Darksiders II
Darksiders II is parallel to the previous game. The Four Horsemen (War, Strife, Fury, and Death) are the last of the Nephilim, fusions of angels and demons who waged war on creation. To preserve the balance of the Universe, the Four, tired of conquest, received incredible powers from the Charred Council in exchange for slaughtering the rest of the Nephilim. The Horseman Death trapped the souls of his fallen brethren in an amulet, earning the title of Kinslayer, among others (though he kept its preservation a secret, since the Council ordered the Nephilim's souls destroyed). While War is charged with his crimes, the horseman Death, sure that his brother is innocent, sets out on a personal mission to erase his brother's 'crime' and resurrect humanity. He first travels to the Icy Veil—a dimension between the three kingdoms of Heaven, Hell, and Earth—to seek the Keeper of Secrets for proof of War's innocence and the way to restore Earth. The Keeper of Secrets, also known as the Crowfather, tells Death that he must go to the Tree of Life in order to restore humanity. The Crowfather, bitter about being given the Nephilim amulet (which torments him without end), refuses to let Death pass and attacks him in the shape of War. Death is thus forced to kill the Crowfather, but the Amulet shatters and embeds itself in his chest, knocking him out and sending him into a portal created by the Crowfather's death.
Game Discussion
Steam User 20
Zelda for grown-ups
There are some bugs and glitchs and the game has a LOT of puzzles, more than should have
But despite of that the game is Spetacular.
* One of best Scenario/Environment that I've ever seen
* Very Fun Combat
* Incredible OST
* Very Charismatic characters, specially the main character
Excellent Game
Steam User 15
100% Achievement Review: A quick review based on my experience completing all the (available) achievements.
Title: Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Summary: Hack n slash adventure game
Personal notes: The second in the Darksiders series, this is my personal favorite, and the reason why I decided to replay this series. Builds off of the first game perfectly with many great additions. You play as Death and are on a mission to avenge War from the first game. There are new abilities, better movement, and a proper loot and customization system. Achievement-wise, a few are difficult such as reaching Lv 30, this requires playing through NG+, or a personal difficulty I encountered.. The Crucible has 100 Waves and to beat It you have to complete all of these, my game froze about four times on the final fight on Wave 100 which would send me back to wave 76(previous checkpoint). I heard this was due to high dps on the NG+ but was frustrating regardless. Other than this, I had a great time with this game and would highly recommend it at its price, not to mention it goes on sale quite often.
Time it took to complete: 48hrs
Most difficult achievement(s):
-Epic! (Death Reaches Level 30)
-The Secondary Adventure (Complete all Secondary Quests)
-Is There Anyone Else? (Complete The Crucible)
-BFA (Unlock Everything)
Difficulty rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7/10
Overall rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10
Steam User 10
Doing a fresh run after 9 years and forgot how amazing this game is. The battle mechanics, music, story/narration, it all draws you in. Plus you get to play as Death, the best of the 4 horsemen (though they're all pretty cool). The game still holds up great even in 2024. If you haven't played it yet, do yourself a favor and check it out.
Steam User 8
I first played this on the 360 and never got back to it after the big golem boss.
Collect 3 things to collect 3 things to collect 3 things to collect 3 things.
Cool hack and slash game, although very artificially inflated playtime and repetitive combat.
Death is less edgy than War, but still rather funny to play as, due how broody and gritty he is.
Combat is fun, fast paced and hits feel good. There are some variation of secondary weapons and a few combos, but its mostly button mashing.
Lots of padding, dungeons are way too long, requires a lot of backtracking. When you think you are finally finishing a dungeon, you find out you just finished part 1 out 4.
20 hours in, I was about around the mid point, I'd say.
Seem everything in this game requires you to find 3 rocks or 3 keys to progress.
Then you need to get an item and that item needs 3 other items.
"Hey Death, to bring back mankind you need to talk to this guy and ask him about to bring mankind back."
"Death, I require you to get 3 keys to unlock this door so I can tell you how to bring mankind back."
"Yes Death, I have one of the keys, but I need you to recover these 3 artifacts so I can trade it to you."
Some of my major complaints:
- The camera is really bad. You usually fight several enemies at once, trying to focus in one blocks the view of the others, but the free camera is too annoying to control while you fight.
- Too many stuff, too little shortcuts. During a certain point you will have to pause the game to swap items or activate skills, as you can only keybind 4. Subweapons and skills have to share.
- Death is slow. As in REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY slow. He won't walk faster than a slow run, even his horse (on the few places you can use him) is slow as hell and has limited dashes before you have to wait.
- No checklist for collectables. You missed one pebble or page and weren't following a guide from the start? You will have to revisit EVERY SINGLE SPOT trying to find it.
- Glitches. Had some cases of getting stuck in rocks, not being able to move after unpausing the game, the hud dissapearing, sounds stopping, puzzles not activating.
- Puzzles are streamlined. You can sometimes sequence break by jumping on some spots, but most of the time you can only jump on allowed walls, as every other ledge or wall is broken, or just can't be climbed for no reason.
Its somewhat a good game, but it really should have been 1/3, maybe 1/2, the length.
Steam User 10
The game is one of the greatest action RPGs of all time - yes it is simple in design, content is more than enough without the DLCs, yes it has a certain degree of jank, but undoubtedly this is the best Darksiders game in my mind.
Steam User 6
Darksiders 2 .... What a perfect game and sequel of first perfect Darksiders.
The game itself is wonderful.
You play as first and Oldest Rider - the Death itself. And in your quest you must free your brother War. So much fun in playing this game. the game has so much fiun builds you can play through. The philosophy and pure love.
Gameplay 9/10
Game design 10/10
Story 12/10
Sound track 11/10
it's a purre perfection. A work of true love <3
Steam User 5
The game is great so far! loving the RPG elements of the game, and the combat mechanics. However, if you're not a fan of janky platformer's, then this game isn't for you.