TrAcEr_x90
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I like playing apocalyptic, but man, these shooter segments are just frustrating to me. Thank god that was probably the last after ulthane.
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DARKSIDERS |OT| More like Zelda than God of War
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Dommel
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Just got the game today, didnt want to risk spending 59 so I ordered from a webshop for 40 and had to wait a few days but damn this game is easily worth the full price of admission.
Was planning to play a quick hour before going to bed. That was 4 hours ago....
Stuck in the
but so far the ride has been nothing but awesome. The atmosphere, the graphics, combat and puzzles are all great.
Was planning to play a quick hour before going to bed. That was 4 hours ago....
Stuck in the
Twilight Cathedral with the revolving bridge thingy
TrAcEr_x90
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Amir0x said:
seriously?
Yeah Black Throne is the true example of classic Zelda dungeon awesomeness. This is one of those I think holds par with the great Zelda dungeons. Shame it seems to be limited to Twilight Cathedral and Black Throne (and a segment or two of
), but it definitely shows Vigil can design with the best of them. Need Darksiders 2 to see how they do to evolve their work.
Spider's Lair
TrAcEr_x90
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How do you guys think the game is doing?? will we get a sequel? the marketing was pretty good i think. web-wise. Havent seen commercials but ive seen stuff online everywhere and at gamestop.
Kintaro said:
To me, the game feels like the first Banjo-Kazooie-- it took a lot of elements from another great game, but it did it so well that no one cared. People criticizing Darksiders for originality should take a look at how they felt about any of Naughty Dog's past efforts, all of which are far from original in gameplay or themes, but at the very least solid games.
Plus, unlike GTA clones or FPS games, the Zelda formula is far from overused. I can think of two games that have used it well outside of the series: Beyond Good and Evil and Darksiders.
Lostconfused
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Well a few hours of leaving the controller in place from getting the platinum. Not bad for a weeks game rental. In my top 3 for this month.
TrAcEr_x90 said:
I hope it's doing well. if not, Sony needs to buy this studio, and make it PS3 exclusive to counter Nintendo Zelda. The reason I said Sony, not Microsoft, because seems like Sony is better in nurturing their first party studios. They made one hit after another.
Finished this game a few hours ago and traded it in to EB on the way home. It was a really solid effort and I'm glad I got it. I was going to completely pass it over and if it weren't for the promotion I would have. I still remember telling my friend it looked like shit after seeing the trailers for it (had never heard of it until I was pre-ordering). In that regard, I think the marketing team here failed. They made these horribly uninsteresting trailers that nobody who actually watches trailers would even notice. Both the trailers were CG for some reason. Not to mention they kept pushing the God of War angle which is probably the worst thing they can do right now as it pits it against Bayonetta, Dante's Inferno, and God of War itself - all of which are released this quarter.
They really should have played the dungeons-aspect as that's what I found fun. Combat was ho-hum. A step above Zelda, but what isn't? The puzzles were a step below Zelda but, again, what isn't? Twilight Cathedral and Black Throne were an absolute blast. They were lucky that those were the first and last dungeons as they really leave a good impression on you. Ashlands was a little boring as it was just combat after combat and Hollows annoyed the shit out of me due to the water sections (read: nobody likes water levels. nobody). The spider lair had a cool central theme too and did backtracking pretty well.
I found War's eyes and voice to be too much in the direction of "trying too hard" and I found it unappealing because of that. The art style showed a lot of promise like in
but too much of the game seemed to be stuck in the sort of blah grey and brown. The contrast of War's clothing to the backdrop was interesting, but I really would have liked more brighter areas along with the more depressing ones.
Also, NPCs need to shut the fuck up. "Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. "
I AM JUST TRYING TO CLIMB THIS THING SHUT UP ALREADY I'M ON IT.
Anyway, it scratched my 3D Zelda itch which is nice as that itch has been there for over 3 years.
They really should have played the dungeons-aspect as that's what I found fun. Combat was ho-hum. A step above Zelda, but what isn't? The puzzles were a step below Zelda but, again, what isn't? Twilight Cathedral and Black Throne were an absolute blast. They were lucky that those were the first and last dungeons as they really leave a good impression on you. Ashlands was a little boring as it was just combat after combat and Hollows annoyed the shit out of me due to the water sections (read: nobody likes water levels. nobody). The spider lair had a cool central theme too and did backtracking pretty well.
I found War's eyes and voice to be too much in the direction of "trying too hard" and I found it unappealing because of that. The art style showed a lot of promise like in
Eden and Ulthane's area
Also, NPCs need to shut the fuck up. "Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. Connect the beams to set me free. "
I AM JUST TRYING TO CLIMB THIS THING SHUT UP ALREADY I'M ON IT.
Anyway, it scratched my 3D Zelda itch which is nice as that itch has been there for over 3 years.
Quick question: I'm at the Black Throne and I've
I'm thinking of collecting the other parts of the abyssal armor before going forward too much.
taken down one of the three tethers to the angel of death. If I continue and break the other two, have I reached a point where I can't go back into the overworld?
Lostconfused
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You will be told when you cant go back.mjc said:
Just wanted to say that the Lens of Truth has a head to head for this game up now. I think you need to register in order to view it.
http://www.lensoftruth.com/?p=17291
They give the edge to the PS3 version for the simple fact that there is less screen tearing and hiccups. Everything else is equal. I downloaded the 720p video, and everything looks identical.
http://www.lensoftruth.com/?p=17291
They give the edge to the PS3 version for the simple fact that there is less screen tearing and hiccups. Everything else is equal. I downloaded the 720p video, and everything looks identical.
SonOfABeep
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Gamestop's running a special where you get $40 for certain games towards certain games.. I'm thinking about ditching Forza 3 for this. I haven't played it much and I bought the game for $40 originally..
Should I pull the trigger? or is it better suited to gamefly and burning through it in a week? Reports are about 15 hours long and I could probably finish that in a week.. Not a lot of re-playability, right?
Should I pull the trigger? or is it better suited to gamefly and burning through it in a week? Reports are about 15 hours long and I could probably finish that in a week.. Not a lot of re-playability, right?
If you're happy to burn through a 15 hour long game in a week, that's fine. Personally, anything that long would take me a few weeks and makes a good purchase. I'm happy I bought it. As for replayability...well, IMO, no action games really have much replayability, so I can't say what you'd think about that.SonOfABeep said:
TrAcEr_x90
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I beliieve im about to beat another dungeon. the one where you get the gauntlet. I thought it was pretty cool? there were quite a few dungeons, bu tprobaly not as cool as the first one still.
Haint
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Wow this game was such a breath of fresh air to all the formulaic shooter and sandbox crap where every step of their design and progression is so predictable. This game threw a new curve ball every hour or two. Every time I thought they were going to fall into the trap and repeat the same pattern 4 or 5 times, it either did something completely different or disguised it so well you didn't care or couldn't tell. Quite possibly my game of the generation.
bridegur said:
Yeah, Naughty Dog's a great example. Crash Team Racing is basically a Mario Kart clone, Jak 1 is basically a Banjo-Kazooie clone (which, as you noted, is itself basically a Mario 64 clone plus a few other elements), Jak 2 and 3 are the same as Jak 1 but with other things thrown in like some GTA, and Uncharted is basically Gears of War with a bit of Prince of Persia. And there's nothing wrong with that, because they're all good games. But the fact that Uncharted 2 has gone on to be one of the highest rated games of all time while people are docking points on Darksiders for copying other games is kinda silly.
As for other Zelda clones, there's also Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, Okami, and sort of Batman: Arkham Asylum. At least as far as 3D ones go.
Opus Angelorum
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I'm confused, does the chaos form take an absolute age to build up or am I missing a button combination? I haven't once been it since the opening act.
Opus Angelorum
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KevinCow said:
I can't remember the name of the place, but actual game time is over four hours. I'm inside the big cathedral that has loads of rooms inside...
I'm a bit further on from this:
Cathedral, Gameplay
Baker said:
Thats exactly the same problem I have with blocking in the game. Why they foolishly relegated it to RB when its also used for Dashing is retarded cause more often than not, I'll end up dashing when I want to block.
Also, why the fuck doesn't the game remember that I want to invert my Y-Axis? Every time I load up the game its reset back to the default while every other option remains the same.
Opus Angelorum
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Mind said:
Thanks. I think reading this thread has confused me, people who have completed the game are talking about weapons/armour/items that I haven't even came across yet.
I know this is obvious but I really don't want to miss anything on my first play-through as I don't get much game time during the week.
edgefusion
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glaurung said:
Mine does too (why put a sticker from a US magazine on a UK release?) and it doesn't come off easily. It'll leave gross sticky residue and bits of paper stuck to the cover so either replace the case or rip it off then spray WD40 on it to remove the residue and excess paper.
Magik said:
I agree that blocking and dashing shouldn't be on the same button... but then again, there's not really anywhere else for it to go. Still, I think they could've doubled up the button better, maybe by having hold = block and tap = dash.
Sucks that it doesn't remember the Y-axis preference. Seems like a bit of an oversight on their part.
Opus Angelorum said:
You won't miss anything in terms of weapons and items since they're all required to progress, but you won't be getting all the health and wrath shards or abyssal armor pieces without doing a good bit of exploring.
Opus Angelorum
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KevinCow said:
Good, I don't mind the abyssal armour but the health shards would be handy.
Winding down on my playthrough on Apocaliptic and I'm loving the exploring for the
Now I'm just leveling-up my weapons and then off to the finale. I really like how they incorporated some of the Voidwalker puzzles in other areas... really made you think.
Armageddon Blade Shards
edgefusion said:
If you pull off the sticker and it leaves a residue, simply use the back of the removed sticker to dab the left over residue. The leftover residue will slowy clump and adhere to the back of the sticker and will eventually give you a clean unmarred surface without the pain of using additional cleaners or elbow grease.
A friend showed me this trick and it works on all stickers on plastics including music/movie/game cases, computers, etc.
I went hunting for some abyssal shards and I am at 7/10 at the moment. I was wondering if you can already get all 10 of them
after you take down the first tower in the BT and obtained void walker. Or do you need something else? Else I might just pointlesly wandering around to search for unobtainable pieces 
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Damn this game is so much fun. I can't believe how much I am enjoying it. What a great start for 2010.
I beat the first main dungeon and killed Tiamat and just started on the next area. The combat is surprisingly satisfying and there have been quite a few challenging encounters already. The action, puzzles, exploration and upgrade system really come together along with the cool looking visuals to make a very entertaining experience.
I'm sure it helped that I had no hype going into the game (hell I only heard about it a day or two before I bought it), but Darksiders is definitely looking like it might be one of my favorite games of the year. This year's Arkham Asylum? Maybe.
I beat the first main dungeon and killed Tiamat and just started on the next area. The combat is surprisingly satisfying and there have been quite a few challenging encounters already. The action, puzzles, exploration and upgrade system really come together along with the cool looking visuals to make a very entertaining experience.
I'm sure it helped that I had no hype going into the game (hell I only heard about it a day or two before I bought it), but Darksiders is definitely looking like it might be one of my favorite games of the year. This year's Arkham Asylum? Maybe.
Well there's oneFlipside said:I went hunting for some abyssal shards and I am at 7/10 at the moment. I was wondering if you can already get all 10 of themafter you take down the first tower in the BT and obtained void walker. Or do you need something else? Else I might just pointlesly wandering around to search for unobtainable pieces
later in the tower,
edgefusion
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nacire said:
What if the sticker rips and leaves traces of paper behind? The only way I've ever been able to get rid of it is with WD40.
jonhuz said:Can anyone please help me find the last artifact I need:
Looks like you need 2, the Center Artifact - Overlord is located in the 3rd / 4th Tower in the Ashlands. You need the Abyssal Chain to cross the top levels and then shut down the drill and drop-down the hole and the artifact is there... the last Solider Artifact I'm not too sure on.
I'm stuck In the first big room of the second dungeon, there's a bomb I can throw, lots of water & there were some green insect enemies flying around. I have no idea where to go I'm stuck at the bottom in the water with no apparent way to go. There's a few ice walls to break & one fire wall as I mentioned but I have no way of destroying either of them as far as I know. And I can't see any way up either.
In the first big room of the second dungeon, there's a bomb I can throw, lots of water & there were some green insect enemies flying around. I have no idea where to go I'm stuck at the bottom in the water with no apparent way to go. There's a few ice walls to break & one fire wall as I mentioned but I have no way of destroying either of them as far as I know. And I can't see any way up either.