System: PS3
Bought: January 16th {Free on PSN+}
Started: January 16th
Beat: February 1st
Trophies: 28 of 43
Idea: A long time ago Heaven and Hell fought, A lot. Beings calling themselves "The Charred Council" showed up and started to play Mediators, To aid them they created The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Then Humans showed up, humans were weak and such so the Council talked Heaven and Hell into a cease fire and all was good. Well, Maybe not...
Seven seals were created, When these Seven Seals were broken it would be the sign that Humankind was ready for the Endwar. The Four Horsemen would awaken and ride into battle to slay the guilty...
You are War, One of the Four Horsemen. For some reason you're awoken and apparently the other three are not, When you arrive Heaven and Hell are all ready trashing Earth and the not quite ripe Humankind. An Uber Demon named Straga ends up kicking your ass, The Council then accuses you of siding with Hell and sentences you to death. After a bit of protest and the offer of finding who actually was responsible for creating the giant mess, You are stripped of your powers and given an annoying Babysitter to "Watch" over you.
Off you go, No one likes you and you pretty much hate them too.
Thoughts: I had never even heard of this game before I saw it was free on the PSN, Really glad I did though. It's a fun game, I adore the story and am actually quite fond of War even though he's a bit of a grump. The best part of the game was probably the end where I get to rip a certain irritating characters head off... Yes! DIE!
The game is a bit short, Well.. to me it's short. Even after getting lost {a lot} I only clocked like 21 hours on the first playthrough, The second run will be much faster since I'll know what the heck I am doing. Also, Normal Difficulty is pretty easy... everything but Tiamat that is... Dear Gods I must have died there 50 times.
Anyways, I probably won't actually buy the physical copy of the game since the download version remains good as long as I have Plus... I will more then likely buy Darksiders 2 even though I all ready read spoilers for that game.
The End: The Council set War up. Yep, They knew what Abanddon was up to. They also knew that the Horsemen would never become assassins so... They summoned War up and sent him into the giant mess only so that they could hold him responsible.
With all the blame falling on War, They knew he'd want to clear his name and that he'd go kill/find those that were responsible. Then they were going to let their annoying little Watcher guy kill War after he killed The Destroyer.
Well, guess what Council... A Tree foiled your plans. After releasing Azrael from Straga's prison, He takes War to Eden where the Tree of Knowledge stands. The Tree gives War the Truth, That he's being used and that the Arch Angel Abanddon is actually The Destroyer. He uses this information well, After the battle with the Destroyer/Abanddon everything the tree shows happens...
The Destroyer had been protecting the Seventh and Final Seal, Upon his death the seal is dropped and just as War starts to pick it up the Watcher slips in and grabs it. Using his hold on War to wrack pain through his body the Watcher teases him with the Seal, That he was so close to freedom and that now War would die... Enter Uriel, She runs War through with the Armageddon Blade and then slices off the arm of the Watcher. The Seventh Seal falls to the ground and shatters.. All the Seals have been broken and The Horsemen have been Summoned.
War is now at 100%, No More Leash and it's time to squish the Watchers head. Yey! Uriel says the debt's been paid, A bit of chatter... How do you expect to take on Heaven, Hell and the Council alone... In the background you see the other three Horsemen descending from the sky.
Characters...
Abaddon- He was the leader of Heaven's Army {The Hellguard} and he was a naughty little archangel. With the help of Ulthane and Azrael he planned to break Six of the Seven Seals, That way the Horsemen would not be summoned.
His plan went a little awry when War shows up on Earth during the pre-mature End War with the Demons, Taking the distraction to his advantage Straga {A large Demon} kills Abaddon. Abaddon's death marks Hells Victory in the End War and the portals to Heaven are closed, Leaving the rest of the Hellguard and Uriel stranded on a Demon infested Earth.
After his death, Abaddon is taken to Eden by Azrael and is approached by a woman. This woman gives him the choice to either serve in Heaven or Rule in Hell. He chooses the later and thus becomes The Destroyer.
Uriel - She's a bit irritating. Gaining command of the Hellguard {Heavens Army} upon Abaddon's death, She blames War for his fall. With this blame she and the surviving Angels hunt him down throughout the game.
It's pretty obvious that she loved Abaddon but had no idea what he had done and of course no idea that he was The Destroyer. Until War Tells Her.
She and her comrades go after The Destroyer, This isn't going very well at all until War shows up and... well... defeats him. Uriel still needs to kill War due to some nonsense pact she had made with herself but... In the End. She is the reason War survived.. She's the one who accidentally shatters the Seventh Seal and awakens all the Horsemen.
Ulthane - I like this guy, He's amusing and treats Demons and Angels the same. He's known as The Black Hammer, He aided Abaddon in his plans to destroy Six of the seals and he's the one who forged the Armageddon Blade.
Oddly, He's still alive at the end of the game and War didn't seem all that angry with him for aiding Abaddon. Not that he could have done much to the large man seeing that he needed him to reforge the broken Armageddon Blade.
Azrael - The ArchAngel of Death, He too helps Abaddon with his plans to destroy the seals. When War first meet him he's being held captive by Straga, He's pretty straight up with him about all the wrongs he's done and is fairly resigned to whatever fate may hold for him due to his actions.
After Straga falls he takes War to Eden, To the Tree of Knowledge where War finds out everything and yea.. He's the old, calm, wise person of the game.
Samael - This guy looks sort of like the Evil guy from the movie Legend, At least in some aspects. An extremely powerful demon that would not bow to The Destroyer's will and ended up imprisoned for eternity.
That was the plan until War frees him. Samael makes a deal with War that if he brings him the Hearts of the Four Chosen that he'd get him to The Tower in which The Destroyer resides... Well.. It was The Black Throne area where Straga was hanging out but same difference. War ended up where he needed to be.
Samael is quite helpful for an evil, demon dude. Pointing War in the right direction, giving him stuff and even helping him re-engage his Chaos Form.
The Destroyer - Abaddon's "Hell Form" essentially, He's basically the Ruler of the now Hell Infested Earth and protects the Seventh Seal at all costs because he does not want all the Horsemen Summoned.
A giant dragon, covered in fire he's actually a real push over when you fight him.
The Watcher - I HATE YOU. Never have I been so glad to see a game character die, This little shit was an annoying little prick throughout the game.
The Council ties the little bastard to War to keep an eye on him while he's tracking down the reason for the premature Apocalypse. He gives you clues every now and then but for the most part he's just a giant pain in the ass. He treats War like a dog, using his "leash" to reign him in quite often.
He likes to try and give War orders which, he never follows and at the end he steals the Seventh Seal from him and pretty much attempts to kill War. Well, Uriel sort of kills War at the end but she also lops off the Watchers arm which causes the Seventh Seal to fall and break.
Yey! War Crushes his Head. haha
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