Darksiders is one of my favourite franchises, i absolutely love it. its a shame it just never connected... Darksiders 2 had such a massive ad campaign too so its not like they never tried. The audience just didnt seem to care. Its a miracle we ever got Darksiders 3. Its a shame we probably wont get that proper 4th game or team up with all Horsemen

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it does suck that something just didn't click with this series for many people. I do hope we get a 4th but it's been awfully quite for a little too long now

@FatalFist

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say never, Genesis was amazing. Vastly different with the isometric gameplay yeah but people generally praised it. Vigil Games isn’t gone after all and their staff got pulled into Nordic with expressed interests in Darksiders as a franchise.

@Wrathaholic0588

Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear My guess is that THQ doesn't want Gunfire Games to make Darksiders 4 and are instead looking for a different studio to handle the 4th entry.

@grimoireweiss5203

Жыл бұрын

Darksiders 2 is massive snooze fest campaign. Darksiders was fine. I even 100% that game but there were few stupid achievements like riding the horse for certain distance. I had to connect a controller and use rubber band for horse to run in circles for like 15min. I don't know why they used such high number. Don't get me wrong in Darksiders 2 combat, characters, platforming and story is good but they killed the campaign by making it soooooooooooo fucking long. You get one item and then you need another, then you get another item and need another item yet again. Before receiving one of those items you need to press 3 buttons or find yet again 3 fucking items. I liked Death more then War because even if he is literally a Grimm reaper he would sacrifice himself for his family. This game already has DLC and Crucible. I have no idea why they made it so long and any small obstacle needs 3 items or 3 buttons.

@Absalom3439

Жыл бұрын

@@grimoireweiss5203 Was it really that long? I played the game everyday, and side quests included, it only took me about 30ish hours. Personally I like longer games, it sucks when an amazing game comes out but the game is on the shorter side. Games like little big planet, I love the entire franchise but 3 was really short. The game was really fun, especially with co-op, but I feel like I could beat the game in a few hours if I really tried. The game had a lot of potential with all the new mechanics added, not to say it was wasted but it could have been utilized more. Anyways, I went on a rant but I'm genuinely curious.

I think it’s really interesting that all of the games have different styles. The four horsemen are different so it makes sense that their respective games will play differently

@MrJo890

5 ай бұрын

thats i think Strife should get a 3rd Person shooter !!!

I 💯 agree. Darksiders 2 is my favorite game all time. I even got a forearm sleeve after it

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

I haven't played darksider 2 In a decade and I recently got the game again and man every time I load in it gives me Goosebumps it's just as good as I remember it

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Darksiders 2 is incredible, was such a blast revisiting the game today!

@FatalFist

Жыл бұрын

It was an interesting change of pace surely, to see from Death’s point of reference. I didn’t really like the prequel story as its self but it just better served the ending of Darksiders 1 with the ending in DS2.

@quickscope8034

Жыл бұрын

I remember having a blast with the first and tried the second with too much hype. I was clueless about rpg games and i hated it so much that i never played for more than 2 missions. Recenlty i am playing it now that i am more familiar with it's genre and yes it's good and all, but TOO MANY PUZZLES. Come on drop me hordes of enemies bro. Also very annoying the focus mode, the camera locks straight, not even a bit higher to have a better perspective of what are you hitting lol (like Dark Souls for example). I will finish the game and kinda enjoy it (bit boring kill an enemy and check the stats of a clone of a weapon everytime). I just hate the fact that we never had the same we had with the first game, which was the logical decision after the first game.

I'm a fan of them all. I like the fact they all played differently or else I would have been bored. My favorite in this order is DS2, DS1, DSG & DS3. DS2 the ability to create your own weapons & the story not being short with the added DLC is truly a master piece. D2 & D3 the crucible truly is worth it.

@__-fi6xg

Жыл бұрын

The combat system is a huge downgrade from ds2 to ds 3. You can finally new game + many times now instead of just one time. But the gameplay doesnt feel good enough in ds3. They should have made ds2 new game + able.

@FatalFist

Жыл бұрын

Despite its negative reviews and feedback, I did enjoy Darksiders 3. I wish Fury had more techniques and they expanded so I do feel they did downgrade the gamebat and in turn adopted the Souls-like world building.

After watching Whitelight's 3-hour long Darksiders 2 video, I was hyped to see another video that's almost 3-hour long about Darksiders. Thank you for making this. Great video!

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching mate! I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🤙

@pillxwx

2 жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear watched your other videos too, great stuff. Looking forward to Darksiders 4 and your video on it

@demetriusbrown9028

Жыл бұрын

Darksiders1&2great video games, 3 was very lame and 4 was just a waste all together,they should let you choose who you want to be, and have the others fight beside you

Darksiders 1 is still the king, got so much right on the first try its shocking

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

It's really impressive isn't it!

@degatagauwatie4073

Жыл бұрын

True, and I guess they looked at the first one and thought, "Hmm ... how can we chip-away at the good things about this game, add a bunch of crap no one wants or asked for, until we end up with a top-down game no one likes, or wants to play?" I mean, it took a lot of work to screw something up that badly. It's one thing to polish a turd, but to take a diamond and turn that it into a turd, and _then_ polish said turd could not have been an easy thing to pull off. You really have to admire to sheer peckerheadedness of the seriously out-of-touch creative decisions it took to do that.

@genetenz

7 ай бұрын

Good game but the combat is pretty same same. The main sword is too effective as well as the spikes special attack.

@_------------_

7 ай бұрын

2 had more cosmetic tho Genesis art and music was amazing

I didn't give Genesis a fair shake the first time I played it. You've convinced me to give it another go :)

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome mate, I hope you enjoy it this time around!

@martinsciesalnieks4527

Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear FYI during Moloch boss fight purple crystals can be smashed with War's Gauntlet attack

@JustSendMeLocation

Жыл бұрын

It sucks tbh

@matttyree1002

Жыл бұрын

@@JustSendMeLocation I really enjoyed it

@JustSendMeLocation

Жыл бұрын

@@matttyree1002 even bad games can be enjoyable 😂

Really want to see a Darksiders 4 with Strife as the protagonist. Third person action RPG with massive world building and gun kata as his primary source of attack sequences (think Dante is Gunslinger Stance). Also borrowing his movesets from Genesis, with his kicks via martial arts and his daggers for melee combat

@hairlessgrizzly559

Жыл бұрын

I think Genesis served pretty well as Strife's game. The Diablo-esque combat fits his gun centered combat well. I personally just couldn't see a "regular" Darksiders game with Strife. I say they take the item system from Darksiders 2 with all the Zelda that comes with it. Darksiders 4 will undoubtedly be all the horsemen fighting against the Charred Counsil, Lucifer, and the Creator, so they could have their powers taken away, setting up an item system like in Darksiders 2, with exploration from Darksiders 1, and the creature cores from Genesis, because that was an interesting character building system I haven't played Darksiders 3 (which sucks because Blades and Whip edition is on sale for $19.99 and I only have $18.55) so I'm not sure what can be taken from it, but I feel a fifth game with all horsemen which mixes elements from the past games would be a satisfying end to the series, with great endings to all the characters, or maybe even 1 or 2 more games

@RicardoPetinga

Жыл бұрын

@@hairlessgrizzly559 Nooo, it didn't! It would be a major disservice to such an awesome character to leave it at that. We need a Darksiders game with Strife as the protagonist that plays and looks more like the others, but of course adapted to his more specific play style. FatalFist's comment is spot on. After that then yeah, a final game with all 4 Riders.

@hairlessgrizzly559

Жыл бұрын

@@RicardoPetinga I just don't see why Genesis isn't adequate as a Strife game Hell, I even looked at the 1 star reviews for Genesis and they said it was an insult to the Darksiders series, do people really think this?

@benkraze3103

Жыл бұрын

@@hairlessgrizzly559 no. The devs even said it's not an actual stand alone game for Strife and they also stated they are making the forth game in the mean time for him.

@hairlessgrizzly559

Жыл бұрын

@@benkraze3103 man, they better make the final game in the series "Darksiders 4" If not, that's a really big missed opportunity

This was an awesome 3hr long retrospective to a badass series. I really hope Darksiders 4 with Strife does happen, as he has the potential to be the coolest Horseman.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I do hope Strife gets his own game but if we could only get 1 more darksiders game I want to see the continuation on from the end of the first game finally!

@haroonmohammed6351

Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear in all fairness I don't think Darksiders is a dead franchise. We will get more games, but with long time intervals in between. And the continuation from the first game will be perhaps the final series here. That could perhaps spell the end of the Darksiders universe, game, comic everything. A game Having the 4 horsemen in it deserves to be of epic proportions and the story and gameplay of it gotta be out of the world. we will be fighting samael, Lucifer, the charred council and the best of heaven, whoever that is.

@zanderrobson6512

Жыл бұрын

Just hope you can do a melee combat skill tree and ranged for those who want hack and slash and shooter

@DarkL0rd4

Жыл бұрын

​@@haroonmohammed6351 That is true, many things have accumulated that can lead to a spectacular ending

@mavvynne444

Жыл бұрын

Death is the coolest of the 4 Horseman

Nice to have your review of all four together in one video. Especially after getting the combo of the three main games on sale.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you like the chunky vids!

I hope that one day we get a conclusion to the darksiders story (after ds1) where the lessons learned from the previous games culminate is an incredible package. Possibly allowing to play as any of the 4 horsemen with 3 of your 4 abilities stemming from the other horsemen.

@Peter-yo2wm

Жыл бұрын

also I know you often look at the comments and keep up with your community. So if your reading this I just want to say that your channel is criminally underrated, and these retrospectives are truly incredible. I’ve thought about possibly getting into video essays/retrospective videos myself, and a good majority of that stems from the inspiration I get from your videos. Truly great content and if you continue it’s only a matter of time until your channel blows up massively!

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree, I hope we see an epic conclusion involving all the horsemen, revisit that 4 player co op idea and go wild! Thank you so much, I appreciate the kind words my friend!

Only just came across your channel recently and immediately subscribed. Your in-depth commentary and editing are so great you deserve more subscribers, so I will be recommending the channel to my friends. Keep up the great work!

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the videos mate and welcome to the channel!

It was obvious Darksiders 2 was gonna be the top pick, it is such a good game. Overall really enjoyed these videos. Maybe Castlevania Lords of Shadow next? It's only 3 games so I don't know if that would be interesting enough for a series.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Originally I was going to cover Lords of Shadow alongside Darksiders but just could not get into them this time. Maybe down the track!

@JuliusCaesar103

2 жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear that's a shame. Maybe someday, I'm hopeful.

@Mojavekight17

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

completely agree with your ranking and it wasn't really a surprise after watching all your previous vids on darksiders series. Great video overall!

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed!

This video convinced me to play every Darksiders game now. I've had all of them sitting in my library since... well the release day for each game. I played all of them for like an hour when they released and never touched it again and I feel crazy for it (I'm a bit of a game hoarder lol). But now I am marathoning through em and having a blast with Darksiders 1.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

I can 100% relate to hoarding games for no reason 😂 But I'm glad you're finally giving the series a go mate, enjoy!

I really hope we get a solo for Strife, and a giant multiplayer version with all 4 horsemen.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that!

@TrueGamer22887

Жыл бұрын

I’d be ok skipping a solo strife game so they can take their time and make a truly great experience with all 4. Would love a strife game but if I had to choose

@riteousrighthand6144

Жыл бұрын

@@TrueGamer22887 That's fair. To be true, Genesis, as a solo game, could very well count AS Strife's game.

@ChoseDeath

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I want them to put all the eggs in the basket and make the big, massive game to end the series, where we can play as all 4 Horseman and wrap everything up. I would jump on that like white on rice!

This is the content I enjoy. Not just the subject, but the presentation. Got a sub, bub.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and welcome to the channel!

About the part where you said how you'd describe Darksiders in one word. While "Good" and "simple" are good choices, I've always felt "Epic" to be most fitting. The characters, the dialogue, the performances. This game is what made Liam O'Brien my forever favorite VA. The game has so many cool memorable moments, and they never feel out of place. The ending will always be seared into my brain because of just how good it is.

@mahrcheen

11 ай бұрын

Did you watch Vox Machina?

What a great video! I can't believe your ranking is the exact same as mine. Darksiders 2 is my favorite game of all time. It just feels perfect in every way. I've beaten it more than ten times but it just never gets old.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Playing this series was like playing through a comic book, and it was AMAZING.

@michaeldurham2751

10 ай бұрын

For me i will always love the first 2 specially 1. I actually thought 3 was ok as well. Tuck one look at darksiders genesis and thought no way what the F is this. To this day I have Never played it, after watching this vid I might actually give it a chance, I still hope it goes back to its formula and not look like a mobile phone game because I can’t stand games in that prospective.

Iv just checked your playlists... Thank you for taking the time to actually use it nothing worse then finding a new KZread and not been able to check out old content easy

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't know why some choose not to utilise the feature. I'm with you it makes catching up on content so much easier

Speaking possessed weapons from DS2, getting the demonheart talisman as early as possible made looting for possessed weapons an almost guarantee. Definitely switched to it frequently when finding a chest or weapon rack. The loot system definitely added a sense of deeper strategy or even allowed the player to switch up their gaming style just by changing up their gear. Whether you want more defense, more attack, more life steal, more arcane, or even just being able to switch into your reaper form more frequently, there's equipment you can choose from or even mixed up if you want a more balanced play style.

Great list👌 we all know the second is the best but it's always interesting to hear how ppl get to that conclusion.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, hard to top 3!

Very well crafted video, thoroughly enjoyed as a personal Darksiders fan, deserves alot more recognition than this currently has (same quality as the 1-2 million view videos.) Great video man.

@theunderscore001

Жыл бұрын

*This was not a sponsoured comment, not a paid actor either surely*

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I had such a wonderful time on these titles, Darksiders was the introduction to my career in the game industry. It was actually my first title as QA and I was lucky enough to be one of the first to be a tester for 2. Then THQ decided the U-Draw was a good idea for Xbox and PS because it sold well on the Wii... Aaaand we all lost our jobs lol! Got me where I am today though and I couldn't be more greatful. Darksiders is hands down my favorite game to pick up and play, I still have a copy of the puzzle solved "Dun dun dundundun" aka the "I did something right" sound clip I... Accquired somehow... that I use for text messages. And I Can still absolutely, 100% repeatable, completely crash the game too lol! Really appreciate the video man, we were just QA but some of the best people I have ever met in my life worked really hard on this title and were damn proud of it. Lots of stories lol! Thank you for this, makes me happy to see so many fans.

personally hated that the human guy turned out to be strife in 3, he was the only human character that actually gave credability to humanity ever being a part of the war with heaven and hell like everyone feared , also hes like the only human thats not dead that was made be be interesting and likeable

@MrKlausbaudelaire

11 ай бұрын

I think the point was this war was premature, so humanity was not yet at the level needed to fight demons and angels in equal grounds.

I absolutely love Darksiders 2. I no doubt spent hundreds of hours playing it. The music was always a stand out for me. It just felt so magical and perfect for whatever was going on. The RPG elements of the game kept me playing for so long.

can't wait to check this out. I've only finished the first game and got partway into the second one. I really need to revisit this series.

@andreassmed2255

2 жыл бұрын

I will now notify you that I recognize you…

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah mate, let me know what you think!

I will say you are completely correct on darksiders 3 picking up after the lust fight. I put it down on that fight for a few different reasons mainly life got busy and picked it back up about 3 months later and was blown away by how hooked I got from that part forward

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you're the first person I've seen comment that! After Lust it just pulls you in and doesn't let go!

This was a pleasure to watch and It made wanna play them all again. Although I am playing serious Sam at the moment and I am having a blast wold love to see you go back and visit it as well.

A million views man this channel has come a long way congratulations man

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

I know it's crazy mate, I just realised it hit 1M today!

this video got me through the last couple hours at work, god bless

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! 🔥

Part 2 was So Good! I will always love that game....THE MUSIC WAS AMAZING

Darksiders 2 is just such a good time, the gameplay and overall fun factor was here the whole game! Great video mate

@markmywordsOfficialYT

Жыл бұрын

Hit you up a sub, keep it up man

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Ay thank you mate, welcome to the channel!

This is an excellent group of reviews! I have hopes this franchise will at least end up like Metroid, where titles have years of space between them but still be quite popular.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate!

u just gave me a reason to buy the whole series... thx for the almost 3hr

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching mate, enjoy!

3 hours went like a breeze... Like and Subscribed. Awesome work done.

I played genesis with a friend who isn't really a fan of Darksiders but he and I both loved the game. I was very excited for it because of that amazing cinematic trailer they made for it and I forced him to play it with me and we had a blast. I played war, he played strife and it was cool to see how they did the puzzles. I hope we get a Darksiders 4 and 5 so we can nicely wrap up the franchise with a game where we play as strife and a game where you can play as any of the four and or play coop with a friend or 2. A hope that will most likely never come.

I know this vid is a year old but another reason why i loved DS2 is its loot system is also accurate to lore. Death's mission isnt sanctioned by the council so his weapons wont work, he has to actively go out of his way to find gear to use. It shows how much War means to him that he'll go out of his way to cripple his powers just to save him. I love this franchise so much and this retrospective felt like a love letter to the entire series. Each game is just so good for its own reasons.

Bro the start of Darksiders 1 is metal as fuck. There are not many stories out there that have the sheer audacity to eradicate humanity, and even then they do it at the end as a tragic outcome. Then comes this game rushing and does it at the start like the fucking chad it is lmao.

I was willing to get over a lot of changes in Darksiders 3, but I was looking forward to see what they were going to do with horse gameplay. Never getting over it.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

That was a real let down!

There are very few games I've played through multiple times. Darksiders is one of those games. I even enjoy the shadow arenas. It's the ultimate power fantasy with the looks and gameplay to match. I enjoyed DS2 but the levels and puzzles all seemed overly contrived. I've tried to play through it twice but usually wears out it's welcome when I get to the King of the Dead section. Played a bit of 3 but it just didn't seem like a DS game me. I enjoyed what I played of Genesis and hope to get back to it some day.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Darksiders is a great series. It mixes it up and changes things around that aren't always for the best but overall it's a great series!

Find it funny how Darksiders 2 was my first introduction to the franchise, but love this franchise so much that I've done preorders when possible, get every remastered version and on every platform that I'm able to play on like Xbox, PC and even on my Wii U; and even got the books (art books and the vault novel). Still looking forward to Darksiders 4, have a feeling that it may focus on Strife solely, maybe on how he got to the point in Darksiders 3 or perhaps continue from that point. Eh, I'm just looking forward to it, specially since I've been wanting the Charred Council's heads on a spike for so long now LOL

Thank you for making this video. Having said that, there are some things, i feel you have left out, manly the design, enviroment and music. To me, those things play a huge part in the immersion of playing a game. And in regards to Genesis: i played it all the way with a friend of mine, he as war and me as strife. We both were skeptical about it but from the start, we felt right into the gameplay and it was a blast. Playing with a friend, adds alot to the experience of playing Darksiders Genesis. There were plenty of times, we stop up, just to enjoy some of the views that we saw in the game. The music is gorgeous and really helps with building up the tension for a incoming boss fight, Astarte is one good exampel. Anyway, a good video and i hope you keep making more :)

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words mate and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I agree I dropped the ball in terms of this series design, environment and not going more in depth with the soundtracks. With these retrospectives I usually don't touch on many visual aspects and music wise, I'm honestly not the most knowledgable other than saying, it feels good. But I will do better in the future because you're right, they're big parts as to why this series is so incredible.

Just came across this video, great stuff. Still have my Special Edition Darksiders 2 with the mask. May be time for a revisit.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed the video and absolutely time to revisit these gems!

This video has convinced me to get darksiders can’t wait to try it out!

@Handbuilt1

Жыл бұрын

you will not be sorry to play N1 and N2

Could you imagine a remake of Darksiders 2 done by Santa Monica Studios? That would be my 10/10 dream game. I was just thinking about this while playing God of War Ragnarok.

Great coverage of Dark Siders series. Don't hear enough about Genesis, game was way better than you would think it would be, War plays exactly the same as the original game despite being isometric.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate! Agreed, Genesis really does need more love it's great fun

32:00 I found a lot of the late game enemy's really agrivating while playing on the hardest difficulty because enemy's were doing 2-3 health bars per hit or straight up half my health total.

I was 16 when I played ds1, I thought I was younger and just had a slight crisis when looking up the release date, but I can’t believe how much of it I remembered while watching this

@Necrophadez

Жыл бұрын

The very same happened to me. I thought I was younger somehow.

To me the funnest part of Darksiders 2 was figuring out the best way to deal the most damage. I determined that using the gauntlets with attributes enhancing crit chance and crit damage was the best way to go, since they attack SO fast. You are pretty much guaranteed to do nothing but high damage crits super fast if you get the stats just right.

@__-fi6xg

Жыл бұрын

i went with nekromancer build going high crit chance and generating mana fast.

@ChoseDeath

Жыл бұрын

That aspect of the game is what made me not like it as much as DS 1. I don't like loot games much, I find them tedious. Which is a testament to how great DS 2 is, because I just looked up one gear guide, copied it, then ran through the game and had a blast, even though it's not my preferred type of game play.

@matttyree1002

Жыл бұрын

@@ChoseDeath I agree actually, I preferred the dedicated weapons of DS 1 and upgrading them, to the tiered loot system of DS 2, which is just random, and any given weapon becomes irrelevant when a better one comes along

What I love is that each Darksiders game is a different game entirely. Darksiders 1 is a classic Hack and Slash adventure game, Darksiders 2 is an RPG, Darksiders 3 is a Souls-like and Darksiders Genesis is a top down shooter game. It’s a very nice variety instead of just having the same shit each game like most franchises these days

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

It is very unique for a series to change so much from game to game, it's refreshing

@benfletcher8100

Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear It really is! And either it’s a franchise doing the same thing over and over like CoD or it’s tonnes of different companies doing the exact same thing like Battle Royales with exception of Vampire Blood Hunt, that one’s pretty unique tbh

wanted to add that you’re supposed to use the portals in the scribe fight for darksiders 2 which is why he does such obscene damage although i guess it would be possible to kill him without the portals

Maaan that Darksiders 2 E3 trailer had me hyped back in the day lol, so hyped I pre ordered it and bought the first one

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

That trailer was a work of art!

You are madly underrated. Props to you fire content

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you're enjoying the videos!

Something I reacted to when I played Darksiders when it was released was that the dialog and voice acting was insanely good and it pretty much is throughout the series.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

The voice acting really is spectacular in the series!

i remember that on one of my playthrough in darksiders 2 i had these gauntlets that were like "you want me dead? yeah NO LOL" because it was custom with 50 percent life and mana steal per hit so i was immortal agains anyone who couldnt one shot me

@ChoseDeath

Жыл бұрын

Awesome 😂 Wish I would have had those! I'll keep that in mind when I play the game again.

Already watched these lol so I skipped to the ranking. Great video as always man.

Great content bro

I played ds2 with my step-dad at age 9 or 10 and I had a Blast of fun we really bonded over that wonderful game

Darksiders was everything edgy teenage me ever wanted. And I can't help but want to go back

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself!

I'm a huge fan of Joe Mad's style, couldn't be more happy when Airship Syndicate made Genesis

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

He's so damn talented!

Darksiders is so interesting to me. I can't wait for the next game, I hope it brings the 4 horsemen together and they face off against Lucifer and MAYBE the charred council. The cutscene style of the first game is my favourite, they made it very comic book like and I thought it worked really well

I played Darksiders for the first time on my 360. Also where I got my username from. To get to the point; I played Genesis with my girlfriend and it was one of the most fun Co-op games I've played! And the music! Oh lord it's fantastic! I was sceptical at first because of some controversy but I tried it for myself and loved it. Especially because we got to play our favourite horsemen! War and Strife!

Biggest issue with Darksiders 3 was no horse combat. Me thinks it had to get scraped for some reason, maybe they couldn't get it to work or had no time. But a Horseman with no horse feels wrong

Love the content!

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate!

Imagine Darksiders 4, being a DOOM Eternal like game. With Strife having multiple arsenal of weapons and just slaying demons and angels left and right just like Doom Slayer

this video is amazing, but i cant stop and notice how most of critiques about game difficulty come from people than are not even playing on the highest one, is just mindblowing to me

Just started playing the war master edition a couple of days ago and this video popped up. Thanks, now I have to play all of them.

@JohnCusackk

8 ай бұрын

idk if you started playing the other ones but imo the 2nd and the 3rd are a complete dogshit again this is my opinion, you may like it but 1 was just dark af which is perfect but the others were Goofy ugh

@juliushall8499

8 ай бұрын

The guy above me sounds bad (nah I’m trollin) but he does have a point. If your loving darksiders 1, you should like darksiders 2 cause it just expands on what they built. I love the ARPG aspect of building Death to your liking. If you wanna be a summoner and use your necro powers, you can. I went with max crit chance and crit dmg with strength and I steamrolled the crucible so it depends on what you want. I platinumed the 1st and 2nd one this month alone. Only need 4 more for the darksiders 3 platinum but I understand why that one gets all the hate. Darksiders 1 is the OG of course but Darksiders 2 is the bees knees man. Too fuckin good. I dumped 150hrs in it alone just 100% it along with thw DLC

@JohnCusackk

8 ай бұрын

@@juliushall8499 lol fair point should I give 2 another run?

@juliushall8499

8 ай бұрын

@@JohnCusackk hell yeah! Fuck the kingdom of the dead tho. I speedrun that part of the game every time I get to it

I hope Darksiders gets a 4th main line game and with that they can learn their mistakes from Darksiders 3 get the stuff that made the 1st and 2nd game special

I don't know why but I've played every single Darksiders game and I dropped them all mid way through or not even. But Darksiders 2 is my favorite.

Because of your video, I just picked up Genesis (finally) and Darksiders 2 - Deathfinitive Edition.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah mate, enjoy Genesis that game needs more love!

Absolutely loved Darksiders 1 and 2 but I do find it much easier to return to and replay Darksiders 1.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Darksiders 1 is definitely more replayable

as a fan of 4 Horseman and as someone who was able to play the 3 Darksiders 1 to 3 I believe they deserve a reboot or a remake because I believe that all darksider game are great and worth the play.

thanks for giving darksiders 3 props man, that game is so underrated

I grabbed Darksiders off the GameStop rack back in the day because I had a few reward bucks left and it had an interesting premise and cover art. From the moment Liam O'Brien uttered his first words as War I was hooked, and it instantly became my second favorite franchise (my first being Final Fantasy). From the setting and aesthetics to the gameplay loop, it all just clicked for me. There's challenge, but its accessible. There's brutality, but it fits the atmosphere. There's heavy subjects, but its all through a comic book lens. Just an overall chef's kiss of a franchise.

One reason I like this game and god of war is the combos and the grace the weapons have

Interesting presentation. Hopefully THQNordic creates an epic finale with all four horsemen with the same concept as Genesis, but expand it (armor, weapons, etc).

As for who killed rampage in Darksiders III, it's assumed to have been angels being manipulated by the charred council. Probably because they seem to be winding up fury and pointing her at various people to have them killed.

In my opinion darksiders 2 is essentially as good as mentioned but my major issue with it is just length. I do enjoy playing games that you can sink hours into it such as fallout but for darksiders 2, in my opinion just seems too long for me and I'm a completionist so i would want to do everything in the game. i guess for darksiders 2 certain systems make the endgame loot feel worthless, thus exploring secrets or even doing side quests has a less reward feeling, since it can just be replaced.

@ChoseDeath

Жыл бұрын

Bro, I love 100% completing games as well, but trying to find all those stupid crystals in DS 2 broke me 😂 And I 100% beat Grand Theft Auto: Vice City! I couldn't agree with you anymore than I do, well said.

Awesome video mate. Thank you. My personal list: 1 - Darksiders 1, because of War being my favorite horseman; 2 - Darksiders 3, because of the character development of Fury (The others start and finish their respective games as already well developed personas. They don't rearrange their values and personal traits - only put them to a test.); 3 - Darksiders 2 and Genesis at the same spot, because of the immense work the teams did on the innovation, level design, soundtracks (including total epics like the track from the battle between War (the crowfather) & Death or the one in the battle vs Astarte) , overall story etc.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching mate, glad you enjoyed the video!

Just found your Channel And you make great Videos about games i love.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel my friend!

@RedEyedWolfTV

Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear Do you think we will ever get a darksiders 4

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

@@RedEyedWolfTV I'd like to hope so mate

When I was younger and upgraded from my Nintendo ds to an Xbox 360 it came included with darksiders 2. I fell in love with the game and it was the first “real” game I played to completion. The art style, music, character design, and hack and slash gameplay still stick with me to today. No matter how others feel about the series it’ll always have a place in my heart.

After Darksiders 2 I became so invested in this series and it's future..only to be disappointed DS2 really was an amazing gem that I don't think they'll ever reach again

I held back playing this series but now I started with Genesis and then from 1 to 3.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the series mate!

Darksiders 1 is definitely the best in my opinion, just change 2 and 1 around. Lot of nostalgia to go back and play that game, especially trying to figure out the puzzles with the portal gun, extremely aggravating but amusing and enjoyable to play. Darksiders 1 set the foundation for the rest of the games and War was just a badass character.

Possessed weapons are what broke my game. At one point one of them was so corrupt it broke my inventory and I would crash at every auto-save point. My only work around was to physically drop the weapons on the ground, pass the save point. Then pick them back up.

Thank you for this review of this series...I loved 1&2, 3 was good but I didn't really get into it as much as I did the previous two. I didn't play genesis bc I was so upset at the fact it was top-down...but thanks to your thoughts on the game I'm gonna finally give it a try.

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah mate, I'm glad I could convince you to try Genesis it really is a quality experience!

I love how I'm watching this long ass video about a game series I'll never play lol This is interesting tho to listen to in the background while I build stuff in the Sims...

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, that's living the life 😂

Liam o Brian immediately makes war my favorite character. On paper I love strifes and deaths design and weapons but as soon as the character speaks and acts war is leagues above the others. I think genesis does such a good job of building onto the character while still being a prequel.

Very underrated game series. I play it every few years and still love it.

I think my biggest issue with the series is the confusing timeline. Like the timeline happens pretty much in reverse Genesis taking place the furthest back while Darksiders 1 happens far in advance. With 2 and 3 all happening long before the events of the first game. Like I started playing 2 and was like, "oh shit we're back on Earth!?!? I wonder if we'll run into War find out what happened after the end of the first game." Only to slowly realize that the events we played through in the first game haven't happened yet. Same thing with 3 started it up thinking, "Finally get the long awaited conclusion.. wait War is still imprisoned!?!? What the f***!?!?" It's like the ultimate blue balls for action games. You get teased with the idea of these world ending badasses all teaming up together to fight Heaven and He'll only for it constantly move the goal post further and further. Otherwise yeah this series is amazing I love the different worlds. I love the character designs. I love the lore! It's all so amazing and it keeps me wanting to know more and see more. Even little pieces of backstory like how War lost control and the other Horsemen had to chop his arm off to snap him out of his rage explaining why his one arm is a giant stone. Or that Fury is actually the strongest of the Horsemen but because of her rude and brash nature she's unfit to be a competent leader of the Horsemen. Or that Death the literal grim reaper doesn't actually enjoy killing or witnessing death but does what he has to do because he loves his family that deeply he'd throw away his own life if it meant saving theirs. Just such good character writing you can feel the weight in their choices and decisions that much more.

I’m surprised you didn’t get a chance to play Genesis multiplayer. I had far more of an enjoyable time playing with a friend being my other horseman, as it was meant to be played. It doesn’t change your critiques or anything of course, but I feel like if you are going to review a co-op game, you should probably play it co-op haha

@CodyKing45

Жыл бұрын

My opinion on this is, if it’s a coop game that allows it to be played solo, it should be enjoyable solo

@nickalso813

Жыл бұрын

@@CodyKing45 Exactly. Enjoyable both ways

thank you for the great video. Without delving much into the history of the game development I didn't know there was such a drastic change. DS2 was awesome and I finished another gameplay recently and found out I finished the game almost 100% 4times! Genesis was so unique that I loved it as well. The only part I wish the platforming was a little easier(man they were tough) But overall the whole series should deserve much more recognition than it should be And yea I'm not a big fan of open world games either

@MayorHairBear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching mate, glad you enjoyed it! You hit the nail on the head, the whole series needs/ deserves more love. It's a great series with incredible games and at the very least, the fans need to see how this story continues/ concludes

Nice Review. I would personally have a completely different ranking. I have played all of the Darksiders games and in general i am a big fan of the series. I really like the theme of the games. While i have played Darksiders 3 and Genesis only once so far, i have played Darksiders 1 multiple times and Darksiders 2 twice i think. For me Darksider 1 is the best game of the series and after that i would say Darksiders 3 and Genesis both are second (both awesome games). Darksiders 2 is last place for me. I played Darksiders 2 on release and in my memory had a really great time. After that i think at lease 6-7 years passed and i revisited the game, because of the great memories and it completely killed the game for me. After playing it again i realised how much i disliked the RPG elements in the game. The loot , skilltree, the token which you can use to buy loot, the gear upgades, .... All of that, for me personally, is not what i remember and want in a Darksiders game. Darksiders 3 and Genesis, in my opinion, did a way better job to transport what Darksiders is about gameplay wise, for me personally. So for me revisiting Darksiders 2 actually killed my good memories i had when i first played in on release. That has not happened that often to me yet.

@__-fi6xg

Жыл бұрын

Intressting, for me its the other way around.

I got the first darksiders with gold on the 360 some 6-7 years ago? Loved it since

Love the vid. However darksiders 1 will always be my favorite. It's just so pure and focused. Also, please please play Doom Eternal. It's the best game ever made and I think you'd LOVE it.

@MayorHairBear

2 жыл бұрын

Darksiders 1 is a spectacular game! I'd love to revisit Doom someday

Darksiders Gensis was a blast for me, but I kinda hope that we get Strife's own hack and slash game someday

I think the point of the tutorial was to teach the players that the bosses were fixed, they made improvements to movement and exploration. It moves slow to show off the beauty of it’s environment. And that the AI mob enemies were better too.