the press reviews. Shame on you!
  15. RpgLover1
    Dec 5, 2018
    7
    Fury, a horseman of the apocalypse has no horse HUH!?

    Game has massive run backs that make you feel like you are on playing hardcore with only one life. No iframes in the dodge so why even bother with a counter mechanic when you just die whenever you use it. It's no DS1 or 2, but it's still enjoyable for the most part. Make a direct sequel to the first and make it 4 player coop    Fury, a horseman of the apocalypse has no horse HUH!?

    Game has massive run backs that make you feel like you are on playing hardcore with only one life.

    No iframes in the dodge so why even bother with a counter mechanic when you just die whenever you use it.

    It's no DS1 or 2, but it's still enjoyable for the most part.

    Make a direct sequel to the first and make it 4 player coop already.    … Expand
  16. mozolog
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    Very much enjoying this game right now. The map exploration is excellent and I like the combat. Recommend people play on normal as the the difficulty is higher than typical games of this type.
  17. FeiXin
    Dec 4, 2018
    9
    The game is pretty good based on the budget it had. The critics who say its not good , maybe has some other agenda. People try this game once, its a good game in the series. It finishes on the positive note that we might see the forth horsemen. Support a smaller studio once and play it yourself and make your opinion then its way better than most of the AAA bugged mess we see these days.
  18. joreo51
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    This game is amazingly good as I remember the other 2 entries. Even more so after the first patch release. I love the story and plain and simple, the joy it brings me while playing.

    I am not just a fan I really loved it.
  19. pmeleshkov
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    Блять, чуваки, ставящие еденицы: пройдите первого босса и дальше игра раскроется с лучших своих сторон. Не без недостатков, но достойное продолжение серии, THQ Nordic гигантский респект (за все).
  20. Aytheor
    Dec 2, 2018
    7
    I have not completed that full game as of yet, but this is my impression of it so far. My impression is also based on playing on a 1st Gen PS4.

    I have been a Darksiders fan since the first game, and I was impressed by the aesthetics of the characters and the environment of the first two games. I also found it quite interesting mixing the puzzle solve of TLOZ series and the combat of    I have not completed that full game as of yet, but this is my impression of it so far. My impression is also based on playing on a 1st Gen PS4.

    I have been a Darksiders fan since the first game, and I was impressed by the aesthetics of the characters and the environment of the first two games. I also found it quite interesting mixing the puzzle solve of TLOZ series and the combat of games like good of war or devil may cry.

    I can say that the third installment of the series is an interesting change of direction. Making the beautiful world they have created, into a giant puzzle to figure out "where to go" or " what actions to take in this stage", and changing the combat style from hack 'n' slash to a dark souls like combat style. It is obvious to see that Darksiders 3 is a game that the producers at gunfire games are trying to make a game that they feel is good, and I will give them credit for it.

    The character design in the game has also been an amazing as ever. Each character feels very unique as the design shows many of their different aspects of the characters personality, such as Avarice(greed), a goblin like boss, who carries a giant sack of treasure on his back, or wrath, a giant fiery warrior cladded in silver armor.

    The environment is also amazing. Whether you are travelling the ruined cities of Earth or in the dark depths of the hallow, each environment feels distinct and gives off this idea of what it would have looked like before the seals were broken. Whenever I have the moment, would just take in the look at the environment of the level I am working in. The levels are also filled with secrets to look for, which contain items that can be used to either level up fury or upgrade her arsenal.

    I do want to say that I have no problems with this game, however, due to the amount of bugs, load screens, awkward camera angles and frame-rate drops that constantly plague the game as you go through it, it makes it difficult to continue the game in one sitting. It is understandable that gunfire is working with a low budget and not as many developers as any other triple-A title would have, but I believe the first two games had the same situation and did not find as many bugs or glitches compared to the third installment.

    Darksiders 3 is definitely a game to own if you are a fan of the eternal battle between the armies of heaven and hell. However due to the amount of bugs that you will encounter, will make it hard for you to grind through.hopefully gunfire will be able to fix a majority of these through future updates. Although, If you want to buy the game, the PC version seems to be the one that is running the best.    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. Sebastiatron
    Dec 2, 2018
    10
    Great game, interesting level design and a very good mix between old and new.
  23. 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
  24. gubo97000
    Dec 2, 2018
    9
    I don't understand where all this bad marks come from, it was a great game, I loved the level design, a semi-openworld with no **** to reach your objective, a perfect transition for the Darksiders games. I played on pc there were some shuttering and some drop, but i thought it was my machine.
    No bug found on my playthrough. The only "sin" of this game is the lack of new game plus.
    You    I don't understand where all this bad marks come from, it was a great game, I loved the level design, a semi-openworld with no **** to reach your objective, a perfect transition for the Darksiders games. I played on pc there were some shuttering and some drop, but i thought it was my machine.
    No bug found on my playthrough. The only "sin" of this game is the lack of new game plus.

    You can't tell me the semi-underwater level isn't genius!    … Expand
  25. Radagskar
    Dec 1, 2018
    8
    Great game, was not as good as the first and second but still a very good, the story is interesting and got me hooked.

    Boss fights also had their value and were great fun!
  26. MasterRaelag
    Dec 1, 2018
    10
    At the beginning of the game I did not like the DS system, but then it became easier to play even on the Apocalypse. The developers managed to make a good game, they combined parts 1 and 2 and it turned out a perfect balance. In this game, it is not necessary to kill all enemies as in 1 and 2. There are no very large corridors that you need to walk for hours and look for keys for 10 doorsAt the beginning of the game I did not like the DS system, but then it became easier to play even on the Apocalypse. The developers managed to make a good game, they combined parts 1 and 2 and it turned out a perfect balance. In this game, it is not necessary to kill all enemies as in 1 and 2. There are no very large corridors that you need to walk for hours and look for keys for 10 doors to go to the boss. But in the game there are places where Vulgrim is very far from the boss and it is very distressing. The plot of the game as always is great. BUT it is very difficult to understand whether the actions of the game go before the first part or after the first part, although at the end they say that everything happens after the first part, but there are discrepancies at the beginning.
    The character has learned to run and this is very cool, in other parts of this is not enough. This game is definitely very good.    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. NeonReturn
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    This game is broken. The camera doesn't let you move freely and it causes a bad lock to the enemies. The combat system is not acceptable. The dodge doesn't work properly because Fury takes a lot of time recovering between a dodge and the other. When you die, you restart from the begging of the dungeon and you lose your souls. So, developers didn't put any save feature in the game and it'sThis game is broken. The camera doesn't let you move freely and it causes a bad lock to the enemies. The combat system is not acceptable. The dodge doesn't work properly because Fury takes a lot of time recovering between a dodge and the other. When you die, you restart from the begging of the dungeon and you lose your souls. So, developers didn't put any save feature in the game and it's unbelievable in 2018. It seems they tried to copy dark souls instead of creating a good hack and slash. DON'T BUY IT!… Expand
  29. Fr4nk
    Dec 1, 2018
    6
    3rd game, 2nd spin-off that does not continue the excellent prologue that the first was, dumbed down platfrom section or "puzzle" , if you really want to call them that way. Considering how much of the game those section are, it's a very bad part of the overhaul experience. The camera is awful, and it become the worst possible thing ever in the game when you are crammed into small rooms or3rd game, 2nd spin-off that does not continue the excellent prologue that the first was, dumbed down platfrom section or "puzzle" , if you really want to call them that way. Considering how much of the game those section are, it's a very bad part of the overhaul experience. The camera is awful, and it become the worst possible thing ever in the game when you are crammed into small rooms or corridors. The story...generic at best, Fury is the weakest of the 3 as far as i'm concerned (even Death was redeemable in the end), the lack of the horse is laughable and you don't really feel as one of the Horseman. Bossfights are good, not the best, not the worst, but some of them are very "colorless" and dull. The pacing of the game can go from terrible to mediocre, depending on how much fun you can get from platform and normal enemy encounters. And you loose souls upon death , because that's a thing apparently now for action games. Exploration, another big parto of the game, is souless and trivial, no interesting semi-open map section with little to no interesting sideways or else.… Expand
  30. 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
  31. Fa11enAngeLIV
    Dec 1, 2018
    7
    Loved the other entries into this series, and was excited for it. Fans of the series will thoroughly enjoy it, but people who did not play the others will not find this game as thrilling as other stand alone titles.

    It takes *heavy* influences from the Soulsborne games, from character progression, world design, -fast travel points, looping interconnected world- the high difficulty, and    Loved the other entries into this series, and was excited for it. Fans of the series will thoroughly enjoy it, but people who did not play the others will not find this game as thrilling as other stand alone titles.

    It takes *heavy* influences from the Soulsborne games, from character progression, world design, -fast travel points, looping interconnected world- the high difficulty, and combat.

    Graphics: Not top notch, but I liked the art style. They are serviceable. There are some frame-rate drops, not too bad, but sometimes do affect the flow of play, for example in the middle of combat. The lighting effects from Fury's different forms are really nice and sometimes come in to play while traversing the world.
    There are really annoying freeze-frame loading spots where you need to wait for the game to load the next area.

    Sound: Nothing mind blowing, but they work well, some minor audio "speaker cuts" but they aren't terribly distracting

    Story: Love it, the reason you play this game is for the continuation of the first 2 games of story. The lore is awesome, the characters are interesting and offer a lot of development. Fury's character growth throughout is fun to watch and experience.

    Gameplay: It has its positives and negatives. It is more difficult than the others, you'll need to pay attention to enemies and predict, dodge, and evade effectively if you want to survive. But for the most part they telegraph their attacks fairly well keep an eye out and learn the timing. You have a small invincibility window at the very start of your dodge, but it does not last the whole dodge, so if you miss the timing, you might get smacked. The i-window gets smaller with each higher difficulty so bear that in mind as well.
    The other abilities you acquire add some interesting puzzle mechanics. The puzzles in this entry I feel are better than the previous ones, but there are places where you will get stuck scratching your head unable to understand what to do.
    The other abilities may be interesting, but I feel the other weapons don't add much. You can beat the entire game using only your main weapon, without even touching the others and you wouldn't lose out on much. They don't really alter the flow of combat or change your approach at all, which is disappointing because there could have been some huge potential to really make the combat more dynamic.

    There are some technical issues that need to worked on, game crashes, in the 20ish hours it took me to beat the story, I crashed about 3-4 times. A few minor bugs that aren't too impactful, and some issues with script cues triggering.

    Don't expect game of the year, but it is enjoyable for what it is.    … Expand
  32. amy2128
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Wow. This game is TERRIBLE! Do not waste your money on this game. I attempted the first boss about 2 min into the game on normal about 20 times. Then I tried to beat her on easy about 10 times. Every time you die, you have to start the game all over again because there is no save feature. I've beat Tomb Raider along with many other games on Extremely Hard and the only time I couldn't beatWow. This game is TERRIBLE! Do not waste your money on this game. I attempted the first boss about 2 min into the game on normal about 20 times. Then I tried to beat her on easy about 10 times. Every time you die, you have to start the game all over again because there is no save feature. I've beat Tomb Raider along with many other games on Extremely Hard and the only time I couldn't beat a game was bloodborn. Good luck knowing where the enemy is since if they move you can't track them.… Expand
  33. nemethkaroly
    Nov 30, 2018
    5
    Instant Refund.

    I love your series mister Devs. I really do. But really? Literal Bug Collecting for advancement? That was... what? It's annoying, out of place, even as a "logical puzzle", it's.. not for a Darksiders game. It's the opposite of smart. The fighting system(!s). I can only attack, when I dodge. The rest of the attacks are useless. They don't make damage, the boss hits    Instant Refund.

    I love your series mister Devs. I really do. But really? Literal Bug Collecting for advancement?
    That was... what? It's annoying, out of place, even as a "logical puzzle", it's.. not for a Darksiders game. It's the opposite of smart.

    The fighting system(!s). I can only attack, when I dodge. The rest of the attacks are useless. They don't make damage, the boss hits you, and you die. A normal attack makes 60dmg, the dodge makes 120 min.
    Some of the bosses make undodgeable damages. First boss right at the start spans waves at each other, and you can try to dodge them in mid air. A lot of the fighting is annoying and you can easily die when 3 enemies gangs you and stun-locks you.
    I stopped playing when I had 2 lag waves at Wrath. The second boss. I died twice, at nothing.

    I can't play this game.    … Expand
  34. kwstas
    Nov 30, 2018
    6
    Darksiders 3 is a darksoul type game with a more western character and i can say its doing just fine . It has a really beautiful and lively environment and you can encounter some of the coolest monsters and bosses and all with some really detailed graphics . Am not sure if this is better than the first title but it is definetely better than the second one and for sure this will be one ofDarksiders 3 is a darksoul type game with a more western character and i can say its doing just fine . It has a really beautiful and lively environment and you can encounter some of the coolest monsters and bosses and all with some really detailed graphics . Am not sure if this is better than the first title but it is definetely better than the second one and for sure this will be one of the most underated games for this year . It is a perfect game for anyone who want to live a dark souls expirience in a more colourful backround and with some faster mechanics and ofc with a different storyline about the 7 deadly sins… Expand
  35. Ankarash
    Nov 30, 2018
    7
    I love Darksiders. That is why my score is so high. Before D3 I played remastered versions, and I think they look better than D3. And that is a dick move THQ! Overall - I enjoyed it quite, but I can see a lot's of impovements need to be done (both - aestetic, and gameplay!)
  36. Mariley
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Bad combat, bad performance, bad story and no exploring or real puzzles. This game is the shadow of the previous games...... And where is my horse?? Why putting the f horse in the trailers if it's not in the game?!
  37. Alannm10
    Nov 29, 2018
    9
    Um hack'n'slash raiz, como um hack'n'slash deve ser ! Descompromissado com elementos brutos de RPG e mais focados em combate e evolução gradativa de suas habilidades, equipamentos. Um level design maravilhoso e ambientes feitos para você explorar e aquela sensação de pegar uma habilidade nova ( Como salto em chamas ) e alcançar onde vc nao alcançava antes. Unico comprometimento do jogo éUm hack'n'slash raiz, como um hack'n'slash deve ser ! Descompromissado com elementos brutos de RPG e mais focados em combate e evolução gradativa de suas habilidades, equipamentos. Um level design maravilhoso e ambientes feitos para você explorar e aquela sensação de pegar uma habilidade nova ( Como salto em chamas ) e alcançar onde vc nao alcançava antes. Unico comprometimento do jogo é com a diversão e isso atinge com maestria !… Expand
  38. Dsharp99
    Nov 29, 2018
    9
    So far i have played about 30 hours and beat the game twice, i believe this is the best darksiders to date, this game has some glaring issues but those could be looked over.
  39. segasweden
    Nov 29, 2018
    10
    Impressed that THQ were able to pull this off with such a small dev team. If you enjoy games with challenges and rewards this game is great! 10/10
  40. Althure
    Nov 29, 2018
    10
    I love the Darksiders series, the first one was a masterpiece and the second, with it's downfalls was still close enough to count as one as well. The third feels a bit off to be honest. The world is back to closed zones much like the first one, with many paths and off shoots closed off with powers you get later, giving it that metroidvania style feel I love so much. Many of the riddlesI love the Darksiders series, the first one was a masterpiece and the second, with it's downfalls was still close enough to count as one as well. The third feels a bit off to be honest. The world is back to closed zones much like the first one, with many paths and off shoots closed off with powers you get later, giving it that metroidvania style feel I love so much. Many of the riddles were fun to solve and some even had me for a few minutes and had those fun "oooh" moments. The only reason it's got an 8 is because I do not like dark souls, never been able to play any of those games as I find it frustrating. But I didn't here so it's not that bad, you loss souls on dying but the game has a difficulty bar and you can play on lower difficulties if you don't feel like farming souls and being on edge the whole time. No stamina bar is also a great deviation from the souls formula I very much welcomed. Although I hate the lack of a map and I do not understand why this one unlike the others chose to not include one in game.
    The world still feel great and the characters are imaginative and fun as always (I love the always angry Fury, She is hilarious at times).
    Game is an 8 but got a 10 to balance unfair 0's (no game is a 0!)

    TL;DR - A great addition to the series and a must for any fan. The dark souls addition is annoying but not as much to ruin the experience.    … Expand
  41. JohnMikael
    Nov 29, 2018
    10
    Jogo ótimo. Os maiores problemas são com relação a otimização, da uns lags malucos às vezes, e com relação ao preço. É um bom jogo, mas ordinário.
    Com relação a gameplay, se você gostou dos anteriores, é certo que você vai gostar deste. Inclusive, recomendo que jogue os anteriores antes. Este não é um jogo para introduzir você na série, mas para aqueles já jogaram os antecessores.    Jogo ótimo. Os maiores problemas são com relação a otimização, da uns lags malucos às vezes, e com relação ao preço. É um bom jogo, mas ordinário.
    Com relação a gameplay, se você gostou dos anteriores, é certo que você vai gostar deste. Inclusive, recomendo que jogue os anteriores antes. Este não é um jogo para introduzir você na série, mas para aqueles já jogaram os antecessores.
  42. Kittenslayer82
    Nov 28, 2018
    7
    Being a fan of the first two games of the Darksiders series I was hyped for the release of the third installment. However, after several hours of game play I felt rather disappointed with the experience. Not only did the game fail to live up to my (probably slightly over exaggerated) expectations, but was ultimately a step backwards from its predecessors. I feel as if the developers gaveBeing a fan of the first two games of the Darksiders series I was hyped for the release of the third installment. However, after several hours of game play I felt rather disappointed with the experience. Not only did the game fail to live up to my (probably slightly over exaggerated) expectations, but was ultimately a step backwards from its predecessors. I feel as if the developers gave up everything that set them apart to create a less impressive dark souls clone.

    While still fun, the game feels like a clunky/unrefined God of War 3 combat system mixed with multiple aspects typically associated to Dark Souls and some mild platforming. If careless, or sometimes just unlucky, normal enemies are capable of swiftly dispatching your mythical horseman Fury as if she was some mediocre foot Soldier. Even Leveling Fury’s stats had minimal impact as enemies seemed to scale up with every point I gained. Combing this with the flawed camera and less than ideal “last bonfire visited” checkpoint system, I found myself rather frustrated instead of enjoying the intricacies of combat I remember from the previous games.

    Sadly, I can’t claim to have stumbled across a lot of hidden appeal beyond the dash-and-counter slash combat. With limitless potential on interesting lore, the game ultimately delivers an underwhelming and forgettable story. Nothing really connected me to Fury’s motivations or really pulled me into the game.

    In the end, I feel the creators attempted to piggy-back off the success of the Dark Souls franchise while maintaining their own distinct combat style and failed to deliver a solid product in either area. I would rate this a 6.8 out of 10 for being a fun game, but far from great.    … Expand
  43. salamon
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    slothy in making, greedy devs ( cutting content and selling it as DLC ), and doing false advertising to market the game
    a shallow game with a shallow protagonist with a shallow story and dont get me started with the technical issues
  44. 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.
  45. 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
  46. abowman
    Nov 28, 2018
    8
    Actually a very refreshing iteration to the darksiders franchise. It has its share of small performance issues, but the combat is dynamic, fluid, and frankly a blast to play.
  47. PGdrummer38
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    il gioco è il seguito di una storia bella profonda e accattivante, in questo capitolo però la trama è un po meno completa e meno strutturata, a volte frettolosa , si sono perse anche molte cose che rendevano DS2 un capolavoro e che avrebbero sicuramente migliorato l esperienza generale in questo capitolo .il gameplay è divertente e non manca la sfida che hanno caratterizzato i suoiil gioco è il seguito di una storia bella profonda e accattivante, in questo capitolo però la trama è un po meno completa e meno strutturata, a volte frettolosa , si sono perse anche molte cose che rendevano DS2 un capolavoro e che avrebbero sicuramente migliorato l esperienza generale in questo capitolo .il gameplay è divertente e non manca la sfida che hanno caratterizzato i suoi predecessori mentre Graficamente parlando il gioco è semplice ma comunque d'impatto con alcune zone che presenterano una qualità complessiva davvero alta mentre in altre un po meno. Presenta sulla versione pc qualche calo di frame ma sono problemi che si riscontrano quasi sempre con i titoli appena usciti e che verranno sicuramente risolti con il tempo.
    Consiglio da grande fan della saga di acquistare anche i giochi precedenti per capire al meglio la trama e per divertirvi ancora di piu.

    Buon divertimento a tutti    … Expand
  48. Jerrido
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Хорошая игра, мне понравилось, только слишком короткая, хорошо-бы часов на десять побольше геймплея.… Expand
  49. ST01
    Nov 28, 2018
    8
    Game itself is great but please, please, please, fix the performance on the PS4 devs. In the meantime, I'd advise everyone to buy the PC version.
  50. RedOctopus777
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    I only had one platinum trophy until today and that was in bloodbourne. This game does have technical flaws but hopefully will be patched up. Aside from that this game is amazing. Everyone who likes hack n slash games with a challenge and an interesting story should play this game it is well worth your time.
  51. Salty1
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    The game is extremely fun to play, good to look at and takes me back to when the action genre was king

    Despite some technical flaws, i love it
  52. bersi84
    Nov 27, 2018
    6
    On basis of the Digital Deluxe Edition with pre-access.

    This game has technical flaws that cant be overlooked. Especially when it comes to fast-paced boss fight this can be very enraging when framedrops and clunky controls are bringing death. And I say this because I fullied Bloodborne and lots of the Dark Souls franchise and the comparison lacks a lot. The story itself is lackluster    On basis of the Digital Deluxe Edition with pre-access.

    This game has technical flaws that cant be overlooked. Especially when it comes to fast-paced boss fight this can be very enraging when framedrops and clunky controls are bringing death. And I say this because I fullied Bloodborne and lots of the Dark Souls franchise and the comparison lacks a lot.

    The story itself is lackluster without depths and I cannot say that I like the puzzles much. They seem to take out the pace of the game without bringing benefits to the player.

    The semi open world design brings joy to me. I dont like the senseless wide open world games that are popular at the moment and Darksiders 3 is able to deliver a nice mix of world like atmosphere and guiding linear gameplay.

    The difficulty is very irritating to me. On balanced a normal minion can kill you in 2-3 slashes which seems quite unforgiving and souls-like, then why bother with difficulties in the first place? Kinda left me frustrated with my own decision and expectation which the game induced into me.

    Flaws, are apparent. When I stand right before cliff for minutes and I know I should be able to reach but it doesnt, there are two valid explanations, at least on PS4: frame dips on combos in certain areas or game design which you cannot anticipate. Both ends are bad and not enjoyable for me.

    After all the game makes me really sad. I wanted to contribute to the game but it feels like a bad decision. Day zero patches that kills of HDR is something that shouldnt happen. Fast paced fighting with 20-25fps cannot happen because it denies every worthwhile experience the game is trying to create. Difficulty expectations should match. If its supposed to be Souls, dont bring settings beforehand.

    After all the game cannot be rated higher then 6-7 because it compares itself to titles such as God of War or Dark Souls, which both highly exceed in technical aspects, polish and world depths. I still think you can have fun with this game but wait for patches and at least a 30% sale.    … Expand
  53. Boldlime8
    Nov 27, 2018
    8
    My opinion differs from a few on what this game is. I have spent time with the game and have made it past killing 2 of the 7 sins. What has been getting me is those people who have said this is not a darksiders game because it is too hard. Well this is what I have to say. For this game you have to learn the skills and also learn how to apply them. This was the case in the first two gamesMy opinion differs from a few on what this game is. I have spent time with the game and have made it past killing 2 of the 7 sins. What has been getting me is those people who have said this is not a darksiders game because it is too hard. Well this is what I have to say. For this game you have to learn the skills and also learn how to apply them. This was the case in the first two games as well. The fighting mechanics are fun to me as a whole. I was stuck on fighting wrath for a little bit because I was not paying attention to his attack patterns. Once I slowed myself down and paid attention to his attack patterns I was able to beat him easy. Another thing with this game is that my opinion is that I am enjoying the game as a whole. Now be aware that as the game stands currently you can tell that they rushed it out of development in the late stages because it is blatantly obvious that they did not scrub through for glitches. The frame rate and stuttering issues are annoying. Also if you are a person on the fence about buying the game stop looking at the reviews people are putting up on various websites and go watch a few lets plays of the first portions of the game so that you can see if it is a game you want to play. Please do not use other peoples opinions to draw your own.… Expand
  54. roydarko
    Nov 27, 2018
    8
    El juego es muy bueno. Ahora tiene un sistema de combate tipo souls y si es algo desafiante. Lo único malo que le veo es que a veces si caen los frames y no cargan las texturas.
  55. Mysticyde
    Nov 27, 2018
    10
    Everything I expected from a darksiders sequel. No performance issues like some others are complaining about. If you liked the Darksiders games, you will probably like this too.
  56. congtuan998
    Nov 27, 2018
    9
    It maybe not the best game of Darksiders for everyone, but can we at least gave them a chance, if any of you remembered the awful combat when they first time shown us the gameplay, they did changing a lot to improved the game, it meant they did listened to peoples feedback.
    They are just a small team and you guy expected too much, as my opinion i see the game was fine, the combat really    It maybe not the best game of Darksiders for everyone, but can we at least gave them a chance, if any of you remembered the awful combat when they first time shown us the gameplay, they did changing a lot to improved the game, it meant they did listened to peoples feedback.
    They are just a small team and you guy expected too much, as my opinion i see the game was fine, the combat really date back to Darksiders 1 and come on, this is game industry, it is art, and art doesn't meant to be always realistic, if it so it call photograph, every game got it own art style, why the hell it had to be always super realistic, it just give me so much headache, do the same peoples hate cartoon as well because it not "realistic" enough ?
    As i see Fury was a deep character, she got her own personalities, not emotionless robot.
    This 9 not just for the game but also for the developers, if you cannot support new developers for their work despite of the team, for their ambitious and confident, don't expected gaming industry get out of hell circle.    … Expand
  57. Zenyf
    Nov 27, 2018
    10
    Bueno, bonito y barato.

    Sigue con el mismo ADN de película de acción de los 90s, ahora con mecánicas nuevas tomadas de géneros mas recientes (siempre fue así esta saga) y manteniendo esa estética apocalíptica demoníaca.

    Ofrece lo que prometió desde un inicio, acción desenfadada y momentos épicos.
  58. 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
  59. yojimbo_zanmato
    Nov 27, 2018
    10
    best of the series, the game is so cool and i dont know the reason of negative reviews . i get what i was waiting for and love it
  60. ThomasSchubert
    Nov 27, 2018
    8
    Despite some performance issues, the overall game itself is beautiful. Definitely more difficult than the previous two games, but there are different settings you can play on. The combat is smooth, the designs are lovely, and Fury isn't one to take lightly. I love her feistiness.
    As we all know Darksiders is a fan favorite due to it's art style, lore, story, hack 'n' slash combat, and    Despite some performance issues, the overall game itself is beautiful. Definitely more difficult than the previous two games, but there are different settings you can play on. The combat is smooth, the designs are lovely, and Fury isn't one to take lightly. I love her feistiness.
    As we all know Darksiders is a fan favorite due to it's art style, lore, story, hack 'n' slash combat, and lovable, or shall I say, unlovable characters. Also because it's a game that removes you from real life, and into fantasy. And isn't that why most of us play video games? For the escape? The franchise has aways taken inspiration from other games, and this time around we can clearly see Metroid and Dark Souls, yes, even I hate hearing that in reviews, but in this case, it's true.
    In this 3rd game, they've taken bits and pieces from the first two things, removed a lot, and added a lot. Which isn't a bad thing, as this is how games change and evolve. Whether you miss the chests, the horse riding, or even the hundreds of weapons/armour loot, there are still some finishers and plenty of things to add to your inventory, upgrades, and ass-kicking to be had. The creativity with Fury & her attitude, as well as each of the Seven Deadly Sins, makes for quite the game just vocally during gameplay and cutscenes. The mixture of it all flows nicely.
    Now, is this my favorite game of the series thus far? I don't know yet, as I plan to do another complete run through to help decide. But, what I will say is, at the end of the day, it's still indeed a Darksiders game. It feels, plays, and looks like a Darksiders game. And that to me, as a huge fan since the beginning, is extremely important!
    Don't let some of the bad reviews hinder your experience. A lot of the performance issues have been resolved or are in process. And most of the reviewers haven't even completed the entire game and are basing their opinion off an hour or two. If you love the franchise and this game interests you, go get it, and let your own experience decide your own opinion, not someone else's. I'm sure you wont regret buying it.    … Expand
  61. 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.
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    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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