CrookedRain
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They also zoom the camera out a bit more during combat.
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Darksiders II |OT| What starts with War, ends with Death.
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victreeb3l
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i wonder if death knew he would come back to life eventually.
Deadly Cyclone
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I'm stuck early on. I did the fire and water stuff for the big guys and now am supposed to get to the lost temple. All the guides say for most of the side quests and stuff I have that I need Death Grip, yet I have not found that move anywhere.
It says it's somewhere in the foundry, but I cannot find the actual foundry entrance either.
I am a bit confused. I have now been through the entire "Nook" and need death grip to get across the lava, but never got it...
EDIT: Got to the main quest marker, am I just not far enough to get the death grip? All my side quests need it...
It says it's somewhere in the foundry, but I cannot find the actual foundry entrance either.
I am a bit confused. I have now been through the entire "Nook" and need death grip to get across the lava, but never got it...
EDIT: Got to the main quest marker, am I just not far enough to get the death grip? All my side quests need it...
robotzombie
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Not to bum you out, but this is exactly what started happening while I was playing Tales of Vesperia days before I got the Red Ring of Death.
Hope that's not the case for you and its simply something with the game or just bad luck...
You get the Death Grip at the end of your main quest in the Foundry. Although you should be able to do the Gorewood side quest without it.
Mmmm,I am up to Act 2,currently stuck on a small puzzle in the City of the Dead but for Gorewood,I still can't figure how to get the key to that door in the Forged Lands,near where you find the first Vulgrim...there is a jump from a Death Grip that I can't make I guess,underneath a blocked gate,with probably Gorewood that I can plainly see on the other side?...anyway,if it's like the 2 other extra Boss that I met so far,at level 17,I got owned pretty fast.
You don't need Death Grip to get that key, just get on the climb spots next to the locked door and work your way over, up and around to the platform above you. The Death Grip spots you see below you are just for treasure chests.
robotzombie
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Is there any reason to hold on to those green talisman things you can use to buy stuff from Vulgrim? Or should I just be grabbing some purple chests from him every now and then?
Also, I'm going for a melee build and I'm wondering, should I just put all my points into one skill? It seems like a waste to spread your points out, seeing as everything costs wrath, you might as well make the most of the wrath you spend by using one super powerful attack (I'm building the teleport slash)
Lastly, for a melee type character, what would be the best stats to try to raise when handing in those stones for the sidequest?
Also, I'm going for a melee build and I'm wondering, should I just put all my points into one skill? It seems like a waste to spread your points out, seeing as everything costs wrath, you might as well make the most of the wrath you spend by using one super powerful attack (I'm building the teleport slash)
Lastly, for a melee type character, what would be the best stats to try to raise when handing in those stones for the sidequest?
The console releases didn't get the Possessed chests from Vulgrim, so yeah, you might as well burn them unless you want to keep waiting for a patch.
I kept respec'ing at the significant tiers and then reallocating my points. The teleport slash was beneficial (along w/ the explosion upgrade) until I could start maxing the Strength boost tree fully.
Crit damage firstly, then Crit chance.
To play a melee class you have to max out the Harbringer tree. The 2 best skills are Teleport Slash and Unstoppable but Harvest is really good too. Teleport slash has a ton of buffs that you can add to it but the one that I would avoid is the one that slows enemies, it's not that useful in my experience and you are better off adding the explosion and the wrath increase buff as well as maxing its base damage. Harvest you want to max the damage after hit buff, the crit chance of Harvest, the base damage.. you can max Red Harvest at the end because Reaper energy is not as important for a melee build as Reaper attacks are based off of you Arcane and that won't be a stat you will be maxing until the very end when you have a bunch of Mystic stones left over. Don't bother with Frenzy, you are better off with the equivalent skill in the Necromancer tree than that one. All of the stats for Unstoppable are really good, it's an excellent buff.
The 3 stats that you want to focus on are Strength, Crit Chance and Crit Damage. You want to eventually have as much of these 3 as possible. You really can't just max one and profit, high crit damage with low crit chance is not that useful and neither is high crit chance with low crit damage. Strength buffs your base weapon damage as well as the skills in the Harbringer tree.
IcyBlueStrawberry
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Randomly decided to buy the game on Steam and I'm actually pretty impressed.
Only about an hour in so far, but it's really fun. The game doesn't have the best graphics from a technical standpoint, but the art style really makes it look visually appealing.
Only about an hour in so far, but it's really fun. The game doesn't have the best graphics from a technical standpoint, but the art style really makes it look visually appealing.
robotzombie
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Thanks for the in depth responses guys, just what I was looking for!
Every single time :lol
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On PC you can safely buy on day -## because you can easily find deals that put the games at ~35 dollars. I've gotten DS2, Sleeping Dogs, Borderlands 2, and Hitman or $33-36.
I had read somewhere that all pre-orders include that Argul's Tomb DLC, but my boxed PC copy doesn't seem to include any code for that. That means no tomb for me, right?
From the official forums : "PC users who pre-ordered will not directly need a code. Steam will unlock Argul's Tomb for all the PC users. It is attached to the PC token you redeemed via Steam"
Thank you!
Btw, loving the game. I never thought I'd say this, but from what I've played (3 dungeons) I like it better than Skyward Sword. I could do without the loot system, but apart from that I don't have a single complaint so far.
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I hope Argul's Tomb takes more than an hour.
On the PC version of DS2, I'm running into an issue where I lose control of the character after leaving a menu. I'm using a 360 controller and the only things that work are the start button, right analog stick, and the back button (but it goes to the start menu, not the inventory). I'm able to save and quit but when I load, going into a menu does that again unless I quit completely and restart. It happens after I've played for a while. Has anyone else had this issue and/or know of a fix for this issue?
Net_Wrecker
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Finally finished this after
slowed my enthusiasm to keep playing last week. Thankfully it became fun again after that section but the last few areas did feel a bit rushed considering how much time you spend in the first 2 worlds. The ending in particular felt like a race to wrap it up despite the in game timer being around 26 hours. I enjoyed a majority of my time with the game, but I do feel like the end of DS1 was more memorable and the quest as a whole felt more focused.
My advice to Vigil for a DS3 (with Fury pls) would to cut the fat. By "fat" I mean those main quests that start feeling like collectathon missions where the goal becomes forgotten in favor of "Go here and do these 3 things after going here to do these 3 things." It feels repetitive even if you guys tried your hardest to make traversal and puzzle solving varied in between. For example, instead of collecting 3 items, we should collect 1, but the path to that item would be the same length as if we were collecting 3. It's a small change but I think it would feel less like padding. And
.......no, just no. It would've been fine if it was 5-10 minutes with total cannon fodder, but it was like 45 minutes of constant hordes of annoying enemies and a gameplay gimmick no one is playing Darksiders for.
Also, it would be better to have events halting progress rather than characters sending the protagonists out as errand boys. Instead of a character telling me to do X so he can give me Y, make it so that I WANT to do X because it has ramifications on the overarching narrative. Hearing Death complain about being sent on seemingly unrelated tasks only to have to do them because "Welp, it's a vidyagame" is a bit weak.
The soundtrack is fantastic, the art is great, combat is probably the best I've played from a Western dev, and mechanics are solid overall. I'm not sure if it's better than Darksiders 1, but I can't call it a massive disappointment either. Loot was a good addition as well. A lot of the issues are very fixable in a sequel. Here's hoping.
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My advice to Vigil for a DS3 (with Fury pls) would to cut the fat. By "fat" I mean those main quests that start feeling like collectathon missions where the goal becomes forgotten in favor of "Go here and do these 3 things after going here to do these 3 things." It feels repetitive even if you guys tried your hardest to make traversal and puzzle solving varied in between. For example, instead of collecting 3 items, we should collect 1, but the path to that item would be the same length as if we were collecting 3. It's a small change but I think it would feel less like padding. And
____Earth
Also, it would be better to have events halting progress rather than characters sending the protagonists out as errand boys. Instead of a character telling me to do X so he can give me Y, make it so that I WANT to do X because it has ramifications on the overarching narrative. Hearing Death complain about being sent on seemingly unrelated tasks only to have to do them because "Welp, it's a vidyagame" is a bit weak.
The soundtrack is fantastic, the art is great, combat is probably the best I've played from a Western dev, and mechanics are solid overall. I'm not sure if it's better than Darksiders 1, but I can't call it a massive disappointment either. Loot was a good addition as well. A lot of the issues are very fixable in a sequel. Here's hoping.
RPGCrazied
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I hope they follow through with the Argul's Tomb DLC. Could it be cancelled?
THQ has eye problems concerning the poor framerate on the XBOX 360.
THQSledgehammer wrote :
The team will be adding small adjustments in the next round of patches, but in general the engine is running MUCH smoother than DS1 across the board.
I have personally been playing through the game multiple times on Xbox 360 along with our QA teams and we are not seeing any sort of tearing within the game. While we are not saying you're not having issues... It is hard to fix something we are not able to reproduce.
@Blejac It is not possible to patch the console version of the game weekly, the submission process takes time... A lot more time... We are working as hard as we can to address all issues.
It is pathetic.
THQSledgehammer wrote :
The team will be adding small adjustments in the next round of patches, but in general the engine is running MUCH smoother than DS1 across the board.
I have personally been playing through the game multiple times on Xbox 360 along with our QA teams and we are not seeing any sort of tearing within the game. While we are not saying you're not having issues... It is hard to fix something we are not able to reproduce.
@Blejac It is not possible to patch the console version of the game weekly, the submission process takes time... A lot more time... We are working as hard as we can to address all issues.
It is pathetic.
RPGCrazied
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No tearing? They must be blind, are they are playing the dev copy with vsync enabled.
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So has there been any word on Argul's Tomb for Friday?
Necronomikon
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That happened to me but only if you're using Big Picture Mode. I don't know if it is a Steam issue (which probably is as it is in Beta) or a DS2 issue.
Try it out!
InternHertz
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Just saw IGN's preview for Argul's Tomb...and already foresee a lot of whining because it includes a section dedicated to third-person shooting
I'm one of the few who actually liked that section in the vanilla game so it doesn't bother me.
Other than that, there are 3 sections in the actual tomb, and the whole DLC has 2 new dungeons.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/09/12/darksiders-ii-arguls-tomb-dlc-reveal
I'm one of the few who actually liked that section in the vanilla game so it doesn't bother me.
Other than that, there are 3 sections in the actual tomb, and the whole DLC has 2 new dungeons.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/09/12/darksiders-ii-arguls-tomb-dlc-reveal
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Oh shit, two new dungeons? Hopefully there is a decent amount of XP to earn because I'd like to hit 25 in playthrough one.
InternHertz
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You won't be able to get to 25 because there's a cap on XP. When I hit 22, even quests didn't give me XP anymore.
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Wtf, why 22? So it's impossible for me to get the full set of Abyssal armor on playthrough 1?
Shooting section.. NOOOOOOOOOOO.jpgJust saw IGN's preview for Argul's Tomb...and already foresee a lot of whining because it includes a section dedicated to third-person shooting
I'm one of the few who actually liked that section in the vanilla game so it doesn't bother me.
Other than that, there are 3 sections in the actual tomb, and the whole DLC has 2 new dungeons.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/09/12/darksiders-ii-arguls-tomb-dlc-reveal
StevePharma
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Just saw IGN's preview for Argul's Tomb...and already foresee a lot of whining because it includes a section dedicated to third-person shooting
I'm one of the few who actually liked that section in the vanilla game so it doesn't bother me.
Other than that, there are 3 sections in the actual tomb, and the whole DLC has 2 new dungeons.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/09/12/darksiders-ii-arguls-tomb-dlc-reveal
MMMMmmmm not sure what to think yet. Those items you need to get for Ostegoth better be cool and unique because why else would you bother playing through the dungeons. I'm looking at you BONERIVEN !
on a side note, I completed the abyssal armor but the
horns
NullPointer
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Just saw IGN's preview for Argul's Tomb...and already foresee a lot of whining because it includes a section dedicated to third-person shooting
I'm one of the few who actually liked that section in the vanilla game so it doesn't bother me.
RPGCrazied
Member
I hope for some sweet armor in the DLC area's. That's what I'm waiting for before doing my apoc run.
TemplaerDude
Member
I would like to know at which point, during designing the Arbiters maze, the developers thought "Yeah, this'll be fun!"
Because it's not.
Because it's not.
I loved the Arbiters Maze although I felt like there should've been worthwhile rewards for each of the secret levels past the 5th one. That one reward was great but aside from that there is no reason to waste time on the other secret missions. I liked how the Maze was a test of both your combat skills and your exploration because without the scrolls it's pointless to advance in it.
I also liked the beam/portal stuff from DS1. It was one of the few mildly challenging puzzles from both games.
I also liked the beam/portal stuff from DS1. It was one of the few mildly challenging puzzles from both games.
MikeHaggar
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yeah, this is a bit crazy to me. i really loved the first and just started the second (just finished the "tears" dungeon for the makers). i'm a bit disappointed. the frame rate is atrocious. tearing is noticeable too. i'm not sure how anyone can say the engine is running much smoother than ds1.
i'm playing on an xbox slim with the game installed, by the way. any chance of better performance if i just play straight off of disc?
Criminal Upper
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Man, I've never personally seen a huge GAF backlash against a game in such a long time, I was only a lurker when GTAIV, Brawl, and MGS4 came out.
Not even halfway, from what I remember. The game does fall apart at the end, hard.
I still like it, but man.
GoncaloCCastro
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I really like the game, but having a scythe with Health and Wrath steal just brakes the game, on New Game+ I'm going with the arcane abilities and everything is a cakewalk, even the crucible.
Does anyone want some possessed weapons, I've got no friends on Steam that have Darksiders 2 so if anyone wants some free weapons just send me an invite, steam name is the same as my username here.
Does anyone want some possessed weapons, I've got no friends on Steam that have Darksiders 2 so if anyone wants some free weapons just send me an invite, steam name is the same as my username here.