Darksiders Trilogy

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I recently picked up this entire trilogy on Xbox Series X for $15 a few weeks back, and for the most part, going back and playing the remastered versions of the first 2 games was a hit and miss experience. 

 

Darksiders: Warmasters Edition is a remaster of the first game and it runs silky smooth at 60fps with a nice touch up visually.  It plays much like a classic Zelda game with a more mature tone, and I've replayed the original quite a few times when it initially released.  Great gameplay that remains the same and didn't disappoint.  

 

Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition is a buggy, glitchy mess that I couldn't finish due to a game breaking bug I ran into late in the game.  For some reason, this "remaster" didn't have any kind of graphical enhancement that I noticed, and for some reason was locked at 30fps.  WTF?  Funny thing is, if I popped the original 360 version in my Series X or played Digitally, that version would run at 60 fps on the X.  So how the fuck did they not get this working on a remastered version?  I'm glad I didn't pay full price for it, but my advice?  Play the original 360/PS3 release. This "remaster" is utter fucking garbage.

 

Darksiders 3 was recently released not that long ago, and still plays really well.  They decided to go with the souls-like experience with this one, but the game gives you the option of playing in the previous installments hack & slash style if you'd like to.  I've just started this one again, and it also runs at 60fps with some great gameplay and a decent story.  The souls aspect isn't that big of a game breaker as the parry dodging is fairly generous.  

 

All in all, this is a great series that had one remastered speed bump with the second game.  Like i said, play the original version of that, but I'll highly recommend the first one for those looking for a zelda like experience, and the 3rd if you want a souls-like to pass your time.