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Let’s fucking gooooooooo!
But I also am a bit skeptical, because while I did enjoy 3, it wasn’t the greatness of the first two games and that studio is long gone too, sadly.
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Reasonably hyped. These games are still good fun even today. The udpate for Darksiders II gave life to that game. I should finish it sometime.
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I’m hyped for Darksiders 4 but it was announced a year ago at the THQ Showcase 2024. I don’t like that for whatever reason, Strife doesn’t seem to be getting his own adventure. War, Death and Fury all had theirs but Strife doesn’t get his own? I don’t get it.
Really hoping that this isn’t a co-op/multi-player focused game. Ugh.
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Darksiders 2 was an uneven game with a lot of bloat and some dumb design decisions like the inclusion of diablo-like loot and big open (and most of the time empty) areas ΙΜΟ. I thought that Darksiders 3 was a much more focused experience with really good level design plus Fury was a much more interesting protagonist than Death.
That being said the first Darksiders is still my favorite game in the series, I replayed the remaster last year and the game still holds up very nicely. Genesis is also a great one even though it’s criminally underrated and underappreciated, didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
Can’t wait for Darksiders 4!
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Darksiders 4 = 4 player-coop
I guess marketing thought they were geniuses.
I’m sure the game will be playable entirely solo, so that’s fine.
Yeah it’s a bit disappointing that we’ve passed a full year and this is all they show. A cinematic two years in a row, nah.
Isn’t the creator for this one the same as Remnant 2. If so, then they had their hands full with that.
It seems like Darksiders 4 is going to be a single player action adventure game but you can choose between any of the four characters. I don’t know if it’s on the fly or if you choose one to play through the entire game with.
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These are entirely my concerns. 4 should’ve been Strife’s solo game. His adventures specifically had been teased so hard out of the four horsemen. And then 5 should’ve been the conclusion to the saga by following up on the ending scene of 1.
Also yeah, co-op fears. I’m getting Gotham Knights PTSD flashes. What really sucks about the online co-op games is they’re either Helldivers 2 level popularity or they’re dead on arrival. The single player games have more legs, and even if the game is playable offline entirely, a massive chunk of development needs to go to making a good co-op experience that may or may not even perform well. And then we’re left having waiting all this time for DS4 only to be denied both a Strife solo game and a completed game period. The amount of time between this teaser and the last teaser is also worrisome. It seems like the first trailer was a, “we decided to fund a Darksiders 4” and this trailer is, “We decided to make the devs skip Strife and do a live service PVE game to capitalize on the current market.” (I really hope the latter is just me doomsaying).
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Didn’t see this, but that’s be much better (full single player). Still sad we didn’t get a Strife game like all the rest.
Agree completely.
Since I last posted, it seems like it’s going to be a 1-4 player game where you can either play solo or up to four players in co-op. Have to wait and see though. Would like to see Gunfire Games clarify all of this.
Strife not getting his own game is bullshit. The only reason I can think of would be due to him using guns as opposed to melee based weapons. Other than that, who the hell knows what the reason(s) is.
I remember when people were so HYPED after that initial teaser about how Strife would play. The articles were digging up all the Strife teases from the other games (Darksiders 2 & 3 were hyping my boy up more than the MCU teased Thanos). I remember the articles talking about how Strife might play like “Dante from devil may cry” and everyone being excited over that. Such a shame we aren’t getting the pay off.
My first assumption was time. It’s been 15 years since the original Darksiders launched. I think THQ and/or the studio is just getting anxious about paying off that cliffhanger. I mean, speaking of the MCU it’s really indicative of the times. I could go on a whole rant about Dr. Doom not getting a solo movie or much setup before the big Avengers crossover. But that is a tangent. Staying on topic, I do think it’s just the ticking clock. Which I don’t think SHOULD be scaring them this much. A good game is a good game and they should play out the saga as intended.
Other than that, my thoughts stray toward the much worse reasoning of THQ wanting to milk Darksiders with a live service co-op (which I don’t nearly know enough about the game’s plans or anything; that’s just my scary speculation).
Regardless of the reason, it’s a massive shame. The games expanding the world and lore of Darksiders is what’s really gotten me invested too!
Yeah, I don’t disagree with anything you said. The story is supposed to pick up where Darksiders 1 left off which should make things easier for Gunfire Games and it could be that it’s a “safer” move for Embracer Group and Gunfire Games.
I can’t see this game being a live service game at all because it’s all PvE as far as im aware. I always thought that they would keep Darksiders 4 as a single player game where you play as Strife and then do a spin off with all four characters in some kind of separate co-op live service game. Like a Helldivers 2 or something like that. Where it’s the four of them against the environment consisting of AI enemies.
Either way, I do hope that the game itself is good, does good and Gunfire Games has another win on their resume after Remnant 1 and 2.