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90-minute Darksiders demo coming next week

  • Posted February 16th, 2010 at 20:33 EDT by Adam Dolge
  • 22 Comments

THQ will release an extensive demo for Darksiders on February 25. The 90-minute demo features the first dungeon in the game, which should provide enough puzzle-solving and combat to either convince you the game is worth buying, or that it's too much of a copycat. We enjoyed the game, for what it's worth.

The demo features the entire Twilight Cathedral level, which includes new weapons to discover and two bosses. The demo will be available for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

“We are really pumped to be bringing a playable demo for Darksiders to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3,” said David Adams, general manager of Vigil Games. “We really wanted to give gamers a true idea of the variety of gameplay that the game offers and so rather than just making a standard 20-minute-demo version of the first few levels, we decided to give away this massive level and reveal the true essence of the game.”

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  1. BioSonic

    • 3:36pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Yay!

  2. kingpin326 | Kingpin326

    • 3:38pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    played the full game, well worth the price.

  3. darksora

    • 3:43pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    whoa, thats pretty cool how they are giving away that whole dungeon as a demo :)

  4. IceKnight

    • 3:44pm EST - February 16th, 2010

     love the game, game is crazy long too lol

    imo its definitely  worth a check for those who havent tried it out yet

  5. Fenix

    • 3:57pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    90 min demo? Sweet! Still mad about the whole Red Faction free code BS, but I will gladly get a taste of the game before I eventually buy it this year.

  6. Rapture

    • 4:01pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Very nice, I can finally chekc this game out.

  7. CeNNeX

    • 4:01pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    That's awesome! ive heard alot of good stuff about the game but ive not yet had the pleasure of playing it. I can hardly wait to get my hands on the demo next week.

  8. stovich

    • 4:05pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Not a really big fan of THQ, and kind of sceptical of vigil since they've done relatively nil as of yet. But I"ll definitely give it a whirl.

  9. EndZion

    • 4:36pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    I wonder how big the download will be?

  10. PSX_Legend

    • 4:41pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    The perfect example how a demo should be for this type of game :)

  11. metalhead312

    • 4:48pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Awesome

  12. REEEPR

    • 4:57pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Sniff, Kinda brings a tear to your eye to think a Dev would do something like this for us. If this is how it will be, imagine the post release support this game will receive.

  13. zerkulo

    • 5:19pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Awesome. I've geen interested in this game but it's not really my type of game. This will give me a good idea if I should buy it or not.

  14. iplayonlysony

    • 5:22pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    This game is great.  And it only gets better as you play it.

  15. turkmen117

    • 6:14pm EST - February 16th, 2010

     too much of a copycat?

  16. The_Silencer

    • 6:19pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    so getting the demo it looked really cool but it will take alot to convince me to buy it. i got my money on fo3 new vegas and brink if i have enough then ill probablt get darksiders

  17. daevv

    • 6:27pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    Sweet! I've been wondering about this game.

  18. Heratiki

    • 7:58pm EST - February 16th, 2010

    No worries... 90 minutes won\\\'t spoil any part of this game... Plenty of replay value and I can promise you that after the first 90 minutes this game gets unbelievable... So many things that may seem familiar but you gotta give it a chance... Not to mention Gamestop has it on sale now for $39.99...

  19. XxTheReaperxX

    • 11:07pm EST - February 16th, 2010

     An excellent game. It combined elements from SEVERAL games together into a well-rounded and fun package, whereas DI simply ripped off one game entirely (which kept me from buying the game). I highly recommend it (and the ending is EPIC).

  20. *goo

    • 1:16am EST - February 17th, 2010

    Lesson to be learned.  Release the demo before the game launches.  Not after. 

    Due to the vast number of games out soon, I've resigned this one to a low price purchase (i.e. £17.99 or less).  Had there been a demo earlier, I'd have likely already owned the game.

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