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Darksiders III
Developer Gunfire Games
Darksiders III is an action role-playing game developed by Gunfire Games and published by THQ Nordic. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in November 2018. A Stadia version and Nintendo Switch port released in September 2021. It is the third entry in the Darksiders series. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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32 of 32 · most liked first(edit) Some comments think I have a problem with the difficulty, I don't. Most of the bosses were easy and I beat them on the 1st/2nd try, I have an issue with how annoying it is to traverse and clear areas from mobs... I think Darksiders 2 also had this problem but not to that extent. After finishing it I would say I adjusted to it, my biggest problem is that some of the achievements just don't unlock properly and the devs will probably never fix this. - worst elements of both souls-like and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't let the play time fool you. I played this game on my GOG Galaxy launcher for a very long time. My Review: Darksiders III gets a bad rep. But honestly, I think it's absolutely fantastic. Some people cry because it's a "souls-like" but the fact is that every single Darksiders game comes as a separate sub-genre. DS= Action/Adventure. DS2= Open World Looter. DS3= SoulsLIke. DSG= ARPG. But they are all hack n slash and they all are story driven. The gameplay is good, the combat is good, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first two Darksiders were inspired heavily by Zelda. Great dungeons with puzzles, platforming and bosses. With a little bit of God of War combat mixed in. It was fun. This isn't. Another game falls victim to the worst aspects of devs copying Souls. Enemy hordes that kill you almost instantly. Boring, not fun and punishing checkpoint system when death leaves you having to traverse backs bit. Levels, puzzles, combat, story , everything is downgrade from first two 👎
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's OK, but get it on sale The game doesn't feel too exciting. A typical souls-like mood with timings and harsh reality. Visually appealing, easy to get used to, well-voiced. To unlock FPS go to AppData/Local/Darksiders3/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor/GameUserSettings and define your maximum FPS (0 by default, which somehow translates to 62).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darksiders III — Review Darksiders III is an action-adventure game starring Fury, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Her mission is to hunt down the Seven Deadly Sins across a ruined, hostile world. Fury fights with a whip and a range of magical forms, each offering different attacks and ways to explore. Combat rewards patience and careful timing, giving the game a more deliberate feel than its predecessors. The interconnected world is full of hidden paths, dangerous enemies, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →every Darksiders game had this kind of identity question. it was never just hack and slash. the first one used to show some Devil May Cry staff, and then put that endless wall climbing everywhere. and you should remember the second one. it wanted to be a bit of an RPG. we had this Japanese action-platformer in Zelda/Shadow of the Colossus disguise. so the third one just continues the franchise's tradition and gives us a Japanese action-platformer, but in a Dark Souls disguise. and as always,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah even for 3€ it's not good. I know some people like it, but it's fundamentaly flawed to it's core, the mix between hack'n slash and souls just doesn't work for me. 2 genres I like but this game mixed them in shuch a way that you get the worst of both worlds.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly don't think it's nearly as bad a game as people make it out to be. It's an OK Soulslike . Some of the boss fights are really good and i love that there are so many elemental modes. The DLC content really enhances the experience. I definitely think it's over-hated
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I press dodge -> she doesn't dodge. I press left click to grapple -> she doesn't grapple. I press jump next to a left to grab it -> she doesn't grab it. Why the fk is there a boss fight after 5 minutes of gameplay? Why the fk does every attack stun me? Why the fk did I respawn at the start of the level when i died to the first boss? What is this, a souls game? Oh... oh no... no no no no no no.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NO! Definitively NO!!! Compared to the others , this game is trash. they tried to make a "soul like game" out of an Hack n' slash, but it does not work. Combat is irrelevant, the ennemies are sponges, and they , most of the time, can't be stuned or stopped in their tracks, making you jumping around, unable to conter attack and making your attacks irrelevant. Most of them can kill you in 3/4 hits. it could be cool if they were not swarming you from everywhere. you have no map, you can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darksiders 3 Is Better Than You Think I went into Darksiders III with low expectations because I didn’t enjoy Darksiders II… and came out genuinely surprised. This game is a souls-lite gem. If you’re someone who enjoys Souls combat but doesn’t want to deal with overwhelming systems or massive open-world chaos, this hits a really sweet spot. It’s focused, challenging, and respects your time. A lot of negative reviews come from older fans expecting Darksiders II again. They saw a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Are this people out of their mind? i played darksiders 2 too and this game is so underrated. Enemies, changing skills based on elements and other things are really cool imo and i had no bugs at all. If you're considering you especially should get it on sale <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darksiders 3 - The game that took the entire formula of what made the series great and tossed it all out the window to jump on the souls-like bandwagon. A shame, really, because honestly Darksiders 2 was amazing. Darksiders 1 even, while dated, was still a fun time. It's like the devs saw the same formula as tedious and just didn't want to follow what made them stand out in the first place only to chase another type of genre. I'll keep it short, but here's a list of things that was good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cool game, only 25% completed on normal lol... for those whomever fight gluttony in order to avoid his suck ability you need to have him on lock with "capslock" and 3rd power (pruple) it also allows you to jump back making it super easy, no YT video would say that. I found it myself...your welcome
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is ass. It's a shame the studio took the path trying to turn the game into a souls-like, after Darksiders II was a really good hack and slash game. The worst thing is that they did not finish the job. It feels like a hybrid between a hack and slash and a souls-like, fitting in neither genre well. Controls are clunky and unresponsive, animation canceling works with dodging (but not jumping), but only with some moves and weapons, not all of them. The camera lock is weird and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In short: the third installment managed to throw away everything that made the series great. The game feels like a low-budget asset flip released without any quality assurance. Here are the main reasons why this game is unplayable: Terrible technical state. The game runs absolutely horribly. Constant stutters, sudden FPS drops out of nowhere, and endless loading screens completely ruin the already choppy pacing. Broken balance. It feels like they tuned the difficulty purely by guesswork and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turn on classic mode in gameplay for a better true darksiders experience. Loving the game so far. First game is still the best one in my opinion but this is a significant improvement over darksiders 2.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While it may be out of character to provide a relatively optimistic take, I feel like the overall reviews here are a little too harsh. Darksiders 3 isn't a top tier masterpiece by any means, but neither are its predecessors, and while flawed, it's not a particularly bad game. It's a very 6 or 7/10 experience, and that's certainly not bad enough for a full on thumbs down. To address the biggest issues: Yeah, the game needed a map. Badly. It has lots of twisting paths connecting the major areas…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you really like Darksiders 1&2? If you do then play this one, BUT you will probably not like it nearly as much. I was hesitant to play this game due to the mixed reception at launch, but i recently got back into the series and wanted to give it a go. The first few hours are not great. Its hard to tell if the game is going to be good and you kinda just have to push through until you get your second or third set of weapons (Hollows) for the game to start picking up. All the while you are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darksiders 3 deserves its poor review score, but there is a lot to like about it. I bought it on sale at 90% off and enjoyed the experience despite its glaring issues. Presentation-wise most of the environments look pretty nice. Fury's animations and sound design feel weighty and satisfying. Good soundtrack, good voice acting, and the script is surprisingly competent for such a goofy premise. Most importantly the pacing is good and mostly avoids turning into a slog - the overall design is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible camera. Worst ive ever seen in a slasher game. You look at the videos and think its fine but its not. It plays like ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The way the camera focuses on your character makes the game unplayable to me, coming from someone who loves games like DMC, Bayonetta, and Stellar Blade. The camera constantly puts all enemies out of view so you have to rely on light gray triangles to indicate if someone is about to attack you. So you're constantly looking at your character and swinging at things behind what you can see. Could have been a fun hack and slash, but the camera is seriously awful.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Motivation to play Age of Imprisonment has been weirdly low lately. Which sucks because I don't wanna start Darksiders III before beating that one. The game is good, I'm just not 100% feeling it rn. But maybe I just need a little push.
unlabelledView post →Finished the game on **Reckoning difficulty. Don't do that.** If you want a real challenge, play on **Apocalyptic**. Reckoning is less "difficult" and more "unfair". Most mid-game enemies can one or two-shot you while having enormous HP pools. One of the DLC bosses has over **200K HP**, while my whip combo was doing around 1K damage. That's not difficulty, that's just making the numbers bigger. ### What it does well **Level Design — 9/10** Probably the best part of the game. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one is more like a Souls-like , solid game with a lot to explore , upgrade and etc... , but first and second game are way more better. Overall i had fun during playing Darksiders 3.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This just isn't any fun. I don't really mind the hammy and paint-by-numbers "edgy" story introduction. I have no complaints over the cartoony art style, not really my thing, but eh. But the gameplay is important to me and it just.. ew. Controls are unresponsive for a game that requires timed combos and dodges. Camera placement is just actively hostile to the player. I got to the first boss, beat it after my third try and realised the entire game would be just more like this. Refund requested.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good. I've had some problems with resolution during early launches but it solved on it's own. A lot of nicely designed labirynths, some demanding fights on normal+1 difficulty, fun story and a lot of hack&slash vibes combined with perfect dodge mechanic. Some simple logic puzzles and paths hidden behind obstacles make exploration interesting, there's also fast travel that enables quick backtracking and shopping. At full price it's not worth it, I bought it with 90% discount and it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hows the first and second darksiders has so much better camera view and target lock system but not the third one, DS3 once u locked into an enemy, you cant move your mouse and for some games hovering your mouse would at least switch a locked on target to another but not this one, it does not even auto-lock to nearby enemy after you killed it? that is all my complain i feel like, if it has like a previous DS of camera views, you can have a better experience in combat definitely such in better in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fury...Wrath Incarnate...The Lady of Order. As someone who’s been a fan since the first Darksiders, jumping into Fury’s adventure was a lot of fun. She’s fast, fierce, and just satisfying to play, and switching between Hollow forms keeps combat and exploration fresh. The world is dark, twisted, and full of cool secrets, and the vibe totally nails that classic Darksiders feel. On the flip side, some platforming sections feel a bit clunky, backtracking can get annoying, and a few fights…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was an absolute delight. The game require a steep learning curve to get used to (not different from the previous instalments), but once you do, you will not stop playing it. I started a second playthrough the second I finished it, and this alone should show how good it is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No amount of horsing around in the past two games prepared me for this level of horseless action. Now I can hear "I'm your end" everywhere I go, even on my dreams.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5.5/10 I beat the game on Apocalpyse difficulty but damn the game is quite boring and the bosses are alright nothing crazy. The games story is just unbearable to listen to especially the talking between Watcher and Fury. The cutscenes are boring and quite miserable making you want to skip them all eventually when your patience runs thin but I prevailed and didn't skip any but I did start skipping non cutscene dialogue. The soundtrack is all pretty meh. The gameplay is alright nothing special…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dark soulders 3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like the developers didn't know where to take the story after the second game, so they decided to experiment with genres; while the third entry was a bit of a letdown, this one is actually pretty good. However, there are major balance issues: even on the highest difficulty, it’s only tough at the start. Once you level up a bit, any resemblance to Dark Souls vanishes, and the game turns into a standard hack-and-slash—which, to be fair, is exactly what Darksiders is supposed to be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. One of the easier souls-likes. Should definitely give it a try if you care about the Darksiders universe. Has few very annoying and rage-inducing segments. Pretty much all the bosses have some gimmick to them but even the gimmicks require you to stay vigilant and memorize the patterns. Overall 8/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw a lot of negative reviews and almost skipped it, but I’m glad I didn’t. It blends Souls-style elements with hack-and-slash combat, and it works really well. Honestly, it’s a solid way to get into the franchise. It’s also not that difficult, and it feels like some people are just mad about that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darksiders III is a triumphant return for the Horsemen, successfully evolving the series by blending its signature hack-and-slash roots with a challenging "Soulslike" edge. A Heroine Worth Rooting For The game centers on Fury, the most distinct Horseman yet. Her journey from an arrogant, rage-fueled warrior to a selfless protector offers the most personal and redemptive narrative arc in the entire series. Deep, Satisfying Combat Moving away from mindless button-mashing, the combat system…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its fun! if you're on controller, unlike me... it's probably perfect. that being said, on pc, there's an incredible amount of bugs. I'm assuming that's why it was recently on sale for 90% off. If I paid 40$ for this game, instead of 4$, I would have refunded it immediately. The main menu, inventory, options, key binds, nothing was made for pc. the game freaks out if you click your mouse to select anything. It was fun but without a controller, it felt like i was doing my taxes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’re a big fan of Darksiders, it’s worth playing. However, when comparing the series as a whole, the scores tend to decline with each installment. I’ll rate them compared to the previous entries, with 10 being the maximum score. Darksiders: 7/10 A solid game. The story is engaging, and the hidden elements combined with a balanced difficulty make it fun. Darksiders II: 6.5/10 The world expanded and introduced RPG-like item mechanics, but the system felt unnecessarily…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long-awaited third entry in the series, Darksiders 3 came out quite a long time after the first two games. Too long, in fact, for many fans who overlooked its release, which is one of the reasons it isn't as well known as the first two. Those who gave it a shot though, know that it's a good game as well despite the rough development it went through. And as for every entry in the franchise, the game takes inspiration from what was all the rage at the time, in this case : the Dark Souls series.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a particularly good game. The bad aspects overwhelmingly crush the good ones in Darksiders 3 and, personally, I don't respect this game because is too frustrating just for the sake of it. This game came out during an era where everyone wanted to recreate the souls formula, and it shows, because the souls format isn't well fledged out. They put mechanics together that dont mesh well with each other. On paper it might've sounded good, but in execution it just creates frustration. You play…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i miss darksiders 2
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is sad how bad this game is in comparison to Darksiders and Darksiders 2. I don’t know what is worse: the fact that they tried to do a souls-like game with that kind of camera implementation, or the fact that the main character is a simple representation of some dim-witted feminist with hair color that depends on her current mood. You could have put an LGBT flag on her forehead; at least I would have saved a few bucks that I spent on this game :D
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished the game on Apocalyptic and out of the 3 games. DS3 is the 2nd best, #1 going to DS2 cause duh. I prefered the combat in this compared to all other versions, the powers, perfect dodges and dodge counters feel so satisfying, definitely a step up. loved the exploration in this game waaaay more, everyhting felt more interconnected. the only cons: - the lock-on system sucks ass. - 2 bosses in the game have attacks that are obscured from all the dust and debris they fling around, I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A huge disappointment after playing the first two games. Right from the start, there are noticeable changes to the gameplay feel and core systems, and almost all of them feel like downgrades. It features a semi-open, interconnected world with metroidvania-style progression, which I am not against, but the world itself isn't particularly interesting to explore. Also, there isn't a traditional map, so the compass becomes the primary way to navigate, even when objectives require traveling through…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was pretty surprised to see that this game is the lowest rated of the three by a decent margin. I see a lot of people complaining about the combat and the general souls-likes direction of the game. I personally love souls-likes and soulsborne games. Darksiders 3 has the souls-like level design and combat, but it also has 3D LoZ-like environmental puzzles and item/ability based exploration. I've always wanted a souls-like LoZ game, and this probably the closest that we'll ever get. I didn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played a lot of soulslike games, and this one is by far the worst. The bosses are not interesting, despite there being only a few of them. I also don’t understand the point of New Game+ when the weapons you acquired are removed when you start it. The cutscenes and voice acting are soulless. The paid DLC adds about five extra enemies and is just puzzles. The game also claims to have weapon combos, but the "combos" are basically just how many times you click. The main weapon has five…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beat Darksiders III. Despite my frustrations, I thought this game is awesome! Very different from the first two, but I got used to it fairly quickly. Probably the best story so far, though Death is still my favorite horseman. But Fury is definitely second.
unlabelledView post →This game has many flaws, but the main reason I’m not recommending it is the $40 price tag. There is no world in which this game is worth that price. Especially in a souls-like genre that has some amazing games done much better than this one, in a similar price range. I got this game on sale for like 2 bucks. I don’t regret playing through it, but more in like a "play a bad game once in a while to appreciate the good games" kind of way. I finished it in 17 hours. Again, not worth the price tag.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes, I love Darksiders series, although unlike the first game - this one is more Souls-like.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is honestly the prime example of being overhated for no real reason. More than Darksiders 1 and 2, this one actually focused on lore, and I really loved that. Yes, the combat doesnt feel as satisfying as Darksiders 1 or 2, but calling the game bad because of that just doesnt make sense to me. The story is really well paced, it shows us the third Horsemans story and as you play, you slowly understand her character more, along with entire lore and why everything started the way it did…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darksiders 2 was such a great game. This is just a chore through and through. Nothing fun about it. Puzzles, combat, traversal everything is just a chore. On top of it all, it has a water level. Story and writing is so bad it makes you feel like you are being punished for experiencing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's amazing how a game can literally become near intolerable in less than two hours but hey here we are. Nothing I'm going to say is new but damn, reading it you never really realize how fast and prevalent every flaw is. The camera, sucks ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥. It's hyperfocuses on one target making every surrounding enemies near impossible to track, while also near every non boss encounter throwing a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of enemies to beat into you a hatred for the it. The enemy indicator is basically unusable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah yes darksiders. and every game that i play from the series seems much more different in mechanics than the other. I have played DS1,2 and genesis before this one and was saving this one for the last. it plays like a much less punishing souls like, however at Reckoning difficulty you really really feel the pain. New Game plus offers a good challenge with stronger really painful enemies and more new gear and upgrades to unlock, but its good that players dont NEED to go into NG+ Armageddon if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Post a game from the exact same day you were born in. Darksiders III for the PS4, Xbox One and Windows released on November 27.
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unlabelledView post →Darksiders III Review Darksiders III turned out to be a pretty enjoyable experience for me. The graphics still look beautiful, especially the environments and overall atmosphere. The story, however, is nothing too amazing or memorable, but it was good enough to keep me playing until the end. While playing, I kept getting reminded of Remnant: From the Ashes. The overall atmosphere and some of the environments gave me a similar feeling, especially the way you travel through different areas and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember this game kinda got lambasted by critics when it came out, and I wasn't sure why. Everyone said it was Darksiders with a Dark Souls style combat... which sounds amazing, but unfortunately the game's not. Darksiders III isn't terrible, but it's just not what I wanted from the series. Fury is an awful protagonist - most of the time - and while she has her redemptive moments, I just cared about her less than Death and War. The souls-like combat definitely modernized the antiquated…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before playing, make sure to unlock the frame cap using one of the guides here on Steam, or by adding these lines to your GameUserSettings file. Doing this gave me a fantastic, smooth experience playing at 4K/120 fps on my OLED TV. "[/script/darksiders3.darksiders3usersettings] FrameRateLimit=120 DesiredFrameRate=120" As for the game itself, it has plenty of fun moments. The platforming and puzzles feel much better and less tedious than in its predecessors. However, the snap-on mechanic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →mediocre soulslike and a bad sequel to darksiders
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