Cue another 20 minutes attempting to get back past the initial wave. ‘It’s okay’, I thought, ‘I passed a checkpoint when I entered the room. A brief puzzle to unlock a hidden area, then I was ready to move on to the nex- SURPRISE ATTACK BY 3 POWERFUL ENEMIES IN A TINY ROOM – dead. One section had me ready to put the pad down permanently – a dozen or so high-level enemies, all in a small area, with only one way through.Īfter battling for near 30 minutes to get past the bunch, I finally reached the room I was aiming for. Then when it does reload, you’ll find yourself several minutes back, often with some punishing sections fully replenished of their enemies (but any items you may have used before dying stay gone, just to add to the challenge). Reloads can take a long time too, just adding to the pain. Sometimes, with multiple foes on screen, things can get just too hectic, and you’ll fall without even realizing you’ve taken damage. When even the lowest of foes can deal huge damage to you, it can become frustrating, leading to death after death.
Even if you do manage to dodge it, chances are you end up right in the path of another foe that you can’t avoid because you are in the middle of a dodge already, leading to you being ping-ponged about.
On screen indicators flash up to try to help with this, but they are too faint in the thick of the action. Then, from seemingly out of nowhere, an enemy will attack from behind, knock off half your health and leave you vulnerable to more attacks for a moment, which is normally enough for the others to finish you off. The visual flairs and sense of impact make it look like you really are dishing out the punishment to the enemies, with flashes of color and light accentuating the bodies flying. When fighting small groups of enemies, it can be immensely satisfying to combine all this to have you feeling like a truly unstoppable force. Time it right however, and time slows allowing you to pull of a more powerful Arcane attack. Mashing X will see fury use her whip sword in a flurry of attacks, but pace out the button presses and more powerful combos will see you launching enemies into the air for juggling, or yank them in closer to be finished off.Ī dodge on RB helps keep you out of harms way, though mistime and you may end up jumping into danger. Combat plays out fairly similar to previous entries, with fast, responsive combat that is simple enough to play, but has a hidden depth that will help you out greatly should you get the hang of it. The Sins themselves all play into their stereotypes, and the acting helps sell the over the top nature of the game. While generic at times, the story is well written and acted enough to keep you entertained. The Seven Deadly Sins have escaped, and by order of the Charred Council, you are to hunt them down and return them to their prison. Much like Darksiders 2, here the story runs in parallel to the first, casting you as Fury, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. But out of the ashes rose THQ Nordic, on a mission to rectify any wrongs and put as many dormant franchises back on the map as possible! Gunfire Games, which feature members of the first two games’ development team, have been given another shot at the series. One of the casualties in the fall of THQ, it looked like we wouldn’t get anything further from the Darksiders series.
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