Darksiders III

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  1. Rising333
    May 9, 2023
    7
    Its a solid title, not nearly as bad as some suggest. ITs got a decent story and fun combat that clicks when you click with it. The camera can be a bit wonky, as well as some of the platforming.

    The only other critique I have is with the overall level design. It doesn't match with the level of awesome character models. The evirons in contrast are much more samey and just not as well    Its a solid title, not nearly as bad as some suggest. ITs got a decent story and fun combat that clicks when you click with it. The camera can be a bit wonky, as well as some of the platforming.

    The only other critique I have is with the overall level design. It doesn't match with the level of awesome character models. The evirons in contrast are much more samey and just not as well fleshed out.    … Expand
  2. klausfiedler8
    Mar 15, 2023
    8
    gostei bastante. 8,1........................................................
  3. JrDouble
    Feb 3, 2023
    9
    I had a blast playing Darksiders III and I felt the combat was a major improvement over the first two games (love getting that perfect dodge), though I understand how fans of the first two hack and slashers may have been put off by this shift in combat style (I was at first). This is also a VERY hard game and does not feel very balanced until after leveling up to around level 40. II had a blast playing Darksiders III and I felt the combat was a major improvement over the first two games (love getting that perfect dodge), though I understand how fans of the first two hack and slashers may have been put off by this shift in combat style (I was at first). This is also a VERY hard game and does not feel very balanced until after leveling up to around level 40. I recommend starting on "Balanced" difficulty and saving the harder settings for new game +, but that's just my opinion to make it fair and fun the first time through (I thought it was still hard enough on the balanced setting).… Expand
  4. Blackshine
    Nov 17, 2022
    3
    Камно,какашка,писюн неасосаный шо ищо сказат такое себе гавно и жопа небритайа
  5. Jtalk
    Sep 15, 2022
    0
    Terrible. Ridiculous writing, unlikable characters, terrible one-click fighting system. Everything looks clunky, cartoonish and arcade. They tried to make another Dark Souls, but we ended up with a Poundland Sonic knock-off. I got it for free and I still feel like I overpaid.
  6. 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
  7. Silymorn
    Jul 20, 2022
    0
    Do you have any game that you quit Iin the first cutscene because you don't like the cutscene?

    Furry isn't a warrior. Is a stupid celebrity.

    And the begining of the game? Oh my, the council admitting such disrespect That's not a comic show!!
  8. JoiFabu
    Jun 18, 2022
    8
    Just like a cross between Jak & Daxter (without guns) and the classic version of God of War. Pretty fun game. They definitely need to patch it to run better on the PS5. 60fps would be so easy for a game like this!
  9. Draethorian
    Jun 18, 2022
    0
    omfg. it could've been a darksiders game but so badly wanted to be another cheap souls like ripoff that wants you to think that kiting bulletsponges is fun. reaction times to your input are souls like garbage bc you have to finish you whip animation or just need another half second to actually dodge. and who told the developers that third person is great for fighting whilst beingomfg. it could've been a darksiders game but so badly wanted to be another cheap souls like ripoff that wants you to think that kiting bulletsponges is fun. reaction times to your input are souls like garbage bc you have to finish you whip animation or just need another half second to actually dodge. and who told the developers that third person is great for fighting whilst being surrounded? right, dark souls, because we let masochists define the gaming landscapes. oh and about the dark souls stuff: no parry, no block, no riposte, just a dodge with the same annoying bullet time last second evade attack that does LESS DAMAGE than an actual attack. oh and every encounter has just one line. it doesn't get switched up. visiting vulgrim for the second time already annoys the **** out of me, because he essentially only has 5 lines in total. so you go buy there and you're already annoyed af. if i wanted bland, tedious and annoying cookie cutter tasks i would go work for the government and not spend money on a personality-deprived, squinting, knock-kneed fat-roll latina that throws cotton balls at everyone while fainting when she gets hit by a couple herself.… Expand
  10. 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
  11. Cyrus666
    Dec 25, 2021
    10
    Great game, Great visuals, fun combat.
    This game has it all
    Highly recommend
  12. MetaRogue
    Dec 3, 2021
    7
    Darksiders 3 is an interesting mishmash of gameplay design choices that never quite coalesces into something great, but is fundamentally dragged down by a terribly mediocre story that is defined by awfully conceived characters and woefully written dialogue. It's a shame then, because the combat is relatively engaging despite some clunky design flaws.
  13. Bloodnes
    Oct 29, 2021
    5
    Игра не впечатлила, по началу увлекательно, но потом все становится монотонно. Сюжет бред примитивный, графика больше похожа на игры 2012-2014 года, механика боя просто убила, жмем квадрат и на этом все. Но что больше всего задело, когда убивают, появляемся у купца и бежим хрен знает сколько до места где убили, чтобы дальше продолжить путешествие. Короче говоря 5/10 разочарован, первые 2Игра не впечатлила, по началу увлекательно, но потом все становится монотонно. Сюжет бред примитивный, графика больше похожа на игры 2012-2014 года, механика боя просто убила, жмем квадрат и на этом все. Но что больше всего задело, когда убивают, появляемся у купца и бежим хрен знает сколько до места где убили, чтобы дальше продолжить путешествие. Короче говоря 5/10 разочарован, первые 2 части проходил на одном дыхании… Expand
  14. Vellinaria
    Oct 15, 2021
    3
    Broken piece of crap. Frame rate all over the place. Horrible combat. Dark souls wannabe but horrible execution
  15. Nafea
    Oct 10, 2021
    8
    If u really love hack and slash games then this is a good game for you starting from the character name fury who care only about enjoyment and don’t give a damn about her brother in fact she want to be the leader of 4horseman ,and to the boss in the game which are diverse and have good storytelling.
    Then to combat in the game is really interesting and feels like other dark sides game with    If u really love hack and slash games then this is a good game for you starting from the character name fury who care only about enjoyment and don’t give a damn about her brother in fact she want to be the leader of 4horseman ,and to the boss in the game which are diverse and have good storytelling.
    Then to combat in the game is really interesting and feels like other dark sides game with speed and difficulty, to the map and how is easy to understand and remember like an end of a world map.

    This game is good example to continue a great series like darksider and hope they release another game with strife.    … Expand
  16. Necrophat
    Sep 12, 2021
    8
    Great game overall, some frustrating mechanics but overall another quality Darksiders game, can't wait for the next one.
  17. Lachy0204
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    I loved the game and I just wanna support it with a 10 cuase I think that most famous games magazines were too much hard reviewing this game.
  18. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 22, 2021
    7
    Darksiders 3
    Was it worth the wait?
    Kinda Darksiders 3 is an 8 hour long hack and slash games with light Metroidvanias aspects to it.. here you play as the horseman.. or horsewoman fury, after playing the first darksiders games I was so excited to play this one,, the bright white and pink of the cover got me like, okay, lets see some crazy visuals, and what do I get? Basically just the    Darksiders 3
    Was it worth the wait?
    Kinda
    Darksiders 3 is an 8 hour long hack and slash games with light Metroidvanias aspects to it.. here you play as the horseman.. or horsewoman fury, after playing the first darksiders games I was so excited to play this one,, the bright white and pink of the cover got me like, okay, lets see some crazy visuals, and what do I get?
    Basically just the ugly parts of darksiders one.. builsdings, subways, wood.. and one gorgeous underwater level.. but this is definitely the lowest effort game in the trilogy… no horse this time, just follow the skull on the map, do annoying frustrating not fun at all puzzles, and take down the 7 deadly sins which was the coolest part to me.. I was excited to see the twist of each one.. and sadly its just a run of the mill boss battle, .. the character design can be cool, but the battles are super lame.. as you progress the story youll unlock 4 different forms, a fire that can help you jump hier, electric that can help you levitate, some purple rock smashy power, and finally a power that lets oyu walk on water… and what does the game do with these powrs? They annoy you.. especially in the final few hours, forcing you to juggle them, hit this with this form, quickly switch to this form mid puzzle to freeze it in time to progress,.. mind you.. transforming is not intuitive, you gotta hold and press certain buttons all while making ssure youre zoomed in with the boomerand and selecting with l2 and throwing with r2 all while holding l1 down and going through the face buttons trying to remember who is who.. I hted it.. I hated every time a puzzle required 2 chracters simultaneously to solve… other than that I love the darksiders formular of collect osuls, spend them on upgrades, its as addictive here as it is in the previous games..
    I midly enjoyed my time here, tracking down the 7 deadly sins, but wow did darksiders go from AAA potential to single A real quick
    I give Darksiders 3
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  19. nexus151196
    Jul 3, 2021
    7
    Тот самый случай, когда игра раскрывается постепенно. Не жалею, что дал ей шанс. Нравится эта серия игр, очень даже. Мир, персонажи, Art дизайн. Третья часть - не исключение.
    К игре у меня есть вопросы:
    1) плохая оптимизация при такой технологичности картинки(фпс постоянно скачет, в конце вообще слайд шоу, прогрузы текстур персонажей посреди катсцены, прогрузы уровней) 2)Соулс механики    Тот самый случай, когда игра раскрывается постепенно. Не жалею, что дал ей шанс. Нравится эта серия игр, очень даже. Мир, персонажи, Art дизайн. Третья часть - не исключение.
    К игре у меня есть вопросы:
    1) плохая оптимизация при такой технологичности картинки(фпс постоянно скачет, в конце вообще слайд шоу, прогрузы текстур персонажей посреди катсцены, прогрузы уровней)
    2)Соулс механики тут вообще не к месту, они бесят и раздражают. Тут это - не работает вообще.
    3)Камера/камера/камера, ааааа, как же она бесит.
    А так - достойная игра, на уровне второй части. Дурацких загадок - нет, мир исследовать - интересно, персонажи - классные, история - увлекает. Первая часть все еще номер 1.    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Haemaroy
    Dec 2, 2018
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a good game, with defects like all of them but their strengths are more than the bad ones… Expand
  22. R_Demens
    Jun 3, 2021
    9
    Отличная игра, которая не заслужила столь отрицательной критики. Крутой арт дизайн, хорошая зрелищная боевка, головоломки уровня "ого себе, это вот так вот надо ? Ахринеть!" и интересные боссы с историей. Уровни исследовать доставляет удовольствие. Авторы игры ушли в жанр соулс с сюжеткой и разнообразной боевкой, будь у них бюджет по больше, игра была бы шедевром.Отличная игра, которая не заслужила столь отрицательной критики. Крутой арт дизайн, хорошая зрелищная боевка, головоломки уровня "ого себе, это вот так вот надо ? Ахринеть!" и интересные боссы с историей. Уровни исследовать доставляет удовольствие. Авторы игры ушли в жанр соулс с сюжеткой и разнообразной боевкой, будь у них бюджет по больше, игра была бы шедевром.
  23. 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
  24. sal_4
    Apr 2, 2021
    7
    Played on PS5 with backwards compatibility.

    Overall the game can be fun but it has too many weakness to be rated greater than a 7/10 (at least on console). The good: Puzzle design is really fun IMO, the combat feels weighty and balanced (except for one enemy) and progression feel intuitive and simple in a good way. I love how the game design is reminds me of the PS2 era The bad:    Played on PS5 with backwards compatibility.

    Overall the game can be fun but it has too many weakness to be rated greater than a 7/10 (at least on console).

    The good:
    Puzzle design is really fun IMO, the combat feels weighty and balanced (except for one enemy) and progression feel intuitive and simple in a good way. I love how the game design is reminds me of the PS2 era


    The bad:
    Terrible performance. Yes, even on PS5. the frame rate might be a stable 30, but the lack of motion blur makes it feel horrible. It should be illegal to make a game run at 30 fps without motion blur
    The graphics look.... like they are from the PS3 gen, but this is not nearly as big an issue as the performance    … Expand
  25. Khnemu
    Mar 28, 2021
    8
    O game está ótimo e extremamente divertido como eu esperava. A jogabilidade está sensacional, e a esquiva está incrível. O jogo está bonito, e entregou exatamente o que prometeu. Um ótimo haking and slash que essa geração precisava. Tem apenas alguns problemas de performance, mas a diversão compensou isso.
  26. G0jiman
    Mar 13, 2021
    8
    Only a few areas in the game seem to have glitches where texture mapping takes a few seconds to load when walking into a new area but apart from that this game is down right gorgeous to look at for the most part and I also love the combat and levelling mechanic which is similar to Dark Souls.
  27. checheliuk
    Mar 9, 2021
    10
    Best game of the series. I hoped the next part (4) was similar, but not this time
  28. Raios-Rogue
    Jan 31, 2021
    5
    this game is trying hard to be DMC and Dark souls and it's never gonna be as good the developers gunfire games are btch arse nigas that don't take criticism or feedback and they ban you from their twitter never buying a game from them again the game has huge problems with the lock on the camera the graphics are outdated PS3 graphics nonstop clipping getting out of the map texutres pop-inthis game is trying hard to be DMC and Dark souls and it's never gonna be as good the developers gunfire games are btch arse nigas that don't take criticism or feedback and they ban you from their twitter never buying a game from them again the game has huge problems with the lock on the camera the graphics are outdated PS3 graphics nonstop clipping getting out of the map texutres pop-in stuttering freezing for seconds the Crucible DLC is trying hard to be the bloody palace but the enemies are boring… Expand
  29. 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
  30. FatalBubbles
    Sep 15, 2020
    6
    I enjoyed the first Darksiders game an didn't end up playing the second one. When this game was announced I was excited. However, when I saw what the game looked like, much less excited. The game was on PS Plus so I eventually gave it a go for free.

    The graphics look like a late PS3 era game. I understand that not every game is going to be photo-realistic but the backgrounds and    I enjoyed the first Darksiders game an didn't end up playing the second one. When this game was announced I was excited. However, when I saw what the game looked like, much less excited. The game was on PS Plus so I eventually gave it a go for free.

    The graphics look like a late PS3 era game. I understand that not every game is going to be photo-realistic but the backgrounds and environments have no texture or detail, really bad looking.

    I didn't hate the story but they clearly put a lot more effort into one or two of the bosses dialogue than the rest of them. Feels like they didn't care about the beginning of the game.

    Combat feels OK for the most part. The respawn of enemies upon death isn't needed. It doesn't add anything to the game.

    Overall the game is mediocre and I was a bit disappointed.    … Expand
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64

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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