Wuthering_Heights
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Darksiders II |OT| What starts with War, ends with Death.
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Why so?
Played about an hour or so. Pretty fun game. Not sure how much I like the combat and I'm a little impatient with the RPG/platforming. I really dislike the letter box hard lock and that moves can only work on soft lock, like roll to scythe. Weapon swapping feels pretty good but I find myself getting repetitive since variation can get you smashed...
Feels like a pretty good feeling combat game with heavy RPG aspects and decent platforming. It kind of feels like GoW + PoP + looting + Warcraft 3 (visuals). I'm PC @ 1080p with 4xAA at quite stable 60fps. I do notice judder (probably SLI) and lots of tearing. Using dualshock 3 with x360 emulation on motioninjoy. People who can't instantly recognize 360 -> PS3 buttons will have difficulty but I'm doing fine.
I'm not engrossed but will probably play in bits over time.
Feels like a pretty good feeling combat game with heavy RPG aspects and decent platforming. It kind of feels like GoW + PoP + looting + Warcraft 3 (visuals). I'm PC @ 1080p with 4xAA at quite stable 60fps. I do notice judder (probably SLI) and lots of tearing. Using dualshock 3 with x360 emulation on motioninjoy. People who can't instantly recognize 360 -> PS3 buttons will have difficulty but I'm doing fine.
I'm not engrossed but will probably play in bits over time.
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Wuthering_Heights
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MagicWithEarvin
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Even if you upgrade a PW 5 times, it'll stay at the same level you got it at.
I just got home from Toys R Us because there has been a picture of someone who bought a 2 for $60 deal in toys r us in PR (Darksiders 2 and Sleeping Dogs were the games). I'm from PR so I went to toys r us and they told me the deal starts tomorrow. Not sure if the person really knew what she was talking about but I would definitely buy it tomorrow if true. I wish I knew if it were 100% true so I could make a thread but I'm scared it isn't. Would be amazing if true.
Also, a friend of mine who works there told me that he thinks these aren't the only two games on the deal.
Also, a friend of mine who works there told me that he thinks these aren't the only two games on the deal.
Use D3Doverrider for vsync//triple buggering, turn off the in game v sync and play in window mode. It will play much better.
MagicWithEarvin
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That's a killer deal. I read that on CAG earlier.
I think TRU did something similar last year.
Yep, pretty clear. And you can go back to other worlds
QisTopTier
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Yes you can go back at any time
It's possible to fuck up in those games? It's about the same as here.
You can easily go back to the first world via portal if you are in the second world.
Also Gunbo make sure you are playing on Apocalyptic.
I'm feeling like much of what was added is not as well done as what was in DS1, a more focused game so far. This happens with a lot of studios that add rpg lite elements to their games. Add a conversation system with npcs but then make it have less depth than a mass effect game, add loot and then make the drops suck and merchant stuff 10000 times better. The ability tree seems to be decent even though it doesn't have that many abilities.
Yea, I'm going to restart a new game on apocalyptic. I wanted to see how normal felt though. I did get some pretty decent mix-ups though so far. String -> launcher -> aerials with swap -> finisher is pretty nice. I need more moves and weapons...
See You Next Wednesday
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No focused?
Is there less puzzles, is there less backtracking to find new/extra stuff, is there no optional areas to explore?
Explain yourself.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Holy shit the Reaper form is awesome
I can't say for sure yet as I haven't even left the first world but it's leaving me very unimpressed. Every dungeon whether a story or side one so far has been relatively short and very easy. Maybe the first world serves as the easy one, I don't know. And the combat has been very easy so far whereas I was challenged a bit more in 1 and I'm no expert in combat in these types of games. There's also virtually no story yet and every NPC is sending me on fetch quests with little backstory. Like I said a lot of these new RPG lite elements don't feel very in depth like they would be in actual RPGs, they feel like box checking elements so far.
Yeah, I got that (and figured out which quest it pertains to. So where is Baethir?
Holy shit, forgot all about this.
aparisi2274
Member
So I wanted to report a bug I had tonight and see if anyone else had the issue too...
I was out in the forge lands, fighting the
and I noticed on the
When I restarted the battle, I took a glance at a FAQ to see if I was doing something wrong, and sure enough I had to wait for the arm to slam down before I shoot them. When I did this, the battle went off without a hitch...
Anyone else with this issue??
I was out in the forge lands, fighting the
Guardian
arm, all these shadow bombs, so I jumped on Despair, locked on with the gun and shot them while he had his hammer raised. The bombs went off and nothing happened, and I eventually died.
Anyone else with this issue??
Uno Venova
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God damn, the music during The Guardian boss battle, the huge scale with that roaring soundtrack was great.
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Deleted member 81567
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Is there a list of all the side quests? I feel like I did nothing.
Also, when is the point of no return? I'm at
Also, when is the point of no return? I'm at
Earth.
The only thing I got from merchants that was actually better than drops was my current shoulder pad and armor and talisman. ONCE.
Everything else was drops. Sweet sweet drops.
The conversation system serves only to get more backstory/lore from the game, which is ok in my book. I do agree that there isn't a lot of abilities. (It's pretty much 4 abilities per tree and everything else is stuff that adds to that ability, except the final one.)
I WANTED to buy from vendors from the beginning of the game, but everything they had sucked compared to my current gear except for that one time.
And I think they talk to each other, they sell the same stuff, more or less.
neoism
Member
just beat the game quick bro.. go through it again on new game plus... the side stuff doesn't stay over just levels and loot
neoism
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me too... I'm try for a mil or something for new game plus
AngmarsKing701
Member
Bought it today. Will fire it up later. Looking forward to it. I loved the first one.
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Deleted member 81567
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I kinda didn't want to go through NG+ as I have Deus Ex coming, but I guess you're right.
Am I past the point of no return though? Once again, I'm at
Earth
phantomspiker
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neoism
Member
damn man Deus Ex was soooooo fucking good. My first in the series...fucking lovved it enjoy.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Yep, I haven't bought anything. I'm too stingy with my gilt. =P
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Deleted member 81567
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When would that be?
soulassssns
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Deleted member 81567
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Thank you.
Thanks for all the answers, guys!
I dunno, I can see why some people wouldn't like it as much as the first. I'm starting to wonder if I feel that way myself. Combat is certainly better, but I'm not sure about much of anything else. Managing stats with my weapons is just not very fun to me, I don't like pouring over numbers. And the Wrath abilities in this game are really a letdown. I had five points saved up because I kept hoping something good would come up. I finally read everything else and said "oh, wait, nope -- nothing good is coming." Nothing is as good as the spikes in DS1.
Also, I still haven't gotten any Zelda-like equipment. I see portals and hookshot points and everything, but three dungeons in and still nothing.
Edit: And actually, while there are certainly more moves in DS2 (which was a problem in DS1), I dunno, there was something way more visceral and satisfying about War just cutting dudes up with that big sword. And I find myself getting hit because I'm stuck in an animation (usually Harvester's Revenge) and can't roll out of the way. But maybe I just don't remember DS1 that well.
What I do love are the characters/dialogue. Just superb voice-acting, and even writing, in my opinion.
I dunno, I can see why some people wouldn't like it as much as the first. I'm starting to wonder if I feel that way myself. Combat is certainly better, but I'm not sure about much of anything else. Managing stats with my weapons is just not very fun to me, I don't like pouring over numbers. And the Wrath abilities in this game are really a letdown. I had five points saved up because I kept hoping something good would come up. I finally read everything else and said "oh, wait, nope -- nothing good is coming." Nothing is as good as the spikes in DS1.
Also, I still haven't gotten any Zelda-like equipment. I see portals and hookshot points and everything, but three dungeons in and still nothing.
Edit: And actually, while there are certainly more moves in DS2 (which was a problem in DS1), I dunno, there was something way more visceral and satisfying about War just cutting dudes up with that big sword. And I find myself getting hit because I'm stuck in an animation (usually Harvester's Revenge) and can't roll out of the way. But maybe I just don't remember DS1 that well.
What I do love are the characters/dialogue. Just superb voice-acting, and even writing, in my opinion.
Does this include stuff like finding the angels during the part on Earth because this section is so shitty and I just want to be done with it.
You haven't seen anything yet, dude.
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I also don't remember DS1 being this repetitive. As much as they expanded it in many ways, it always feels you're doing the same quest over and over.
Being more focused can be better sometimes. That's why I like Arkham Asylum more than Arkham City.
Don't get me wrong though, it's still a great game. But DS1 was a 9/10, and this is like an 8.
Being more focused can be better sometimes. That's why I like Arkham Asylum more than Arkham City.
Don't get me wrong though, it's still a great game. But DS1 was a 9/10, and this is like an 8.
Anybody got info on SLI as requested above?