January 17, 2011

Darksiders

Date played: January 16th
Platform: Playstation 3
Time played: 130 minutes
Session fun rating: 7/10

Since I lost all my saved games for my PS3 and I wanted to play a single player game, I decided to play something I had not put a lot of time in previously.  In fact, I bought Darksiders about 11 months ago but had only played about 2 hours so I decided to put it back in and start from the beginning.

This is one of the best title screens I've ever seen....
This is a great game, it's really like Zelda dungeons mixed with God of War Lite combat.  The story seems pretty cool so far, the characters have lots of personality and the combat is fun.  The only thing that is bugging me is the camera is a little too close to the character but aside from that, it's pretty amazing.

I got further than I initially did on my first play and got to a fight against a giant, ugly and smelly Bat Queen, Tiamat.  I got killed on my first attempt and ran out of time to play.  It's an interesting fight which reminded me of a boss fight in Castlevania Lords of Shadow (another lost saved game).  Anyway, I will definitely play more of this M-rated Zelda.