.. If you like Zelda games, God of War (it seems GoW did something "right", elements are there but its not a clone but at the same time it kind of is). It has a little Prince of Persia and FPS thrown in as well (from what I have seen).
I got my copy on Tuesday, but today I decided to give it a real go(played for a bit Tuesday just to see how controls where).
I played for 6hours strait, and made my self stop.
I'm not a big fan of GoW. I like to watch my Bro play it to see the Story, but I never have liked the game play. Darksiders' controls are similar-ish.
Hit 1 button, you do one attack, mash it a few times..you pull of a combo.
You get 3 buttons to hit: (I have it on the ps3, so w/e the 360 buttons are, i dunno) Square, Triangle and R2.
Square,so far, will always will be your Sword.
Triangle becomes your 2nd weapon. Thus far I have a Sythe (Scythe? I only know Sythe spelling so thats what I'm using) and a single Glove.
R2 is where Range is put at (Gun, Spinning Blade thing)
You can hit these 3 buttons to chain combos, but nothing really "builds" off the other attack( "S>T>T>R2" doesn't do anything special). There is just a smooth transition between the weapons.
Weapons "level" up as you use them to kill. You can then buy upgrades/moves for the weapons.
If you need a different weapon than what you have equipped you can just change on the fly, no need to go into a menu (Like in Zelda) to re-swap weapons. Makes killing things neat and fun.
Everything you fight has a "kill now" button, which is Circle. Different baddies take different amounts of damage needed to be done to them to unlock this (and different strategies to hit some). Once it is ready, you slice stuff in half..tear limbs off..or squish them.
The environment is large and pack full of things to find to help you on your way, each section leads into another w/ small puzzles and "timed" attacks. You run large Dungeon/Castle like areas where at the end you fight a big *** Boss that pertains to the story.
Speaking of story, I've been liking it so far. I know there will be a Twist (or I'm hoping there is) when I get closer to the end. All I'll say is you play as War, one of the 4 Horsemen. It seems someone was out to get you (or the horsemen) and you did a big "no no" and are now in the process of proving yourself in the right.
Graphics are well done as well. I've read the 360 owners are having some issues with Tearing, but I have yet to run into a problem.
I haven't played counsel games in a long time, so this really has been my 1st in the last few years. On a scale on 10 I give it a 8/10 atm.
I suggest checking into it, and see if it is for any of you.