I have that, and I've tried using it. But the stuff it sees is usually at least somewhat visible. But the chests I'm talking about just apparently don't exist.
Like, at the beginning, when Vulgrim tells you to collect 500 souls and gives you a map and compass of the area. There's one right next to where you start, but it appears to be on top of an arch. Throughout the whole game, I kept returning to that spot to try to get up there. Then when I finally did... no chest. There was something else, but not a chest, despite a chest being marked there. And the chest is still marked there.
Its there, but invisible. hahaha. I bought the guide and it said you had to break all fire hydrants and it appears. Thats why this totally reminds me of soul reaver. You just have to explore and mess with everything in the environments if you hope to find the powerups.
I was giving an example, I've never played the game. That's just how v-sync works. So in this case if the game is 30-59fps and v-sync is on then the game will be 30fps. Where if the game is 47fps with triple buffering it will be 47fps and with no tearing.
I'd much rather it start up with me losing my memory and landing on a beach somewhere. And then, after wandering around talking to random people about how interesting this book is or how monsters have suddenly been amassing in the mysterious forest, and we can't forget about how my bird has taken flight after a squirrel and I wonder if somebody can retrieve it, I think it would be cool if the woman that found me suddenly disappeared. You see, there was a special salve in the mysterious forest where monsters have been amassing and the silly twit thought it'd be a good idea to go find it. But it's okay, because her woodsman father has a sword that he can give me. But I can't just go out and use the sword, first I should practice on some bushes, some random villagers, and maybe their pet dogs.
Of course, after this, I'm ready to go to the mysterious forest.
But not until I've run a few errands for the kind townspeople.
After that, they'll trust me enough to let me go into the mysterious forest even though I'm pretty sure that the twit that thought it was a good idea to go into the mysterious forest is pretty dead because there are monsters amassing in the mysterious forest.
And the flight doesn't feel that great compared to HAWX...but what the fuck does that have to do with anything? Getting tired of seeing people compare the combat in an action game to that in an adventure game. He rides a horse - how's the speed compare to Need for Speed?
Maybe they shouldn't have tried to replicate the combat of god of war if these comparisons shouldn't be made.
Edit: Also I didn't get the horse yes but how does it control? Like a car in an arcade racing game or like in shadow of colossus or like in assassins creed because if its like a car then sure I can try comparing it to need for speed then if you want?
Well, the game still has my interest and I certainly like it overall, but I just beat the second dungeon last night and it too suffered from a weak boss battle. It's a decent facsimile, but Darksiders just doesn't measure up to its inspirations - not yet, anyway.
It's beginning to feel like a very good, but not great game. Which is nothing to sneeze at, I suppose. I hate to say it, but it feels like this possible franchise is still a game away from being great.
Darksiders 360 Screen-Tearing Fix on Way
Joe Mad confirms Vigil working to eliminate graphical issues on Xbox 360.
by Matt Wales, IGN UK
UK, January 7, 2010 - With Vigil Games' apocalyptic action adventure Darksiders poised for release on January 8 in the UK and Europe, we had chance to sit down with studio head Joe Madureira during his whistle stop tour of London and managed to get some official word on reported screen-tearing issues plaguing only the Xbox 360 version of the game.
Madeuira confirmed that Vigil has been made aware of the issue and is already planning a fix: "It's something that's really not a difficult fix for us and so we're going to implement a patch to resolve the problem. We're fairly certain it'll happen really soon so look out for it."
We thoroughly enjoyed Vigil's inaugural effort and it's great to hear the studio's eager to iron out the wrinkles so soon after they've come to light.
Quick poll - on the Jailer, did you play in 'third person shooter mode' (press R3), or did you Z-target him? I Z-targeted him and circle strafed while tossing the glaive at him for five minutes before realizing it wasn't hitting his boil. Did it automatically hit the tumor for anyone else?
Quick poll - on the Jailer, did you play in 'third person shooter mode' (press R3), or did you Z-target him? I Z-targeted him and circle strafed while tossing the glaive at him for five minutes before realizing it wasn't hitting his boil. Did it automatically hit the tumor for anyone else?
I've just posted my review. I've spent a lot of time with the game, some 30 hours, and I'm now going back in on my proper Xbox Live Account as I enjoyed the first time on my review account so much.
Review in short: Not sure it's quite an RPG (as we were told over and over, being an RPG Site) but it's bloody good fun. It has RPG elements, and it's a good game, so I was more than happy to review it in the end.
Thank god. I just defeated the second dungeon, and while I'm totally loving the game so far I'm more than happy to put it on hold until the screen tearing problem is resolved. It totally takes you out of the immersion of the experience when your screen is wrinkling every two seconds
Also I'm loving the boss designs so far. The battles themselves haven't been anything groundbreaking, but visually its been awesome. And especially the end to the second boss fight... fucking brutal :lol
The game is being compared to Zelda and people are complaining that it starts off slowly? Really? How many of these people have actually played Twilight Princess?
Was gonna post the exact same thing. I love Zelda and OOT is still in my all time top 5 but I just couldnt get into TP at all. THe opening few hours just felt like such a chore. But thats a thread for another day
The problem is dodge is too god damn slow to be effective most of the time. Coupled with the fact that it has no invincibility frames and a long cool down time, and it's a crap shoot as to whether you can effectively doge an enemy attack. I'm on Stilitha now and I can't figure out the timing to dodging her attacks.
The problem is dodge is too god damn slow to be effective most of the time. Coupled with the fact that it has no invincibility frames and a long cool down time, and it's a crap shoot as to whether you can effectively doge an enemy attack. I'm on Stilitha now and I can't figure out the timing to dodging her attacks.
Woo, just beat the game. It took about 17-18 hours, though I explored a lot. If I hadn't just wandered around so much, it probably could have been beaten in about 12 hours.
I'll have to let it sink in before I make a final judgment, but the game was for the most part pretty fantastic. It could have been longer, but other than that I can't think of any major complaints, just a few nitpicks here and there. I'll definitely be playing it again.
I really, really hope this game's decently successful. It deserves it.
The problem is dodge is too god damn slow to be effective most of the time. Coupled with the fact that it has no invincibility frames and a long cool down time, and it's a crap shoot as to whether you can effectively doge an enemy attack. I'm on Stilitha now and I can't figure out the timing to dodging her attacks.
I had like 5 tries trying to kill her, but then I waited and tried again an hour later and killed her in one try. Just dodge sideways.. Dodge isn't too slow at all, it's all I use :lol
reeeeeeeeeaally want to try this. hope a PS3 demo is on the way.
also: i thought PS3 had tearing/etc. too? i thought this was one of "those" games where they look/perform damn near identical- which means they both share the same deficiencies like framerate and what not.
Very impressed with the game, looks great and runs great too (PS3 version). Controls took a bit to get used too, and the combat is basic so far, but enjoyable.
At the poster above, Vigil said there will never be a demo as it would be impossible to convey the whole games style in a demo.
hook shot? several grab locations seems out of reach and I don't know if I'm not figuring out how to do it or if it gets an upgrade.
one thing this game is horrible at is telling you what you can climb/stand on. The environment makes it seem like you could jump on a ledge to get higher, but that ledge is actually an invisible wall.
hook shot? several grab locations seems out of reach and I don't know if I'm not figuring out how to do it or if it gets an upgrade.
one thing this game is horrible at is telling you what you can climb/stand on. The environment makes it seem like you could jump on a ledge to get higher, but that ledge is actually an invisible wall.
This last dungeon area has some of the hardest combat on apocalyptic. Regular enemies hitting you for like half to a full life bar. If you let the combo you, say goodbye to 3-4 shards. Minibosses hitting for 3.5 bars each shot :lol
Are you sure thats a hook shot location? There a bunch of little glowing objects that I've yet to get to. I am missing the final ability/power though. That's probably why.
This last dungeon area has some of the hardest combat on apocalyptic. Regular enemies hitting you for like half to a full life bar. If you let the combo you, say goodbye to 3-4 shards. Minibosses hitting for 3.5 bars each shot :lol
Are you sure thats a hook shot location? There a bunch of little glowing objects that I've yet to get to. I am missing the final ability/power though. That's probably why.
Beat Twilight Cathedral. It hasn't been too difficult so far on Apocalyptic, almost no deaths except once on Tiamat because when you hold the damn bomb you can't dodge for some reason. The combat itself is fairly straightforward, and dodging and blocking is incredibly simple. Dodging should have been quicker and with no delay between dodges, though.
As for the puzzle design in TC, it was definitely like an Easy Zelda dungeon, not immensely challenging but still satisfying. I would not at all feel it compares badly to a Zelda dungeon, so that's high praise indeed. I liked the way I got to that one
life skull, tossing a bomb through that hole like basketball
Beat Twilight Cathedral. It hasn't been too difficult so far on Apocalyptic, almost no deaths except once on Tiamat because when you hold the damn bomb you can't dodge for some reason. The combat itself is fairly straightforward, and dodging and blocking is incredibly simple. Dodging should have been quicker and with no delay between dodges, though.
As for the puzzle design in TC, it was definitely like an Easy Zelda dungeon, not immensely challenging but still satisfying. I would not at all feel it compares badly to a Zelda dungeon, so that's high praise indeed. I liked the way I got to that one
life skull, tossing a bomb through that hole like basketball
this game and my OCD will be the end of me. I try playing each section as much as i can, and explore. I feel i found everything i possibly could, i check the darksiders guide, and find out i missed like two chests???? its insane!!! Then i look and see that you can get a trophy for killing five bats without touching the ground. Imma have to go back and do that in one of those killing rooms.
damn it i just cant make my mind up on this. i hate the main character design, the combat is going to be awful after bayonetta, and the zelda aspects sound a bit half-baked which will suck after playing spirit traxx
this game and my OCD will be the end of me. I try playing each section as much as i can, and explore. I feel i found everything i possibly could, i check the darksiders guide, and find out i missed like two chests???? its insane!!! Then i look and see that you can get a trophy for killing five bats without touching the ground. Imma have to go back and do that in one of those killing rooms.
Twilight Cathedral is the place for that, no question.
1000/1000 on the game. It was a blast, except for grinding out the last of the weapon levels to finish off the achievements.
Maybe i just have different tastes now, but I couldnt get into zelda twilight princess at all!!Last zelda game the kept me hooked was ocarina of time. This game is just so brutal and cool, i keep playing and exploring
Twilight Cathedral is the place for that, no question.
1000/1000 on the game. It was a blast, except for grinding out the last of the weapon levels to finish off the achievements.
Is there anything i need to keep in mind of for trophys??? like I will need to back track through the whole game right? Theres never a time that I will miss the opportunity for a trophy right? I just dont know if i want to replay the game if im spending tons of hours tyring to find everything the first time.
Is there anything i need to keep in mind of for trophys??? like I will need to back track through the whole game right? Theres never a time that I will miss the opportunity for a trophy right? I just dont know if i want to replay the game if im spending tons of hours tyring to find everything the first time.
Been playing through this for a couple hours now, really enjoying it so far. Playing on Apocalyptic but it hasn't been very challenging. Looking forward to reaching the first dungeon.
If this is the room I'm thinking of(with the crank that moves the platform over), you just need to put the big train on it and move it back to push into the corner for a platform. The other piece of the train didn't seem to have a point, I guess you just needed to move it so the train would fit.
