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Howdy!
 
Just don't get a higher post count than me in the first day. :)

" And by that I mean taking for granted that you know how to get somewhere even tho there´s obviously no appearent way to get where you´re supposed to go.  In this case its the 2nd (or third?) time you have to enter challenge rooms to free a golem, this time in the drowned valley. One of the portals are seemingly impossible to get to as it is way off the map with no low OR high route to get there.  If anyone know the place I´m talking about please let me know what obvious thing I´m missing. When you get stuck on the most trivial things for the longest time is usually the point I declare that the designers failed and put the game on the shelf... "

I recycle them, as anyone should.
 
I don't care to have outdated parts laying around. They were replaced for a reason.

The need, or want, to compare a game to successors appears to be a relatively easy way to get no where. Why not allow the game be what it is? Why is it imperitive to say, "Oh well this has already been done." Well, quite honestly, it's going to be hard to create a completely brand new innovative idea that will be a guaranteed success. There's a good reason why Vigil looked at the formula's that made previous games successful and said, "Lets take this idea and apply it in our own world."---because it works! It's an easy way to tap into a successful business model and make a quick buck because chances are, people who were into Zelda, Metroid, whatever, will see Darksiders and say, "Yeah, this is what I loved before, I should love it again!" And you know what? This is what I've seen, experienced, and this is the reason why Darksiders is selling.
 
Does Darksiders have an interseting world to build upon? Sure, it does, enough for a sequel and DLC. Is it enough to immediately spin it off into twenty different variety's? No, not really. Vigil will need to take what it's learned to create something more of its own to truly build something new for themselves.
 
Oh and, for the record, I cringed when I read the comparison of Darksiders artwork to WoW. Never again! :)

" @lochmonster said:

" Haha you are looking for DARKSIDERS to bring new ideas!!?  This is the game that IGN completely trashed for being basically a ok copy of Zelda and God of War.  Now a lot of people thought that his review was a bit too unfairly harsh, but the point remains that originality is hardly the game's strong suit. "

Again, I think you missed my point. I specifically said I wasn't talking about gameplay with Darksiders.  I was talking about a neat story and a new world.  You play as one of the four horseman.  Darksiders was my example of an original story, demon's souls was an example or doing the same buy making it tough as nails, and borderlands was my example of an art style with a combined gameplay being something special.  So, please read everything before you comment in the future. "

Today, it will be Darksiders.

My PS3 and PC setup is a 40" Samsung monitor that I sit about 5' from. Audio for my PS3 is ran through my PC, which is then ran through my Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum, which then goes to my Sennheiser HD600's. I can tell you exactly where someone is running to by just hearing their footsteps. It's what got me into a load of trouble with Counter-Strike---because I just listened, rather than search visually. I'll never buy into surround sound headphones.

I only learned about this games existence yesterday and will be picking it up on Tuesday.
 
Smashing things, collectables, and puzzles? Should be great.