Zero Punctuation: Darksiders
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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huh, I only see a Zelda ripoff, a Devil May Cry (not quite) ripoff (same creator there), a God Of War ripoff and a Rygar ripoff. Anyone remember that God Of War is a Rygar ripoff?
I have not laughed that much in five minutes in way too long...but eh...does that comment about all the God of War clones mean he's not reviewing Bioshock 2? Naw...I'm just imagining things.
Heres the thing.
I've been waiting for God of War to be ported over to the Xbox,but thats apparently never going to happen.Its about time Xbox owners get something similar to GOW for their system.
As far as 'Dantes Inferno' goes its a bit soon to be writing it off because it borrows elements from GOW.To me it looks like a winner.Lets be patient and see.
I've been waiting for God of War to be ported over to the Xbox,but thats apparently never going to happen.Its about time Xbox owners get something similar to GOW for their system.
As far as 'Dantes Inferno' goes its a bit soon to be writing it off because it borrows elements from GOW.To me it looks like a winner.Lets be patient and see.
Bayonetta better run before yahtzee rants on it( bad Joe Pesci wanna-be does one of the voices)
Solid review as always, though honestly I think I've laughed harder at this one than any single one in a long time.
Honestly though, I enjoyed the game despite being pissed off with its tired design (am I the only one who thinks War basically looks like Sephiroth if some frat boys got their hands on him and decided to MANLY HIM UP RAWRR) and its shameless off-ripping, mostly because it did have some really solid dungeon/puzzle design and there were some fun things you could do with the combat (admittedly the standout for me being the section wherein you get your hands on the Remote-Detonating-Harpoon-Launcher) when the controls decided to play along. Hey, having the voice of The Joker playing your token Annoying-Support-Character-Designed-To-Make-Us-All-Regret-Complaining-About-Navi-By-Being-Totally-Fucking-Unhelpful softened the blow for me a bit, and there were some nice design touches throughout, so frankly I'm interested in what Vigil decides to do from here on out, provided they manage to come up with some new ideas of their own.
I'm surprised he didn't mention the Worst Flight Controls In A Forced-Flight Sequence Ever, though. I nearly took the game back right then and there.
On a side note... yeah, if Bayonetta resembles GoW at ALL it's in the presence of huge-ass boss battles and mythical creature killing (and let's be frank here-- wholesale slaughter of mythical creatures has kinda more or less been a staple of gaming since forever); from tone to character to style it's a whole 'nother beast altogether. If Bayonetta is a God of War clone then I'm the reincarnated Jesus Christ.
Honestly though, I enjoyed the game despite being pissed off with its tired design (am I the only one who thinks War basically looks like Sephiroth if some frat boys got their hands on him and decided to MANLY HIM UP RAWRR) and its shameless off-ripping, mostly because it did have some really solid dungeon/puzzle design and there were some fun things you could do with the combat (admittedly the standout for me being the section wherein you get your hands on the Remote-Detonating-Harpoon-Launcher) when the controls decided to play along. Hey, having the voice of The Joker playing your token Annoying-Support-Character-Designed-To-Make-Us-All-Regret-Complaining-About-Navi-By-Being-Totally-Fucking-Unhelpful softened the blow for me a bit, and there were some nice design touches throughout, so frankly I'm interested in what Vigil decides to do from here on out, provided they manage to come up with some new ideas of their own.
I'm surprised he didn't mention the Worst Flight Controls In A Forced-Flight Sequence Ever, though. I nearly took the game back right then and there.
On a side note... yeah, if Bayonetta resembles GoW at ALL it's in the presence of huge-ass boss battles and mythical creature killing (and let's be frank here-- wholesale slaughter of mythical creatures has kinda more or less been a staple of gaming since forever); from tone to character to style it's a whole 'nother beast altogether. If Bayonetta is a God of War clone then I'm the reincarnated Jesus Christ.
everything he said was right, but he's still wrong. darksiders was AWESOME, and FUN. plus i never played zelda, and never will. who wants to play as a pansy ass elf? i guess everyone except me.
I am surprised he didn't mention how much War looks like Prince Arthas from Warcraft 3 while he was ranting about his look. I mean if you take Arthas an change the coloring from purple to red you get War. lol
Anyway I rented it an so far its basically Zelda only without the charm an npc's and more of a focus on brutally smashing monsters. I don't think its a God of War clone though. Damn dunno why people act like EVERY action game that comes out now is a God of War clone. Its like saying every FPS with regenerating health is a Halo clone.
To say one good thing about it though is that I having lots more fun with it than I did with Bayonetta. That game just sucked to me.
Anyway I rented it an so far its basically Zelda only without the charm an npc's and more of a focus on brutally smashing monsters. I don't think its a God of War clone though. Damn dunno why people act like EVERY action game that comes out now is a God of War clone. Its like saying every FPS with regenerating health is a Halo clone.
To say one good thing about it though is that I having lots more fun with it than I did with Bayonetta. That game just sucked to me.
Totally agree about the art direction of this and other recent games (WoW - although WoW isn't "recent" per say).
if you thought War's look was cluttered you should see him once you unlock the abyssal armor set. It's just a huge mashup of metal skulls and jagged pointy bits...and more skulls.