Support NeoGAF

[Cameron122]

RIP Darksiders, I guess. I liked ya :/

 

[APZonerunner]

Great but flawed games. Sad that the ideas behind them and the surprisingly interesting world won't get to be refined further; I feel they were steps away from something really special.

 

[TUSR]

quite the vague title

 

[Currygan]

thread title is a just a tiny bit redundant

 

[Aggrotek]

Strife looks so badass.

 

[Escape Goat]

Care to share with the rest of the class on what your OP means?

 

[Isaccard]

Who's the chick?

 

[Currygan]

Care to share with the rest of the class on what your OP means?

DS1's ending, teasing the story would have continued with all the four Horsemen

 

[Cameron122]

Pardon for the inconsistency

Spoiler

and the shitty quickness of the thread

in the picture size, I'm about to head to class. Darksiders reminded me of my younger days playing Wind Waker and reading Spawn (I was a weird kid) Really wanted to know what happens after the first game.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Care to share with the rest of the class on what your OP means?

Thread title is the final line of Darksiders 1, which is left on kind of a cliffhanger.

The OP is an I guess monument to Darksiders, which is now abandoned and dead since no one purchased it.

 

[Vashetti]

I wasn't aware that your copies of Darksiders 1 & 2 became redundant because the developers no longer exist.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

quite the vague title

 

[Pyrrhus]

It's the final line in the ending to Darksiders 1. Someone expresses disbelief that War's gonna fight the powers that be alone. And he says, "No, not alone." And it cuts to his Apoca-buddies streaming down out of the sky.

 

[injurai]

I wasn't aware that your copies of Darksiders 1 & 2 became redundant because the developers no longer exist.

My EA stuff no longer exists even though the developers and publisher still exists...

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Who's the chick?

Fury

 

[ShockingAlberto]

In retrospect, it would have been way more wise to make a Death game that took place after Darksiders 1.

It may not have been the four player game they originally envisioned, but at least it would have moved the series forward. Darksiders 2 was very confused about what it wanted to do with its story.

 

[iNvid02]

it was pretty bad ass, shame

 

[shinobi602]

 

[rdrr gnr]

Loved the franchise but Fury and Strife were/are intellectual and creative cop-outs. Easily the most disappointing thing about the lore.

 

[Cameron122]

In retrospect, it would have been way more wise to make a Death game that took place after Darksiders 1.

It may not have been the four player game they originally envisioned, but at least it would have moved the series forward. Darksiders 2 was very confused about what it wanted to do with its story.

One of the things I didn't find too appealing in DS2 was the story. Side by stories should be kept in side material or in a single game, in my opinion.

 

[aparisi2274]

God, I need to finish DS2. I owe it to the staff at Vigil.

 

[ASTROID2]

:'( I really wanted to know how it was gonna end.

 

[Mupod]

Loved the franchise but Fury and Strife were/are intellectual and creative cop-outs. Easily the most disappointing thing about the lore.

I don't get it. We don't even know anything about the characters except their designs and a couple lines of dialogue in the comics etc.

 

[cloudyy]

That line was a "holy shit" moment for me. DS2 not being a direct sequel is really a misstep imo which prevented me from buying the game.

 

[Professor Renegade]

I regret not playing the first one when it came out, may consider buying it on steam.

 

[Pooya]

I only played like 2-3 hours of the first game and with all of this I don't have any motivation to continue if the story ends on a cliffhanger or something like that? :\

 

[JdFoX187]

Isn't this going to be auctioned off with the rest of the IPs? I could see Crytek trying to pick it up now that Vigil has been reformed as Crytek studio there.

 

[Valnen]

I only played like 2-3 hours of the first game and with all of this I don't have any motivation to continue if the story ends on a cliffhanger or something like that? :\

The ending isn't a cliffhanger so much as it sets things up for a new story.

Isn't this going to be auctioned off with the rest of the IPs? I could see Crytek trying to pick it up now that Vigil has been reformed as Crytek studio there.

Crytek has refused to buy it because they're scumbags.

 

[Haunted]

Not resolving the cliffhanger was one of the biggest wasted opportunities of this generation.

Real shame.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I only played like 2-3 hours of the first game and with all of this I don't have any motivation to continue if the story ends on a cliffhanger or something like that? :\

You will get resolution on the main thrust of War's story - how the apocalypse happened and who tricked him in to starting it.

You won't get resolution on why they did it or confronting the bigger bad at the end of it.

 

[Roto13]

I wasn't aware that your copies of Darksiders 1 & 2 became redundant because the developers no longer exist.

It was going to be a set of four games and now it's not. I don't see how that's not a bummer for someone who likes Darksiders.

 

[Mesoian]

Isn't platinum still idly entertaining the thought of picking up the licence?

That would be the best home for it...

 

[Subtle]

Never bought or played them. Now I feel kind of guilty ):

 

[Roto13]

Isn't platinum still idly entertaining the thought of picking up the licence?

That would be the best home for it...

They could replace the boring God of War combat with awesome Bayonetta combat.

 

[Valnen]

Isn't platinum still idly entertaining the thought of picking up the licence?

That would be the best home for it...

It would be a good home but not the best home. Better than any other option we have now, though. I wouldn't mind seeing it go to Blizzard (mainly because I think their artists could nail the art style) if they could pump out the games faster than they do their other stuff, but that'll never happen.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Isn't platinum still idly entertaining the thought of picking up the licence?

That would be the best home for it...

I don't think they ever were. Inaba just tweeted in a "Haha, I'd like to own that!" way.

I speculated on twitter that I'd like to buy Ubisoft Montreal with kickstarter money, but I don't intend to actually do that.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

It feels like we've had this thread so many times already. But anyway, it's too early to RIP it. 36 members from Vigil has been bought by Crytek, right? And the Darksiders ip hasn't been sold yet, right? So why are you all just jumping to conclusions? Hey! There's always hope. Always.

 

[The Lamonster]

This is also a quote from Eomer in The Lord of the Rings.

Gandalf: Theoden king stands alone.
Eomer: Not alone. Rohirrim!
[Rohirrim gather behind him]
Theoden: Eomer!
Eomer: TO THE KING!

 

[Mario007]

Still find it odd that the second game didn't continue the story of the first game, or at least move the plot forward a little.

 

[shinobi602]

So what happens to the IP now in reality though? Crytek didn't buy it. THQ is no more. Vigil, who I'm assuming owned IP, no longer exists.

Where...is it now?

 

[BibiMaghoo]

I liked both games.

But I would like to slap across the face whoever decided that the second game should not continue from the end of the first. That was a huge mistake in judgement.

People wanted the second game, partly because of how the first ended. To ignore that was mindblowingly foolish.

I can only assume that someone high up thought it was a good idea as it gave them the potential to drag out the story over many games. They were wrong.

 

[scitek]

"No, not ever."

 

[gdt]

So what happens to the IP now in reality though? Crytek didn't buy it. THQ is no more. Vigil, who I'm assuming owned IP, no longer exists.

Where...is it now?

With THQ.

 

[Cameron122]

In Limbo with System Shock II right now ;-;

I really didn't forsee anyone who didn't grab the vigil guys and gals to grab Darksiders.

 

[DieH@rd]

So what happens to the IP now in reality though? Crytek didn't buy it. THQ is no more. Vigil, who I'm assuming owned IP, no longer exists.

Where...is it now?

All unsold THQ properties will be auctioned in a few weeks.

 

[def sim]

What a great ending. It's a shame they didn't deliver on it.

 

[shinobi602]

All unsold THQ properties will be auctioned in a few weeks.

What happens if no one buys it?

 

[fenners]

What happens if no one buys it?

It stays with THQ.

 

[BY2K]

Another cliffhanger ending that will never see resolution. ;_;

 

[Cameron122]

This is the second of my threads to be renamed.

I need to reevaluate myself