This time around both War and Strife are sent to track down Lucifer and discover his plans to turn other demons to his dastardly cause. On the contrary, it’s the complete opposite and embraces its roots while experimenting with its gameplay styles. With a more linear level design and Diablo style approach, it could easily be mistaken that Darksiders Genesis is another misstep much like Darksiders III.
Darksiders Genesis puts you in the shoes of both War and Strife, who is a first time playable character in the series. The latest installment embraces a Diablo-esque style, complete with an isometric camera view and frantic co-operative action. This would be fine for a spin-off entry, but for a mainline entry with a solid fan base, it was always going to be a recipe for disaster.
It simply lacked the charm the series was known for in favor of experimenting with a new gameplay system. If that’s not a sign this was a step in the wrong direction, I don’t know what is.ĭarksiders III wasn’t a bad game per se, far from it in fact. It was also later patched to bring back the combat style from the previous games, losing the Souls inspired one on display here. While most of these have been patched, it still lacks the same vibrant world that the previous entries managed. The environments were bland and uninspired the lack of puzzles and exploration was lost from the previous entries and the combat lacked the finesse of not only the games it was imitating, but past Darksiders iterations as well.ĭarksiders III was also riddled with a variety of technical issues such as graphical texture pop-in, freezes and crashes. But instead it lacked the spark which ignited millions of players to fall in love with the genre in the first place. The idea is there, with each of the deadly sins serving as climactic boss battles, serving as gauntlets for you to push past. What is left, however, is a pale imitation of the Dark Souls series.
It’s a premise that should be exciting, exhilarating and constantly pushing the player forward on a wild hunt to to find each of the deadly sins. You play as Fury and are tasked with tracking down the seven deadly sins that now reside in the remnants of a post-apocalyptic Earth. Perhaps the most mixed upon critics and gamers alike is Darksiders III – a Dark Souls inspired game which lost some of the magic that made the first two entries such cult hits.