Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

Steam Deck Verified

Gunfire Games · Action · Nov 5, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.49.

79%
Mostly Positive
21k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 110 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 102 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 50 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 50 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 21k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise25% are divided42% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The writing here is a lot stronger and less disjointed and due to the very strong ties to the first game and protagonist it somewhat makes up for that game's deficiencies on this front.
110 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is awesome too, having RPG elements.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Play the Switch version if you want portability and hope that a Switch 2 version happens that gives it 60FPS support on top of the better lighting, resolution, etc., or play the PS5/Series XS version if you want all the bells and whistles, both at the cost of having to play a console game for once in your life.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The environments are gorgeous, the character designs are memorable, and the voice acting is excellent throughout.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters110 reviews
Gameplay61 reviews
Graphics47 reviews
Audio34 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat100 reviews
78%
Controls23 reviews
48%
Optimization12 reviews
25%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes102 reviews
49%
Bugs50 reviews
44%
Interface50 reviews
42%
Performance37 reviews
62%
Difficulty17 reviews
76%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.49 (−85%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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