Darksiders

Just as War is on a quest to alter how he's perceived, it seems Darksiders itself is on a quest for its own identity. It draws heavily from mechanics established in the 3D Legend of Zelda games and mixes in a forgiving combat system along with elements from a host of other popular titles. It's a goulash of collection mechanics, exploration, and combat we've all seen before, but to Vigil's credit all these elements are adeptly combined in the same product and executed well overall. While the game world could have been developed more, the boss fights leave a lot to be desired, and more interesti...

Darksiders III’s sense of economy and character is simple but nuanced, and it makes it easy to forgive other shortcomings. Nothing in this game is as luxurious as contemporaries like God of War or a modern Assassin’s Creed, but it also doesn’t have to be. Whenever I walked into a new place like the neon-tinged underwater Depths or finally reached the next boss and started swinging, the implied guitar riffs of the moment rang loud in my head. Gunfire Games should be proud of making a game where literally fighting Pride feels as silly and awesome as the painted cover of a vintage Ozzy Osbourne L...

You know what they say, you can't make an apocalypse without breaking a few seals. Darksiders makes one hell of an apocalypse. This Zelda-clone is a lot better than its derivative nature would suggest.

Darksiders has a slow start but once it gets started it doesn't stop.  It's got great pacing and the story carries itself well.  There's a decent amount of unlockables and the game clocks in at about 14 hours.  While the game may be a little easy and the graphics not up to what we saw at the end of last year with some other top tier games they can hold their own pretty well.  Darksiders is one of the first games of this year that I'd be willing to label as a must purchase for anyone that is the least bit interested.