‘Darksiders’ Rides Into Hong Kong, Shows Off the Real Dark Side

Explore being a Horseman of the Apocalypse in Hong Kong.

We were invited to a special preview of Darksiders, a new game for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 at the Dada Bar and Lounge in the Luxe Manor in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Darksiders was created and designed by renowned Marvel Comics artist Joe Madureira (X-Men, Battle Chasers and The Ultimates) and chronicles the battles of War, one of the four Horseman of the Apocalypse, who has been falsely accused of bringing about the early destruction of the world. Now stripped of his powers he must find out the truth and those responsibly for everything.

Developed by THQ, Creative Director of the game Luis Gigliotti, was in Hong Kong to demo the new 3D Sci-Fi Fantasy action adventure game. Luis started his career in the gaming industry as a designer/artist working with cult developer The Neverhood on Earthworm Jim. Since then he has worked as Executive Producer at Rockstar Games, Senior Designer at Angel Studios and now at THQ as Creative Director.

During the demo Luis show off a new game play system called RPG Light that allows you to map items from you vast inventory to the D-pad buttons, giving gamers quick access to other weapons that can be switched to in a middle of a combo for some extra devastating effects.

After the demo model/actress Zoie Tam came out dressed as a female version of the games lead character, War. Speaking as War, she claimed no responsibility for the Apocalypse and hopes that humankind will support her in her quest to find the truth.

We were given the opportunity to play the game, which can best be described as God of War meets Devil May Cry. The graphics are superb especially the transition from FMV sequences into the in game action battles with the bosses; there is literally almost no loss of graphical quality between the two.

As War you carry around a huge bad ass sword and fight legions of monsters, demons and the undead much like Kratos in God of War. As you progress you can up grade your powers and your sword as well as pick up new up-gradable weaponry. Darksiders looks to be good action adventure romp when it comes out in Hong Kong in January 2010, where gamers will enjoy exploring a post apocalyptic earth to fighting insane epic boss battles.