By Jim Rossignol on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:11 pm.
First there was ultra-bombastic supernatural sword-swinger Darksiders, and now there is two of it. The sequel, which was announced earlier this week, will features a different horseman of the apocalypse as its main protagonist – Death instead of War – and you can see a little of him in action below. I’m afraid the linked trailer quality for this one is in Super(bad) Grain-o-vision, as if filmed from a TV set in the 1980s, but I’ll try and update it with something a bit better if I manage to dig it out. EDIT: New vid up. Presumably it’s a leak of some kind, so go take a look before it gets zapped.
02/06/2011 at 20:23 Tei says:
This game needs more Terry Pratchet.
02/06/2011 at 21:59 Felixader says:
Alone that would make the game a totally different thing, not necessarily a bad thing though. ^.^
02/06/2011 at 20:26 Drake Sigar says:
Now you too can play the lovechild of Casey Jones and The Punisher.
02/06/2011 at 20:36 alm says:
Or Mick Thompson from Slipknot
02/06/2011 at 20:40 lasikbear says:
I thought he was Vega + steroids and angst
02/06/2011 at 20:52 Zagzagovich says:
I thought it was Spawn + blue men group.
02/06/2011 at 21:05 subedii says:
You’re all wrong, it’s clearly Jason Voorhees and The Crow.
02/06/2011 at 20:28 DTgreat says:
Zapped….
Edit:
Now it’s back!
02/06/2011 at 20:28 Matt says:
Well that got zapped very swiftly.
02/06/2011 at 20:30 The JG Man says:
Video is no longer available!
Fortunately, this is and it goes up to 720.
02/06/2011 at 20:33 Fistulator says:
This game’s likeness to the Legacy of Kain series will force me to play it. I didn’t even like the first one, yet I was compelled to finish it because it reminded me of Soul Reaver too much.
02/06/2011 at 20:39 TotalBiscuit says:
I adored the first game, excellent Dark Zelda action with plenty of character to it. The second game seems to continue that nicely.
03/06/2011 at 08:48 Holybasil says:
Didn’t you call it vastly inferior to Bayonetta during a “Gaming the System”?
02/06/2011 at 20:41 CaspianRoach says:
>Presumably it’s a leak of some kind, so go take a look before it gets zapped.
Nice marketing mechanism there.
Too bad first game was really average with overbuffed-looking characters.
02/06/2011 at 20:58 inertia says:
Death looks to me like he has a very sour lemon in his mouth.
02/06/2011 at 21:22 StickyNavels says:
Really liked the first one. Fluid combat, entertaining story. Pretty in a weird way – kind of ugly art style, but everything had a soft, hand-painted look to it that looked really good. Colorful too, which is always refreshing.
Very much looking forward to Death’s Jolly Good Time! I hope they get the PC port up to speed a wee bit quicker this time.
02/06/2011 at 21:55 subedii says:
Yeah it’s probably one of the only games in recent memory that’s set during the post apocalypse, but still had a lot of colour to it. War himself was a vibrant red.
02/06/2011 at 21:49 Shroom says:
If they ever get to Darksiders IV then having to ride around as “Famine” will be nowhere near as bad ass as being Death or War I’m guessing….
03/06/2011 at 07:15 MrMud says:
Considering the end of Darksiders I was kind of expecting all of the horsemen to be in the sequel.
02/06/2011 at 21:52 Dyst says:
Adored the first one, including the art style. Not sure why people didn’t like that aspect of it.
Can’t wait for this, though I don’t like Death as much as War.
02/06/2011 at 21:58 Felixader says:
The first games Art Style was a bit mindless, simply puttung demon faces and skulls on stuff just to put demonfaces and skulls onto stuff.
But i really liked the gameplay except for the time when you start jumping and swirrling around in a big vertical cirlce and the gun was WAY to weak.
02/06/2011 at 23:28 ThinkAndGrowWitcher says:
“A bit mindless”
Really? It was way more than ‘skulls on stuff’ – including the animation and excellent cutscenes. Sending you a specsavers voucher…it’s in 72 point font inside an A1 envelope. ;)
One of the stand-outs with this – and also why it enhances the ‘Kain’ comparisons – is the excellent voice-work from the ‘Azriel’ guy and Mark Hamill, combined with a well-above-the-usual-level-of-crapness script. Definitely helps define the great atmosphere.
02/06/2011 at 22:02 kikito says:
When I hear a depp, slow narrator’s voice like this one I always imagine it being used in common situations.
- What can I do for you, sir?
- I’D LIKE … A ONE-WAY TICKET … TO COVENTRY … PLEASE.
- That’d be 25 pounds.
- HERE YOU GO … THANK YOU … VERY MUCH.
02/06/2011 at 22:46 Teddy Leach says:
Fine, I’ll buy the first one. Could you people please stop making me buy things? It’s getting silly now.
02/06/2011 at 23:39 subedii says:
IIRC you get the first one free if you pre-order Space Marine from certain DD retailers (including Steam I believe).
Just an FYI in case you’re interested in that game.
03/06/2011 at 09:05 Sajmn says:
Maybe this one will work http://www.gameinformer.com/games/darksiders_ii/b/ps3/archive/2011/06/02/exclusive-darksiders-ii-reveal-trailer.aspx
03/06/2011 at 18:40 Eukatheude says:
Is that a Sunn O))) reference?