Darksiders Genesis

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 300 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 51 out of 300
  3. Negative: 35 out of 300
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  1. Dubeau
    Dec 10, 2019
    7
    The game is fun in single player, until your get the Arena levels. They are unfairly hard and I do hate all the arenas in general. It's fun to collect items and powers upgrades. You can buy them too. The story seems really good. I think the game was made for coop, because the single player is somewhat unbalanced. Plateforming stuff is fair and you are not too penalized for cheap death. NotThe game is fun in single player, until your get the Arena levels. They are unfairly hard and I do hate all the arenas in general. It's fun to collect items and powers upgrades. You can buy them too. The story seems really good. I think the game was made for coop, because the single player is somewhat unbalanced. Plateforming stuff is fair and you are not too penalized for cheap death. Not perfect however. I give it 70%. I still prefer the old games style then another diablo clone.… Expand
  2. Jorchking
    Oct 27, 2020
    7
    Superó mis expectactivas. La verdad es que es un juego sólido que ofrece horas de diversión, buena dificultad y variedad de plataformas. No digo que va a quedar en los mejores juegos de tu vida, pero para cumplir ese hueco vacío que tienes y buscas algo diferente, este juego lo cumplirá con creces.
    Eso sí, no es un juego difícil, incluso diría que es bastante sencillo, así que es bueno    Superó mis expectactivas. La verdad es que es un juego sólido que ofrece horas de diversión, buena dificultad y variedad de plataformas. No digo que va a quedar en los mejores juegos de tu vida, pero para cumplir ese hueco vacío que tienes y buscas algo diferente, este juego lo cumplirá con creces.
    Eso sí, no es un juego difícil, incluso diría que es bastante sencillo, así que es bueno también para aquellas personas que buscan no estresarse al jugar.    … Expand
  3. greenisgood
    Dec 22, 2019
    7
    In it's current State 7/10
    After Patches - 8.5/10
    TL;DR - A true Darksiders game in soul and this is coming from someone who has never played a Diablo game in his life, my skepticism to play this style of game was put to rest within the first few hours. If you are a fan of the DS series this game will not disappoint for your first hands on with Strife as a character. War being playable    In it's current State 7/10
    After Patches - 8.5/10
    TL;DR - A true Darksiders game in soul and this is coming from someone who has never played a Diablo game in his life, my skepticism to play this style of game was put to rest within the first few hours.
    If you are a fan of the DS series this game will not disappoint for your first hands on with Strife as a character. War being playable and the kinship between the horsemen as well as Co Op makes this a must buy for all Darksiders fans
    Platforming and Area traversal has some major issues and the load of bugs will make this a frustrating play-through, but this is a problem that can be solved with patches and I believe will make this a worthwhile game to have in your collection especially considering the price point.

    A little context to my thoughts.

    Been an absolute fan of this franchise since I played the first game over a decade ago. DS2 followed along and even though it had a slight changes from the War's version Death's character as well as the game on a whole was an excellent experience. DS3 manages to be a formidable game though not as finessed as the last two considering the massive shift in it's developers roots, yet this still managed to feel like it belonged in this universe and Fury as a character grew over me through the game.

    The Good
    Now to the main Dish - Darksiders Genesis with it's departure from the Third Person/Over the Shoulder to a Top down Dungeon Crawler. DS Genesis manages to retain it's essence for the DS universe and provides us with a great experience and a layover heading to the eventual climax of this saga going on for over a decade and a half now.

    The story though not overly affecting the overall plot we have been following since War's Crater Landing, even so manages to be an excellent hack and slash/dungeon crawler experience raised above it's mediocre game design due to War and Strife's characters and the kinship between them.
    Strife as a playable character was the highlight of the game for me since I am not really a 'Diablo' person and was really skeptical going into this game, but the soul of DS hack and slash is well and alive with amazing combat mechanics and excellent character handling.

    The BAD...
    ...that of course exists in all forms of media was a particular let down. Even if I were to take into calculation that this is a combat focused game and not a platforming focused game, still the area traversal and platforming was one of the worst aspects of this game. Some of the traversal puzzles were so very frustrating not because they were hard but because of the weird camera angles and various bugs related to glitching which would usually end with me having to take a break and or restart the game for it to function right. Multiple times the game would lock up my character barring me from preforming any actions other than a single jump and moving around.

    A few patches should fix these problems. Regardless there is a lot of good here as the combat is very satisfying giving you the vicarious feeling of being in control of one of the all powerful Horsemen !!    … Expand
  4. MaxmilianKohler
    Nov 24, 2020
    7
    Music is nice, graphics are nice, gameplay is generally enjoyable, leveling is well designed.

    Bindings are a bit buggy. Made me switch from keyboard to controller, which I would highly recommend for this game. There are a lot of unpolished/buggy things in the game, such as getting stuck on parts of the ground during battles, which gets you killed. There are quite a few things that    Music is nice, graphics are nice, gameplay is generally enjoyable, leveling is well designed.

    Bindings are a bit buggy. Made me switch from keyboard to controller, which I would highly recommend for this game.

    There are a lot of unpolished/buggy things in the game, such as getting stuck on parts of the ground during battles, which gets you killed.

    There are quite a few things that just seem like really bad design. The creature core (upgrades) slotting design is one. Unnecessarily tedious and time consuming.

    Many of the puzzles/obstacle courses are so poorly designed. Annoying, frustrating, and tedious. Not the type where you feel satisfied after completing them, but where you feel relieved and upset. Many of them seem like they're not working, then you watch it on youtube, see that it IS broken and just roll your eyes. Have to just keep trying to bypass the bug/glitch/bad design. And some of them are much worse than "roll your eyes bad".

    It's the kind of game that is so flawed that you have to use a video walkthrough. I'm deducting multiple points just for this.    … Expand
  5. Bloodnes
    Nov 1, 2020
    5
    Может игра исключительно для фанатов, но поиграв в кооперативе час, желания продолжить игру ни у меня ни у друга не возникли. Графика печальна, после диабло 3 тут даже ловить нечего, кругом мыло на максималках и печальные пейзажи, которые однотипные и ничем не приметные. 5/10 тем кто не знаком с серией игр, даже не рекомендую устанавливать.Может игра исключительно для фанатов, но поиграв в кооперативе час, желания продолжить игру ни у меня ни у друга не возникли. Графика печальна, после диабло 3 тут даже ловить нечего, кругом мыло на максималках и печальные пейзажи, которые однотипные и ничем не приметные. 5/10 тем кто не знаком с серией игр, даже не рекомендую устанавливать.
  6. Mr_Robot
    Mar 9, 2020
    7
    Сюжет - 5
    Геймплей - 9
    Саундтрек - 7 Графика - 7 Прошли за пару дней с другом, давольно-таки не сложный диаблойд, секретный босс рофлер скелет был побеждён минут за 30, паркур испытания = вот действительно над чем пришлось попотеть не один час, признаюсь последнее и самое тяжёлое я забил проходить на последнем этапе (так долго я на нём дрочился), тем не менее друг прошёл его до конца    Сюжет - 5
    Геймплей - 9
    Саундтрек - 7
    Графика - 7

    Прошли за пару дней с другом, давольно-таки не сложный диаблойд, секретный босс рофлер скелет был побеждён минут за 30, паркур испытания = вот действительно над чем пришлось попотеть не один час, признаюсь последнее и самое тяжёлое я забил проходить на последнем этапе (так долго я на нём дрочился), тем не менее друг прошёл его до конца и смеялся с моих неудач. После испытания поркуром мне хотелось умереть :( всем советую    … Expand
  7. SRKNZ
    Dec 14, 2019
    5
    Mediocre Diablo knock off. That was my first thought having played 30 minutes of this game. There's a lack of polish. You seem unable to manually adjust the camera angles which annoyingly auto adjusts in a way that often makes things harder not easier. Its not a small shortcoming when you are asked to climb walls, jump and pull levers, fly and more.

    Which is my second area of criticism.    Mediocre Diablo knock off. That was my first thought having played 30 minutes of this game. There's a lack of polish. You seem unable to manually adjust the camera angles which annoyingly auto adjusts in a way that often makes things harder not easier. Its not a small shortcoming when you are asked to climb walls, jump and pull levers, fly and more.

    Which is my second area of criticism. These game components are handled badly, its hard to do what should be straight forward tasks. Often you feel like this game is a keyboard and mouse killer as you have to mash and pound keys to get things done. Its imprecise and luck plays a big part.

    Additionally why is it when your character is obscured you get a blue outline but not one of the characters he's fighting?

    Its these shortcomings that rob this game of appeal and slow its pace, which is a real failing in what should be a fast paced scrolling D&D style game.

    On the upside the action is reasonable. Its has the right feel and the sets are nice. The banter between the two characters is good, as is the general story. Sound track is decent too.

    That said this one feels lackluster and I'm having a hard time getting into it. I guess I'm simply used to better.

    In short OK but not great. My advice as they tell you when the game starts get a game pad to plug into your PC or laptop. I think this would improve game play and will save your keyboard and mouse.    … Expand
  8. balvan64
    Dec 6, 2019
    7
    No real challenge, no way to lose, no penalty for death.
    If you die you just re-spawn and rush back into the fight.

    Bad camera angles can confuse you causing you to walk around in circles not knowing which way you should go.

    The action is pretty basic, you just spam your attacks until you see a finisher is available, and you use it.

    It's an OK game, but there are better options.
  9. zNeverSleeping
    Feb 17, 2021
    7
    ---{Graphics}---
    ☐ Beautiful
    ☐ Good X Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Addictive X Good ☐ Mediocre ☐ Mehh ☐ Irresponsible ---{Audio}--- ☐ Very good X Good ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids X Teens X Adults ☐ All ---{Difficulity}--- ☐ Easy X Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult    ---{Graphics}---
    ☐ Beautiful
    ☐ Good
    X Decent
    ☐ Bad
    ☐ Don‘t look too long at it

    ---{Gameplay}---
    ☐ Addictive
    X Good
    ☐ Mediocre
    ☐ Mehh
    ☐ Irresponsible

    ---{Audio}---
    ☐ Very good
    X Good
    ☐ Bad
    ☐ I'm now deaf

    ---{Audience}---
    ☐ Kids
    X Teens
    X Adults
    ☐ All

    ---{Difficulity}---
    ☐ Easy
    X Significant brain usage
    ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
    ☐ Difficult

    --{Story}---
    ☐ No Story
    X Some lore
    ☐ Average
    ☐ Good
    ☐ Lovely
    ☐ It‘ll replace your life

    ---{Game Time}---
    ☐ Short
    X Average
    ☐ Long
    ☐ To infinity and beyond

    ---{Price}---
    ☐ It’s free [or i get free]
    ☐ Worth the price
    X Worth it in a promo
    ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ---{Bugs}--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs X Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ---{Optimization}--- ☐ Extract everything from cpu and gpu X Engine not as efficient, but playable ☐ Assassin's Creed Odyssey Level    … Expand
  10. Redenh
    Feb 4, 2020
    6
    Split screen is bad... why you don't take the same from LEGO games ? Dynamic split is very beter in local !
  11. Relkad
    Aug 26, 2021
    7
    Best top-down coop you can play with your buddy,no buddy? well it's still good i guess
  12. DarthNath
    May 22, 2021
    6
    I don't know for sure why people have given this game such positive reviews, because I read several of them and bought the game and now I feel I've wasted my money. I get that for the devs to get a good reception at this point is crucial to there being a Darksiders series here on out, and that they've been working on a much tighter budget. I understand that a lot of the fans would probablyI don't know for sure why people have given this game such positive reviews, because I read several of them and bought the game and now I feel I've wasted my money. I get that for the devs to get a good reception at this point is crucial to there being a Darksiders series here on out, and that they've been working on a much tighter budget. I understand that a lot of the fans would probably be stoked just to play as Strife. But that really is no ground for incomplete reviews and omissions. It misled me, and that right there is precisely what reviews are there to prevent. The game in itself is good. It's a Darksiders game and unless you're basing your expectations on D2, a Darksiders game is what you get. Some say the visuals aren't current gen and all that, and to that I say, the visuals don't matter a whole lot in an isometric game. What does matter, and what Darksiders Genesis gets wrong, are as follows:

    1. Platforming. Unnecessary, at times impossible, breaks the ame by placing you in hard to escape areas. I mean...just why? When has there ever been gamers asking for platforming segments in Djablo or Titan Quest or Path of Exile or whatever? Never. So why put them in your isometric ame? The platforms are beyond your field of view. Once you make a jump, you have no idea where you're going to land. There are triggers that you can see from one point and not from others, guess where you stand when you actually need to make the jump and hit the trigger.

    2. You know how every isometric or top down game gives your characters nice glowy circles under their feet so that even if they fly or fall or get tossed, you know where their corresponding position is on the ground? This game doesn't. Games where you don't need to jump still give you those because your character just might get flipped upwards or thrown, and a game where you have to make thousands of jumps, doible-jumps, glide and all that, doesn't. So you never really know where you're landing after making a particularly difficult jump. And then you land somewhere where you neither die, nor are able to hit the trigger that needs to be hit because it's beyond your camera, can't jump back to your starting position because you have no idea where said position is, and so you reset the game. That leads to the next issue,

    3. This is a co-op game that doesn't want you to actually co-op much. There is no lobby. There is no co-op mode. There are some modes where you can do a local co-op, but if you want to play online, one of you has to find a purple stone and then invite the other. If there in the middle of a fight and no stone is around? Simple. You don't play co-op. If you've just completed a difficult section and then glitches glitches had to restart? Wait for your friend to find the next purple stone, or don't play co-op. You won't see people talk about this much, and I don't know why. Maybe people actually like this mechanism? Maybe that's how all co-op ames should do it now onwards? Because I've literally not seen anyone find this to be an issue. Not even on reddit, and everything is eventually put on reddit.

    4. Glitches. I mean this one is forgivable, but because it ends up marrying all the other issues and having a troublesome baby mid-game, I can't forgive it. You'll get stuck to the scenery. You'll suddenly freeze. You'll fall and get stuck in the stones. There will be several instances where you need to restart the game. And then you wait for someone to find a purple stone while you watch an episode of Kotchen Nightmares or something. Then when you do join, like me, you spawn at the starring area for some reason. 5. There's no loot. OK, sure, loot was a DS2 thing. But if you're making a Diablo-lile, why not let them have loot? It gives your game replay value. As it stands now, I dread entering the same because of how much time I'll spend waiting for my friend to find a purple stone and then watch him fail a jump 20 times and then get stuck somewhere and have to restart the game.

    This needed to be said way back when the game launched so that the devs could patch it up or something. Constructive review matters, guys. Now I just hope their next game is more along the lines of DS 2 and not another isometric. Isometric is not their forte and I hope they realize that.    … Expand
  13. ewhwe
    Dec 13, 2022
    6
    This is a game that the fans of the series would like and visually it looks ok
  14. mj1224
    Dec 20, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. great and lovely.خیلی دوستش داشتم
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    امیدوارم زودتر سری بعدیش ساخته بشه،موزیک عالی،گیم پلی عالی    … Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 15 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 6, 2020
    76
    Although Genesis turned out to be a bit glitchy and buggy, and its parkour sequences are straight-out torturous, all in all it it’s a pretty successful experiment. [Issue#243, p.48]
  2. TheSixthAxis
    Mar 3, 2020
    90
    Despite the fundamental changes to the series' viewpoint, Darksiders Genesis feels like a true Darksiders game, and banishes any memory of the lacklustre third entry.
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  3. Player 2
    Mar 2, 2020
    75
    What Airship Syndicate have done is show the world that the Darksiders IP is more than a one-trick pony, and for those who’ve not been tempted by the core franchise entries up until this point, there is now a very different sample of the IP with which to taste.
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