Darksiders goodness – preview sneaky look
Format: PS3
Release version: Retail version
Distributor: Monaco/THQ New Zealand
Developer: Vigil
Christmas brought some nice goodies to my house including Darksiders which I have been totally hyped to play. Although I’ve only played it for a few hours, it really is pretty cool and alot of fun. If you’re a God of War fan, you will certainly see similarities between the two games. There is a whole lot of content in Darksiders that doesn’t have any similarity to GoW at all though, so if action games are your thing, it’s definitely worth checking it out or at least hiring it out for a day.
What’s it all about?
The storyline kinda goes something like this – you play the main character named ‘War’ who is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The pretense for the game is based in part on the battle of Armageddon between the angels and demons. The twist however is that somehow you’ve been caught in the middle and betrayed so that you’re at war with everyone. In short, it kinda sucks to be you especially when most of your power is gone and you’re left stranded and alone without anyone help. Your main mission is to seek out the other three horsemen and to find out how this battle between heaven and hell got started in the first place (and got you in the doo doo with the mean mofo’s below).
The juicy bits…
The action sequences are pretty manic and hella crazy when you’re fighting hordes of angels at once (very much like God of War). It’s an action based game so you’ll be fighting loads of demons/angels and such-like and you’ll be traversing all over the place including climbing up walls, jumping over obstacles and basically on the run the entire time whilst fighting for your life. Cool, huh?
Oh yeah, you also get a mount in the game called Ruin but that doesn’t come til a bit later on (I haven’t actually played that far in as yet). And did we mention a crapload of different weapons and things as well? I’m not sure how much of the other three horsemen we’ll get to see either. Their names have been refitted to the game as the following:
- Death is still death and wields his trusty Scythe – some things never change, thank god.
- Pestilence has been renamed to Strife
- Fury replaces Famine and is a chick that wields a nasty, dominatrix-style whip. I guess that’s one the boys will like
Gee, that tasted kinda rotten…
As fighting games go, you will pretty much know the drill. They can and do get repetitive. It’s a fact. And yes, the storyline may not be so indepth. If you’re looking for that, Darksiders won’t be for you. But for everyone else looking for some good killing and demon/angel ass-kicking, you’ll love Darksiders.
Darksiders releases in New Zealand on January the 7th, 2010.
