Darksiders Genesis

DARKSIDERS: GENESIS gives players their first look at the world of DARKSIDERS before the events of the original game. Furthermore, it introduces the fourth and last horseman STRIFE, as well as Co-op gameplay for the first time in the history of the franchise.

Darksiders Genesis is a action, adventure and co-op game developed by Airship Syndicate and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on December 05th 2019 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hindi and Persian.

It has received 12,014 reviews of which 9,925 were positive and 2,089 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.49€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Darksiders Genesis into these genres:

Action Adventure Co-op Hack and Slash Multiplayer Local Co-Op Isometric Top-Down Action RPG RPG Dungeon Crawler Gore Loot Singleplayer Top-Down Shooter Split Screen Great Soundtrack Fantasy Puzzle Twin Stick Shooter

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: AMD FX-8320 (3.5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3.5 GHz) or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 15 GB available space

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

This was the first game in the series I played and it got me interested to try out the whole trilogy next! I played the whole campaign in co-op mode and I played with War through out the whole campaign and the game is an overall 6.5-7/10 The pros: - Story seemed interesting and a good set up for Darksiders 1 - The combat is fun as hell and very satisfying - Arena mode is a very good addition that compliments the best parts of the game - The puzzles although some simple were mostly fun to engage with. - Progression system is fun and an interesting take, especially for war and all his different sword abilities. The cons: - The traversal is awful due to the top down camera, when doing climbing/platforming puzzles it felt like playing a PS2 game. - Trackback game design choices: There is a lot of elements in the levels towards the beginning of the game that are locked behind mechanics that you unlock later in the game, causing you have to replay levels you've already beat to get this upgrades/collectibles. This would work great if the whole game was open world but on a level based game it felt awful and very infuriating. - The core system felt like it had no impact on how I played my character, the cores although an important part of the progression system, I just haphazardly put cores in slots that had the most benefit towards my overall power without noticing too much difference in the combat itself. - Buying combos from Dis (merchant you unlock around the first third of the game) felt very unnecessary for War (again this is the character I play all of the story with), I just bought everything and button mashed my way through the game. - There was dissonance between the characters where almost all characters are very serious and broody and very much felt in place for the world they are portrayed in except for Strife, which is weird since he is one of the playable characters. For most of the game he felt very out of place, like a wanna be Deadpool character with "funny" one liners through out the whole campaign except for some sections where he gets serious and seems to fall in line with the other characters. This can be very hit or miss with players (was a humongous miss with me), because it felt like the lines for the characters were written by 2 different writers (or 2 different teams of writers) where one tried to push the character towards more a comic relief, quick witted, one liner character and the other team tried to make him feel like more part of the world he is in more broody serious. All in all it was a fun experience but without having the context of the other 3 games in the franchise (although I know the general gameplay of them) this was a different take on the franchise with a new camera angle (although it was very clunky for traversal sections of the game) and more of a Diablo like feel rather than DS, but it was more of a fun Co-op game rather than a fun DS game.

June 2024

it's fun until you have to jump on specific angle and a tight platform with a locked camera... whoever got that idea is a D*ck

June 2024

This Diablo like version of Darksiders is even more fun than the last 10 years diablo Games! Blizzard should be embarrassed

April 2024

This is my 4th Darksiders game, with loving all the previous ones (yes, i completed and really liked Darksiders 3 too). True, this one is the odd one of them all, with a top-down isometric gameplay, but its no stranger to the over-time-top action the franchise is known for. This game takes place before the prior 3 Darksiders storyline, where we meet the 4th and final horsemen, Strife. I totally love this character (after Death ofc), with his funny take on the world, joking while looking badass doing it. I really loved his teaming with war, the grumpier of the 4, and their banters and relationships grow throughout the duration of the story. I really loved how they bonded over the journey and had each other's back. Darksiders genesis was a great game to play, with the mechanic, though a bit different, made me feel go back to the old franchise gameplay-loop of sheer fun and hack-and-slash havoc.

Jan. 2024

Awesome darksiders game. At first glace it might seem that this is a departure from the darksiders formula, but don't be fooled. Besides the top down camera it is still a darksiders game at it's core (cool hack and slashing combos/ executes/ earn souls to get yourself power ups/ puzzles etc.) The soundtrack is a highlight on this one, make sure to not turn down the music. It has his fair share of bugs but nothing to complain about that much. It might take 2 or 3 levels to get itself going but it's worth it. If you are a darksiders fan make sure you don't miss this one. I highly recomend you to try it in coop if you find a friend to play it with.

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-75% 29.99€ 7.49€

8.1

9,925

2,089

Online players

112

Developer

Airship Syndicate

Publisher

THQ Nordic

Release 05 Dec 2019

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