• Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
  • We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.

Orayn

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,973
That's a very good lower bound, actually. I consider 10-20 ideal for most story focused SP games.
 

GavinUK86

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,742
Oh thank god. I really struggled to get through Darksiders 2 because of how bloated it was.

so it'll cost $25 then?

tbt.gif
 

texhnolyze

Member
Oct 25, 2017
23,181
Indonesia
Single player only, 15 hours long, no microtransactions, etc.

This sounds like a perfect game for Era, but sadly it'll be forgotten quickly here.
 

Mona

Banned
Oct 30, 2017
26,151
the 3rd world of Darksiders 2 was worthless,

1,2,3 were good though

this seems like a decent length if its jam packed with good stuff
 

KushalaDaora

Member
Oct 27, 2017
7,838
Darksiders 2 took me around 25-30 hourish, did most of the sidequests (I think I only skipped the garbo collectible sidequest one) and also DLC.
 

gordofredito

Banned
Jan 16, 2018
2,992
well, at least looks like the game knows what it is. That's good
This sounds like a perfect game for Era, but sadly it'll be forgotten quickly here.
and everywhere else. Darksiders was just never that big and probably will never be,
however I must add that Jesper Kyd's score in Darksiders II was not just better than the game itself, but also his finest work to date!
 

TheBeardedOne

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
22,189
Derry
I just hope it's not as tedious as Darksiders 2 was. The combat was fun, the loot system was good, and the side quests were also fun. But there were too many tedious dungeons
 

DarkFlame92

Member
Nov 10, 2017
5,644
That has to be the shortest of the series then. But my worries are not the length of the game,but the quality of the campaign. Let's hope that they managed to refine these 15 hours to the max

Meh, I loved the amount of dungeons and quests in Darksiders 2. Era/that old place's hate of Darksiders 2 always felt completely bonkers to me.

I hated the loot system in DS2,but I loved the dungeons,questing and the map design. And the combat was sooo good

the 3rd world of Darksiders 2 was worthless,

1,2,3 were good though

this seems like a decent length if its jam packed with good stuff

You must mean the 4th one. Yeah it was too short,they must have run out of time on this one,although it looked damn good

latest
 

mindsale

Member
Oct 29, 2017
5,911
This is the first thing that has intrigued me about this game. That's a good game length.
 

Rodney McKay

Member
Oct 26, 2017
12,205
Sounds alright, probably longer to 100% it, which should be just fine.

Still doubt I'll get it until it's on sale. Combat doesn't look as good as D2, there's so much out this season, and they haven't shown enough of the game yet (don't really know the structure much, how many dungeons it'll have, etc).

I actually liked Darksiders 2's length just fine, but 100%ing it could be a bit of a chore.
 

Indelible

Member
Oct 27, 2017
13,695
Canada
This is the perfect length for this type of game, I couldn't even finish Darksiders 2 because of how long and bloated it became.
 

NippleViking

Member
May 2, 2018
4,491
15-20 hours is my ideal campaign length nowadays. A game has to be particularly special to keep me engaged for longer
 

texhnolyze

Member
Oct 25, 2017
23,181
Indonesia
I can't help but shake the feeling it will be forgotten for other reasons that aren't its length or lack of multiplayer
Yeah, it won't have metacritic score of 90+.

and everywhere else. Darksiders was just never that big and probably will never be,
however I must add that Jesper Kyd's score in Darksiders II was not just better than the game itself, but also his finest work to date!
Era is the bastion of short single player games. The masses don't show their disgust of online only service games every chance they've got.
 

SFLUFAN

Member
Oct 27, 2017
4,411
Alexandria, VA
Between Darksiders 1 (original and Warmastered), Darksiders 2 (Deathinitive), and reading the novel, I've spent well over 100 hours in the Darksiders universe.

AMA about the franchise :p
 

ILikeFeet

DF Deet Master
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
61,987
Yeah, it won't have metacritic score of 90+.
nah, not even that. I'm more talking about how I think this game will disappoint even fans of the past games. but this mainly comes from the, in my opinion, poor showings of the game. there's not much variety in the presented environments, they shown the same bosses several times already, and I feel teh combat lacks the glitz and glamour of the second game. that last point might be a good thing for some folks though, so ymmv. but engagement just seemed low
 

0ptimusPayne

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,754
Thank god. The sweet spot for me when it comes to single player campaigns is 12-16 hours. I can't stand long ass games sometimes, especially as an adult with responsibilities.
 

BrickArts295

GOTY Tracking Thread Master
Member
Oct 26, 2017
13,772
Praise the lord. I'm currently playing the first one and its really solid. The 2nd one was good but pretty lengthy.
 

YoEssay

Banned
Nov 3, 2017
247
According to howlongtobeat.com Darksiders 1 was 17 hours, and 2 was 20 hours. Kinda disappointed honestly, but I hope it's good. The whole "I don't have a a lot of time anyways" argument isn't a very good one, I personally think.