http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tob_KO45 You know what? I think that Jesper Kyd is a darned fine composer. He’s best known for his work on the Assassin’s Creed series, and his work has come to embody that series for me — that piercing, odd solo female voice, driving electronic beats, and wide-open string arrangements. He captures the series’ obsession with flight with grace and vision. So much video game music is content to simply mimic the sounds of hollywood, but Kyd has always struck me as a composer willing to experiment and find his own sound.
The first Darksiders won a loyal following of fans for its badass remix of the Legend of Zelda’s dungeon-crawling gameplay. But you couldn’t really differentiate the way that main character War played. He was a bruiser with weapons that worked the same way for everyone. But Death will be more individualized, once players get their hands on the new lead character.
While Nintendo has yet to release the full specs for its upcoming Wii U, you can guess by its launch lineup that its capabilities are probably in line with the Xbox 360 and PS3, something Vigil Games are now backing up.
Death and his pal War team-up to save the day this year in Darksiders: The Abomination Vault, a series prequel that takes place a millenia before the opening credits of the first game.
In Vigil games’ upcoming Darksiders II, players assume the mantle of Death, who is pretty much the only “personified supernatural force” more badass than War, the protagonist of the first game. The video above demonstrates gameplay from the early chapters of the game, showcasing Death’s lighter move-set and quicker combat abilities.
In between all the talking there’s quite a bit of gameplay footage here of the upcoming Darksiders II.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first Darksiders game, but even I’ll admit, that’s a pretty snappy tagline for its sequel.
