I'm not going to go too in-depth on this for two reasons. Either this article is flame bait primarily made to cause rage or it is clearly a joke meant for laughs at the expense of those who think it is the former. Either way, you can see the general reactions to this article in the comments on Destructoid if you so dare.
Destructoid, a bastion for game journalism everywhere, apparently believes that Darksiders is clearly better than Zelda. I can barely argue otherwise (although I still will a bit,) other than direct the writer towards the closest psych clinic. I have never played Darksiders and in all honestly, I'd like to play it because it at least looks fun. His points are thus:
- Link is a pussy - Well, this is clearly not true. I don't know many kids who will fearlessly go fight evil with a sword and shield. Still, next to the main character of Darksiders, War, this might be true. I don't think Link is one of the horsemen of the apocalypse.
- The Chaoseater is better than the Master Sword - I have no idea here, honestly. His main argument is that the Chaoseater is named the Chaoseater and it is bigger. Okay... I guess.
- Darksiders has Mark Hamill - Okay, this I will agree with. Mark Hamill is awesome. Sorry guys.
- Darksiders has a shiny cover - Wait, what? If covers were a measuring tool for how good a game was, the first Megaman would've been a shit covered Popsicle. Or a gold encrusted nugget of awesome, depending on your view.
- Darksiders invented the Portal Gun - See this is the first time when it starts becoming painfully obvious this article is a joke because he implies Portal invented the Portal gun when it was actually Narbacular Drop.
- Darksiders will always have better graphics - This is probably true as well until a 1080p Wii comes out with a 3.2ghz i7 processor and a Radeon 5770 GPU. That might be overkill, though. Actually, on second thought, that would be awesome.
- Ruin > Epona - Flaming doom horse vs. super fancy horse-horse. I think Darksiders has a bit of an unfair advantage here.
- Every Zelda is the exact same game - And there's only one Darksiders. This is more a negative (or positive, depending on how you look at it) of Zelda than a positive of Darksiders. Still Adventure of Link, Majora's Mask, Link's Awakening, and The Wind Waker are all unique in their own way. If you look at them all in a gameplay sort of view (except for AoL) then yes, they are extremely similar, just like every other game series out there.
And that's all she wrote. As I said earlier, this is clearly a joke. Either that or this guy truly believes this and we can pitifully laugh at him while he wallows in his pit of ignorance. It's probably the former, though. Just to end with, Darksiders looks like a good game, a great one even, and I would love to play it (if it was on PC,) but it's hard to take this article seriously. So enjoy the laugh you'll likely get out of it.
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Don't worry. I read Destructoid, and I can tell you, Jim Sterling (the editor who wrote the ariticle) is a CORNUCOPIA of sarcasm. Every time he does an article like this, humor is always his first priority. But of course, people who aren't familiar with his work take it the wrong way and interpret it as complete seriousness. He's done plenty of articles like this: "Prototype is blatantly better than inFamous", "Final Fantasy XIII is blatantly better on the 360", etc.
Trust me on this one; its nothing to worry about.
Oh were not worried. I got a great laugh reading it. :)
this is like IGN's Final Fantasy rant. its a joke but still has a few points. #3 is the best, though. if you think about it, every shooter, rpg etc has similar gameplay so aren't they the same game? but then im taking the article too seriously.
There you have it. Darksiders is clearly a better, funner, and more important game than any Zelda because it has a shinier cover. That I can agree with.
Gotta love satire.
Haha, I'll let you know if its better or not when I play it =)
Actually, Darksiders has alot of potential in its bound-to-come sequel. Its like the next Assassin's Creed.
Just for the record, has that ever been brought up before? Assassin's Creed vs Zelda? Especially with the second one out.
No, I don't think so, Realm. They're very different games, really. Although a Zelda like AC would be glorious.
....... Yeeaah, I have no problem with someone liking a game better than Zelda, but this has to be a joke. If it's not, then their dignity just dropped down to 0.
You'd say this article was written by a girl, right? Maybe, she used to be a he, but then lost his man-hood while playing a Zelda game. No wonder she hates Zelda :-D
i'm not worried, i just want to see him/her wallow in his/her pit of ignorance.
Darksiders has surprised me, I've gone in expecting a bit by bit translation of Zelda. Its the little things that surprise me such as the dungeon boss suddenly appearing as soon as I enter the dungeon. Each dungeon is different and doesn't follow the linear Zelda formula (not a bad thing).
Plus Hamil > Navi mainly because he doesn't talk to much (he also gets moody if you ignore him).
If my thing was the size of a chimps leg how could I use it?
That's why dark siders is bad for you.
Shiny covers do prove how awesome a game is, as Metroid prime trilogy had a shiny cover and was pure awesomeness.
Oh gosh, I'm in tears of laughter over here from that article. Way'da brighten my day with satire x'DD
And Darksiders actually looks pretty intriguing... lol
Well, this was funny xD I hope the writer was really joking.
The article is clearly flame bait, no real response necessary.
The whole point of the story is to attract readers and controversy by making a, um.....blatantly false statement.
Ok, this coment is ajoke, right? because iff not, It's really stupid. First, Link is human, so he has more credit like hero than the idiot of Darksikers. Second, a bigger sword is not abetter sword. The master sword is sacred. The Chaoscheater is for idiots.Third, Mark Hammil is an idiot(in my opinion). And in all case, his prescence is irrelevant. Fourth, the shinny cover is an idiot point.Fifth, Narbacular drop had the idea of the portal gun . Sixth point is true but that is not the problem of the games, is the problem of the consoles.If Nintendo makes a Zelda game on the 360, Darksiders will be look plane, square and smooth. Seventh, Epona is Ok, right?. I repeat the point of the human Link. Eighth, his guy had not really played Zelda.Every Zelda game has a different esscence. In other points, some apocaliptic environment is good, but they exceeded with that in Darksiders. Is repetitive. And finally, Zelda has unquestionably better music. An extrta point is that Zelda has better critics. To any fan of Darksiders that read this, Darksiders is a cool game, but not better than Zelda.
Link is a pussy- He's just some dude in green clothes, sure but at least he can save the world without having super powers, after all thats what makes him a hero. :D
Better sword- Sure it looks more bad ass than the Master sword, but the Master sword is a classic :) so it wins for expirience.
Has Mark Hamill- kinda got me there, but Link has Midna.
Darksiders has a shinycover- as every other game.
Darksider has better graphics- Um, well last time i check the Wii is a weaker system, but a weaker system that happens to be selling much more. XD
Darksiders inveted the portal gun- lol
Ruin>Epona- Meh, can't argue with that, i wouldn't mind Link riding a pegasus.
Every Zelda game is the same- Um...there is only 1 Darksiders....
Yahtzee talked about this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1404-Darksiders
You've just been successfully trolled x)
/clap
Btw, I lol'd a lot with the article of destructoid, and I lol'd even more with the ensued flamewar ^^.
IMO the guy's a real genius ;p
I sent the guy who wrote that a message pretending to believe he was speaking his mind and not having fun, and he believed it, frontpaged it and thought I was a retard or little kid. Everyone on Destructoid fell for it. It shows how smart they are.
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