THQ has announced that Darksiders: Wrath of War will be coming to PC in June. The port is being handled by Vigil Games, the creators Darksiders for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The press release makes no particular mention of PC optimisations, instead saying the studio has “meticulously” recreated the console version of the game.
Gameplanet had very high praise for Darksiders on the PlayStation 3.
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All things considered, it's been a pretty quiet year for new intellectual property.
As development studios the world over suddenly tried to look very important to their publishers by reminding them of all the important gaming franchises they had ownership of, we saw a string of sequels and prequels designed to act as steady, reliable sources of income for an industry not quite as immune to global concerns as perhaps thought. It's easy enough to repackage up a general theme and resell it the second or third time around, provided you don't screw up the basics and can retain your fanbase, chances are you'll at least break even. It's a whole other challenge to create something from scratch.
Darksiders: Wrath of War is a mythological, supernatural action fighting game (with RPG attributes) that follows the story of War, one of the supposed four horsemen of the apocalypse. At the beginning of the narrative, what starts as an otherwise pretty lethal meteor shower on earth steadily becomes worse, as hordes of demons and angels appear in a prelude to the supposed "end of days". As one of the principal combatants, War is swiftly blamed for prematurely kicking it all off. This, understandably, makes him pretty angry, and an angry supernatural entity is hardly much fun at the best of times.
Darksiders: Wrath of War is an interesting game that I recently got some hands-on time with.
You play as War - one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The game starts off with the beginning of the Apocalypse, where War goes about dooming all of mankind. Suddenly, War is pulled in front of some divine neutral council that says "NO! You are doing it wrong!", to which War asks for a chance to track down his fellow horse-riding associates in order to set up the story.
So the council sends War back down to the planet a hundred years after its destruction. The demons won the war, by the way, but there are still some angels stranded on earth that will try to kill you too. War isn't very good at making friends, it seems. The council also sends some creature called The Watcher with you, and he'll basically follow you around, although he does have the power to kill War if he steps out of line. The awesome Mark Hamill voices him, and therefore he sounds a little bit like Batman's Arkham Asylum-inspired Joker from time to time, but there's no problem, it still totally works.
War? Huh. What is it good for?
Darksiders: Wrath of War begins as the world ends. You play as "War" - the beefy Horseman of the Apocalypse - and we got our grubby little hands on Vigil Games’ action platformer. All isn’t death and destruction for our Horseman, however. After a brief go at a fully powered War, things grind to a halt. He’s implicated in some sort of false Apocalypse plot, and War gets sent back to find the truth - or else. Minus his powers, of course.
Although the game is still in its early build stages, Vigil emphasized character control and movement first. Whilst War is a big hulking brute of an er ... "corporeal entity of the apocalypse", he has great agility, can double jump, pull off cool looking dodges, perform light/heavy attack combinations, perform air attacks, and grapple. Vigil Games called War the ultimate hybrid of a barbarian and ninja.
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Penned by legendary comic book artist Joe Madureira (X-Men, Battle Chasers, The Ultimates), Darksiders: Wrath of War is set in a Post-Apocalyptic demon-ravaged world where evil forces have prematurely brought about the end of the time. Originally sent to oversee the destruction of Earth, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been betrayed by their master, stripped of their powers and cast down to Earth. Players take on the role of WAR—the first of the Four Horsemen—as he embarks on a brutal quest of vengeance and revenge against the forces that betrayed him with the help of his phantom steed RUIN. Darksiders: Wrath of War features open-world exploration, a deep combat system and a huge arsenal of modern and mythical weapons.
Features:
- Experience the Godlike Power of WAR – Combining brutal attacks, supernatural abilities and seamless traversal, delivering intense action combat and epic adventure, set in an immersive demon ravaged world.
- Open World Exploration – Each open world hub offers players the freedom to explore and make their own game-experience.
- Extreme Arsenal of Weapons – Unleash WAR’s fury with an expansive arsenal of weapons, from the fantasy oriented to the modern and the ability to use virtually anything within your environment as a weapon.
- Increase or unlock new abilities – Customized to your gameplay style. Build up WARs Wrath powers and unleash them in spectacular attacks—or collect Soul Cores to increase or unlock new abilities.
- Horseman of the Apocalypse – Gain the services of RUIN, WAR’s phantom steed, blazing a trail through enemies across devastated environments.
- Graphic Novel Art Style – Joe Madureira’s (X-Men, Battle Chasers, The Ultimates) unique visual art style and original storyline.
- Cinematic Gameplay Experience – Harnessing the power of next-generation console systems, Darksiders: Wrath of War will immerse players in a rich cinematic gameplay experience—featuring beautiful graphics, detailed special effects, cinematic lighting and an epic musical score that compliments the in-game action.
