Like
Darksiders before it, this is like a cut - down version of the aforementioned Prince's outings Later on you do acquire an extra tool, called the Deathgrip, that expands your platforming repertoire a touch, but at its heart the platforming in Darksiders is relatively simplistic.
Curious that you mention that here, because it was from reading an interview with someone from Vigil Games, developers of
Darksiders before THQ Nordic bought the rights, that I realized how little AAA studios optimize, and how much they rely on pure power to do what they want.
If you've never played
Darksiders before, what you are getting is a game that is clearly heavily inspired by the 3D Legend of Zelda games.
Not exact matches
THQ Nordic aren't exactly a household name (although arguably the original THQ used to be,
before they went bust and sold off their name) but they now own franchises ranging from Saints Row and Dead Island to
Darksiders and... de Blob.
Darksiders II deserves a place on your shelf if you've never played it
before.
With THQ Nordic solidly on board with the series after releasing the first two games on current generation consoles, it's only a matter of time
before we hear the inevitable on
Darksiders 3.
When Nordic Games picked up the rights to
Darksiders 3 during the THQ assets sale they didn't give us any intentions of a third game being put into development beyond mentioning that we shouldn't expect it
before two years after the purchase.
Skinny: Strangely,
Darksiders 2 was offered on Games With Gold (in 2014)
before Darksiders.
August is so far away and you can't play the first
Darksiders game again
before then.
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Darksiders standard and Warmastered versions, and
Darksiders 2 standard and Deathinitive Edition.
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Vigil worked worked closely with the publishers at THQ and released «
Darksiders» in 2010, along with several pieces of downloadable content,
before moving on to «
Darksiders II,» which released earlier this year.
The original
Darksiders was a critical darling that never made its way to a Nintendo system
before now.