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Darksiders II |OT| What starts with War, ends with Death.
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got the game during the Steam sale, loving it so far (much more enjoyable than the first one imo) but apparently I'm stuck now
here's the problem - I'm in the last room of the Boneriven dungeon with one of the invisible enemies. I don't have the amulet to make them visible yet (I didn't even know such thing existed until I googled it).The doors behind me are closed, I can't use fast-travel*. End of the game for me?
*well, it seems the game fixed itself
here's the problem - I'm in the last room of the Boneriven dungeon with one of the invisible enemies. I don't have the amulet to make them visible yet (I didn't even know such thing existed until I googled it).
*well, it seems the game fixed itself
I just picked this up (PC version) since it was on sale with all the DLC (I think) on Amazon and would activate on Steam. And now for a completely ridiculous question that I'm sure will make me look stupid . . .
Concerning the PC version . . . how the hell do you close the game out and return to the desktop?!?! "Quit Game" takes me back to the title screen where my only option is "Start Game" - the only way I seem able to quit the game is to Ctl+Alt+Del the damn thing!! Am I missing something, or is this just indicative of how horrible the PC port is?
Concerning the PC version . . . how the hell do you close the game out and return to the desktop?!?! "Quit Game" takes me back to the title screen where my only option is "Start Game" - the only way I seem able to quit the game is to Ctl+Alt+Del the damn thing!! Am I missing something, or is this just indicative of how horrible the PC port is?
Leon Belmont
Member
The menu options should look like this.
Yeah, that menu finally showed up after I either saved the first time or beat the old guy in the first area (not sure which it was). Still, pretty ridiculous that I couldn't exit out prior to that and get my resolution and graphic options to take affect.
Before, the only thing showing up was this:
Leon Belmont
Member
Yeah, you need to save the first time to get to the "exit to desktop menu", and yup I think that it's ridiculous that you can't change your resolution or another options before you start the game, not a big deal, but ridicuous!!!
fill up your wrath?
Angelus Errare
Banned
Yo, anyone with the Steam version run into the problem of trying to launch Darksiders II and it telling you it's trying to run Direct X 9 Web setup and keeps cycling it then tells you the app is already running? Tried damn near everything at this point, ran the setup separately, already had DX9 installed via stand alone, tried uninstalling DSII then reinstalling it, uninstalling DX9 and reinstalling it, everything. Fuckin A
Angelus Errare
Banned
Anyone?
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Try using this:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikione/
It finds the useless install executables that are hiding in the steamapps folder. Deleting them usually skips straight to launching the game.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I could kiss you! Worked like a charm. Funny thing is when I saw it required Java I cursed under my breath. I then swallowed my hate for Java and used the program.
Love.you.broski!
I tried to play this yesterday with some downsampling, but the performance was terrible. I have a gtx670 sli setup and as far as I can see, both the CPU and the GPUs have very low utilization, yet the game runs like crap.
Any ideas how to improve performance? Maybe change some bits in Inspector?
Any ideas how to improve performance? Maybe change some bits in Inspector?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Been thinking about picking up Darksiders II for Wii U. I never got around to buying the game on PC when it first came out, because I just had too many other games to play, but now I do have the time, and would love to get it for my shiny new Wii U.
Does anyone know how good the menu/map touch screen interface stuff is? That's really what interests me the most about playing it on Wii U.
Does anyone know how good the menu/map touch screen interface stuff is? That's really what interests me the most about playing it on Wii U.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
The game is definitely longer than the first one, but ends up suffering for it, sadly.
Playing through this right now and I have got to ask. What the hell were they thinking when they designed the
When you got the
I thought it was going to be like Darksiders 1, a short-ish section to break up normal gameplay. But man did it drag on. And it was horrible.
Earth section?
gun or later the grenade launcher
Yeah, I keep hearing and reading this.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Started playing on Wii U last night, and while I'm enjoying the game, there are a couple things I don't feel like the game has clearly explained, and it's left me a little confused:
1) The game kept telling me I could go back to town using fast travel spots while I was unlocking the Cauldron, but the map never shows a Fast Travel spot. Did I miss it? What do they look like?
2) What is Reaper energy? The game told me it exists, but never told me what it does, or even how to use it. The game didn't even tell me to use the look mode to aim my bomb throws, and I kinda figured that out by trial and error. It also never told me how to use wrath abilities. I had to look that up as well.
3) It's not much of a question, but it's a bit irritating that neither main nor optional objectives show up on gamepad map. It makes the map largely kind of useless outside of dungeons.
I don't really feel like the game does a particularly good job of explaining any of the mechanics in the game. I had no idea how to use my wrath powers until I looked it up in the "manual" in the box. The games doesn't even list controls in the menu anywhere. It's bizarre.
So far, I think the game is really fun (this is coming from a big fan of the first game), but I sometimes have no idea how to perform specialized actions. I will say, though, that the motion control dodge is actually pretty good. I still think pressing R to dodge is much more precise at a moment's notice, but nothing to press it to dodge and just shaking the controller definitely frees you up to perform other actions.
I just wish I could change the wrath button to something else. Having to lose lock on just to use my teleport slash is kind of irritating.
1) The game kept telling me I could go back to town using fast travel spots while I was unlocking the Cauldron, but the map never shows a Fast Travel spot. Did I miss it? What do they look like?
2) What is Reaper energy? The game told me it exists, but never told me what it does, or even how to use it. The game didn't even tell me to use the look mode to aim my bomb throws, and I kinda figured that out by trial and error. It also never told me how to use wrath abilities. I had to look that up as well.
3) It's not much of a question, but it's a bit irritating that neither main nor optional objectives show up on gamepad map. It makes the map largely kind of useless outside of dungeons.
I don't really feel like the game does a particularly good job of explaining any of the mechanics in the game. I had no idea how to use my wrath powers until I looked it up in the "manual" in the box. The games doesn't even list controls in the menu anywhere. It's bizarre.
So far, I think the game is really fun (this is coming from a big fan of the first game), but I sometimes have no idea how to perform specialized actions. I will say, though, that the motion control dodge is actually pretty good. I still think pressing R to dodge is much more precise at a moment's notice, but nothing to press it to dodge and just shaking the controller definitely frees you up to perform other actions.
I just wish I could change the wrath button to something else. Having to lose lock on just to use my teleport slash is kind of irritating.
Strange. I didn't have these problems in the PC version. Reaper energy will be explained soon enough. I think it is when you get the ability to change into Death's Reaper form. The game told me how to do it in a boss battle.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Strangely, even if you have motion controls turned off in the menu, it still says dodge is "shake gamepad" and doesn't actually tell you what button to press alternatively. I had to look that up as well.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I can't remember how to do that ATM, but the game did a shit job at explaining it. Never, not once, did it mention how to perform the 'fast travel', so I eventually found it by googling.
I've read that one should stay away from them.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Hey folks
Anyone know how to get the PS3 controller working with the PC version? I'm using Motionjoy and the game will not detect my controller
Anyone know how to get the PS3 controller working with the PC version? I'm using Motionjoy and the game will not detect my controller
I have dualshock 3, motion joy and cheap bluetooth adapter and it works just fine. I even tried it with Darksiders II once.
You can find MJ tutorials on youtube.
Leon Belmont
Member
I need some help guys, I just bought the Mortis Pack from Amazon, added the steam key, but it seems that I can't find the weapon, I searched in the serpent's tome and nothing, am I doing something wrong?
Edit: I started a new game and the mortis pack apperead, but strangely on my + game doesn't
Edit: I started a new game and the mortis pack apperead, but strangely on my + game doesn't
You have to set in the "Xbox 360 Controller Emulator" mode, like most PC games. If it doesn't work still you should reconnect your controller or restart motioninjoy.
So I'm a bit confused right now. Playing the game on 360 and I just completed the dungeon in Lostlight where you get the portal item and had the fight with the Archon. Straight after that I noticed that the game is now in unlocked 60fps in some parts, where before it always seemed 30fps or lower. Is something wrong with my TV or is it the game? I don't have any motion plus settings turned on...
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Dunno If I've asked this before but when I first bought the game I didn't redeem my crucible code.
I attempted a couple weeks back and it wouldn't work. I've emailed THQ but I doubt there is there anymore to read anything.
Am I screwed?
I attempted a couple weeks back and it wouldn't work. I've emailed THQ but I doubt there is there anymore to read anything.
Am I screwed?
I rebought the game today.. I already had it so feel free to PM me and you can give my new code a shot since I have no use for it.
So I'm like 20 hours into the game and still only just finishing the second world (and by finish I mean the main story stuff, I haven't finished the one optional boss - that I know of anyway). It's a decent, if barebones, PC port, but is certainly not a looker on the PC (though obviously looks better at PC resolution and framerate than I'd imagine the console versions look). However . . .
The game really is far too long. The main issue is it only suffers for it because it doesn't give itself any reason for being this long. Sure, there are story reasons for every dungeon that's not optional, but in twenty hours I've only gotten like two powers that actually influence traversal of the dungeons - meaning they all end up having the same style puzzles and mechanics and that's just horrid game design when every other plot point has someone saying, "You need to do this, but first you must find these three (or four) so-and-so things" in order to go there. This obviously means three (or four) more dungeons that all play like the last.
The combat is engaging enough that I'm still having fun with it, but the actual level design is painfully repetitive. Worse yet I've seen some objects throughout the game world that clearly indicate there's at least one more "power" (that's not a buyable combat power) that I've yet to get, but with no indication of when the damn thing will show up in the storyline I'm really starting to get burnt out.
The game really is far too long. The main issue is it only suffers for it because it doesn't give itself any reason for being this long. Sure, there are story reasons for every dungeon that's not optional, but in twenty hours I've only gotten like two powers that actually influence traversal of the dungeons - meaning they all end up having the same style puzzles and mechanics and that's just horrid game design when every other plot point has someone saying, "You need to do this, but first you must find these three (or four) so-and-so things" in order to go there. This obviously means three (or four) more dungeons that all play like the last.
The combat is engaging enough that I'm still having fun with it, but the actual level design is painfully repetitive. Worse yet I've seen some objects throughout the game world that clearly indicate there's at least one more "power" (that's not a buyable combat power) that I've yet to get, but with no indication of when the damn thing will show up in the storyline I'm really starting to get burnt out.
I was mostly enjoying myself, even with the ridiculous "fetch three things" over and over, until the
. Holy shit, that entire section should have been removed. Turned what was a game with pretty enjoyable combat into a boring, "run backwards and shoot," terrible third-person shooter.
Earth section
They're not bad but they're not worth the price of entry. They should have been $5 at best.
I picked this up during the Humble Bundle, although I haven't really had time to touch it until now.
I have to say that I really agree with a lot of the comments above, after approximately 5-6 hours of play. There are a lot of glaring flaws that become difficult to come to terms with, especially when looking online to find out that this game is approximately 20 hours long.
Overall, it's fun - the combat is nice and learning new moves and finding "stylish" ways to go about it is a joy in and of itself - but I have to agree that the lack of traversal options that become unlocked relatively soon is what hampers my enjoyment. As much as it tries to be Zelda, it really doesn't come through with giving you new abilities in an effective pace; you don't really feel as if you're growing, just grinding out gear to match out the stats of the effective area.
Hopefully it picks up. 20 hours doesn't sound long given most of the stuff that I usually play, but I fear it's going to become a slow grind sooner rather than later.
I have to say that I really agree with a lot of the comments above, after approximately 5-6 hours of play. There are a lot of glaring flaws that become difficult to come to terms with, especially when looking online to find out that this game is approximately 20 hours long.
Overall, it's fun - the combat is nice and learning new moves and finding "stylish" ways to go about it is a joy in and of itself - but I have to agree that the lack of traversal options that become unlocked relatively soon is what hampers my enjoyment. As much as it tries to be Zelda, it really doesn't come through with giving you new abilities in an effective pace; you don't really feel as if you're growing, just grinding out gear to match out the stats of the effective area.
Hopefully it picks up. 20 hours doesn't sound long given most of the stuff that I usually play, but I fear it's going to become a slow grind sooner rather than later.
Picked it up during the Steam Summer Sale, liking it so far. Faster combat compared to the first Darksiders is a huge plus for me.
But right now I'm stuck on a possibly really stupid problem... I'm doing the "Heart of the Mountain" and am at this location:
Although, unfortunately, this is not a screenshot of my game since I'm stuck to the wall with the vines and no button can get death to jump over to the wooden post. He just keeps clinging there.
Playing with my XBox 360 Controller.
Anybody can tell me what to do?
Edit: Yeah, been falling into the lava 30 times, and RIGHT after posting here I remember that I have to hold LT to get death facing away from the wall.. <.<
But right now I'm stuck on a possibly really stupid problem... I'm doing the "Heart of the Mountain" and am at this location:
Although, unfortunately, this is not a screenshot of my game since I'm stuck to the wall with the vines and no button can get death to jump over to the wooden post. He just keeps clinging there.
Playing with my XBox 360 Controller.
Anybody can tell me what to do?
Edit: Yeah, been falling into the lava 30 times, and RIGHT after posting here I remember that I have to hold LT to get death facing away from the wall.. <.<
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Snap. I totally forgot about the game after I posted this. Thank you for offering.
Anywho, bought this again on Wii U recently. Its a shame people came so down on it over time, its attention to deal in art,weapon design and combat trumps a lot of its flaws for me. Likewise its soundtrack while repetitive, really is soothing.
Also much as I shit on the console, nearly zero lag off-tv play makes game infinitely more enjoyable.
Its clear the game suffers from having to many people working on assets and not enough working on crafting a consistant experience. But i still recommend it.
RoninChaos
Member
Anybody still sending weapons on the xbox 360?
velociraptor
Junior Member
I have an OC 6950.
Good lord the performance of the PC version is garbage.
It doesn't even maintain 60FPS.
It jumps from 30-45FPS. Awful.
The game doesn't even look demanding yet the performance seems to be terrible. What gives?
Good lord the performance of the PC version is garbage.
It doesn't even maintain 60FPS.
It jumps from 30-45FPS. Awful.
The game doesn't even look demanding yet the performance seems to be terrible. What gives?
velociraptor
Junior Member
This game is pretty fun.
How is Darksiders 1 in comparison?
Can you still level up your character in the same way? How about weapons and loot?
What has really surprised me about Darksiders 2 is how fun the combat is. I'm enjoying it a lot. Don't like the fact we get the same shitty music playing in the background over and over again. The music in the introduction was epic. Instead I keep hearing the same boring soundtrack that will put me to sleep if I hear it again in the game(!)
I don't think I am any where near the end of the game but it's such a same THQ went bust. I would have liked a Darksiders III, and I think it could be amazing on the next-gen consoles.
How is Darksiders 1 in comparison?
Can you still level up your character in the same way? How about weapons and loot?
What has really surprised me about Darksiders 2 is how fun the combat is. I'm enjoying it a lot. Don't like the fact we get the same shitty music playing in the background over and over again. The music in the introduction was epic. Instead I keep hearing the same boring soundtrack that will put me to sleep if I hear it again in the game(!)
I don't think I am any where near the end of the game but it's such a same THQ went bust. I would have liked a Darksiders III, and I think it could be amazing on the next-gen consoles.