In addition to superb voice acting, the design of the world and its characters adds splashes of colour where it is least expected. At first, the ultra-serious tone of the characters was a bit on the nose, but Darksiders fully commits to its shtick, unwavering in tone all throughout, which quickly became an endearing trait. Even if it sounds like Hamill is just reprising his Joker character in a different skin. With a strong voice cast starring Liam O’Brien, Troy Baker and Hamill, each character’s manipulative malice is conveyed strongly. Populated with characters more gruff, grumbly and grandiose than the last, Darksiders possesses an astonishing amount of character. To ensure compliance, War is bound with the manipulative spirit, The Watcher, voiced by Mark Hamill. Uncover the culprit plunging the world into chaos, and War will be restored as one of the Horsemen. Blamed for illegally starting the apocalypse, he is banished to the underworld where an offer of redemption awaits.

However, War arrives to find out the Seventh Seal remains intact. The Kingdom of Man, the game’s version of Earth, sits in the middle of heaven and hell, where the war between three factions only begins once the Seven Seals have been broken. Heck, you even get to use a magical portal gun – I wonder what game inspired that piece of equipment? Surprisingly, each of these varied inspirations made for quite the adventure to hell and back – literally.ĭarksiders stars War, one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, who has been falsely-summoned to the Kingdom of Man for a premature cataclysmic event – not the kind that affects one-in-three men, though. The combat reminiscent of the God of War series, the art style bearing a striking resemblance to World of Warcraft and Diablo, and the dungeon-exploring components feeling like any pre- Breath of the Wild Zelda game.

Seven years on from its original, un-warmastered release on PS3 and Xbox 360, Darksiders: Warmastered Edition hits the Wii U in all its angel-bashing, demon-stomping glory.ĭarksiders’ debut back in 2010 was viewed as something of a hybrid borrowing many commonly-used game mechanics and conventions that were popular at the time.

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