Darksiders 2 - The unofficial thread - Out Now!

[xLeftyx]

zarx said:

xLeftyx said:
Great to see a Darksiders thread. I'm excited for this game. It's interesting how many compares it to Zelda. True it is an Adventure game with RPG elements. If anything, this is more like a toned-down God of War, which GoD as we all know is a very mature-themed Zelda. It's kinda like how, in the beginning, many compared LBP to Mario when all they really had in common is that they're both platformers.

The devs are pretty open about taking inspiration from Zelda, with the dungeon structure where you get a new item to solve the puzzles, they did take some combat inspiration from GoW tho with the light/heavy combo system with several alternate weapons that you can upgrade. The seccond game seems to be more it's own thing tho, or at least taking "inspiration" from other games like Diablo/Borderlands, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time etc, with much more agile platforming with wall runs, color coded loot, side quests etc. 

Yeah, I understand that, but Darksiders is still more comparable to GoW more than it is LoZ. I agree with Darksiders 2 that they're displaying more show in the combat system as well as in the platforming field, which actually further detaches itself from its initial LoZ influence and developing to be a game of its own. Either way, it looks great.