The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2
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QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Empty Space
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Oh wow scrolling combat text. I just giggled like a little girl when I saw that. This was one of the better Quick Look Ex. It wasn't on the level of a Brad Muir one, but they weren't irritating and weren't trying to sell the grandness of their game just mechanics.
slaughterking
Member
I'm not a huge fan of the first game, but this looks pretty awesome.
And they are looking for the Tree of Life. I guess now they even borrow from generic JRPG stories to make their game.
And they are looking for the Tree of Life. I guess now they even borrow from generic JRPG stories to make their game.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Not sure if serious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(biblical)
DS1 spoilers
The other tree was in Darksiders 1
Wut...
slaughterking
Member
Eh, I know what that tree is. It's just that it's a theme completely overused in JRPGs (Life Tree, World Tree, Yggdrasil, whatever).
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Seeing how this game is technically a "bible game". It makes sense here.
Quick someone get AVGN on this!
Empty Space
Member
I'm sorry, but this is like complaining they used an analogue for the Devil in their Christianity based apocalypse.
well I think I found my first Darksiders 2 complaint ever: lack of blood
first game was really gory with the blood popping out your enemies with every hit. This one seems to be more flimsical with some purple-ish dust/rocky kinda thing going on, could take some of that melee feel away of you really nailing the enemies.
Maybe it depends on the weapon and enemies though cause I definetly see SOME in there
still nitpicking of course
first game was really gory with the blood popping out your enemies with every hit. This one seems to be more flimsical with some purple-ish dust/rocky kinda thing going on, could take some of that melee feel away of you really nailing the enemies.
Maybe it depends on the weapon and enemies though cause I definetly see SOME in there
still nitpicking of course
Yeah this is weird especially since the game is till M rated.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Could depend on the enemy type? I saw plenty of blood. It was BLACK on the big guy. The little demon minon looking SPRAYED BLOOD. Most of the video he was fighting skeleton type minions though
these enemies certainly look like some sort of rock or bone creatures, so it could be
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Honestly on the boney type foes it looked like chunks of bone were flying off with each hit
Man, I have been on a soft media blackout for DS2, but damn does it look really good, just everything about it. The combat, the loot, the skill tree, the puzzles, the art, Death as a character with his sweet magic bone arms.
Fucking jason rubin better not screw with this franchise, I want to see it come to its final conclusion.
Also props to the Devs for being fun and not annoying.
Fucking jason rubin better not screw with this franchise, I want to see it come to its final conclusion.
Also props to the Devs for being fun and not annoying.
felt a bit on the short side but I think it was alright, game comes out real soon anyway
Darksiders looks pretty darn good. I've only ever looked at the first from a distance, and never played it despite the love it received from many of my friends and here online.
Sleeping Dogs looked fucking awful for my tastes, even before you worry about the technical issues that were highlighted in the QL.
Sleeping Dogs looked fucking awful for my tastes, even before you worry about the technical issues that were highlighted in the QL.
electroshockwave
Member
Any spoilers in the DS2 quick look for someone who hasn't beat the first one yet?
nah
also on Sleeping Dogs: one could argue that Ryan really did play it a bit "wrong", at least according to what ive seen in other previews/footage. The cover system works much more aggresively on this game, you're supposed to jump out in slow mo and do headshots to keep that slow-mo going. Maybe he didnt have the ability yet but that's the aspect of the game they've been pushing the most in terms of gunplay. Also the whole cop thing and whatnot, they were just messing around (nothing wrong with that tho) and it felt like it was not really representative of what the game is or could be.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
The games run near side by side with each other in the timeline so not much to spoil.
looked fine for me, besides the video compression being pretty terrible
they mentioned the PC requirements before and they were pretty damn low, art style certainly makes the game anyway
played about an hour of Darksiders, but didn't really have fun. 2 looks real neat though. Maybe it'll be like Legacy of Kain: Defiance, but more competent DMC combat.
maybe I should go through Darksiders a bit more. I'm still so early the Y button doesn't do anything. ;-/
maybe I should go through Darksiders a bit more. I'm still so early the Y button doesn't do anything. ;-/
Net_Wrecker
Member
Singleplayer only (though there's apparently some kind of item trading system with friends) and yes to NG+.
Hype for DSII, looks great.
Loot and NG+ means it is super tempting but the lack of co-op is a downer. Kinda like Dragon's Dogma was. It does look damn awesome, with hints of PSO in there. Will keep a close eye on it.
Apparently the game has like 3 or 4 areas and each of them are bigger and longer than the first game, 10+ hours in each one or so (according to the devs, so probably less than that).
I dont even know if i'd want to do NG+, lol.
My only fear is the game draggin on considering the lenghts they talk, hope not.
the first moments of Darksiders are NOTHING like the rest of the game. You need to at least get to the part where the game really starts and gets Zelda-like to judge if you like it or not.
Net_Wrecker
Member
In Dragon's Dogma you have a team of 1-3 people with you at all times, so I could see where that comes from, but this is a combat heavy, traversal heavy, Zelda-esque experience. I really don't see how co-op fits in at this point. They keep stressing how much content is in there so if your concern is a value issue, I wouldn't be concerned.
terrdactycalsrock
Member
Yeah, this game doesnt seem like it needs co-op support
I am just one of those people that believe loot games need co-op. You have loot so you can show off how badass you are to your friends. You meet up to show off this cool new drop you found. Triumphing over adversity and failing miserably are also best shared.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Once you get pass the panzer dragoon part the real game starts.
This isn't that kind of game. Did you see the combat? You can trade loot though and it has arenas for comparing scores.I am just one of those people that believe loot games need co-op. You have loot so you can show off how badass you are to your friends. You meet up to show off this cool new drop you found. Triumphing over adversity and failing miserably are also best shared.
matrix-cat
Member
My favourite part of the DS2 QL is seeing Death set upon by a room full of small enemies and then killing them all in a reasonable length of time. I played all the way through Darksiders 1 and I didn't like it, and it was mostly because it just felt so stretched out. Every environment was too large and War moved too slowly, you kept having to do the same things over and over, but the worst part was that every enemy had so much health, and you had to fight thousands of them. Every time you turned a corner you'd be lucky to get away with only fighting one wave of them. The most basic, human-sized enemies would barely stagger until you'd hit them six times with your gigantic family sedan of a sword, and the combat system just wasn't precise (or fun) enough to warrant so much fighting. Halfway through the game you unlock a new weapon, but you've been levelling your sword up all this time so the new thing's so weak in comparison it's just the thing you use when you want to make the game twice as long.
It seems like they've really improved the combat in this game, though. I'm so glad to see that Death's dodge move goes about twice as far as War's did, because you always had to dodge twice in DS1 to avoid anything anyway. It also seems like you have better attack 'shapes' for lack of a better word, by which I mean DMC-style Stingers for closing distance, or launchers, long-distance grabs and crowd-control stuff. Enemies seem better about telegraphing attacks, which in turn makes it easier to know where to be, and they seem way better about reacting to hits so you don't feel like you're just flailing away to no effect.
Still not sure I'm ready for a thirty-hour-long Darksiders, or whatever it is, but before this QL I had absolutely no interest at all.
It seems like they've really improved the combat in this game, though. I'm so glad to see that Death's dodge move goes about twice as far as War's did, because you always had to dodge twice in DS1 to avoid anything anyway. It also seems like you have better attack 'shapes' for lack of a better word, by which I mean DMC-style Stingers for closing distance, or launchers, long-distance grabs and crowd-control stuff. Enemies seem better about telegraphing attacks, which in turn makes it easier to know where to be, and they seem way better about reacting to hits so you don't feel like you're just flailing away to no effect.
Still not sure I'm ready for a thirty-hour-long Darksiders, or whatever it is, but before this QL I had absolutely no interest at all.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You unlocked a new weapon only halfway through the darksiders 1? You can get it in the second area.
I agree about the sludgey combat feel, though I actually do like the weight of war's movements. It's just that they pace the combat sequences really poorly, especially near the end. Just when you finish what you think is the last set another set comes out. Doesn't help that near the end the game's pace became worse and worse.
I agree about the sludgey combat feel, though I actually do like the weight of war's movements. It's just that they pace the combat sequences really poorly, especially near the end. Just when you finish what you think is the last set another set comes out. Doesn't help that near the end the game's pace became worse and worse.
matrix-cat
Member
I mean the
Gauntlet-thing
Scythe
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I kinda like the gauntlet. Actually rather good for area control.
I do agree with your point of enemies having too much health.
slightconfuse
Banned
Glad the darksider deva are chill and not the usual EX deves.
Also Darksiders 2 looks awesome, improved over the first a lot.
Also Darksiders 2 looks awesome, improved over the first a lot.
Arlecchino
Member
An EX that wasn't painful? Mark it down guy who marks this specific thing down.
Same here. The terrible shadows popping in, the textures and the jaggies. I was certain that I was watching the 360 version (buttons on screen), but then the devs commented on the fact that they were playing the PC version.
Typographenia
Member
Ryan - "...like Majora's Mask."
Me - "SCREW YOU, RYAN DAVIS."
Ryan - "I have no opinion on that, I just know it's divisive. No one get upset about that, please."
Me - "TOO LATE!"
Looks like an okay game, but, like the first one, not really my thing. I don't know if it's just the presentation I can't get over or what, but I just couldn't bring myself to ever look into the first, despite great word of mouth.
Me - "SCREW YOU, RYAN DAVIS."
Ryan - "I have no opinion on that, I just know it's divisive. No one get upset about that, please."
Me - "TOO LATE!"
Looks like an okay game, but, like the first one, not really my thing. I don't know if it's just the presentation I can't get over or what, but I just couldn't bring myself to ever look into the first, despite great word of mouth.
Felix Lighter
Member
I had no idea Darksiders 2 had loot drops and skill trees. I'm such a sucker for RPG character building elements.