How is the game compared to God of War 4?

[vukotlak]

Hey Guys.

I am realy rediscovering my love for 3 Person Hack%Slash games.

I have played DS1 recently but it didn't hooked me. Maybe it's too old and outdated.

Was wondering if DS3 is comparable to GoW4.

Does it have a lot of Combos and weapons?
Does it have char development
Does it have a Lootsystem?

I am not talking about story or anything. I loved GoW4 Story but i am not looking for a Story game right now.

[Leon]

no loot.
mediocre char development
average combo and weapons

[vukotlak]

ouch that doesen't sound good,

[Raidaxs]

if Darksiders 1 didn't hooked you then, Darksiders 3 will make you to feel worse, cuz it's awful it's a cheap copy of a souls like games with ended to be boring with a bad and boring story, with no lootsystem, with a mediocare char, with pretty bad weps and combos tbh, Darksiders 1 is way better than 3 and Darksiders 2 is much better than 1 so we can say:
DS1= hack and slash, brutal combos with a nice story and gameplay
DS2= hack and slash, with a really good lootsystem, skills and hours of fun, the story and gameplay are really enjoyable, DLCs are amazing, you have a lot to do, to loot and to complete, the game itself it's a challenge
DS3= mediocre combat due to souls like system, no lootsystem, no good combos, weps are meh and boring, no good skills, no good story, and it's pretty boring tbh, I'm a fan of Darksiders and I loved 1 and 2 but 3 just was like a kick on my balls, I'm so disappointed but well, judge it by yourself

[vukotlak]

I am just installing DS2 ^^. I had it in my library on epic cause they apparently gave it away for free some time ago. Lucky me. From all i saw the second part seems to be the most promising.

[Halcyform]

Darksiders 3 has a loot system of sorts, but not like the pseudo-mmo trash loot system that Darksiders 2 has. I consider DS2 the worse in the series because of it.

Darksiders 3 has the crucible (arena) where you can fight to gain tokens. Then you use said tokens to purchase upgrades, special types of armor and glyphs.

The only problem I had with Darksiders 3 was its length. It's very anemic compared to the other two.

As for combat, if you practice with the hollow system, you can pull off some pretty impressive combos. I'm going to guess most people think DS3 is average in that regard because they suck at it.

If you want games that have trash RNG loot systems, play Diablo, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile or anything like that.

If you aren't sure about it, then buy it when it's on sale. It's worth it, imo.

[Leon]

Originally posted by Halcyform:

Darksiders 3 has a loot system of sorts, but not like the pseudo-mmo trash loot system that Darksiders 2 has. I consider DS2 the worse in the series because of it.

Darksiders 3 has the crucible (arena) where you can fight to gain tokens. Then you use said tokens to purchase upgrades, special types of armor and glyphs.

The only problem I had with Darksiders 3 was its length. It's very anemic compared to the other two.

As for combat, if you practice with the hollow system, you can pull off some pretty impressive combos. I'm going to guess most people think DS3 is average in that regard because they suck at it.

If you want games that have trash RNG loot systems, play Diablo, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile or anything like that.

If you aren't sure about it, then buy it when it's on sale. It's worth it, imo.

You literally giving some bad/wrong info about certain things such as combat and loot.

Loot system = grinding the game, which is basically what MMO games are and also the ones you mentioned above, which are btw top games

When most people say the combos are mediocre, because it is, even if you practice as you say, it is simple form of combos that require no longer than 5mins to figure out.

On top of that, the game was pretty easy even on its first release before it got few updates later, at that time it had less forgiving combat, harder dodge, and healing needed to be timed as it wasn't instantly used.

That trash rng loot system, is what loot system people talk about, i guess in that case you think Borderlands games suck too, since they have over million/billions of drop possibilities.

[vukotlak]

I played a bit of DS 2 now but i will not continue. The game itself was ok at best. But the performance of the game is total crap.

[Mazile]

Originally posted by vukotlak:

I played a bit of DS 2 now but i will not continue. The game itself was ok at best. But the performance of the game is total crap.

Now you're familiar with thq Nordic and gunfire games technical support of their projects: release all the promissed content, support game in this time, abandon it completely shortly after in any broken state it is

[Halcyform]

Originally posted by Leon:

Originally posted by Halcyform:

Darksiders 3 has a loot system of sorts, but not like the pseudo-mmo trash loot system that Darksiders 2 has. I consider DS2 the worse in the series because of it.

Darksiders 3 has the crucible (arena) where you can fight to gain tokens. Then you use said tokens to purchase upgrades, special types of armor and glyphs.

The only problem I had with Darksiders 3 was its length. It's very anemic compared to the other two.

As for combat, if you practice with the hollow system, you can pull off some pretty impressive combos. I'm going to guess most people think DS3 is average in that regard because they suck at it.

If you want games that have trash RNG loot systems, play Diablo, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile or anything like that.

If you aren't sure about it, then buy it when it's on sale. It's worth it, imo.

You literally giving some bad/wrong info about certain things such as combat and loot.

Loot system = grinding the game, which is basically what MMO games are and also the ones you mentioned above, which are btw top games

When most people say the combos are mediocre, because it is, even if you practice as you say, it is simple form of combos that require no longer than 5mins to figure out.

On top of that, the game was pretty easy even on its first release before it got few updates later, at that time it had less forgiving combat, harder dodge, and healing needed to be timed as it wasn't instantly used.

That trash rng loot system, is what loot system people talk about, i guess in that case you think Borderlands games suck too, since they have over million/billions of drop possibilities.

Yeah, borderlands is pretty much trash, imo. The loot system isn't the biggest problem with Borderlands. The game is so damn repetitive. I'd rather gouge my eyes out with an icepick.

Also, where did I say Diablo, Grim Dawn, etc were bad games? I didn't. Stop projecting. I was only addressing their loot systems. If the game is good enough, I can look past the loot system. Grim Dawn is an awesome game. Borderland is not. Darksiders 2 isn't bad, but it is mediocre and its loot system makes it that much worse.

Hollow system can be swapped on the fly - mid combo. Also, certain weapons perform far better on specific enemies.

As for Darksiders 2, if it was that successful, the loot system would have been carried over. It wasn't. When the average gamer thinks of Darksiders, they think games like God of War or similar with upgrade path progression and not MMO trash grind. Darksiders 3 somewhat scratches that itch with the arena system. You can various armor sets you can get, glyphs (perks) and other items.

Did you even play Darksiders 3? Sounds like you haven't.

[Mo1ecu1e]

This game is garbage, avoid it.

[Ramón]

You are comparing rubbish with pure diamond, the ♥♥♥♥ man

[Juub]

God of War does everything better than this game. Story, dungeons, combat, graphics, voice acting (only thing Darksiders is great at). This game attempted to be Dark Souls but failed miserably at it. Not a bad game. About a 5.5/10.

[LonelyLegion]

Nah GoW4 is a AAA. Darksiders have always been AA, but I'd say Darksiders 3 had a even smaller budget and less development time than the previous 2 games. This means less polish, and less depth when compared to something like GoW4.

So you're not getting anything near GoW4.
It could maybe still have been recommended as a hack and slash you can try getting on sale but then the problem is that the combat is a make or break. Everyone agrees it's a departure from the previous games. Now some people like it, others (myself included) think it's not very good even with the 'classic' mode they patched in. This game is far less puzzle focused and more combat focused than the previous two games, so combat is what you'll be doing the most of the time and if that doesn't work for you... eish.

[Sabaithal]

Darksiders III focuses almost entirely on the combat, hence why there isn't a tedious inventory management BS like the previous title. It does however have different weapons and some different combos for each.

Combat is fairly difficult as far as reflexive action goes, even for a dark souls veteran, its a decent challenge and it fun. I'd still recommend classic mode if you want good reflexive combat, the other one is just sluggish.

As for character development...yes, surprisingly. I won't say anything more, except that its rather gradual.

As for comparisons to god of war...darksiders IS god of war, but with christian mythology instead of greek. Heck, it even has almost identical aesthetic style in many regards.

[Snipeyguy]

To me Darksiders borrows a lot from God of War and Devil May Cry, heck, they even used the same sound effect for souls looting like it was in the Devil May Cry series. Played through first game, War was a badass. Damn though, Fury might be my favourite out of all 3, DS4 doesn´t appeal to me at all. Making the final game a coop version + absolutely horrible camera angles.....Instant nope, I went for the trilogy bundle only :)