Comments on: Review: Darksiders II (PC)

By: pinothyj

pinothyj — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:36:03 +0000

I explain in this post the simple and effective way to connect your PS3 controller to your computer with just the USB cable (or Bluetooth). The good thing about the method spoken about in the aforementioned post is the ability to emulate other controllers; from all the different PlayStation flavours to emulating an Xbox controller which is required for GfWL games. Go nuts…

By: vcatkiller

vcatkiller — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:58:13 +0000

I pretty much agree with this review, except I must be one of those folk who enjoy the highly formulaic aspect because I’m enjoying the daylights out of this game. Except combat occasionally gets annoying…

The funny thing about this game is how many times I’ve done something and gone “oh that reminds me of whatever game.” Performing one of the many climbing puzzles is very reminiscent Prince of Persia. (the one with the claw guy) Pop open a chest of loot and it’s Diablo. General combat reminds me a little of the God of War series. Fighting against Guardian and Shadow of the Colossus springs to mind. So many bits of the game just feel like “I’ve seen this before elsewhere” but I don’t think I’ve seen a feature yet that screams “wow a new unique idea, I’ve never seen it done this way before!” The whole game is just completely filled with unremarkable ideas, and it doesn’t necessarily do them better.

That said, it seems to work anyhow, and the total sum of its parts is still very entertaining. Just not very unique.

By: fitzad

fitzad — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 04:08:22 +0000

samurai047, Yeah I have a xbox controller lying around here some where will just use that...thanks!

By: Tim Colwill

Tim Colwill — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:35:47 +0000

Thanks tehwes, I’ve updated the piece.

By: samurai047

samurai047 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:32:02 +0000

fitzad, I would recommend getting on PC, just for the fact that you can have the game at a native resolution. I would recommend having a gamepad though, as it makes the experience much better in a third person hack'n'slash, naturally. unworthyking, Graphics aren't great, I agree, but the art style is so good that I didn't even care.

By: tehwes

tehwes — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:30:42 +0000

You CAN change the key layout, including setting specific keys for specific abilities. It’s done from an in-game menu, not from the main menu. Pretty unintuitive, but there you go.

http://community.darksiders.com/go/thread/view/138731/29314129/Controller_Options__Remapping_Controls_PC

By: unworthyking

unworthyking — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:26:06 +0000

The PC graphics really did not impress me. Fugly as all fuck.

By: fitzad

fitzad — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:15:20 +0000

I have a PS3 and played the original on that but was thinking of buying off steam this time to save $10-$20 + the better graphics, is it worth getting on PC or should I just get it on PS3?