Strictly opinion. Just seeing what everyone thinks of the game so far. I'm 8 hours in and I'm loving every bit of it and can't wait to run through it again on Apocalyptic. So yeah, I totally love the main character, combat is fast and fun, and the environments are awesome to look at. I probably have to say one of my favorite aspects of the game are the Zelda-esque dungeons and puzzles. A little frustrating but nothing that can't be done. Also did anyone preorder the game and get the Harvester Scythe? I didn't preorder it but Gamestop gave me someone's preorder copy by mistake lol so that was cool. But yeah I think it's a cool weapon, but obviously I prefer the Chaoseater.

"Also did anyone preorder the game and get the Harvester Scythe? "

ill tell you tuesday when mine arrives, but this is one of those games that i know for sure ill love from everything ive seen (its my second most wanted game this year lol). I really cant wait

It's pretty awesome.

I started out on Normal and I was getting the feeling that it wasn't quite deep enough; restarted on Apocalyptic and damn....does it make a difference. The fact that you actually need to dodge/block/counter makes the game just that much deeper, and I'm just getting into the open world stuff, meaning the game's just opening up.

I love the combat, it's simple and very fluid. I also like the art style very much, full of colors and so vibrant. The level design is also very good and you can see the love that the dev team put in it. Kudos to Vigil as Darksiders is their first game. If they keep this up then I expect more goodies from them in the future. 

" I love the combat, it's simple and very fluid. I also like the art style very much, full of colors and so vibrant. The level design is also very good and you can see the love that the dev team put in it. Kudos to Vigil as Darksiders is their first game. If they keep this up then I expect more goodies from them in the future.  "

Eehh I'm sick of this game getting compared to Bayonetta. 2 totally different games. It's like God of War vs. DMC, they're just different and it doesn't make it worse or anything. I honestly played Bayonetta and I really didnt think it was all that sweet, I mean it's good but I just hate the character and I honestly would rather play DMC instead.

I guess if you showed a quicklook of a Zelda game with Link just killing monsters with his only sword slash he has, it would look boring and repetitive too.

Let's wait and see what happens.
Even tho it's getting a lot of that "like Bayonetta but not as good" I still see a lot of people on forums talking about, and playing this game. 

"Hell, look at the comments on the quicklook..."game looks boring and repetitive" over and over. I guess if you showed a quicklook of a Zelda game with Link just killing monsters with his only sword slash he has, it would look boring and repetitive too. Again, I hope Im wrong and it sells well enough for sequels "

Game is freakin' awesome. I just wish the x360 version didn't have the screen tearing and frame rate drops, those flaws are too obvious to pass over.

I have it on PS3, I'm loving it a lot.

I havent really experienced alot of frame rate issues, I have seen a bit of screen tearing though. Other than it's been running fine from what I've experienced.

" @Rhaknar said:

"Hell, look at the comments on the quicklook..."game looks boring and repetitive" over and over. I guess if you showed a quicklook of a Zelda game with Link just killing monsters with his only sword slash he has, it would look boring and repetitive too. Again, I hope Im wrong and it sells well enough for sequels "

Yeah and I'm a little worried about that!  I want to see Vigil make more games.  Darksiders is a quality game and deserves people's time.  There are some people defending the game in the quicklook thread and even saying this quick look wasn't handled well and has a little bit of incorrect information.  Is it too much to ask to play the game for a few hours before recording a quick look? "

I'm 19 hours in on the Apocalyptic difficulty for my first run.  I've got one more shard of the Armageddon Blade to get, but I've also only got two more pieces of the Abyssal Armor to get.  In the end, I'm enjoying the shit out of this game.

Can peeps that are playing the game answer a question? I hear normal is too easy and you should play straight into Apocalyptic, but im wondering, is that a HUGE jump in difficulty? Because I usually play my games on normal, im not into the whole "a game has to be rock hard for me to enjoy it" thing. Is it too unforgiving? Cause if so I might still stick to Normal, if theres one thing I hate in games is getting frustrated (I have little time and patience for that to be honest)

" Can peeps that are playing the game answer a question? I hear normal is too easy and you should play straight into Apocalyptic, but im wondering, is that a HUGE jump in difficulty? Because I usually play my games on normal, im not into the whole "a game has to be rock hard for me to enjoy it" thing. Is it too unforgiving? Cause if so I might still stick to Normal, if theres one thing I hate in games is getting frustrated (I have little time and patience for that to be honest) "

" @Rhaknar said:

" Can peeps that are playing the game answer a question? I hear normal is too easy and you should play straight into Apocalyptic, but im wondering, is that a HUGE jump in difficulty? Because I usually play my games on normal, im not into the whole "a game has to be rock hard for me to enjoy it" thing. Is it too unforgiving? Cause if so I might still stick to Normal, if theres one thing I hate in games is getting frustrated (I have little time and patience for that to be honest) "

Stick to normal for now.  Some people are crazy good at action games.  I can be sometimes but I'm finding Darksiders to be kinda hard in parts.  Play at least past the first temple, Twilight Cathedral on normal and see how you feel.  Personally I'm sticking to normal and if you don't like getting frustrated in games, I would definitely stay away from apocalyptic until you've got a good handle on how to use the combat effectively. "

yeah i'm playing apocalyptic difficulty, and it's very easy to die in one or two hits from the bigger enemies. i only just reached the first boss and i died in about 10 seconds. The combat isn't not overly difficult, it just takes a sense of timing and a lot less button mashing.

" Eehh I'm sick of this game getting compared to Bayonetta. 2 totally different games. It's like God of War vs. DMC, they're just different and it doesn't make it worse or anything. I honestly played Bayonetta and I really didnt think it was all that sweet, I mean it's good but I just hate the character and I honestly would rather play DMC instead. "

I aint picking this up til the end of the month (broke myself on games already) but im looking forward to it already ^_^

Took me 22 hours to complete it on Apocalyptic. I found about 80% of all hidden chests - so I did a fair amount of backtracking.
 
Main gripe... no playthrough+, which would be perfect for Darksiders, since you'll never have enough souls to upgrade everything and level all 3 weapons all the way (there's an achievement for that too).
 
But that's nitpicking. I 'EFFIN LOVE DARKSIDERS! I hope for many, many sequels.

" @jakob187:  Nice! Hey how do you get the Armageddon Blade? I found a video though on the locations of the Abyssal Armor. Can you hook me up with a link maybe for the Blade? ;) "

" Took me 22 hours to complete it on Apocalyptic. I found about 80% of all hidden chests - so I did a fair amount of backtracking.  Main gripe... no playthrough+, which would be perfect for Darksiders, since you'll never have enough souls to upgrade everything and level all 3 weapons all the way (there's an achievement for that too).  But that's nitpicking. I 'EFFIN LOVE DARKSIDERS! I hope for many, many sequels. "

• Chaoseater - maxed out level and all levels of skills learned
• Scythe - level 2 with all level 2 skills
• Tremor Gauntlet - still the base weapon, but level 2 skills all unlocked
• All but three sigils.  Missing two regulars and one legendary.  One of the regular ones is Bane, which I haven't bought yet.
• Level 2 on all spells (Armorskin, Immolation, Affliction, Blade Geyser)
• 8/10 Abyssal Armor Pieces located
• 6/7 Armageddon Blade shards located
• 8 Lifestones
• 5 Wrath Cores