Darksiders 3 dlc4/2/2023 Death is accompanied by loading times that can run close to a minute and sprinting around in later levels often sees the game fully stop, throw up a loading bar and sit there until it's managed to catch up to your antics. Platforming, which often involves quite precise jumps and some swinging around with your whip, also suffers and we constantly failed to make it across gaps and chasms due to the frame rate slowing down and making it feel as though we were trying to walk and jump around in sludge. We even had one boss fight, against Avarice, that totally bugged out on us, our huge foe completely paralysed in the middle of the arena as we pummelled him to death. Fury's dodge move, a fundamental element of the combat which sees you counter with a furious riposte if timed correctly, becomes a nightmare to pull off, swarms of enemies encircle you as the game stutters and struggles to keep up and, in all honesty, the whole thing turns into a bit of a mess. With more enemies present at any one time, the frame rate really begins to falter and it affects the flow of action quite badly. However, once you hit the Bonelands - roughly four-ish hours in - things begin to fall apart. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)įor the first few hours the frame rate issues aren't too bad, there aren't a ton of enemies onscreen at any one time and the game just about gets away with it. Or at least it would do if those aforementioned technical woes weren't here to ruin the pain party. It's pretty much everything you'd expect to find in a Darksiders game and the more powers you have at your disposal, the more fun the combat, puzzling and platforming becomes. Simple.įury starts out with a whip as her only weapon but, as she gathers hollows from defeated foes, she'll gain access to the flaming Chains of Scorn, an electric lance, a force move that allows her to blast obstacles out of her way and a nifty ice-stasis attack. It's all very straightforward stuff, Fury only has three branches to pump points into - health, strength and arcane - and the game's various shards see you gain health and fortitude, max out your fury gauge or temporarily put you into frenzy mode for some short-lived damage boosts. Things get underway pretty quickly here with a boss battle in the first five minutes against Envy and, over the next thirteen hours or thereabouts, you're pretty quickly funnelled through the rest of the Sins as you puzzle and platform your way across cities and swamps, festering pools, bonelands, lowlands and more.Īs you blast through skeletons, sycophants, sloth bugs and spidercrabs, you'll earn orbs that can be used to level up, purchase blacksmith materials or grab a few shards at Vulgrim's store. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)īut let's rewind a little here and work our way to the bad stuff shall we? Darksiders III puts you in the steely shoes of Fury, one of the last Nephilim - and a bit of a grump - as she sets out to take down the Seven Deadly Sins in exchange for the promise of a position as leader of the Horsemen. Painfully long loading times occur after every death, there are frequent full-on pauses during the action and everything from grappling around levels to battling beasties is rendered a chore as a result. Yes, the graphics have taken a big hit, as expected, in an effort to keep things slick but persistent frame rate issues remain. Unfortunately however, as far as this Switch port goes, any easy-breezy gaming comfort you were hoping to derive from this particular adventure is undercut by some pretty consistent and frustrating technical issues. It's the very epitome of a safe, straightforward adventure that serves up exactly what fans of the series will likely expect, a light-hearted action adventure with plenty of character in the form of its sassy cast of Horsemen and demons. You'll do combat with all manner of demonic beasties, solve a bunch of pretty simple puzzles, take on some bosses and engage in light platforming action - there are absolutely no surprises in store here. These games may pilfer their core mechanics from all over the shop, and make no attempt to hide the fact in the process, but they're pure comfort food cosy, familiar, resolutely old-fashioned in how they go about their business, and for the most part a lot of easy-breezy fun to boot.įirst released to fairly average reviews back in 2018, Darksiders III sees the series stripped back to its basics, removing a lot of the faff introduced in part two for a much more streamlined and basic affair. We're pretty big fans of the Darksiders franchise here at Nintendo Life. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)
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