Darksiders for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

Darksiders is a game clearly built to be similar in platforming style as the God of War series. The gameplay borrows heavily from the hack and slash action, with the pop up buttons being used in interactive cut scenes, and massive scale epic battles.

Darksiders combines excellent voice acting with a great story, and uses a wonderfully animated and very diverse world to tell it's story in.

The Story, simply put, is that there exists 4 sides in creation. 1) Heaven, 2) H ell, 3) Humanity. Those 3 sides are in a stalemate, wherein the agreement stands, they will not battle until they are of equal power. Humanity has a ways to go.

But who enforces this treaty? Side #4, The Four Horsemen. Enter our main character, War, who is summoned to Earth which is being attacked by Heaven, and H ell. The final battle has begun, but both sides seem confused about why. And War's power is waning, because the 7th Seal was not broken, to indicate the beginning of the battle. He was not supposed to be there.

The game chronicles what happens when a vehicle for Justice is thrust into a twisting plot with many facets of action. In the opening battle, War is struck down as his Four Horsemen powers finally fail him entirely, without the 7th Seal having been broken. He is struck down by a large Demon and find himself faced with only one option: ally with H ell to restore balance, at least for now.

This journey returns many weapons and abilities, introduces interesting characters (some foes, some allies), and allows us to see what has happened in the thousands of years that have passed since War died.

In the end, the gameplay is smooth and has an easy learning curve, the visuals are immersive and the music is excellent. The voice acting is quite good (Phil LaMarr and Mark Hamill of note), and the overall experience definitely rivals God of War in enjoyability.

If you liked God of War or Dante's Inferno, you'll like Darksiders.