Darksiders II Quick and Simple Review - Final Thoughts

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Darksiders II is listed as an action adventure roleplaying game. It is meant to follow the path of Death (yes Death) one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as he seeks to prove his brother, War, innocent of crimes that were committed in the first game (Darksiders). In the Darksiders you actually played War and were accused of bringing the end of the world and the death of humanity early. Now it is up to you as Death to find a way to free your bother from imprisonment for this crime.  Darksiders II was released by THQ on August 14th 2012 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. It is a console port third person game and in addition to being available in the more typical DVD format can also be downloaded from Steam. We are taking a look at the Steam version but will also cover what you get in the retail version as well.

Final Thoughts -
Darksiders II certainly bears more game time. We are looking forward to seeing what else we can do in the game. 30 minutes was simply no enough to cover the game and all that it might have to offer. We were actually impressed with the limited number of cut scenes that make many action adventure games lag. The interaction with the main characters is also short and to the point. As we said if third person carnage is your goal, then Darksiders II should be right up your alley.

Was it worth it?
At $50.00 from Steam Darksiders II might be a little overpriced, but not by much. In general too many games are hitting the market at an overly high price point anyway, so we will not hold the $49.99 against Darksiders II. It is a solid game that is fast paced and fun to play. The graphics and in game options could be better for the PC, but in the end by not having these the game can be enjoyed by a wider audience. Even with the short amount of time we spent with the game we can certainly recommend it. We just wished that game companies would stick to writing games and not try to collect and trade user data...

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