Bosses can also be epic in size, and they can be very impressive beasts. You’re shown the ropes with a flurry of easy foes to defeat, and the initial opening stage is impressive, as you witness the end of mankind.īoss fights are also very similar to Ninty’s action RPG epic, and most involve figuring out the required strategy to defeat them, and using specific items and weapon combinations is usually key. Luckily, this couldn’t be further from the truth, though, because although not afraid to pilfer from everyone else, Darksiders is one damn fine game.Īt first the game starts quite slowly, gradually getting you used to War’s abilities and combat moves. With hardly any new ideas to its name, you’d think that Darksiders would turn out to be a bit of a mess. There’s Panzer Dragoon-style on-rails shooting, God Of War-esque combat moves and finishers, Prince Of Persia wall running and even a Dark Sector-inspired glaive weapon (which, as in Dark Sector, can capture elemental powers). Yep, this is about as close to an unofficial Zelda clone as it gets, and it’s not just Zelda that Darksiders is happy to borrow ideas from. There’s even a horse that War can call upon.

It’s so similar to Nintendo’s masterpiece that you could literally replace the game’s textures with Hyrule-themed replacements and you could call this a Zelda story.Īll the elements are there, the smooth lock-on combat, the dungeons filled with puzzles and treasure chests, a sprawling overworld to explore, items to find that allow access to previously blocked areas and more. Darksiders is a third person action RPG, and as I clearly indicated earlier, is a blatant riff on the Zelda series.

Darksiders hookshot