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The gaming world is full of big names that release new titles year after year. And With hundreds of new games each year, some amazing titles can go a little under the table. One of the most underlooked big titles out there is definitely Darksiders, and even its sequel Darksiders II, a franchise that takes a little from many different games and genres, and puts it together in an amazing way. Here we're going to be talking about the second entry in the franchise, Darksiders II, so without any more introduction, let's get to it
Some info about Darksiders II: ' Darksiders II is parallel to the previous game.The Four Horsemen (War, Strife, Fury, and Death) are the last of the Nephilim, fusions of angels and demons who waged war on creation. The ultimate DARKSIDERS II experience! 1080p native resolution. Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution. Improved Graphic Render Engine for even higher visual quality, lighting and shadows. Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics. No mods were found matching the criteria specified. We suggest you try the mod list with no filter applied, to browse all available. Add mod and help us achieve our mission of showcasing the best content from all developers. Join now to share your own content, we welcome creators and consumers alike and look forward to your comments.
The plot
The end of the days marks the awakening of the eldest, deadliest, strongest and most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen brothers, Death. This time, the horseman embarks on a quest not only to redeem his brother's War name, but also undo the crimes he never committed, but he's being punished for.
His quest is also to restore and save mankind, but he's soon to find that things are bigger than he thought. What starts as a quest to stop the earthly Apocalypse turns into a fight against an evil that threatens all of Creation.
New Horseman, a new adventure, the same spirit
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This game takes place during the 100-year imprisonment of War, in a brave move to develop a parallel plot to the first title. But the plot and development is not the only thing new to the title. This series has been compared to games like The Legend Of Zelda thanks to its exploration, puzzle-solving mechanics. But there's more to it than just that.
This sequel takes everything the first one did to the next level. Improving all the existing mechanics, better combat and a bigger world. Not only is the plot as good as the first one, but in some things, it is even better. The Hack 'n' Slash combat style alone wasn't going to cut it for this game, so they went ahead and tweaked things. Adding RPG mechanics such as stats, levels and upgrades, the combat, and exploration became not only better but also even more rewarding.
Death makes for a pretty interesting character, completely different from War, his brother. You can see that not only are their fighting styles and controls different, but their character and development are completely original and different from each other.
Review
How the Darksiders franchise still isn't in the top gaming franchises around is still a mystery. Darksiders II features everything you need to make a great game. The combat mechanics are spectacular, the plot is excellent and nicely developed, a huge world, exploration, music, everything is there.
Not only is the world big enough as it is, but there are also dozens of dungeons to explore, find new objects and learn new techniques you can apply to the rest of the game. There are even different game types, and weapons to choose from, making it a highly customizable adventure this customization is also what helps in creating an excellent replay-value
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Graphics and visuals: the artistic style of the game is unique, recognizable and really cool. Even though the graphics are not out of this world, thanks to its art direction it is easy to spot from the rest. It stands out without being overly detailed, and the animations are very fluid, making the action look and feel even better.
Gameplay: A campaign that's about 20 hours long and features a lot of exploration makes for a nice experience. But keep in mind that these 20 hours don't include the secondary missions, nor the whole exploration you can do in the game. It could add up to around 35 hours or more. Thanks to the RPG mechanics you can even grind to level-up more, which adds more hours into the gameplay. The fighting and controllers are easy to understand, but you'll have to take some time to practice thanks to all the different types of enemies.
Soundtrack: En epic-hardcore soundtrack that completely fits the art of the entire game, it goes perfectly with the action and the setting of the game. It's also great for listening on its own.
Darksiders 2 was released a month and a half ago on the PC, but due to some other games – that were released alongside with it – its Performance Analysis got delayed. The game suffered from some port issues, something that was acknowledged by THQ themselves, and here we are today to see whether this game has been improved or not. Is Darksiders 2 a better PC game than it was a couple of weeks ago or not?
As always, we used an overclocked Q9650 (at 4.2Ghz) with 4GB RAM, a GTX 295, Windows 7 64-bit and the latest version of the GeForce ForceWare drivers. The good news here is that Darksiders 2 is not a CPU heavy title and you won’t encounter any sequences that will stress your CPU. This is a step to the right direction, as the first Darksiders game featured some scenes that ran with 30fps due to the game’s inability to use more than two CPU cores. It comes as no surprise then that Darksiders 2 scales on quad-cores but does not take advantage of them. This is clearly a game that was optimized for dual-cores and thankfully, PC gamers won’t face any CPU performance issues, provided they have an overclocked dual-core processor. The game ran with 70-80fps at 1080p and max settings, with some drops to mid 50s at various scenes.
What really surprised us were the game’s GPU requirements. At this point, we’re pretty sure that there is something wrong with Darksiders 2’s engine, as the game stressed our GTX295 as much as Crysis (and any other demanding game) does. This wouldn’t be an issue if the game offered visuals that could justify such requirements. Unfortunately, Darksiders 2’s graphics are not what we’ve expected. There are A LOT of low-resolution textures, noticeable pop-ups for objects while roaming the levels and, ironically, Vigil Games has not implemented any meaningful graphical options to this title at all. PC gamers can tweak the game’s resolution, VSync, SSAO and Shadows Quality. And that’s that. No way to adjust the game’s detail, the level of detail, or the quality of textures.
As said, Darksiders 2 will definitely heat up your GPU. Take for example the following screenshot. The game ran with 50fps during that scene and quite frankly, there isn’t anything appealing on that particular screen. All we get is a bunch of low-resolution textures and a nice view distance. There aren’t any visible objects that would – supposedly – stress the GPU, there aren’t any reflections that would put the shaders units to good use, geometry is not up to what we’d expect from a modern-day game, there is no POM for the ground terrain and there aren’t any global illumination effects. To be honest, this scene should run with more than 100fps as this kind of visuals can be found in last year’s titles. For what is worth, a single GTX275 will offer you 20-30fps (at best) on max settings. On the lowest available settings, a GTX275 will offer you a 40-50fps experience.
The biggest gripe we had with Darksiders 2 was not its mediocre visuals or that it required a high-end GPU in order to be enjoyed, but the fact that there was an annoying stuttering effect in SLI mode – an issue that has not been addressed yet. Darksiders 2 suffers from stuttering while moving the camera, something that could not be resolved with any of the suggested solutions (apart from disabling SLI). We tried forcing VSync via D3DOverrider, we limited our fps to 60s, we disabled Threaded Optimization from the game’s profile… we even downgraded our drivers to some older versions. Things did not improve though as the stuttering effect was still there. D3DOverrider has managed to reduce it, but there were still scenes in which that annoying issue was kicking off. Not only that, but the game seems to be suffering from a memory leak. After quick travelling to another location, we noticed our GPU usage dropping to mid-70s. Naturally, we tried to Alt+tab and to our surprise, our GPU usage skyrocketed to 97% after re-entering the game.
All in all, Darksiders 2 is a mess. Vigil Games and Nvidia need to put their heads together and fix this title. Vigil should optimize its engine as it requires high-end GPUs for visuals that are average at best. Nvidia, on the other hand, should work with Vigil to resolve the stuttering and the memory leak issues that are present when SLI is enabled. Even though Darksiders 2 is an interesting game with great combat mechanics and puzzles that will remind you those of Tomb Raider and Prince of Persia, its PC version suffers from a lot of performance issues, even one month and a half after its initial release. And that’s something unacceptable.
Enjoy!
John Papadopoulos
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John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities.Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved - and still does - the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the 'The Evolution of PC graphics cards.' Contact: Email