Almost anyone who has ever played Darksiders has loved it. I mean why would they not, First off it was one of the few good hack n slash games that was readily available on PC. Inspired by the book of Revelations, it had a setting as interesting as it can be. Being a story about the 'Four Horsemen of Apocalypse' fans were eager to get a taste of all the Horsemen, each in his/her own title. But sadly the company that made the Darksiders games had to shut down and fans were left with a sense of incompleteness.
It took more than 4 years before the eager and ever faithful fans got the first glimpse of a new entry in the series. Yes, the first look teaser of Darksiders 3 was uploaded on IGN and here is all that we could gather from the little knowledge that we have.
1) Unseen Human world locations
One thing that is evident from the screenshots is that the game will spend a healthy amount of time in the human world a.k.a the Third Kingdom. One still shows high rise buildings not previously seen in any other Darksiders game. Perhaps the game could take us back to New York post the premature apocalypse seen in the first game.
2) Prince Of Persia's Whip
I am sure a lot of Prince Of Persia fans had their jaws wide open on seeing Fury use her whip in the trailer for the first time. Just like the one we get in Prince Of Persia The Two Thrones, this whip seems to be made of spine like fragments allowing the whip to be elongated when needed. It is entirely possible that the game might use the whip to traverse between platforms. In combat, this could translate into gaining abilities like pulling enemies towards yourself or closing the distance by reaching towards them.. Alternatively the whip could also facilitate a much needed feature in the series, chain kill, literally.
3) Multi-Form Gameplay
While the previous games just had artifacts and weapons that one could use to spice up the gameplay and gain traversal abilities, Darksiders 3 is planning to take this to the next level by giving Fury different forms that would allow her to use specific weapons, skills and abilities in her various forms allowing for a very dynamic gameplay that should keep players hook till the end of the game without turning into a repetitive exercise.
4) Hair physics
From what we have seen till now, Fury's hair seem to have no regard for Earth's gravity. It seems to sway in its own motion. So expect some extra features in the graphics options for making the hair-flow more realistic.
5) Heavy Weapons
One screen shows Fury holding a giant hammer with two hands, meaning, despite her agile looks and nature, Fury will be able to wield heavy weapons to deal slow but devastating blows. There is even a possibility that we may see Fury wielding the Chaoseater as War seems to be still busy being held by the charred council.
6) The trailer also sees Fury use a vertical rock to run up and gain height before relieving the demon off his head. So we could get a protagonist in Darksiders 3 that cannot just straight up grab wall edges, but use them in combat. Again, very much like Prince of Persia.
7) Non-linear gameplay
The game promises to deliver a living and free-form open world allowing Fury to move back and forth to discover secrets. This could mean that areas would be recycled as players would have to revisit them after gaining certain abilities to explore new areas. While this has been somewhat the case in older Darksiders games as well, in Darksiders 3 it could be more seamless and maybe even allow for an opportunity to approach main story missions in any way you like.
8) Expected Release Date
The game is already available on amazon.com for pre-order and the release date there is stated as 31st December 2018. Keeping the possibility of a delay in mind, it is still fairly safe to assume that we could get our hands on Darksiders 3 early 2019.
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