the Darksiders series has got to be one of the most underrated videogame series of all time. Specifically darksiders 2. Sure the game has some jank. Like the pacing and some of the boss fights. But for every bad thing about the game there are 20 more good things.
3 is highly slept on aswell. Its weird how the hardcores diss its differenes, 3 is as different as 2 is from 1, the differences in 2 are vast and its strange how they ignore that. I digress, 3 has more challenge than the others, and all 3 are gems in their own rights. People got so upset that it was more skill based, they had to patch in a mode that allows a person to spam like a noob, that humors me
@@jonathansoko1085 The thing is that even though 2 is very different from the first game, it build upon it. It still feels like Darksiders game with its own identity. structure and storytelling. I understand that the team and budget for the third game were smaller, so I don't mind its lenght and being exclusively on the earth again, but the third game throw a lot of things that gave Darksiders its identity into the bin and made a souls clone for no reason with pretty pathetic story. I felt super engaged in like last 20 or so minutes, where the twist happens and that's it. Compared to previous games there's very little world building and pretty much no story other than 'go and hunt down the sins'. It wouldn't be as bad if the sins added something to the world but they don't. All you get is just pep talk before killing each of them and that's it. And don't get me started on the 'optional bosses' that are just reskinned buffed regular enemies, fuck that. It's nice to see Fury grow and eventually come from despising her to liking her, but that's not enough to carry the experience. And I was always in for Darksiders mainly for its deep lore and rich world building. Third game outright sucks in this regard and I'll always diss it for that. And don't think that I hate the game. I had a blast with its gameplay and I think the steeper diffuculty fits the tone of the series perfectly, so much so that I 100% it and I'm sure I'll come back to it at some point. I just won't comeback to it as often as to other games in the series. Darksiders 3 might not be a bad game, but it's a terrible Darksiders game if you ask me. Anyway after Genesis my hopes for the series are high and I hope we'll get to see The Four together tearing through demons and angels in the near future.
For sure. I am a bit of a weird guy. I can appreciate single player games for the most part, but I don't play them. Overall Devil May Cry and Prince of Persia were the only franchises completed through and through. Otherwise played bunch of singles, but I usually ditch them. Darksiders 2 I downloaded one day out of nowhere and I just played the whole game for 2-3 days or whatever. It was an incredible game with great combat and atmosphere. I even remember a few decently hard puzzles in there. Just the fact I finished it already places is high among my list of top hack & slash games. Haven't even finished Witcher 3 yet.
I heard Farcry 2 was super underrated, so I got it on steam. And it's not even that good, the story is very bland and obviously the graphics are super outdated I wanted to see if I could download a retexture mod for it. But I'm about to get Darksiders II for the PS3 I just got, maybe I'll get it for PC instead for the graphics. Really got the PS3 for Red Dead
@@bigdaddysbaked people say Far Cry 2 is the goat to look cool. It's a frustrating game with poor stealth and awful hit detection. It's enjoyable from time to time but I can never play long enough to finish a playthrough.
Love this game. Apart from some rough edges like a poorly made remaster for PS4, lacking some patches, lacking a bit of extra story line. Combat is great, cosmetic design of equipment is amazing, environment is amazing. Very enjoyable and challenging.
@@amyriadofadventures4085 ran a lot smoother, less crashes. Especially the slim PS4, it crashes in heavy combat and in other areas quite a lot. Ive never gotten a clean run from 1-100 in the crucible on a ps4
I played it on ps4 and have had very little issues at all its certainly vastly more stable than most modern titles, I think you may just be one of the unlucky few because I have had several ps4s and its been consistent across all of them
@@lgd6619 perhaps. I still had my issues with the newer model PS4, but nothing compared to the first generation Ps4. I couldn’t get passed roughly level 60 in the crucible without crashing several times. I still loved the game immensely.
@@1Reaper1 Sorry to hear that buddy, but yeah no doubt this game is special and criminally underrated the opening sequence still gives me goosebumps to this day
Don’t let this video sell this game’s story short. Honestly it’s a bit baffling because the story is all there, and it’s pretty amazing. Extremely deep lore - maybe Dude didn’t pay a whole lot of attention but there are plenty of surprises, double crosses, and A-HA moments. I believe there’s even a book series. Anyway the way the first and second game have their lore connected together is one of my favorite things about the series.
Darksiders 2, my favorite out of the Darksiders franchise. The pacing is good, the combat is great and Death is badass, arguably the strongest horseman out of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.
@@godofdeath8785 - I was thinking to get Darksiders 3 as I haven't played it yet. Is it as bad as some reviews make it out to be? I know the reviews complained about bad camera angles that messed things up quite a bit.
@@IKARIANOFFICIAL I know I’m a little late to this conversation but I would say the combat in dark cider three does take a hour or two to get used to but once you do the game is fluid and fun but it does have a different feel to it compared to the speed of numbers one and two I enjoyed my time with Darksiders three and I would recommend it to any Darksiders fan if you do play it learn the Dodge timings
Darksiders 2 is actually on the list of highest budget games with a budget of 50 million dollars. Now, that includes marketing, but it's still on the list.
The game “journalists” gave it a bad score because they can’t jump properly in Cuphead, hence not enough brain cells to complete a single puzzle in this game.
I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE. "Horse Squealing."
I did the same mistake.. I played and loved Darksiders 1. But skipped 2, because... I don't know why. Now I want to play it, and complete it. Death is a great character and the combat is freaking awesome! I feel the same way about Mad Max. got avarage reviews, nobody played it, but I absolutely loved every minute of it
"The story is the 'save the princess' type of affair." Imagine War in princess Peach's dress and tiara. Oh and the music you mentioned was either The Guardian or Stains of Heresy.
Well, War is also clearing his own name, saving himself and breaking the seals to summon his brothers and sister to his aid upon the Shattered Earth in DS1.
The gameplay itself is fine. It's the fact that it runs like shit is the problem. I would always highly recommend this game. It's a fully focused Zelda game that doesn't waste your time. Even the sidequests are designed so you can get them out of the way while you're doing the main quests.
This one dragged on but I'm glad to have played it because the presentation, designs, and bosses were freaking cool. That ship pulled by the giant snake things was my favorite.
Advice to All players of this game - this is arcade style game. You go level by level and beat the crap out of anything in your way. This is why I love this game. This is NOT AC world game. Open world is just to get from point A to point B. If you just want to hack and slash like me, it is outstanding.
Darksiders 1 is more like classic Zelda than this game. This game sort of feels more like a typical western action RPG while Darksiders 1 actually had more labyrinthian, themed dungeons like Zelda where you constantly get new specific tools to get through each dungeon's gimmick.
I have a few comments. 1. That dip in quality near the end was the crunch THQ was putting on Vigil, Lost Light and Shadows Edge was supposed to be bigger in size, like Forgelands or Kingdom of the Dead. So if anyone is to blame, blame the old school THQ, but at the same time bankruptcy was looming over them so I can't be too hard. There are also 3 DLC levels which were released after which look incredible if you haven't played them yet. 2. 1 crash throughout the whole playthrough is pretty good compared to a lot of other games I've played on PS4. Should they strive for better? Of course but I usually look at one crash as a fluke, now if there is a pattern where if I walked in a specific area or do a specific action and it crashes each time, then yeah they weren't paying attention when developing the game. 3. As for the Crucible, I think it jumps in difficulty at certain waves because you unlocked each set of waves after beating certain world. As someone going for platinum trophy I was getting frustrated when I kept dying at the final wave which was a giant difficulty spike. (Until someone told me to change difficulty in options, then I said fuck it). This is a good review otherwise, I'm surprised you didn't mention the wall jumping segment in the City of the Dead where the camera wouldn't follow you and you just had to guess when to stop. Maybe I was the only one experiencing this, I also had a bug with a sidequest where I had to kill these shadow creatures but one of them didn't count and they never respawn once killed so I had to playthrough again to finish sidequests. Sorry for the paragraphs lol.
1. Yeah the last realm was super short and kinda disappointing compared to the others 2. I 100% agree 3. Idk man maybe it was just me but the Crucible wasn't that difficult. There was only one enemy I struggled against and that was wave 75, fk that bastard I hate him with a passion both in the crucible and in the overworld. (If you know you know)
I watched all the TH-cam reviews of this game and this is the best one so far. Been playing this game on and off for a month now and I really really love it as long as I don’t overdo it. A few dungeons a week is perfect for me, I do however miss the much better story of darksiders 1. Darksiders 1 also had so much better back stories for the bosses, felt way more epic in a sense. Here I don’t even know why am killing the bosses except for progressing in the game. Also there is a lot of fetch quest within fetch quests. Like get 3 of these but do that you must defeat 3 of those but to defeat those you must gather 3 of something else and I end up just thinking wtf 😰😂
Nope, the guardian boss music. I don't think it's included in thr OST. There's a track called Corruption, but that's a different arrangement. You can find it on YT by simply searching for "darksiders 2 guardian boss music" :)
The game is good for sure but the the Pc port on Steam has a bad otimization,They promised a big update and it has more than 5 years and nothing. There is a public beta that fixed a big crash but they didn't update it for the main game.
IMO crucible is the best thing in this game cause you can play it during and after finishing the game which provides rewards that can help you while leveling and test your skills after you finish the story plus the hidden boss at the end. I am not aware of the bug you mentioned.
Fair enough. But I went into it mid game and it just hurt my pride and soul :D If one understands the stat system fully and has good gear, then the curcible is surely fun, why not.
I had hardly even heard of this franchise before i played Darksiders 2 for the first time. I was BLOWN AWAY within the first half hour due to the awesome soundtrack when you fight your way through the icy landscape and fight the Crowfather. Such a good franchise.
The devs really poured their heart and soul into this game, so much so that they went bankrupt. Luckily it gave birth to THQNordic though so, we got Biomutant 😁
THIS IS THE BEST RPG GAME FOR ME THAT I EVER PPLAYED. FUCK WITCHER. THE SHEER AMOUNT OF WEAPONS, COMBOS AND THE AWESOME PUZZLES, ENCREDIBLE VOICE ACTING , NICE STORY, AND THE MILLION WAYS YOU CAN DESTROY YOUR ENEMIES, NO GAME COMES CLOSE. AND DONT GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK...
My favorite part of the game was when you got to lvl 18 or something, a vendor would sell a weapon with health on damage perk which you can only once and put it onto a possessed weapon.
Just as a note, Darksiders 2's metascore is actually way higher than 72. 72 is the score of the latest "remake", which is criticised for not fixing any bugs and making some things worse. Darksiders 2 is an amazing game and it is one of my favourites. I keep saying in my friend groups every time I have the chance, but the new god of war series have so much inspiration from this game which no one admits.
If the game would have really gotten a couple more bug passes over the years. I think the game would have been a bit more popular. Nobody likes to be 10+ hours into a save file and get hit with a softlock forcing a restart you know.
a tip for the cruicible part(i dont remember the exact name) you can easily easily pass the 100 stage with a possessed weapon that has life steal/wrath steal how to get those? i will tell you Case 1 (you have a possessed weapon with place to put in the 2 stats mentioned above): feed it with a weapon that has has life steal/ wrath steal and it will get that from it or go to vulgrim and but "Legacy artifact" and feed it to the possessed weapon it will then give you 2 random stats options, if you didnt get a stat that you want just dont accept it, go the skill page or any other page and then return to the page of the equipment then the process will be cancelled and you can start again, you don't lose anything from doing this, repeat this until you get any stat you want) Case 2 (buy from vulgrim a possessed weapon then repeat as case 1) Case 3 (there is a red talisman that you will get near the end) if you put on this talisman, any normal weapon that drops from monsters will turn into a possessed weapon a tip: if your possessed weapon is now low level like for example lvl 13 and you now are lvl 15, just drop it then pick it up and it will become lvl 15 you literally can finish all the game with side quest and additional campagins using only 1 weapon xD another tip: you now know how to put the stats that you want on your weapon, the 2 other stats i use are execution chance and reaper energy on crit, and you can annihilate the game while using unstoppable and harvest always with infinite health and wrath ^_^
Over a decade ago I played the darksiders 1 demo over and over again because I loved it so much and finally bought the game probably a year or two later (a kid with no job begging parents...) I've played darksiders 1 several times and enjoy it every time, but still to this day I have never tried darksiders 2. I finally bought it yesterday and going to try it soon after I finish replaying darksiders 1 (again)
@@amyriadofadventures4085 my gosh i didn't expect an answer hahaha sorry my first message seemed so stiff i just woke up when i watched your review...I hope your channel keeps growing and reaches more people you have great comedic timing as well as being very professional. Stay safe and healthy! I will watch your other videos during the day today
Great job on doing this review! Really in-depth analysis on every aspect of this game. I'm currently playing it on the switch. Having a blast despite the frame rate issues, still, the gameplay keeps me hook. Truly an underrated game. Hopefully they release Darksiders 3 on the switch
I'm still playing Darksiders 2 as of today. I wish that they could do a remake of the game ( or at least a remaster ) . I love everything : the characters, the artistic direction, the interconnected open world, the gameplay. Plus at 9:25, do that golden environnement ( Lostlight ) reminds you of something ? For sure, in that unknown game dropped in 2022, there's that location called Leyndell, very similar.
My biggest problem with this game is exploration and quests. Dungeons are fun solving the first time you visit, but on revisits it's pain to go through them. Especially when you hunt for quest things like stones or pages or whatever trinkets you need to find. I had similar problem with first Darksiders, but there at least you can find treasure maps and closer to the end you can use legendary enchantment to easily find everything you missed. I really wish second game had something similar since NG+ carries on your progress and resets every side quest which means whatever reward you missed on first playthrough is missed permanently and on hardest difficulty for NG+ you need every single stat increase you can get. I guess I'm not a fan of RPG element as well. Loot system is nice, but this means you will not have any kind of memorable items to look for. Possessed weapons pretty much kills any satisfaction of getting unique weapons. With armor you will most likely try to get abyssal set and some talismans with resistances to cover all your needs. Leveling system is also makes you think you get stronger, but it's only applies to early game as enemies keep leveling with you, so you constantly need to upgrade gear and level you possessed weapons to make fights feasible. In terms of story, characters and combat I like everything. With this game Death is my favorite horse rider to play as. Combat mechanics are great and feels smooth to use. I really wish this game was refined a little more for a better experience.
Loved the review! Must say tho, as an Assassin's Creed fan since 2007, thinking of someone only discovering Jesper Kyd so recently and not in AC2 sounds crazy lol
Like those kind of reviews. Reminds of reviews from small TH-camrs from the late 2000s and early 2010s. I only played the first Darksiders (two times through) and had a blast. Never gave the second one a chance because the level design and dialogue wheels put me off. Now I got it on Switch 12 years later after its original release and appreciate it more than I did when it came out. What I liked about the first Darksiders is that the levels were connected to interactive corridors that either had arena fights or puzzles and platforming to proceed. In Darksiders 2 there is too much empty space that doesn't fit the gameplay at all but what I heard is that it becomes increasingly smaller and more linear after the first and second world.
Although this was a year ago The necromancer ultimate gains more attacks the more you wraith bar is filled and on small enemies can hit them in the ceiling making you able to focus on a tougher enemy
thanks a lot, very kind of you. However, I'm not going to be focusing on reviews in the future, if you considered subscribing for those. Just a heads up. Gaming content - definitely, what exactly is still in the works
I‘m just replaying it on PS4 right now. It’s still amazing. And the crashes… you can trigger them and I see why it’s frustrating but it’s very much avoidable. The game crashes for me a 100% of the time if I’m rolling right into a level border (those very short loading sequences between areas) and if I’m rolling plus hitting the menu button right after a boss fight or cutscene. Once I knew and avoided this the game never crashed for me again.
i remember seeing the disc laying around in my room and I was finally like: “i should try it out”. It was my older brother’s game who also gave me a couple other games to play like Batman Arkham City, GTA, and halo (he would borrow games from his friends and let me play them too). I finally played it and I kinda enjoyed it. I never played rpg’s before but it was cool. Only problem is that I never got passed the beginning. About 7 years later… Im thinkin about buying it again and beating it this time
I liked the video but ig for me i didn't get how the game isn't story driven. Almost every character you meet has something to say about the goal of the game or the world but I'm glad you are defending the game in some aspect.
I was too young when i played this for the first time i think i played maybe 6 hours total and gave it up but i picked up the deathinotive edition and im EXCITED but i have a question. How do i know when i have/will be entering a dungeon?
DS2 is my top open world because of the time it was made and the work that went into not only the physical attributes, but the amount of weapons and crafting is unbelievable for its time! There's also many, many different bad guys and that in itself is refreshing! I know for a fact if they would make another Dark siders that had the Rpg & openworld with today's tech, I'd rush out in a Blizzard to purchase it! Plus the Nostalgia alone would be worth the purchase in itself.
What makes ds2 such a good game is because, well, simply put they dont make games like these anymore. It scratches that particular itch which is destined to go unscratched
I replayed this recently and wanted to make the abyssal armor work so I did a crit build and now my critical chance is 99% and critical damage is 300% if damage numbers are on it crashes my game because of the amount of damage I do
What I found enjoyable in Darksiders II, especialy after playing the previous game... is how charismatic the characters are! What describes Darksiders I is definitely the word "Statuesque", every character is stoic, serious and focused, but on the sequel, a lot of characters are... chill. Death packs a lot more sass in his words, like this moment he says "and how we are gonna do that?" in that sarcastic questioning voice or when you can't pick up a potion because you're maxed out, his "Impossible" have a slight laughter in it. Hearing those charactes speak is entertaining on it's own because just how unique and charismatic they are. And their voices are also really unique, they don't sound like humans AT ALL, and thats a compliment.
so imo Bone storm kinda sucks bad because it's only ever good on lesser enemies since the bigger ones just tanks it and I still get hit in that form and die(i played the game on deathinitive so yeah). Frenzy on the other hand utilizes maximum wrath so the more wrath points more skull and the higher the arcane, arcane crit chance/strike the more it just melts the enemies including bigger enemies and bosses. combine that with wrath steal on scythes and fist weapons and you're the ultimate glass cannon.
I just watched this video to see a bit of what is waiting for me after the first Darksiders and a lot of things are the same, but honestly I felt very curious playing War’s story and it was very interesting for a lot of reasons. I don’t agree with bad ratings and reviews but this one I feel like is the perfect one, talking objectively, comparing the first game of the series sensations. Hope it will bring some fun!
I thought I would love darksiders 2 aswell after playing the first one and watching this video, In fact i just bought it and i hope i can save you from going through the same thing i did. it’s horrible. the combat sucks, the movement is worse, and just so many other things i don’t even have the time or patience to type. This is me trying to save you from wasting your money. The people that love this game love it because of nostalgia, not because it’s good.
I know this is an old video but I’m just finding out about this game, I just saw gameplay yesterday and never made a purchase so fast in my life….I bought the bundle that came with wild sisters 11 and Wildmaster “think that’s the name” and buying 3 today. 👌🏻
i remeber getting a 360 for the first time and getting a pack with this game. i was 8 and i remeber being stuck on one boss and i was never able to pass him.
Fucking hell, the way Airship Syndicate is looking with how they made Wayfinder makes me want them to handle Darksiders 4, and remake Darksiders 1,2,3. Maybe even make a Dragon Age like or Final Fantasy 7 remake like of gameplay for a future Battle Chasers ge would be nice.
Who's here cos of ps5 upgrade? Bought this on ps4 ages ago, and never got around to playing it. Now with this free uograde, gives me a reason to dive in. Thanks for your take!
happy to own 1&2. I love 2, but sometimes the puzzles did get frustrating (Only towards the end for me) but it is indeed a solid 8 for me. I prefer the first games inclusion of puzzles. I think it had a more fair amount.
Not like Zelda ...? It's totally a Zelda /God of War/Prince of Persia genetic monster child. Can't wait to play it, I am playing part one right now. What's weird is I've had both games for years yet never stayed into it . It's so weird but for some reason I like these ports to handheld better. I'm a weirdo 🤪 Great review man.
the Darksiders series has got to be one of the most underrated videogame series of all time. Specifically darksiders 2. Sure the game has some jank. Like the pacing and some of the boss fights. But for every bad thing about the game there are 20 more good things.
3 is highly slept on aswell. Its weird how the hardcores diss its differenes, 3 is as different as 2 is from 1, the differences in 2 are vast and its strange how they ignore that. I digress, 3 has more challenge than the others, and all 3 are gems in their own rights. People got so upset that it was more skill based, they had to patch in a mode that allows a person to spam like a noob, that humors me
Yeah true Darksiders underrated videogame series
@@jonathansoko1085 The thing is that even though 2 is very different from the first game, it build upon it. It still feels like Darksiders game with its own identity. structure and storytelling. I understand that the team and budget for the third game were smaller, so I don't mind its lenght and being exclusively on the earth again, but the third game throw a lot of things that gave Darksiders its identity into the bin and made a souls clone for no reason with pretty pathetic story. I felt super engaged in like last 20 or so minutes, where the twist happens and that's it. Compared to previous games there's very little world building and pretty much no story other than 'go and hunt down the sins'. It wouldn't be as bad if the sins added something to the world but they don't. All you get is just pep talk before killing each of them and that's it. And don't get me started on the 'optional bosses' that are just reskinned buffed regular enemies, fuck that. It's nice to see Fury grow and eventually come from despising her to liking her, but that's not enough to carry the experience. And I was always in for Darksiders mainly for its deep lore and rich world building. Third game outright sucks in this regard and I'll always diss it for that.
And don't think that I hate the game. I had a blast with its gameplay and I think the steeper diffuculty fits the tone of the series perfectly, so much so that I 100% it and I'm sure I'll come back to it at some point. I just won't comeback to it as often as to other games in the series. Darksiders 3 might not be a bad game, but it's a terrible Darksiders game if you ask me.
Anyway after Genesis my hopes for the series are high and I hope we'll get to see The Four together tearing through demons and angels in the near future.
For sure. I am a bit of a weird guy. I can appreciate single player games for the most part, but I don't play them. Overall Devil May Cry and Prince of Persia were the only franchises completed through and through. Otherwise played bunch of singles, but I usually ditch them. Darksiders 2 I downloaded one day out of nowhere and I just played the whole game for 2-3 days or whatever. It was an incredible game with great combat and atmosphere. I even remember a few decently hard puzzles in there. Just the fact I finished it already places is high among my list of top hack & slash games. Haven't even finished Witcher 3 yet.
these are truly beautiful games, they're just so full of style and soul, it's unreal. all of them
Quite possibly THE most underrated video game of all time
I heard Farcry 2 was super underrated, so I got it on steam. And it's not even that good, the story is very bland and obviously the graphics are super outdated I wanted to see if I could download a retexture mod for it. But I'm about to get Darksiders II for the PS3 I just got, maybe I'll get it for PC instead for the graphics. Really got the PS3 for Red Dead
@@bigdaddysbaked people say Far Cry 2 is the goat to look cool. It's a frustrating game with poor stealth and awful hit detection. It's enjoyable from time to time but I can never play long enough to finish a playthrough.
Love this game. Apart from some rough edges like a poorly made remaster for PS4, lacking some patches, lacking a bit of extra story line. Combat is great, cosmetic design of equipment is amazing, environment is amazing. Very enjoyable and challenging.
I played it only on the ps4, so can't really tell. Game crashed once, but apart from that everything was fine.
@@amyriadofadventures4085 ran a lot smoother, less crashes. Especially the slim PS4, it crashes in heavy combat and in other areas quite a lot. Ive never gotten a clean run from 1-100 in the crucible on a ps4
I played it on ps4 and have had very little issues at all its certainly vastly more stable than most modern titles, I think you may just be one of the unlucky few because I have had several ps4s and its been consistent across all of them
@@lgd6619 perhaps. I still had my issues with the newer model PS4, but nothing compared to the first generation Ps4.
I couldn’t get passed roughly level 60 in the crucible without crashing several times. I still loved the game immensely.
@@1Reaper1 Sorry to hear that buddy, but yeah no doubt this game is special and criminally underrated the opening sequence still gives me goosebumps to this day
Don’t let this video sell this game’s story short. Honestly it’s a bit baffling because the story is all there, and it’s pretty amazing. Extremely deep lore - maybe Dude didn’t pay a whole lot of attention but there are plenty of surprises, double crosses, and A-HA moments. I believe there’s even a book series.
Anyway the way the first and second game have their lore connected together is one of my favorite things about the series.
yes. thank you this guy is an idiot the story is awsome its nothing like mario
Darksiders 2, my favorite out of the Darksiders franchise. The pacing is good, the combat is great and Death is badass, arguably the strongest horseman out of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.
Same I prefer Darksiders 2 over Darksiders and Darksiders 3 though I love them too
@@godofdeath8785 - I was thinking to get Darksiders 3 as I haven't played it yet. Is it as bad as some reviews make it out to be? I know the reviews complained about bad camera angles that messed things up quite a bit.
The combat is far from great.
@@IKARIANOFFICIAL I know I’m a little late to this conversation but I would say the combat in dark cider three does take a hour or two to get used to but once you do the game is fluid and fun but it does have a different feel to it compared to the speed of numbers one and two I enjoyed my time with Darksiders three and I would recommend it to any Darksiders fan if you do play it learn the Dodge timings
Lets not forget the sass oozing out of death in some situations.
And my god the soundtracks in this game❤️.. Jesper Kidd is a genius.
Darksiders series always been slept on by people it has amazing characters, story and gameplay and even voice acting
The worse part of the 4 games is the techinal flaws
12:50 The Guardian .
Another amazing one is Corruption ,especially the second part you hear outside the Tree of Life .
I'm sorry I've got an image in my head of War dressed up as a princess. Anyway, this game is phenomenal. I've loved every minute of it.
He's in another castle.
solid review , one of the best games ive played .
Yup same here :D
Same
I played everz Darksiders with my dad together ofcourse he showed me it
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Wait, what ? Glad you got to play it.
I love this game so much. It has probably the best soundtrack of any game I've ever played.
I like it to 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I am loving this game. Just picked it up again.
the biggest negative thing of this game are the 30 fps , that just sucks for a "remasteted" or " definitive edition"
Darksiders 2 is actually on the list of highest budget games with a budget of 50 million dollars. Now, that includes marketing, but it's still on the list.
The game “journalists” gave it a bad score because they can’t jump properly in Cuphead, hence not enough brain cells to complete a single puzzle in this game.
PS.
This is no place for a horse
"I have to go alone..." Death.
"No... Not alone..."war
*Death jumps on wars back and continues to fight the guardian*
I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE I HAVE TOO GO ALONE, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE. "Horse Squealing."
"I am the horse."
"ImPOSSIBLE!!"
Best darksiders 2 review I've seen
oof... haha, that's too kind, thank you :)
Well, there's this one 3 hour video, but that's arguably more of an analysis than a review.
Also, Death get more annoyed as the game goes on and thats something I appreciated
Death is actually player when NPCS gave us a quest
I did the same mistake.. I played and loved Darksiders 1. But skipped 2, because... I don't know why. Now I want to play it, and complete it. Death is a great character and the combat is freaking awesome!
I feel the same way about Mad Max. got avarage reviews, nobody played it, but I absolutely loved every minute of it
You on PS4?
@@Necrophadez Ps5
Darksiders 1 is still peak for me. Darksiders 2 was great if slow. Darksiders 3 was fine but I'm not into the combat or respawning enemies.
I am glad to know I'm not the only one slowly edge walked as death
"The story is the 'save the princess' type of affair."
Imagine War in princess Peach's dress and tiara.
Oh and the music you mentioned was either The Guardian or Stains of Heresy.
Well, War is also clearing his own name, saving himself and breaking the seals to summon his brothers and sister to his aid upon the Shattered Earth in DS1.
music during guardian fight - simply awesome!
Dark Siders two was very good, but the game is empty, and when you are trying to sell a game to a billion people it cant be empty
The gameplay itself is fine. It's the fact that it runs like shit is the problem. I would always highly recommend this game. It's a fully focused Zelda game that doesn't waste your time. Even the sidequests are designed so you can get them out of the way while you're doing the main quests.
This one dragged on but I'm glad to have played it because the presentation, designs, and bosses were freaking cool. That ship pulled by the giant snake things was my favorite.
Advice to All players of this game - this is arcade style game. You go level by level and beat the crap out of anything in your way. This is why I love this game. This is NOT AC world game. Open world is just to get from point A to point B. If you just want to hack and slash like me, it is outstanding.
Darksiders 1 is more like classic Zelda than this game. This game sort of feels more like a typical western action RPG while Darksiders 1 actually had more labyrinthian, themed dungeons like Zelda where you constantly get new specific tools to get through each dungeon's gimmick.
This game has you running around in dungeons,hacking"n slashing
I have a few comments.
1. That dip in quality near the end was the crunch THQ was putting on Vigil, Lost Light and Shadows Edge was supposed to be bigger in size, like Forgelands or Kingdom of the Dead. So if anyone is to blame, blame the old school THQ, but at the same time bankruptcy was looming over them so I can't be too hard. There are also 3 DLC levels which were released after which look incredible if you haven't played them yet.
2. 1 crash throughout the whole playthrough is pretty good compared to a lot of other games I've played on PS4. Should they strive for better? Of course but I usually look at one crash as a fluke, now if there is a pattern where if I walked in a specific area or do a specific action and it crashes each time, then yeah they weren't paying attention when developing the game.
3. As for the Crucible, I think it jumps in difficulty at certain waves because you unlocked each set of waves after beating certain world. As someone going for platinum trophy I was getting frustrated when I kept dying at the final wave which was a giant difficulty spike. (Until someone told me to change difficulty in options, then I said fuck it).
This is a good review otherwise, I'm surprised you didn't mention the wall jumping segment in the City of the Dead where the camera wouldn't follow you and you just had to guess when to stop. Maybe I was the only one experiencing this, I also had a bug with a sidequest where I had to kill these shadow creatures but one of them didn't count and they never respawn once killed so I had to playthrough again to finish sidequests. Sorry for the paragraphs lol.
1. Yeah the last realm was super short and kinda disappointing compared to the others
2. I 100% agree
3. Idk man maybe it was just me but the Crucible wasn't that difficult. There was only one enemy I struggled against and that was wave 75, fk that bastard I hate him with a passion both in the crucible and in the overworld.
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I watched all the TH-cam reviews of this game and this is the best one so far. Been playing this game on and off for a month now and I really really love it as long as I don’t overdo it. A few dungeons a week is perfect for me, I do however miss the much better story of darksiders 1. Darksiders 1 also had so much better back stories for the bosses, felt way more epic in a sense. Here I don’t even know why am killing the bosses except for progressing in the game. Also there is a lot of fetch quest within fetch quests. Like get 3 of these but do that you must defeat 3 of those but to defeat those you must gather 3 of something else and I end up just thinking wtf 😰😂
Yea the lore is pretty hidden but if u watch some yt videos you’ll get it
Biblical mythology mixed with zelda, prince of perisa, and other things. There motto is Combat Puzzles Exploration as the focus
Darksiders 1 will forever have a place in my mind
So if darksiders 1 has a place in your mind does darksiders 2 have the place in your heart? Well Death is often portrayed as a bride so...
Same bro it is my favourite
I just got it yesterday and i was hooked I have never played a game like this begore and it's amazing.
Was it Stains of Heresy? The Archon music
Nope, the guardian boss music. I don't think it's included in thr OST. There's a track called Corruption, but that's a different arrangement.
You can find it on YT by simply searching for "darksiders 2 guardian boss music" :)
I liked 3 more than 2, 1 is my favorite.
It’s a shame that these game on a technical level don’t stand up to the promise
its like Zelda but more advance with weapon and spells upgrade with a bit of assasins creed
The game is good for sure but the the Pc port on Steam has a bad otimization,They promised a big update and it has more than 5 years and nothing. There is a public beta that fixed a big crash but they didn't update it for the main game.
Music from the guardian boss fight was perfection...
This game is a *Masterpiece*
IMO crucible is the best thing in this game cause you can play it during and after finishing the game which provides rewards that can help you while leveling and test your skills after you finish the story plus the hidden boss at the end. I am not aware of the bug you mentioned.
Fair enough. But I went into it mid game and it just hurt my pride and soul :D If one understands the stat system fully and has good gear, then the curcible is surely fun, why not.
The Crucible is sick. It's quite long though although the wisecracking and goofy Wicked K made it worth it
I didn't skip on it because I loved the first one and Death in this looks very much like Raziel from Soul Reaver, another one of my favorite series.
Death kind or looks like Raziel from Legacy of Kain ngl
I had hardly even heard of this franchise before i played Darksiders 2 for the first time. I was BLOWN AWAY within the first half hour due to the awesome soundtrack when you fight your way through the icy landscape and fight the Crowfather. Such a good franchise.
The devs really poured their heart and soul into this game, so much so that they went bankrupt. Luckily it gave birth to THQNordic though so, we got Biomutant 😁
I may be alone in this but I honestly prefer the first darksiders. 2 isn't bad though
THIS IS THE BEST RPG GAME FOR ME THAT I EVER PPLAYED. FUCK WITCHER. THE SHEER AMOUNT OF WEAPONS, COMBOS AND THE AWESOME PUZZLES, ENCREDIBLE VOICE ACTING , NICE STORY, AND THE MILLION WAYS YOU CAN DESTROY YOUR ENEMIES, NO GAME COMES CLOSE. AND DONT GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK...
Yoo I 101 percent agree with you I just could not get into the witcher but this is this shit
Better than professional reviews
Thank you, very kind :)
I would take a guess at the Death meets War fight for the "OMG that music" Michael Wincott is maybe best known for Top Dollar in The Crow.
My favorite part of the game was when you got to lvl 18 or something, a vendor would sell a weapon with health on damage perk which you can only once and put it onto a possessed weapon.
Just as a note, Darksiders 2's metascore is actually way higher than 72. 72 is the score of the latest "remake", which is criticised for not fixing any bugs and making some things worse. Darksiders 2 is an amazing game and it is one of my favourites. I keep saying in my friend groups every time I have the chance, but the new god of war series have so much inspiration from this game which no one admits.
If the game would have really gotten a couple more bug passes over the years. I think the game would have been a bit more popular. Nobody likes to be 10+ hours into a save file and get hit with a softlock forcing a restart you know.
Better review than IGN lol
a tip for the cruicible part(i dont remember the exact name)
you can easily easily pass the 100 stage with a possessed weapon that has life steal/wrath steal
how to get those? i will tell you
Case 1 (you have a possessed weapon with place to put in the 2 stats mentioned above): feed it with a weapon that has has life steal/ wrath steal and it will get that from it or go to vulgrim and but "Legacy artifact" and feed it to the possessed weapon it will then give you 2 random stats options, if you didnt get a stat that you want just dont accept it, go the skill page or any other page and then return to the page of the equipment then the process will be cancelled and you can start again, you don't lose anything from doing this, repeat this until you get any stat you want)
Case 2 (buy from vulgrim a possessed weapon then repeat as case 1)
Case 3 (there is a red talisman that you will get near the end) if you put on this talisman, any normal weapon that drops from monsters will turn into a possessed weapon
a tip: if your possessed weapon is now low level like for example lvl 13 and you now are lvl 15, just drop it then pick it up and it will become lvl 15 you literally can finish all the game with side quest and additional campagins using only 1 weapon xD
another tip: you now know how to put the stats that you want on your weapon, the 2 other stats i use are execution chance and reaper energy on crit, and you can annihilate the game while using unstoppable and harvest always with infinite health and wrath ^_^
Over a decade ago I played the darksiders 1 demo over and over again because I loved it so much and finally bought the game probably a year or two later (a kid with no job begging parents...)
I've played darksiders 1 several times and enjoy it every time, but still to this day I have never tried darksiders 2. I finally bought it yesterday and going to try it soon after I finish replaying darksiders 1 (again)
Well? How'd it go?
I am now subscribed great review you are fun to listen to keep up the great work
Thank you, very kind of you!
@@amyriadofadventures4085 my gosh i didn't expect an answer hahaha sorry my first message seemed so stiff i just woke up when i watched your review...I hope your channel keeps growing and reaches more people you have great comedic timing as well as being very professional. Stay safe and healthy! I will watch your other videos during the day today
Great job on doing this review! Really in-depth analysis on every aspect of this game. I'm currently playing it on the switch. Having a blast despite the frame rate issues, still, the gameplay keeps me hook. Truly an underrated game. Hopefully they release Darksiders 3 on the switch
The thing that I can’t avoid mentioning about the game, it has a lot of content, and it’s so surprising! It’s amazing!
it's the guardian ost XD
it's character driven and the overall story is spread across all the games or should i say plot.
I'm still playing Darksiders 2 as of today. I wish that they could do a remake of the game ( or at least a remaster ) . I love everything : the characters, the artistic direction, the interconnected open world, the gameplay. Plus at 9:25, do that golden environnement ( Lostlight ) reminds you of something ? For sure, in that unknown game dropped in 2022, there's that location called Leyndell, very similar.
My biggest problem with this game is exploration and quests. Dungeons are fun solving the first time you visit, but on revisits it's pain to go through them. Especially when you hunt for quest things like stones or pages or whatever trinkets you need to find. I had similar problem with first Darksiders, but there at least you can find treasure maps and closer to the end you can use legendary enchantment to easily find everything you missed. I really wish second game had something similar since NG+ carries on your progress and resets every side quest which means whatever reward you missed on first playthrough is missed permanently and on hardest difficulty for NG+ you need every single stat increase you can get.
I guess I'm not a fan of RPG element as well. Loot system is nice, but this means you will not have any kind of memorable items to look for. Possessed weapons pretty much kills any satisfaction of getting unique weapons. With armor you will most likely try to get abyssal set and some talismans with resistances to cover all your needs. Leveling system is also makes you think you get stronger, but it's only applies to early game as enemies keep leveling with you, so you constantly need to upgrade gear and level you possessed weapons to make fights feasible.
In terms of story, characters and combat I like everything. With this game Death is my favorite horse rider to play as. Combat mechanics are great and feels smooth to use.
I really wish this game was refined a little more for a better experience.
You deserve more views, your vids are great.
Thank you for the kind words :)
Loved the review! Must say tho, as an Assassin's Creed fan since 2007, thinking of someone only discovering Jesper Kyd so recently and not in AC2 sounds crazy lol
Got this free on Prime a while back but wasn't sure if it was worth downloading. Very well made/organized vid, you sold me on it. Thanks!
Like those kind of reviews. Reminds of reviews from small TH-camrs from the late 2000s and early 2010s. I only played the first Darksiders (two times through) and had a blast. Never gave the second one a chance because the level design and dialogue wheels put me off. Now I got it on Switch 12 years later after its original release and appreciate it more than I did when it came out.
What I liked about the first Darksiders is that the levels were connected to interactive corridors that either had arena fights or puzzles and platforming to proceed. In Darksiders 2 there is too much empty space that doesn't fit the gameplay at all but what I heard is that it becomes increasingly smaller and more linear after the first and second world.
3:03 "I don't really see alot of zelda" clearly you weren't destroying those pots man!
i found the crucible to be pretty easy and didnt take too long did all 100 rounds and beat wicked k
Although this was a year ago
The necromancer ultimate gains more attacks the more you wraith bar is filled and on small enemies can hit them in the ceiling making you able to focus on a tougher enemy
The bugs ruin the game selling it
I think it was a good idea to get this game for 5$
definitely! For 5$ it's a gift.
I got it for 5 euros :) I haven't played it yet, it's still installing
Smhhh, you should have more subscribers with this editing and dedication... Well thank you for your review good man!
thanks a lot, very kind of you. However, I'm not going to be focusing on reviews in the future, if you considered subscribing for those. Just a heads up. Gaming content - definitely, what exactly is still in the works
The OST is corruption
My personal fav is crowfather theme..when death fights war
I‘m just replaying it on PS4 right now. It’s still amazing.
And the crashes… you can trigger them and I see why it’s frustrating but it’s very much avoidable. The game crashes for me a 100% of the time if I’m rolling right into a level border (those very short loading sequences between areas) and if I’m rolling plus hitting the menu button right after a boss fight or cutscene. Once I knew and avoided this the game never crashed for me again.
i remember seeing the disc laying around in my room and I was finally like: “i should try it out”. It was my older brother’s game who also gave me a couple other games to play like Batman Arkham City, GTA, and halo (he would borrow games from his friends and let me play them too). I finally played it and I kinda enjoyed it. I never played rpg’s before but it was cool. Only problem is that I never got passed the beginning. About 7 years later… Im thinkin about buying it again and beating it this time
On my top 3 fav games i played all Darksiders games with my dad together untill today i wait for the 4th Darksiders
I liked the video but ig for me i didn't get how the game isn't story driven. Almost every character you meet has something to say about the goal of the game or the world but I'm glad you are defending the game in some aspect.
If it's brown flush it down
I was too young when i played this for the first time i think i played maybe 6 hours total and gave it up but i picked up the deathinotive edition and im EXCITED but i have a question. How do i know when i have/will be entering a dungeon?
DS2 is my top open world because of the time it was made and the work that went into not only the physical attributes, but the amount of weapons and crafting is unbelievable for its time! There's also many, many different bad guys and that in itself is refreshing! I know for a fact if they would make another Dark siders that had the Rpg & openworld with today's tech, I'd rush out in a Blizzard to purchase it! Plus the Nostalgia alone would be worth the purchase in itself.
the nostalgia is the only thing that makes it worth anything, the game sucks
@@user-bz6ri6ou8jwhat nostalgia? I just bought it, and it's great
I love how the gameplay section had nothing to do with gameplay
I'm almost done with the game and it's so amazing
What makes ds2 such a good game is because, well, simply put they dont make games like these anymore. It scratches that particular itch which is destined to go unscratched
Love the gameplay, art design, voice acting, and music. Wish the frames were more stable.
@A Myriad of adventures. I have played this game and finished IT on PS3. Later i bought the PS4 Remastered version of Darksiders 2. Greetz.
the only negative thing of this game are the 30 fps , that just sucks for a "remasteted" or " definitive edition"
Lemme guess the music you were talking about. The Guardian Boss fight?
I replayed this recently and wanted to make the abyssal armor work so I did a crit build and now my critical chance is 99% and critical damage is 300% if damage numbers are on it crashes my game because of the amount of damage I do
What I found enjoyable in Darksiders II, especialy after playing the previous game... is how charismatic the characters are! What describes Darksiders I is definitely the word "Statuesque", every character is stoic, serious and focused, but on the sequel, a lot of characters are... chill. Death packs a lot more sass in his words, like this moment he says "and how we are gonna do that?" in that sarcastic questioning voice or when you can't pick up a potion because you're maxed out, his "Impossible" have a slight laughter in it. Hearing those charactes speak is entertaining on it's own because just how unique and charismatic they are. And their voices are also really unique, they don't sound like humans AT ALL, and thats a compliment.
so imo Bone storm kinda sucks bad because it's only ever good on lesser enemies since the bigger ones just tanks it and I still get hit in that form and die(i played the game on deathinitive so yeah). Frenzy on the other hand utilizes maximum wrath so the more wrath points more skull and the higher the arcane, arcane crit chance/strike the more it just melts the enemies including bigger enemies and bosses. combine that with wrath steal on scythes and fist weapons and you're the ultimate glass cannon.
I just watched this video to see a bit of what is waiting for me after the first Darksiders and a lot of things are the same, but honestly I felt very curious playing War’s story and it was very interesting for a lot of reasons. I don’t agree with bad ratings and reviews but this one I feel like is the perfect one, talking objectively, comparing the first game of the series sensations. Hope it will bring some fun!
I thought I would love darksiders 2 aswell after playing the first one and watching this video, In fact i just bought it and i hope i can save you from going through the same thing i did. it’s horrible. the combat sucks, the movement is worse, and just so many other things i don’t even have the time or patience to type. This is me trying to save you from wasting your money. The people that love this game love it because of nostalgia, not because it’s good.
Good review! This is my most favorite Darksiders game in the series! I've played them all but I seem to always remember this one the most!
I know this is an old video but I’m just finding out about this game, I just saw gameplay yesterday and never made a purchase so fast in my life….I bought the bundle that came with wild sisters 11 and Wildmaster “think that’s the name” and buying 3 today. 👌🏻
I've just got back from Earth. I've had the game for many years but only now I'm playing through it and I'm enjoying myself a lot!
i remeber getting a 360 for the first time and getting a pack with this game. i was 8 and i remeber being stuck on one boss and i was never able to pass him.
Fucking hell, the way Airship Syndicate is looking with how they made Wayfinder makes me want them to handle Darksiders 4, and remake Darksiders 1,2,3. Maybe even make a Dragon Age like or Final Fantasy 7 remake like of gameplay for a future Battle Chasers ge would be nice.
U were talking about the guardians boss fight
Who's here cos of ps5 upgrade? Bought this on ps4 ages ago, and never got around to playing it. Now with this free uograde, gives me a reason to dive in. Thanks for your take!
happy to own 1&2. I love 2, but sometimes the puzzles did get frustrating (Only towards the end for me) but it is indeed a solid 8 for me.
I prefer the first games inclusion of puzzles. I think it had a more fair amount.
Not like Zelda ...?
It's totally a Zelda /God of War/Prince of Persia genetic monster child.
Can't wait to play it, I am playing part one right now.
What's weird is I've had both games for years yet never stayed into it . It's so weird but for some reason I like these ports to handheld better.
I'm a weirdo 🤪
Great review man.