Darksiders 2

Does look awesome. Is the first game worth a play? I remember it getting a luke warm reception.

[Reaper Uk]

I've rented it and so far its average at best and seems a bit like a poor God Of War.

Picked up the original yesterday. Enjoying it so far and the art style is cool. The combat seems a bit too simplistic though.

The original is good. You're right about the combat, but I found for the most part the pacing is really good. So the puzzle solving and exploration break up the combat nicely and vice versa. The art style was one thing that attracted me to the original. It's nice to play a game with some colour in it for once.

My only criticism of Darksiders is it seems to run out of steam at the end. The last dungeon is a bit of a let down and seemed to be a copypasta job in terms of level design (you have to solve the same puzzle and mini boss fight 3 times). But the story is awesome and the last Boss fight and end cutscene set the tone for the sequel brilliantly.

Darksiders 2 seems to be getting good reviews all round at the moment. Total playing time is around 20 hours allegedly. The general consensus is they have expanded on everything from the original

I am quite enjoying my free copy on PS3 though fuck a duck, the first big boss is HARD!

There's a live stream of this on Game Trailers right now!

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-missio ... ksiders-ii

Some review scores are in as well.

IGN 7.5

GT 8.5

Good but not quite great it would seem.

I'm about 7 hours into the first game and really enjoying it. Great mix of hack 'n slash and puzzles. Some of the boss fights are pretty lame though.

This came out on Tuesday. Anybody but me get it? It's much better than the last one. This first world is massive. Took me around 4-5 hours to get through. The looting system is pretty basic, but it's a nice addition and its nice to see my "Death" grow in power. Death is also a complete and utter badass complete with Grimdark voice.

Me - its awesome