Is Nordic Games Preparing To Make A Darksiders & Red Faction Announcement?

Otaku Dome: Back in 2013 Aus gaming publisher Nordic Games ended up buying two of THQ’s key franchises; Darksiders and Red Faction they also snagged MX vs ATV as well. Many were left disappointed by the acquisition as they feared that a second sequel to the cult hit Darksiders would be replaced in favor of a reboot, however Nordic reassured fans that a sequel would indeed be the next entry in the franchise, however there was some sour with this sweet, as they confirmed that gamers shouldn’t expect the sequel until 2015 at the earliest. While no news on the dormant Red Faction franchise was given, it was at least good to know that Darksiders 3 was perhaps their top priority out of the two AAA properties, and it was even in what may be the early stages of development.

[BG11579]

I surely hope so. This would be good.

[randomass171]

Yes! Darksiders was my jam! :D

[ATi_Elite]

PLease oh please and take Red Faction back to the good ole days with the great story and adventure of the original Red faction.

Red Faction was my first PS2 game (bought a PS2 just watch The Matrix DVD on it lol)

[Mankey]

This link is broken.

[OtakuDome]

Might be a minor glitch or on your end, it works for me.

[Mankey]

Must be. I've tried opening it a few times now and nothing.

[OtakuDome]

Hmm, don't know what to say. I just updated the site's software so that might be having some effect on you, sorry about that, try the direct link:

http://otakudome.com/is-nor...

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Oooooohhhh, please please please PLEASE let there be a Darksiders 3, and please let it hit the Wii U as well as other consoles.
I still own and love Darksiders II on the Wii U, despite not having all of the DLC. I can only imagine how great the third entry will be if it is made with all the same love and care as the second one...

[fei-hung]

************SPOILERS********** ********

I don't think Death died at the end of Darksiders 2 as Darksiders 2 was a prequel to Darksiders 1. Death went through his journey to allow the events of Darksiders 1 to take place and if you watch the ending of Darksiders 1 and 2 carefully, you see 3 comets falling to earth as the final battle is about to begin. When War gets asked if he will face the challenge alone, his response is "no, not alone," and the camera moves towards the 3 comets and we get told about the 4 Horsemen being unleashed as the seals are broken.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[DragonKnight]

There's nothing to think about. Death did die, but when War broke the seal it immediately revived Death which is why he and the other 2 Horsemen are heading to join War at the end of Darksiders 1.

Also Darksiders 2 isn't a prequel, it's a simultaneous story. It occurs after War initially is summoned to Earth at the beginning of Darksiders 1 and he is defeated in the opening of the game. He is put to rest for 100 years and it's during that time that Death's story is taking place.

[fei-hung]

Thanks for clarifying that. I dont know why, but I keep thinking it was the breaking of the seals that instigated Wars arrival on earth on Darksiders 1. I think I need to play through it again :)

On another note, I hope if they do make a 3rd Darksiders it is only on the next gen consoles and PC. You can tell they pushed the last gen consoles as far as they would go in terms of scale of the game and architecture.

Hopefully it wont be a co-op experience, but a natural evolution of the previous games; a solid single player experience with tons to do. I think co-op would totally ruin in.

Worst comes to worse, they could easily split the campaign between Strife and Fury, where you 2 stories running side by side e.g. Strife has to complete a mission in hell, Fury has to complete a mission in heaven. The missions take place on opposite ends of the good / bad spectrum.

The story could be that the next piece of the puzzle to return things to normality takes a new dimension to be unlocked, but due to the conspirators being on both sides, you must tackle puzzles on 2 separate worlds simultaneously.

Anyhu, enough ramblings, time to go munch!

[SoulSercher620]

Would love a new Red Faction as long as it's not as bad as Armageddon.

[ironfist92]

Hopefully its a Guerilla 2

[randomass171]

Haven't played any of the Red Faction games. What are those like?

[SoulSercher620]

The first two are classic FPSs IMO. What made them so great were the destructible environments, especially the first one. In FR1 ANYTHING was destructible. You could blow a tunnel through a wall forever if you wanted. The destructability was toned down in FR2 but played much better. They'll feel dated now but if you don't mind that you'll enjoy them. If you own a PS3 they are both up on the PS Store for 9.99 each as PS2 classics, for NA mind you.

As for Guerilla it's probably one of the best TPS out there. While not the entire environment is destructible, the buildings are. They work on real physics and if you blow a hole in its foundation it will eventually topple over or fall straight down. If you're lucky it'll fall on top of other buildings like a domino effect or crush enemies. And as the name suggest you use guerilla tactics to take out your enemies. Such a great game, and it's $20 or less now.

Don't bother with Armageddon, it changed the series for the worst. Hope you give the first three a try :)

[aliengmr]

I agree if its a choice between Guerrilla and Armageddon, its Guerrilla all day long. I have spent hours destroying buildings and (with a mod) rebuilding them.

But I will defend Armageddon just bit. When you consider its lineage, its brought down quite a lot and rightly so. The transition from RF:G was just terrible. And as a concept it was just a bad idea to go from open world (where GeoMod, which is responsible for the amazing building physics) was really useful, to, literally, tunnels where it mostly wasn't.

However, if you forget about Armageddon's lineage, it becomes a fun little TPS with neat physics. Not a "bad" game. "Bad" idea? Yes, but for what it is, despite how much I don't want to like it, I am forced to admit its not a bad game taken on its own merits.

[DragonKnight]

Although I am definitely interested in another Darksiders game, I question how good it will be now that we have no idea who will actually be developing it. THQ owned the IP but if I'm not mistaken it was developed by Vigil Games which was owned by THQ and disbanded when THQ was. This means that an entirely new team will be handling the development and we have no idea if the game will be even remotely similar to the previous 2.

Still, I'm hopeful that it will be. If Nordic Games were smart, they'd seek out the services or advice of those developers that were part of Vigil and worked on the previous games.

[Section8]

You hit the nail on the head with that one. Once the smoke cleared and we all saw that Darksiders was picked up, it quickly turned sour because of who picked it up. They're no where near close to someone who should be working on a game like this but it remains to be seen if they'll do it in house or not. I would prefer it if they sourced it out instead and only stayed on as the publisher.

[stragomccloud]

Man I hope so!

[urwifeminder]

Been playing darksiders 2 as people said it was a good series you were wrong.

[randomass171]

I think it's a pretty cool series. It blends a lot of neat elements together and I find the story fascinating. i just hope they make that four player coop game they wanted to do when they initially announced 2.

[DragonKnight]

HAHAHAHA, you were the one that was wrong. Darksiders is amazing.

[WeedyOne]

I thought the Darksiders IP was bought up by Crytek? Regardless i'm happy if they are indeed making a new Darksiders game!