Darksiders II

Darksiders II is one of the best games I've ever played in terms of Storyline, Gameplay and the best of all, The Soundtrack of this game is Freakin Awesome!! Easily the best in the Darksiders Franchise so far. Just Played it recently and completed it and I can absolutely recommend it to anyone who wish to play it as I didn't encounter any major bugs or crashes as people say so in the reviews. Just a few tips to avoid any type of crash:
1. Keep the Damage Indicators off all time.
2. Don't talk with archon (Location: Crystal Spire at Lostlight Kingdom) if you are due to level up soon (He provides 3000xp during cutscene and game tries to progress you in background and crashes).
3. Don't use redemption (Pistol) during final boss fight (You'll know who he is ;).
Happy Gaming!

Initially, I was having a lot technical issues with the game. Lots of stuttering and the game crashed every time I went into the menu, which made the game unplayable. This seems to be the cause for many of the negative reviews.
I fixed all of the issues by setting the max frames for the game to 60 in my Nvidia control panel. I've had 25 hours of smooth gameplay since without a single crash to stutter and it only took about 15 seconds to do. The game is really good, and well worth the small time investment to get working.

Really fun game with an amazing story and great combat. It's unfortunate it still has bugs/crashes.
If you keep getting a white screen after exiting your menu try capping the game to 120 fps that seemed to fully fix the problem for me.
If your game crashes during a cutscene with Archon participate in the publicbeta by right clicking the game, going to properties, and clicking betas.
If your game crashes in the Abyssal Forge DLC during the fight against the Abyssal Forge I found standing right in front of him makes him spam the AoE slam. After he does it like 8 or so times I would back away and he'd do the move where you can actually attack his face. Doing that strat made it so there wasn't 500 flames on the screen which I feel causes the crash

.Darksiders is perfect game, I rly love it. I see that there are a lot of negative comments because the game just crashes, it shuts down by itself, I had the same problem. I saw one comment where I should switch the game to Public beta version. When I did that, I didn't have any more problems. I hope this helped you too, enjoy the game :)

TLDR : 6/10. An acceptable but flawed Action game with light RPG mechanics. Get it for cheap during a Steam sale.
Following the success of the first Darksider, the formula was altered to probably avoid franchise-fatigue.
They added a loot-based RPG mechanic with incremential stats upgrades as well as levels. This means you get a load of junk loot that you have to sell at merchants. It's boring in other games, it is boring here.
The game is an old school action-adventure game, which means numerous savepoints and infinite respawns, no loss of items or exp, and somewhat easy combat.
World:
Traversal is a bit annoying, as you have to cross a lot of empty spaces to reach points of interest. You can teleport around, but it does slow down the pace with useless travelling.
Combat:
Combat is meh, it mostly works. But it does not require superior skills, and it's rather boring.
The Camera is not very good and will screw up your dodges, which is your main way of avoiding damages. Fortunately a basic skill allows you to port through enemies, which is a better dodge.
Mobs are very agressive, and fighting groups of them is quite painful because the dodge was not meant to handle this.
This is made bearable by the fact that as long as you keep your mana meter up, you can use powerful special attacks that alleviate the group fights annoyance.
Story :
The story is acceptable comic-book grade fantasy tale. Nothing emotional or fascinating, but it gets the job done.
The story is drawn out and starts outstaying its welcome when you reach the 3rd part.
Unresolved bugs :
The game does not work properly beyond 60 fps. It will prevent you from climbing, and freeze the game when accessing the pause/character menus. The solution is to set a FPS cap at 60 (through your graphic card app), and turn on V-sync.

Having completed this game twice, once in the past and again recently on its hardest difficulty, I can say without a doubt that the core experience of being Death is incredibly engaging and stylish. The combat remains satisfying, and the ability to customize your character with different items and upgrade them based on your preferred playstyle is a fantastic feature that adds immense depth and replay value.
The story is another strong point, continuing the high-quality narrative of the first game in a compelling way. I truly have no complaints about the main gameplay or the story.
However, a major warning for my fellow completionists:
If you are like me and feel the need to collect every achievement, be prepared for a significant and frustrating challenge. The collection quests are extremely tough. There are nearly 80 items you need to find, and the game provides absolutely no tracking or counter for them.
This means even if you follow a YouTube guide meticulously and collect everything you see, you might end up at 79/80 with no clue which one you missed. The only solution is to painstakingly retrace your steps through the entire massive game, section by section, which is an exhausting and tedious process. This flawed design for completionists is the sole reason I'm being forced to play through the entire game a third time.

good looter hack & slash, mid story, too many puzzle, awesome gameplays