Darksiders II

[spd]

have to save my bro, who we know saved himself,

meaningless story is meaningless

[Ryko]

Death's story is necessary due to circumstance, but definitely meaningless overall. Like it kind of needed to happen, but easily unnecessary to make a whole game out of it.

If you care about gameplay: Play Darksiders in order
If you care about the story at all: Play the prologue of Darksiders 1, Play the entirety of darksiders 2, turn the game off on the final cutscene, play through the entirety of darksiders 1, then play the darksiders 2 final cutscene.

Story in action games, lol I guess.

[Rokku]

Somehow I was kind of afraid that's how it'd end up, but I guess it's to be expected on some level, considering the timeframe that they decided to set 2 in.

[spd]

does it break your embargo to say wether or not you enjoyed the game as a whole?

[Ryko]

It doesn't break the embargo. I'd give still say the game is a solid improvement from the original, but I pride gameplay and the advancement in gameplay aspects far outweighs how annoyed I am with the story.

[spd]

Steam pre-load is up, download size is 5638mb, which seems kinda small :O

[Hank]

Is the story the same quality as Devil May Cry? By which I mean it serves to explain why I'm going from one spot to the other, sort of. I can live with that.

[Ryko]

It explains itself perfectly fine, there's a clear motivation, backstory, and current existing issue that the game will clear up by its end. It's just all so inconsequential to the overarching plot established in 1. It really stands fine on its own, but if you know what happened in the first game, the story in the second is just so pointless.

This is death's story, that's as far as it goes and I guess I shouldn't have expected more. That's my own fault, I suppose

[Hank]

Works for me, thanks!

[Odin'sLaw]

would you say it was good enough for a darksiders 3?

[Insanecyclone]

Ryko how many points can you get, that you've noticed, for the skill tree? Can you experiment with both or stuck down one path?

[Ryko]

In one game? You cant flesh out even one full skill tree in just one completion of the game unless you specifically go through all the side quests, and even then, probably not. You are free to dabble on both sides, but new game + will be required to flesh it out moreso.

[Ryko]

would you say it was good enough for a darksiders 3?

I will be pissed if there isnt a 3. There better be a three, the gameplay was enough of an improvement to entirely justify a 3.

[Insanecyclone]

Game has to sell some insane amount of copies for 3 to be made...apparently

[Ryko]

Yeah, that's what's got me so pissed. 240 to 300 million dollars to get 3? Fuck

[Ryko]

I wouldnt care if it comes in a fucking ziploc baggy as long as it ends up in my xbox

This lol.

Oh, hilariously, the reviewers got the game so early that the box had not been completed so we just got it in a CD sleeve, lol.

[spd]

have you tried NG+? is it as retarded as it sounds? just one save, or something?

[Odin'sLaw]

Oh, hilariously, the reviewers got the game so early that the box had not been completed so we just got it in a CD sleeve, lol.

i saw this on the offical darksiders website they had given out a few CE's to gaming reviewers and it comes in bit (disk then the box then the art work finally the mask turned up)

[Ryko]

have you tried NG+? is it as retarded as it sounds? just one save, or something?

Started new game+, not far in. There's a new difficulty too, apparently. You cant play new game + in said difficulty unless you start the game again fresh.

[Odin'sLaw]

Started new game+, not far in. There's a new difficulty too, apparently. You cant play new game + in said difficulty though, you have to start the game again fresh if you want to try the hardest difficulty.

i can see why it would be on "death must die" mode if your already packed to the balls with super items