Zero Punctuation: Darksiders

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AgentNein

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lozfoe444 said:
What constitutes a God of War rip-off?
Rough tough and scary man's men who beat up mythical creatures of some sort with combos and quick-time events in an entirely too-dreary world.
 

blindjaguar

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I know this ain't profound or anything, but i really enjoyed that! =D Looks like teh coming few weeks can be filled with god of war induced bile!
 

Jay Cee

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I feel like such a troll...

Bayonetta's more of a Devil May Cry clone, being that they're by the same developer. And I think Bayonetta deserves some credit for being actually FUN.

It's difficult to define fun between the asinine adventures and the actual entertainment.
 

KingOfRoll

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Yahtzee brought up a bunch of points which were valid, but the point is that it was intended to be kind of a rip off of Legend of Zelda...Joe Madureira (sp?) even said as much. I enjoyed the game a ton, as I kept picturing it as LoZ, but with a really badass viking / hell's angel as Link. Sure, it's derivative (really, really derivative) but it does so many things right. I personally really like the stylized, kind of cartoony art, and it was also great to see an apocalyptic game which doesn't follow the brown - on - grey color palate (Darksiders is pretty colorful. The voice acting (with the possible exception of War) is pretty great...Mark Hamill makes a great villain. And I swear Samael was played by Killface. It's definitely worth your time to play it. You may not get 60 dollars of enjoyment out of it, but I sure had fun.

And yes, I do like Warhammer.
 

FallenMessiah88

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Actually Darksiders, Dantes Inferno, Bayonetta and God Of War 3 does seem kinda similar. Im still picking up GOW 3 because Kratos is awesome, and hell seems like an awesome place too! :p
 

Leon's Hell

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I didn't know he had a Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, no no it's completely different. Although the gameplay videos made it look like Shigeru Miyamoto was one of the lead designers.
 

Stormshadow243

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The only game that's a blatant God of War rip off on that entire line up was Dante's Inferno. Bayonetta is closer to DMC and Darksiders is closer to Zelda. So what the fuck was the point of that slide?
 

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When it comes to games that have taken features from other games what titles do you think have managed to do it well and without being what you would consider a rip off (this isn't disputing what you say about Darksiders but a comparison to something that did it right would be interesting).
 

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seemed like he referenced the thread "is yahtzee a critic y/n" or whatever.. when he said "you might have noticed in all the grown up reviews that.."

good review!
 

EBHughsThe1st

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So, was it good? You never quite said.
It was more: "It's a ripoff, it's a ripoff of another game, it's got combat, art direction.
 

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Loved the review, loved the game.

If you love Zelda to the point that you're replaying the older ones and salivating at the new one on the horizon, get this game. The guys over at Penny Arcade like it but then most of the people on this forum probably already know that.
 

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duchaked said:
sirdanrhodes said:
To be honest, I thought Darksiders was a PS3 only game. Now I know it's on 360, I'm skeptical. Thanks Yahtzee.
thus explains your 4000+ posts

haha no but seriously, I just never got into this genre
the only game of its type I own is Wolverine Uncaged but that's only cuz I liked the character (and it was on sale)
Well, as I have already said else where, I have friends who also have MANY faults with this game. RENTAL MAN POWERS, ACTIVATE...

...After three days postage.
 

CaptainPicard

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I'm sure this has been asked and answered a lot, but I can't find it... Who is that guy that Yahtzee uses kind of a lot in his reviews? This time he was a part of the hat that had the two cats.
 

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Yahtzee must of been sick for the past few days because this review is better then others he has done. and besides I think War looks cool (YES I am a 40k fan)!!!!!