Darksiders II

After a long slew of Star Wars games, its time for something a little different.

Darksiders II is a 3rd person action game where you play the part of Death, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.  The story of the game basically involves you trying to restore Humanity who were wiped out in the first game (I think).  What this entails is you running around several different realms doing various quests and wiping out everything that moves.  The game is basically a spectacle fighter.  Gameplay is a mix of fighting and platforming/puzzling.

And it is actually a pretty good game.  When talking about Jedi Academy, I mentioned how the game was well paced between action and puzzle sections and Darksiders II manages to pull off the same feat.  You get a good mix of action and puzzle and, just like Jedi Academy, the puzzle sections aren't too difficult so that you are never too far away from another adrenaline rush.

With that said, playing this game did remind me of why I don't normally play spectacle fighters.

I'm very objective focused in games like this.  Unlike others, I don't spend that much time trying out the various different combo's.  Once I find a combo that works, I tend to repeat that same combo unless I come up against an enemy that the combo doesn't work against.  After a couple of hours though, I always feel bad and jump into the menus to look at the controls.  However, after seeing the massive menu of combos, I always just think - nah, can't be bothered!
:)