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DARKSIDERS preview update(videos and stuff)
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FoxSpirit said:
Unless they're planning on using an embossed paper sleeve than it simply isn't going to stand out with that scheme. Yellow already seems kinda off since it's not a major color in the game, but the plain gray background is the biggest offender.
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MisterTHQ said:
I was really excited for the game until I saw this, I have to be honest, I doubt I'll buy it now.
Thunderbear
Mawio Gawaxy iz da Wheeson hee pways games
This looks good to me, I hope it turns out great. Barring unanimous horrendous reviews, I'll be there day 1...
I'm kind of tired (been up for 27 hours so far @.@), but I'll try to throw in some impressions and stuff from this fun event. Bear in mind on points 3&4 I'm not much of a technical buff, and things like framerates don't stick out to me.
1. Joe was playing with a skin on War; it reminded me more of the original artwork, lots of gray ridges, not sure if that's what it was. I noted that the skins do not carry into the cutscenes, which is disappointing. Also no idea if it was unlockable or tied to a certain retailer or DLC.
2. Saw the Gamestop exclusive weapon - nothing too exciting.
3. Both versions seemed to have slight framerate hiccups, but they seemed infrequent and pretty smoothed out to me.
4. The PS3 version was almost certainly worse looking. I don't know what it was; even the cutscenes seemed very... grainy? And I swear even the animations looked clumsier, but maybe that was just me. I still found it to look excellent, personally.
5. In regards to the last points: I watched Joe play the 360 version, I played the first level on the PS3, then I played the next two levels on the 360.
6. This game is going to be fucking awesome.
Impressions:
The game has proven more of a challenge than I'd expected it. I was dying quite frequently in the second and third demos (the third one, I was told, was quite early on in the game). I'm very happy with the challenge, although some of it seemed to derive from excessively high HP on enemies. There are difficulty levels though, I think, if you don't enjoy that.
The dungeon in the third demo was fantastic. The design itself wasn't particularly noteworthy; there was a lot of running down a corridor for something, turning around, and going back. But there were loads of puzzles, and even boss and mini-boss fights prove to be a puzzle. It was large, too. I ended up spending probably 2 hours in that dungeon :lol
The art is fantastic. Despite the over-the-top epic scale of everything it has very vibrant, rich colors. The environments vary from sparse and empty to pretty good looking, so far as I've seen. It never seems like it detracts from anything even in the emptier spots, though.
There is a shitload to do. Loads to collect, loads of weapons or methods of attack, loads of upgrades. They said it averages at about 25-30 hours and while I'm sure the rule of exaggeration always applies... I'm almost willing to believe them, based on the great dungeon I explored and the incredible amount of content.
The voices are fantastic. But you should already know that.
Principal complaints I had (besides the ocassional odd bug):
+ Lots of things are meant to be interacted with in the environment, but don't stick out at all, which led me and others to sometimes wandering lost until noticing it. Perhaps the eye will be accustomed to these things as the gameplay continues, but I wasn't so sure.
+ Controls are slightly "off". I and the guy next to me seemed to die a lot by falling lava, because we ended up walking into it instead of jumping. It can be accustomed to, but shouldn't have to be.
+ Too easily swarmed. In the second demo especially, enemies were crawling up the cliffside behind you whilst you were meant to be wielding a gun which makes turning around very impractical.
On the whole... I fucking loved it. Definitely lives up to my expectation of a God of Zelda game. My time with the game has confirmed the day one purchase. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find out if it has NG+.
That's in the very first level; it basically serves to make sure you do a few other specific things so you learn how to dash, guard, etc. while showing you that you can exchange souls for upgrades from that demon/angel/thing/guy. I saw no sign of fetch quests in the other two demos.
1. Joe was playing with a skin on War; it reminded me more of the original artwork, lots of gray ridges, not sure if that's what it was. I noted that the skins do not carry into the cutscenes, which is disappointing. Also no idea if it was unlockable or tied to a certain retailer or DLC.
2. Saw the Gamestop exclusive weapon - nothing too exciting.
3. Both versions seemed to have slight framerate hiccups, but they seemed infrequent and pretty smoothed out to me.
4. The PS3 version was almost certainly worse looking. I don't know what it was; even the cutscenes seemed very... grainy? And I swear even the animations looked clumsier, but maybe that was just me. I still found it to look excellent, personally.
5. In regards to the last points: I watched Joe play the 360 version, I played the first level on the PS3, then I played the next two levels on the 360.
6. This game is going to be fucking awesome.
Impressions:
The game has proven more of a challenge than I'd expected it. I was dying quite frequently in the second and third demos (the third one, I was told, was quite early on in the game). I'm very happy with the challenge, although some of it seemed to derive from excessively high HP on enemies. There are difficulty levels though, I think, if you don't enjoy that.
The dungeon in the third demo was fantastic. The design itself wasn't particularly noteworthy; there was a lot of running down a corridor for something, turning around, and going back. But there were loads of puzzles, and even boss and mini-boss fights prove to be a puzzle. It was large, too. I ended up spending probably 2 hours in that dungeon :lol
The art is fantastic. Despite the over-the-top epic scale of everything it has very vibrant, rich colors. The environments vary from sparse and empty to pretty good looking, so far as I've seen. It never seems like it detracts from anything even in the emptier spots, though.
There is a shitload to do. Loads to collect, loads of weapons or methods of attack, loads of upgrades. They said it averages at about 25-30 hours and while I'm sure the rule of exaggeration always applies... I'm almost willing to believe them, based on the great dungeon I explored and the incredible amount of content.
The voices are fantastic. But you should already know that.
Principal complaints I had (besides the ocassional odd bug):
+ Lots of things are meant to be interacted with in the environment, but don't stick out at all, which led me and others to sometimes wandering lost until noticing it. Perhaps the eye will be accustomed to these things as the gameplay continues, but I wasn't so sure.
+ Controls are slightly "off". I and the guy next to me seemed to die a lot by falling lava, because we ended up walking into it instead of jumping. It can be accustomed to, but shouldn't have to be.
+ Too easily swarmed. In the second demo especially, enemies were crawling up the cliffside behind you whilst you were meant to be wielding a gun which makes turning around very impractical.
On the whole... I fucking loved it. Definitely lives up to my expectation of a God of Zelda game. My time with the game has confirmed the day one purchase. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find out if it has NG+.
John said:
That's in the very first level; it basically serves to make sure you do a few other specific things so you learn how to dash, guard, etc. while showing you that you can exchange souls for upgrades from that demon/angel/thing/guy. I saw no sign of fetch quests in the other two demos.
TrAcEr_x90
Member
Can not wait!! I have been following Joe MAD for years. After he left battlechasers I would find info on the games he was working on, but they never came about. Finally one is goin to come out and theres gotta be support!
Have a read of 1UP's in-depth interview with Joe Mad! 
Shiggy said:
It's basically rumor. We don't know anything. An environment artist who worked at Silicon Knights basically just put down that he worked on Darksiders on his LinkedIn resume.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chian-chia/13/11a/a50
AWESOME IGN Video and Text Previews
WARNING: Spoiler for an incredibly awesome late-game item contained within both.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/818226/virgil-games-project/videos/darksider_vdp_110209.html
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/104/1041474p1.html
Definite improvements to the combat system, especially with the way they're playing with camera angles. Graphics look like they've been tweaked too.
CANNOT WAIT. I've already started on the Official Thread. haha
WARNING: Spoiler for an incredibly awesome late-game item contained within both.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/818226/virgil-games-project/videos/darksider_vdp_110209.html
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/104/1041474p1.html
Definite improvements to the combat system, especially with the way they're playing with camera angles. Graphics look like they've been tweaked too.
CANNOT WAIT. I've already started on the Official Thread. haha
VibratingDonkey
Member
Preliminarily pre-ordered this. Seems like it might be something I'd be into, or I might hate it.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Would be awesome if this actually turns out great
Pre-order cemented with the 100 page book incentive
Pre-order cemented with the 100 page book incentive
Are there any Towns or Villages in the game?batbeg said:I wish more people were interested in this
Dead said:
Sincerely doubt it - all of humanity is dead, after all. You buy stuff from a demon who shows up around levels, and I guess there's the odd few interactions with demons, but nothing I've seen suggests any gathering.
I don't really think towns or villages personify a Zelda game if that was your point though
Playing this, I really couldn't help but feel I was playing a Zelda game; the menus, the weapons, the puzzles, the dungeons... twas joyous 
Ah, I see.batbeg said:Sincerely doubt it - all of humanity is dead, after all. You buy stuff from a demon who shows up around levels, and I guess there's the odd few interactions with demons, but nothing I've seen suggests any gathering.
I don't really think towns or villages personify a Zelda game if that was your point though
Still, sounds great.
By the way, I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the fankit on the official site has some nice wallpapers I'm currently using one of the silhoutte ones, looks great.
I'm currently using one of the silhoutte ones, looks great.banKai said:Is this an old packshot then? I just found it on the German THQ press server (warning: ~ 1MB):
That's the real official boxart.
I'm not sure that THQ has fully gotten the message yet that everybody prefers the old boxart. =P
MisterTHQ said:The link seems fine to me, I have also had someone else in the office check it! Maybe there was a glitch at the time but it should now be working fine
Oh, just noted I had NoScript block an seemingly important script so it didn't switch to the video ^.^;;
And yeah, again, old pack-art is so much better.
Btw, will you bring this over to the PC eventually? I feel already ripped by not getting to see Brütal Legend in full splendor (or rather, in 10 years on emulation), would be awesome if this one would come over eventually. If you do it 6 months later I'll double dip
That IGN preview was great. Definitely getting this game now.
I remember seeing this game way back when the character had a different design though and sadly forgot about it. Didn't even think the two games were related until I saw some images couple of pages back. It definitely polished its self up since the last time I saw it.
Hopefully people start getting hype for this game when the release gets closer.
I remember seeing this game way back when the character had a different design though and sadly forgot about it. Didn't even think the two games were related until I saw some images couple of pages back. It definitely polished its self up since the last time I saw it.
Hopefully people start getting hype for this game when the release gets closer.
Achievements. Spoilers on boss and item names.
http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-full-achievements-trophies-for-darksiders-154191.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-full-achievements-trophies-for-darksiders-154191.phtml
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
ZealousD said:It was a bit hidden, but there's actually a one-page preview of the graphic novel preorder bonus on the GameStop website.
im MAD's #1 fan so...