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    Darksiders

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Jan 05, 2010

    Developed by Vigil Games, Darksiders puts players in control of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as he attempts to find out who caused a premature Apocalypse while battling both Angels and Demons on a dead Earth.

    Wow XPLAY took a do-do on this game 2/5??

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    #1  Edited By DrLove
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    #2  Edited By DrLove

    personally i love the game.  so what that its not as great as god of war, zelda, or portal... how many games are?  Bayanetta was fun, but didnt take ALOT from Devil May Cry??
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    #3  Edited By Binman88

    People have different opinions.

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    #4  Edited By animateria
    @Binman88 said:
    " People have different opinions. "
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    #5  Edited By demonbear

    I dont want to defend the game or something, i dont care i havent played it yet but.
     
    Why should we care about the review of some sub reviewer for x-play?

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    #6  Edited By DrLove
    @animateria said:
    " @Binman88 said:
    " People have different opinions. "
    "

    i know i was simply attempting to start a disscussion about ppl and their different opinions of the game..
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    #7  Edited By immike
    @DrLove said:
    " @animateria said:
    " @Binman88 said:
    " People have different opinions. "
    "
    i know i was simply attempting to start a disscussion about ppl and their different opinions of the game.. "
    The thing is...I don't think this statement can be followed. It's kinda like "People have different opinions" done. End of thread, close up shop, moral of the story, etc.
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    #8  Edited By DrLove
    @immike said:
    " @DrLove said:
    " @animateria said:
    " @Binman88 said:
    " People have different opinions. "
    "
    i know i was simply attempting to start a disscussion about ppl and their different opinions of the game.. "
    The thing is...I don't think this statement can be followed. It's kinda like "People have different opinions" done. End of thread, close up shop, moral of the story, etc. "

    interesting, i guess reviews, and forum posts are pointless because everyone has different opinions "done, end of thread, close up shop". lol 
     
    its all good ppl, just thought some of us with different or the same opiniions would find this review interesting. guess not..
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    #9  Edited By Nitrocore

    They gave it a bad score because of it's "originality", and it's " ultimately shallow" combat system, only at the begining of the game did I feel like the combat was a little bit shallow because of the lack of moves available, but that changes pretty early on in the game. I think they might be a little bit too hung up about where it draws it's inspiration from too see it's true potential.  I personaly rate games on their abilty to entertain me. Yes it borrows tons of ideas from other games, but it uses a formula that works.

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    #10  Edited By DrLove
    @Nitrocore:
    thats what i was thinking the review  lost me here, "it should be noted that Darksiders is by no means a bad game; it simply isn't an original one" that proves how messed up it is. You are not supposed to grade a game just on how ORIGINAL it is, you're supposed to grade a game on how good it is. IMO


       
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    #11  Edited By xyzygy
    @Nitrocore said:
    " They gave it a bad score because of it's "originality", and it's " ultimately shallow" combat system, only at the begining of the game did I feel like the combat was a little bit shallow because of the lack of moves available, but that changes pretty early on in the game. I think they might be a little bit too hung up about where it draws it's inspiration from too see it's true potential.  I personaly rate games on their abilty to entertain me. Yes it borrows tons of ideas from other games, but it uses a formula that works. "
    But, they're also critics and critics need to look for this kind of stuff. Maybe X-Play feels like they can't give a higher score because the game didn't really earn it's gameplay methods, but borrowed them. Bad analogy - It's kind of like a kid taking his friends science project and just building on it, instead of coming up with something totally new. Although the improved version of his friends project may work better or differently, he would have gotten a higher grade if he had just come up with something else himself.
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    #12  Edited By tastyhouse

    The problem is that the review was written by Abbie Heppe.  If you ever listen to her on Feedback you can surmise that she's an idiot  within about 20 seconds of her opening her mouth.  Way too opinionated to give an objective review of anything.  

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    #13  Edited By AndrewB

    My only reaction is that I didn't realize that G4 updated their website. Very reminiscent of Gamespot.

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    #14  Edited By TheGremp

    flagged for saying "do-do".  Seriously, watch your mouth.  This is the internet, not one of your crazy parties...  Have some decency.

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    #15  Edited By Mariek430

    I'll never quite understand why people care about review scores

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    Gotta say, the game does look kinda dull to me.

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    #17  Edited By tastyhouse
    @Mariek430: Agreed - I'll avoid a game if its critically panned across the board.  One bad review means nothing.  Although I did play rogue warrior simply based on the quick look. 
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    #18  Edited By apathylad
    @DrLove: 
    I was pretty surprised when X-play also gave Silent Hill: Shattered Memories a 2 out of 5, which was Giantbomb's Best Wii game.

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