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Advent Calendar Day 4 - Darksiders First 10 Minutes
The first ten minutes of Darksiders: Wrath of War is lurking behind door four of GamerZines' Advent Calendar.
Written by David Scammell, 04 December 2009
We know what you're thinking. It's another God of War clone, right? Well, you're not entirely wrong. But while Darksiders' hack & slash origins may well dwell under the same roof as God of War's, scratching beneath the surface reveals it to be a very different beast.
Darksiders 10 Mins Part OneOf course, playing as War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, it's still your job to give every man, demon and beast that stands in your way their comeuppance (or as the Council would rather put it, their judgement), but as you'll see from our exclusive First 10 Minute gameplay video to your left, there are some key differences between this and all the other GoW-alikes.
The biggest of which is the camera. Darksiders' viewpoint offers a very different experience to that of God of War, Dante's Inferno or Devil May Cry in that it features a more traditional third-person camera, as opposed to the static sweeping camera found in those games. Because of that (and its relatively slower pace), Darksiders feels very different to play, more akin to a more typical hack and slash like Ninja Gaiden than Kratos' sword-swinging adventure.
360Zine Issue 38
For our latest Darksiders coverage, click here to download 360Zine Issue 38 for free.You'll still be able to chop up your opponents in all sorts of gory manner, of course, which you can see for yourself in the video, including via an obligatory blood-soaked finishing move unique to each different enemy type.
To check out the first ten minutes click the videos tab below and find part one. The second part, unsurprisingly, is available in the vid labelled part two.
Darksiders launches on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on January 8th, and we'll be running much more in-depth previews of the game on the site throughout December.
We'll have more exclusive reveals regarding titles from every platform during the run-up to Christmas. Check back every day throughout December for another fantastic surprise!
Darksiders coverage available in 360Zine Issue 38 - click here to download it for free!
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