Zero Punctuation: Darksiders
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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So far I'm enjoying Darksiders, its kind of like Zelda but with a better concept.
And despite taking up most of the review, the art direction is better than what could have been, IE gritty realistic bondage style that plagues most over the top violent action adventures of some form of Mythology.
Dante's Inferno will be the biggest offender... but then again pure hell would loose its impact if in any other style, I'll have to wait a see.
Now to get another thing off my chest. Darksiders response, while great does focus on the derivative elements despite the FACT I know the next Zelda game will be praised to death for its samey elements... at least Darksiders mixed it up with other games.
And despite taking up most of the review, the art direction is better than what could have been, IE gritty realistic bondage style that plagues most over the top violent action adventures of some form of Mythology.
Dante's Inferno will be the biggest offender... but then again pure hell would loose its impact if in any other style, I'll have to wait a see.
Now to get another thing off my chest. Darksiders response, while great does focus on the derivative elements despite the FACT I know the next Zelda game will be praised to death for its samey elements... at least Darksiders mixed it up with other games.
For a man who wears the same crappy hat like hes some sort of cartoon character, I dont think Yahtzee has the aesthetic standard to be able to insult Warhammer.
I bought Darksiders, I tried to give it a go, but it was kinda lame. I should have waited for Yahtzees review first. Lesson learned.
Excellent review, funny and imaginative, I have to agree with most of what he said.
[small]P.S. 40k outfits look awesome.[/small]
[small]P.S. 40k outfits look awesome.[/small]
Top notch review and very satisfying to watch at 5am in the morning after random insomnia. Thank you for (hopefully) starting my day on an angry note Yahtzee. <3
I picked it up at the same time as Bayonetta.
I expected to dismiss Bayonetta, fun as the combat might have been, and fall in love with Darksiders.
That was far from the case. I am playing through Darksiders because I want to finish it, the story is decent and I actually really enjoy the art design.
But the fact that the game has raped and ripped every DECENT game (Portal, Zelda, God of War, Devil May Cry) and even a good movie (Sameal = Tim Curry from Legend) just pisses me off to no end. And when the creator decrys it similarites saying "Well, God of War didn't have a dynamic camera"
STFU.
I didn't find the game all that easy, but maybe it's because I didn't have patience to just dodge and hit X, X, X, X, X... X.
When new enemies would pop up, I'd constantly sigh out of frustration, because most of the big bad guys weren't hard, but just BORING and they took so damn long to beat.
I'm finding a new home for this game once I'm done. I just wish I'd have piled through it and returned it in the first week to Gamestop to get my money back... Sigh.
I expected to dismiss Bayonetta, fun as the combat might have been, and fall in love with Darksiders.
That was far from the case. I am playing through Darksiders because I want to finish it, the story is decent and I actually really enjoy the art design.
But the fact that the game has raped and ripped every DECENT game (Portal, Zelda, God of War, Devil May Cry) and even a good movie (Sameal = Tim Curry from Legend) just pisses me off to no end. And when the creator decrys it similarites saying "Well, God of War didn't have a dynamic camera"
STFU.
I didn't find the game all that easy, but maybe it's because I didn't have patience to just dodge and hit X, X, X, X, X... X.
When new enemies would pop up, I'd constantly sigh out of frustration, because most of the big bad guys weren't hard, but just BORING and they took so damn long to beat.
I'm finding a new home for this game once I'm done. I just wish I'd have piled through it and returned it in the first week to Gamestop to get my money back... Sigh.
Isn't Bayonetta more of a Devil May Cry rip off than a God of War rip off due to the combat being based on style instead of blood...just saying
OT: The Zelda bits off this game are the bits that make me want to rent it
OT: The Zelda bits off this game are the bits that make me want to rent it
While I thought the review was funny, I didn't really find any similarities between this and God of War.
I still found it enjoyable though.
I still found it enjoyable though.
Wow. It seems like Games are taking after pop music more and more. there's nothing wrong with reusing ideas, but it seems like they built their entire game on ripping off others.
A portal gun? Did they think they were going to get away with that without anyone noticing? Talk about game design on a whim.
Good review.
Good review.