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Darksiders 2 new info! [one month away from release]
- Thread starter DieH@rd
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Just a little hint, OT will be ~3.5MB heavy... so prepare your 56k modems.
I didnt go wild with the art, but It's all peiced together to look very nice.
Could we get a small glimpse?
I'm not a fan of them and I would prefer them to be gone too if they had something better to replace them. I wouldn't want them cut out to just have Death walk to a location 20 minutes longer, but I hate being slowed down by puzzles. That goes for anything in life, I hate puzzles of any kind.
edit: I really hope the OT isn't as embarrassing as the Assassin's Creed Revelations one. That was like a giant PR piece.
Yes you can! I made it, I decide who gets to see it! LOL Here is the small glimpse to the main banner art.
Because you asked to be small, i resized it to 20x13 pixels.
Yes you can! I made it, I decide who gets to see it! LOL Here is the small glimpse to the main banner art.
Because you asked to be small, i resized it to 20x13 pixels.
Oh you :lol
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Just remember, bigger is not always better. MGS4's OT is a masterclass in excess, and not something that should be strived for.
A bonus armor and weapon. One for having a save from DS1 and another for having the final achievement.
What about the AC:R OT?
Yeah, but I love Joe Mad's art, so the more pictures the better for me :3
That was embarrassing and I think Evilore or some other mod even shut it down at first. I don't know if they thought he was a viral marketer or something but it eventually was reopened.
But no OT should be almost an entire god damn page long.
If you die during The Crucible, do you have to start from wave 1 again?
There is no award for platinum. Weapon for starting game, and armor for finishing the game [any diff].
OT will not have spoilers, and we will not allow them.
Content that I may or may not know about would be enough to spoil me at this point. I want gameplay mechanics to be fresh to me.
RPGCrazied
Member
Anyone else can't get it day 1? Sucks cause I really want to play it, why did it have to be delayed? ;/
keltickennedy
Member
shinobi602
Member
Come on, you gotta be fucking kidding me...
You don't ever want to be surprised in a game outside of the story? I remember playing San Andreas the first time and being blown away when Car Customization opened up
I respect that, it's really cool when you play a game without knowing anything about it and keep getting surprised by it.
Meatvillain
Banned
I hate you and everything you stand for you filthy nincompoop. Seriously though, different strokes for different folks, different people are going to enjoy different forms of gameplay, I get it.
I just love every bit of the mix of influences and gameplay that Darksiders represents. Vigil's tagline that it's "a game by gamers for gamers" really rings true for me when playing the original game. It hits on so many of the notes that comprise what I love about videogames and I would hate to see a key part of that - the old-school Nintendo/Zelda dungeon/puzzle influence - stripped away in favour of a faster pace.
I just hope that as the series continues and prospers that it doesn't lose any of its multitude influences, but rather enhances and adds to them. I have faith that even if this were to happen the games would still be well-crafted, great games, but I'd be saddened by the development.
Yes. One disc on all platforms.
Yep
shinobi602
Member
Ok, I can understand that...I was thinking more along the lines of combos or something. Fair enough.
keltickennedy
Member
I think what he is saying is that all the gameplay mechanics aren't going to be surprising. Since we have already seen them before in previous games.
I mean the games alternate name should be "Death My Cry for the Prince of Zelda".
Still looks fucking awesome though!
tragic
Developer
Crucible Info
As a side note, something I mentioned before, this mode was made as a direct response to fans. We wanted to make sure players had an area to practice combat, test out builds, and also have even more challenges once they've beaten the game once, twice, 10 times!
- Fight increasingly harder waves.
- Every 5 waves cleared you are given a choice: Continue | Loot (Once selected, this resets your progress)
- Every 25 waves cleared (in a row) you unlock a "Checkpoint" of sorts.
- There are 100 waves split into 4 stages (25 waves each).
- Stages unlock as the story progresses.
- When you return, you can start from the beginning or start from an unlocked checkpoint.
- Loot from the "Loot" option is generated based on total waves completed - the more waves completed, the more loot you get!
- Dying in combat results in NO loot. You could clear 48 waves, die on wave 49, and you will get NOTHING.
- There are unique Crucible-only rewards.
- Loot from The Crucible is completely usable in the story/campaign and vice versa.
- Once unlocked, you can access The Crucible while in Story mode (very easily!).
- There are leaderboard stats for The Crucible.
- Dying in The Crucible in Nightmare Mode = Combat Death (the worst kind).
- No experience gain in The Crucible (if you are too weak, come back later!).
As a side note, something I mentioned before, this mode was made as a direct response to fans. We wanted to make sure players had an area to practice combat, test out builds, and also have even more challenges once they've beaten the game once, twice, 10 times!
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Tragic, what is the highest level/wave number you can reach in the Crucible?
Now we have yet another goal.
Beat the game on Nightmare? pfff I wanna see who'll beat The Crucible on Nightmare
Yes!!!
keltickennedy
Member
Good lord. I can't wait!! Question: With the future DLC, say if new enemy types are added, will they then also be available in the crucible? Also, are the waves always the same or are they randomized?
I think in the IGN video they said 100 waves.
ChosenPredator
Banned
That mode is a twitch.tv Streamers wet dream - to beat that will be pretty damn interesting.