Fast, fluid scythe combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The gameplay is easily the highlight—combat feels fast, smooth, and incredibly satisfying.”
Steam review · 75.7 h played ↗
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%Gunfire Games, Vigil Games, THQ Nordic2015Hack and Slash · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A big, stylish Zelda/God of War-like action RPG starring Death, with great combat, music and puzzles. The PC port is notoriously crashy and fetch quests pad it out; skip if you hate puzzles or bugs.
Great for
Fans of Zelda-style dungeons, loot, and fast scythe combat who can tolerate tweaking settings
Main risk
Crashes and white-screen freezes (menus, inventory, cutscenes) can make the PC port hard to finish
What players love
Loot and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the gear looting mechanics and flexible build customization gave the game an incredible sense of freedom and variety”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
Fun puzzles, dungeons and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I was genuinely quite surprised at how fun the platforming and puzzles were”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“!!!!!The soundtrack!!!!! [b] (oh gosh i love it).”
Steam review · 72.1 h played ↗
Death is a charismatic protagonist
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“As for Death himself—he is just phenomenal.”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
Large world with lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Huge content, intersting lore”
Steam review · 36.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and freezes on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“in my playthrough the games crashed on more than 30 separate occasions for one reason or another”
Steam review · 114.2 h played ↗
Empty open world and boring combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“kind of a slog. big open world with not much in it.”
Steam review · 29.9 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Current version of this has a bug that deletes progress and corrupts the savefile”
Steam review · 50.8 h played ↗
Too many tedious puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Did no one in the studio realize that they were adding too many of these obnoxious puzzles?”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗
Needs workarounds to run
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“YOU MUST LIMIT FPS TO 60, ELSE THE GAME CRASHES EVERYTIME YOU GO INTO THE MENU.”
Steam review · 59.5 h played ↗
Fetch-quest padding and 'collect 3' loops
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“get three stones to charge the robot, now get two keys to open the portal, now beat up three guys to get one key.”
Steam review · 34.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support13 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64bit)
Processor2.0Ghz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 9800 GT 512 MB Video Card or AMD equivalent
Storage13 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64bit)
ProcessorAny Quad-core AMD or Intel Processor
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 512MB Video Card or AMD equivalent
Storage13 GB available space
OSWindows XP, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64bit)
Processor2.0Ghz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 9800 GT 512 MB Video Card or AMD equivalent
Storage13 GB available space
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