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Darksiders Genesis

Developer Airship Syndicate

Publisher THQ Nordic

Format PC (tested), PS4, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One

Release Out now (PC, Stadia), February 14 (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Well, it’s certainly an improvement on . Despite the admirable efforts of Cissy Jones as Fury, the dark fantasy series’ 2018 comeback suggested its best days were behind it. This time, having done passable impressions of and and some less impressive mimicry of , turns its magpie eyes to the likes of and . It’s not as single-minded as the former: it’s a top-down dungeon-crawler that largely focuses on combat, yes, but it throws in the odd bout of platforming, a dash of parkour and some environmental puzzles. Enemies still release

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