It's a good game to explore.... a little bit hellgate: London, a little bit old tomb raider with a fun character with buckets of attitude.

utterly confused by how this game bombed critically & how it keeps being compared to "souls" game. darksiders 3 is darksiders refined to a very decent extent, and it's the one of the "main" trilogy i found the most fun to play.

3 is a mix of a decent time with the combat & fun exploration. it did away with the most tedious parts of 1&2 - drawn out empty levels, meandering traversal that is there only to pad the game, and repeated puzzles that become exhausting to play. a lot of people cite 1 or 2 as their favorite but they both... lack a bit? 1 repeats the puzzles too much and 2 pads the game out a lot by asking for extended climbing segments and moving about vast empty bits of level and world (very pretty but empty). 3 goes for a bit more compact approach on all fronts, much more focused on the combat and the exploration. there's still puzzles, they are lighter, they are more sparse, and that is very welcome.

Fury is also my favorite horseman of the four, the writing of the game is actually sensible and gives her an actual character arc, which neither War nor Death had (arguably Strife shows a bit of depth but it's not the most story-heavy game). Banger design on the Sins all around too

it's a decent time overall!! as i said, utterly puzzled by the negative reaction the combo of 3&Genesis got because it's the more fun half of the series.

for actual criticism : the game doesn't perform all too well technically. frame drops and long load times. wasn't a deal breaker to me but i know people care about that kind of stuff

absolute banger that evolves the combat turning edgy dude simulator zelda clones into something really special