It's still an excellent game over three years removed from its original release, and having all of its content in one place here with spruced up visuals and tweaked loot distribution is nice -- but the graphical hiccups are a disappointment, although likely patchable. Still, for $30 or less, this is one of the best buys in gaming this holiday for anyone that hasn't played Darksiders II before.
When Darksiders II sticks to the actual essentials of the main story and not its so-called Deathinitive features, it's a solid action-adventure-RPG hybrid.
Number of playthroughs: Lost count
This game series is one of my favorite of all time. I love each and every entry.
As the first game in the series, it does a great job of hooking people in with its interesting story, characters, and most important of all its combat.
The original soundtrack and the map design is great as well
Recently got the Blade and Whip edition on PS4 and played it again.
Everything about this game is pretty flawless. Whether it be the phenomenal soundtrack, character & boss & enemy design, the gameplay (the combat system is extremely good), just everything is perfect, and this is easily one of my favorite games of all times.
It’s not original, and it’s often unfocused, but Darksiders II remains one of the better Zelda clones – even if this slipshod remaster does it few favours.
it does not deserve this score.metacritic 80..game maybe easy but this not feel bad.I like playing.combat good.cutely desing and somewhere your brain work well.when ı play ı feel very well and improve your **** should play this and before game...
Странная игра. Очень нравится вселенная, мир, персонажи и боевая система, НО! Как же бесят и раздражают головоломки, это уже ни в какие рамки не лезет.... Когда игра только вышла в 2012 я еле дошёл до 2 мира и там бросил игру, тут уже осилил игру до конца. Игра очень затянута этим платформингом, головоломками и попыткой сыграть в Portal. Боевая система более разнообразная и резвая, но лучше ли она первой части? - Не отвечу. Картинка приятная, последний мир - просто вау! Отдельный разговор - это оптимизация.... Вы серьезно? Лок на 30 fps? В слешере 2012 года с такой картинкой??? + Ужасная камера, в первой части была отличная камера. В общем это средний ремастер неплохой игры. В начале тягомотина, но потом раскачивается к концу.
I picked this title up via the Playstation Network with the game bundle. This was not my first go with the game though; I had played it years ago when it first released. I never finished it back then and I couldn't remember until I started playing it again.
The game is a SLOG OF UNNECESSARY PUZZLES.
With the 1st title, the game had it's fair share of puzzle, but the pacing made up for those moments when you have to figure out just what to do. Sure, those puzzles went from 'simple' to 'this is gonna take a bit of time' but they always felt meaningful.
Not with Darksiders II.
To be clear, none of the puzzles are hard (on a scale of 1-10 the hardest hovered around a 4), but the ungodly amount of them make playing this game unbearable at times. Every step, every place you go in the game is a puzzle in some way or another. Wanna cross that room? gotta deal with a puzzle. Want to get that door open? Puzzle. Ohh a treasure chest? PUZZLE!!!
The dungeons in this game are at most 20mins **** not every, single, room be booby trapped with a puzzle. The padding is strong with this game. And if you think this is bad, get ready for the obnoxious backtracking for treasure and collectibles later in the **** not have a good way to tell you where they are!
Combat can be **** times, when dealing with minor enemies, but once a "Stronger" version pops up in the mix, the fun ends. Both trees are superfluous as are gear choices. Not once did I feel strong or even up to the task in either tree, nor did special weapons or epic gear make a lick of difference.
The only redeeming factor for the game is the narrative, but that is consumed by all the other shortcomings. I couldn't finish it due to all the issues. In our day and age where I can hop online and read the story and conclusion (and watch it), DSII gets a hard pass. All the reasons I gave up on the title the first time (but not the 1st Darksiders which I enjoyed and finished) flooded back.
I hope THQ Nordic learned something from how this title helped sink the original THQ, but they are moving forward with the 3rd game and if it is ANYTHING with the 2nd, i'm out. Puzzles are fun, nothing but puzzles are not.
Penso sia uno dei giochi peggio fatti a livello tecnico, se il combattimento e la storia possono essere carini, il drop di fps, la telecamera ballerina, i bug che ti fanno morire perché devi morire e i continui crash del gioco rendono l'esperienza più frustrante che bella.
Davvero, un qualcosa di osceno.
SummaryDarksiders II follows the actions of Death, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game. This journey propels Death across an expansive game world as he tries to redeem his brother, War, the horseman blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders.