Darksiders -- Initial Impression.

Next up for me is the action game Darksiders. I'll be playing the PlayStation 3 version of the game. Darksiders is the first effort from developer Vigil Games and has been published by THQ. I really have to say that Darksiders had been off my radar entirely up until a few weeks ago. Neo had mentioned it a few times but I really didn't pay it any attention. Then Riddel was all excited about it a few weeks ago describing it as heavily inspired by the Zelda series. So I looked into the game a bit and all I kept seeing was dark Zelda this and adult Zelda that. I have to say that intrigued me. The story also seemed rather interesting. You play as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. In the bible, the seals are broken and the each of the horsemen are called. In the game, War hears his call and answers it only to find angels and demons waging war on Earth. Nobody seems to understand what's going on and it seems that there never really was a call. Someone or something has set him up and he's actually jumped the gun and brought the apocalypse early. He's then tasked with finding out the truth. It's a rather interesting concept and premise. From the time I've spent with the game so far I can say the game is really good looking. The enemy designs are great. I don't know how to feel about the main character and the angels yet. They look like World of Warcraft rejects. The voice work initially comes off as great. It's always good to hear Mark Hamill hamming it up. I haven't played enough of the game to see how Zelda like the game is going to turn out to be. The combat initially seems like it falls well within the standard action territory along the lines of God of War. It's too early to tell how this one is going to fall but I have to say I'm rather interested to see either way at this point.