Taking place parallel to the events of Darksiders II and before the majority of Darksiders, Fury, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is summoned by the Charred Council, a group of mythical beings tasked with upholding the Balance in the universe. Such puzzles include using bombs to blow up obstructed pathways or Fury's Forms to interact with the environment.
While exploring, Fury must solve simple puzzles and overcome platforming obstacles, some of which make use of her whip.
The game takes place in a continuous environment where exploration plays a large role in gathering more lurchers and materials to upgrade Fury herself and her arsenal. The player can attach "Enhancement"s to Fury's weapons for different perks and damage boosts. Similar to War, yet dissimilar to Death, Fury collects souls from enemies and from objects in the environment, as a form of currency or an expendable resource. The threats of the game's world will grow stronger as the player progresses through the story. ĭarksiders III focuses on its leveling system in which Fury's damage, health, and arcane damage can be upgraded. Gated combat is not a feature, in an attempt to make everything within the setting contextualized and interconnected like the Souls series. Some enemies from previous games return, while other foes are new. Enemies are stronger than in previous installments but appear in smaller numbers during encounters, so as to make battles feel more personal. The combat is described as more methodical and straight forward not focusing on large crowds of enemies like the previous games and removing the hit counter. Fury can take on multiple different elemental forms in order to enhance her combat capabilities by granting her new weapons, attacks and traversal abilities. Fury, a mage who is described as the most unpredictable and enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, relies on whips, swords, flails, daggers and magic in combat. Players take control of Fury, sister of War and Death, two of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from a third-person perspective.
In their quest, players can use a variety of melee and magical weapons and gain experience points and currency to upgrade Fury's powers and weapons.ĭarksiders III received mixed reviews upon release, with many critics highlighting the technical issues and bugs on both PC and console versions as well as the too simple combat and puzzle systems.ĭarksiders III is a departure from the previous games, borrowing structure and gameplay elements from Metroidvania and FromSoftware's Souls series, the game is viewed as a mashup of elements of previous games and a new direction. Taking place before the first Darksiders game, the player controls Fury, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in her quest to capture the Seven Deadly Sins which have taken corporeal form and escaped imprisonment. The game departs from the gameplay of the previous entries and incorporates elements from Metroidvania games as well as the Souls series. It is a sequel to Darksiders II and the third entry in the Darksiders series.
Those of you who fancy plonking down their cash for a digital copy can select from the Standard, Deluxe, and Blade & Whip Editions, the latter of which adds two pieces of DLC plus remastered versions of both Darksiders and Darksiders 2.Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox Oneĭarksiders III is an action role-playing video game developed by Gunfire Games and published by THQ Nordic for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 27, 2018, with a Nintendo Switch version coming on September 30, 2021. This will set you back $150, and to be fair, is a pretty decent set if you're into physical goodies.įinally, the Apocalypse Edition will set you back a whopping $400, and features a 117cm premium box, a wall scroll – fabric print with hangar, four figurines (cause one isn't apparently enough) comprised of Vulgrim, War, Death, and Fury, plus the steelbook, artbook, soundtrack, game, and armour DLC. The Collector's Edition adds a premium box, Fury figurine, steelbook, artbook, soundtrack, a copy of the game, and exclusive armour DLC. In addition, the company also revealed that Darksiders 3 will be getting two special edition releases, namely the Collector's Edition and Apocalypse Edition. THQ Nordic has officially slapped a November 27 release date on Darksiders 3, following yesterday's leak from the Microsoft Store.