Quick Review - Darksiders

Game Name:    Darksiders

Developer:    Vigal Games

Publisher:    THQ

Platform:     PC/Steam (reviewed), X360, PS3

Genre: Hack-n-slash, Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Release Date: January 5, 2010

Short description: Third person, hack ‘n slash, puzzle, exploration, platformer where you play as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

The Good:

• Fun hack ‘n slash combat with lots of combos to play around with
• Quality, Zelda-like puzzles to solve
• Good amount of content, I spent close to 20 hours with this game, and I can see myself spending even longer
• Inexpensive! The combination of THQ going bankrupt and this game being 3 years old makes for an excellent price.

The Bad:

• Backtracking becomes extremely annoying and time consuming.
• The secondary ranged weapons feel underpowered and more or less worthless in combat.
• The additional weapons you get never feel like they measure up to the sword you start with. I always ended up going back to the sword.

All in all, should you play this?

• Do you like puzzles? Do you like hack-n-slash? If you answered yes to both, play this game.