Darksiders 3’s first gameplay video offers 12 minutes of pure Fury

I’m still in shock that a third Darksiders game is actually happening. While I had enough fun with the first two, there really wasn’t much hope for the series. Not only had it underperformed both times out of the gate, publisher THQ was sold off in pieces to other companies. But here we are, and here it is. The first trailer dropped a few days ago, but now we have some actual gameplay to check out. It’s in a pre-alpha state, but there’s a bit we can glean from it.

It’s definitely pre-alpha

While Darksiders 3 appears to be running well, there are plenty of signs the game is isn’t ready for primetime.

The biggest mark against it right now is the combat. The gameplay video spends a good amount of time focusing on protagonist Fury’s whip-based combat, but it’s the weakest part of the video. Right now, it feels floaty at best, and doesn’t carry the intensity you’d expect from a character named Fury.

But again, this is from a pre-alpha build, so the team is likely still doing a lot of work to get the game feeling just right.

The world also feels a little dead right now. That makes sense, considering that the series started with all of humanity being wiped out, but even so it feels like still life. Again, though, there’s plenty of time and room for it to change between now and its release date.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/05/08/darksiders-3-first-gameplay-footage/