History VideoGame / DarksidersIII

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: At least when using Fury's Stasis Hollow form. By default, Fury sports dark red hair, and her other forms feature red FlamingHair, yellow lightning hair and purple force/gravity hair.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: When equipping the Flame Hollow, Fury won't take damage from standing on lave. Won't work if other hollows are used, obviously.

* ApocalypseHow: Thanks to the Angelic and Demonic factions warring, Earth has been rendered almost inhabitable and crawling with alien life, save for isolated pockets that the Makers protect the humans with. [[spoiler:The remaining humans have to transfer to another location at the end of the game when it's clear that the Demons are getting bolder in their assault]].

''Darksiders III'' is an ActionRPG video game and {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', developed by Creator/GunfireGames and published by Creator/THQNordic. The former is composed of staff who worked on the previous ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' video games as the now-defunct studio Vigil Games. The game was released on November 27, 2018 on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Microsoft UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.

* BribingYourWayToVictory: The Crucible DLC allows the player to farm for upgrade materials that are normally supposed to be found in limited quantities per playthrough of the main game, allowing one to potentially max out all their weapons and Enchantments before even starting NewGamePlus. And Keepers of the Void, in addition to offering more rare upgrade materials for free, also grants access to four additional weapons, which translate to four additional Enchantment Slots to allow you to equip passive buffs to without even having to attune a hollow form to that particular weapon.

''Darksiders III'' is a ActionAdventure video game and {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', developed by Creator/GunfireGames and published by Creator/THQNordic. The former is composed of staff who worked on the previous ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' video games as the now-defunct studio Vigil Games. The game was released on November 27, 2018 on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Microsoft UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.

''Darksiders III'' [[{{Interquel}} occurs at around the same time as the events of]] ''Darksiders II''. Ditching the elements from the previous two games to pursue the formula from the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series by Creator/{{FROMSoftware}}, players control Fury, the sole female Horseman of the Apocalypse, charged with a quest by the Charred Council to capture the Seven Deadly Sins. Unlike its predecessors, ''Darksiders III'' doesn't feature a variety of unlockable moves, nor does Fury ride a mount in the game; instead, the leveling system allows players only to upgrade physical damage, {{Hit Point}}s or arcane damage. The environment is explorable and interconnected, but exploration only rewards players with souls functioning as currency and ExperiencePoints or materials to upgrade Fury's weapons.

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''Darksiders III'' is a video game and a {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', developed by [[Creator/GunfireGames Gunfire Games]] and published by Creator/THQNordic. The former is composed of staff who worked on the previous ''Darksiders'' video games as the now-defunct studio Vigil Games. The game was released on November 27, 2018 on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Microsoft UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.

''Darksiders III'' [[{{Interquel}} occurs at around the same time as the events of]] ''Darksiders II''. The third game ditch elements from the previous two games to pursue the formula from the [[VideoGame/{{Dark Souls}} Dark Souls series]] by {{Creator/FROMSoftware}}. Players control Fury, the sole female Horseman of the Apocalypse, charged with a quest by the Charred Council to capture the Seven Deadly Sins. Unlike its predecessors, the third Darksiders game doesn't feature a variety of unlockable moves, Fury doesn't ride a horse in the game and the leveling system allows the player only to upgrade regular damage, health or arcane damage. The environment is explorable and interconnected, but exploration only rewards the player with lurchers or materials to later upgrade Fury's weapons with Ulthane.

* ApocalypseHow: Thanks to the Angelic and Demonic factions warring, Earth has been rendered almost inhabitable and crawling with alien life, save for isolated pockets that the Makers protect the humans with. [[spoiler: The remaining humans have to transfer to another heaven when it's clear that the Demons are getting bolder in their assault.]]

-->'''Fury:''' "With pleasure."

** And of course, Abraxis: The meek always [[{{Troll}} envy]] the strong. Isn't that right, [[MeaningfulLook Watcher]]?

* NewGamePlus: Takes some cues from VideoGame/DarkSouls, unsurprisingly. Enemies are vastly stronger, there are additional even stronger enemies scattered around the game world and there are new, better loot drops, including armor upgrades, which are entirely unavailable in your first playthrough.

* SoulsLikeRPG: The game breaks away from the trends of the previous titles by modeling itself into this genre; Hard to kill enemies, a fragile protagonist, reliance on avoiding damage with the invincibility frames of a dodge, a reusable healing item that recovers over time, save points you can teleport between, strong bosses that require pattern recognition to beat, collecting souls from dead enemeies to spend on level-ups, and upgrading equipment having more impact on player character power than the level-ups themselves.

* BloodKnight: Fury, of course. At the start of the game, she's feeling so bored that she wishes for another wae to happen so she can slaughter everything. She even remarks that she would have even killed Rampage if she didn't love him.

* FashionAsymmetry: Fury's armor has her left arm covered in armor while her right is bare save for a metal wrist guard.

-->[[spoiler:(To Pride) "Always so pretty -- I used to be so jealous of you, ''sister''."]]

''Darksiders III'' [[{{Interquel}} occurs at around the same time as the events of]] ''Darksiders II''. The third game ditch elements from the previous two games to pursue the formula from the Souls Series by FromSoftware. Players control Fury, the sole female Horseman of the Apocalypse, charged with a quest by the Charred Council to capture the Seven Deadly Sins. Unlike its predecessors, the third Darksiders game doesn't feature a variety of unlockable moves, Fury doesn't ride a horse in the game and the leveling system allows the player only to upgrade regular damage, health or arcane damage. The environment is explorable and interconnected, but exploration only rewards the player with lurchers or materials to later upgrade Fury's weapons with Ulthane.

''Darksiders III'' is an ActionAdventure HackAndSlash video game and a {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', developed by [[Creator/GunfireGames Gunfire Games]] and published by Creator/THQNordic. The former is composed of staff who worked on the previous ''Darksiders'' video games as the now-defunct studio Vigil Games. The game was released on November 27, 2018 on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Microsoft UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.

''Darksiders III'' [[{{Interquel}} occurs at around the same time as the events of]] ''Darksiders II''. Players control Fury, the sole female Horseman of the Apocalypse, charged with a quest by the Charred Council to capture the Seven Deadly Sins. Like its predecessors, the game utilizes HackAndSlash primarily for combat, but the environment is a WideOpenSandbox for players to navigate freely, with a focus on exploration and puzzle-solving.

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Or to be more exact, Heaven and Hell are both jerk factions. Though it's implied the [[God The Creator]] cares for humanity sufficiently, it's clear Heaven and its Angels do not, while Lucifer and the forces of Hell actively try to corrupt and destroy them. The game makes it abundantly clear that the forces of Heaven and Hell have conspired to diminish humanity for years due to fearing their special potential to surpass them both and uphold the Universal Balance. Neither side has shown care for humans and their War was essentially part of a plan to make humanity extinct and claim Earth for themselves.

''Darksiders III'' is an ActionAdventure HackAndSlash vieo game and a {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', developed by [[Creator/GunfireGames Gunfire Games]] and published by Creator/THQNordic. The former is composed of staff who worked on the previous ''Darksiders'' video games as the now defunct studio Vigil Games. The game was released on November 27, 2018 on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Microsoft UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.

* DressedLikeADominatrix: Fury of course, complete with a dominant attitude and a whip. Wrath even like her for this.
* DumpStat: Health is generally seen as this. Enemies can take out Fury in just a few hits no matter how much points you put into it and you eventually get enhancements that significantly buff your health and healing, making anything you invest irrelevant. Better to focus on maximizing the damage your attacks deal.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Literally, as Fury gains a new power every time she kills a Deadly Sin and the Lord of Hollows give her a new power.

* NewPowersAtThePlotDemands: Literally, as Fury gains a new power every time she kills a Deadly Sin and the Lord of Hollows give her a new power.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: For Fury, whose only ever been briefly mentioned in the [[VideoGame/{{Darksiders}} previous]] [[VideoGame/DarksidersII games]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Seven Deadly Sins are defeated, Mankind has survived the Apocalypse in sufficient numbers to rebuild and replenish the Earth, and Fury, [[TookALevelInKindness having learned humility and other virtues on her journey]], vows to do all in her power to protect humanity until they are strong enough to fight back to retake Earth, content in the knowledge she and her brothers will meet again. However, it may take years or even decades for Mankind to recover to be ready to fight the kind of war needed to retake Earth; until then, they must abandon their home and find safe haven on another world, rather than be wiped out. The Charred Council has also [[DrunkWithPower gone mad with power]], seemingly as a result of the Seven Deadly Sins' influence on them and will surely seek {{Revenge}} for the Horsemen's defiance via the imprisoned War, setting off the events of the first ''Darksiders''. Finally, Lilith and Lucifer, the two architects of the whole catastrophe, are still at large]].

* EarlyGameHell: Early on you only have two uses on your Nephilim's Respite, no form changes, no ranged weapon and the level ups barely do anything (they increase your physical damage by 5% per level, which is pathetic until your weapon is at a decent level). As soon as you get another use on the healing item, increase your health and upgrade your weapon a bit the game becomes drastically easier, It also doesn't help that the later bosses seem to have way more telegraphed attacks than the early bosses.

** When playing though the game, there is an icon at the top the screen that leads the player to each Deadly Sin throughout the world. The icon looks like a mask similar to the one Death wears in ''VideoGame/DarksidersII''. [[spoiler:It turns out the Watcher, who helps guide Fury to each Sin, is Envy in disguise - when she reveals her true self, she wears a mask similar to Death's, hence Envy was guiding and manipulating both the player and Fury during the whole game]].

* NewGamePlus: Takes some cues from VideoGame/DarkSouls, unsurprisingly. Enemies are vastly stronger, there are additional even stronger enemies scattered around the game world and there are new, better loot drops, including armour upgrades, which are entirely unavailable in your first playthrough.

** Alternatively, [[spoiler: if Fury killed Abraxis and earned the amulet from the Lord of Hollows, Lucifer's tone with Lilith is much more angry, but ultimately he notes that the Charred Council will send War to clean up its mistakes (following the plot of the first game) and he can still take advantage of the situation]].

** And of course, Abraxis: The meek always [[{{Troll}}envy]] the strong. Isn't that right, [[MeaningfulLook Watcher]]?

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When playing though the game, there is an icon at the top the screen that leads the player to each Deadly Sin throughout the world. The icon looks like a mask similar to the one Death wears in ''VideoGame/DarksidersII''. [[spoiler:It turns out the Watcher, who helps guide Fury to each Sin, is Envy in disguise - when she reveals her true self, she wears a mask similar to Death's, hence Envy was guiding and manipulating both the player and Fury during the whole game]].

''Darksiders III'' is an ActionAdventure HackAndSlash vieo game and a {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', developed by [[Creator/GunfireGames Gunfire Games]] and published by [[Creator/{{THQ}} THQ Nordic]]. The former is composed of staff who worked on the previous ''Darksiders'' video games as the now defunct studio Vigil Games. The game was released on November 27, 2018 on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Microsoft UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.