

Simple.įury starts out with a whip as her only weapon but, as she gathers hollows from defeated foes, she'll gain access to the flaming Chains of Scorn, an electric lance, a force move that allows her to blast obstacles out of her way and a nifty ice-stasis attack. It's all very straightforward stuff, Fury only has three branches to pump points into - health, strength and arcane - and the game's various shards see you gain health and fortitude, max out your fury gauge or temporarily put you into frenzy mode for some short-lived damage boosts. Things get underway pretty quickly here with a boss battle in the first five minutes against Envy and, over the next thirteen hours or thereabouts, you're pretty quickly funnelled through the rest of the Sins as you puzzle and platform your way across cities and swamps, festering pools, bonelands, lowlands and more.Īs you blast through skeletons, sycophants, sloth bugs and spidercrabs, you'll earn orbs that can be used to level up, purchase blacksmith materials or grab a few shards at Vulgrim's store. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)īut let's rewind a little here and work our way to the bad stuff shall we? Darksiders III puts you in the steely shoes of Fury, one of the last Nephilim - and a bit of a grump - as she sets out to take down the Seven Deadly Sins in exchange for the promise of a position as leader of the Horsemen. Painfully long loading times occur after every death, there are frequent full-on pauses during the action and everything from grappling around levels to battling beasties is rendered a chore as a result. Yes, the graphics have taken a big hit, as expected, in an effort to keep things slick but persistent frame rate issues remain. Unfortunately however, as far as this Switch port goes, any easy-breezy gaming comfort you were hoping to derive from this particular adventure is undercut by some pretty consistent and frustrating technical issues.
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It's the very epitome of a safe, straightforward adventure that serves up exactly what fans of the series will likely expect, a light-hearted action adventure with plenty of character in the form of its sassy cast of Horsemen and demons. You'll do combat with all manner of demonic beasties, solve a bunch of pretty simple puzzles, take on some bosses and engage in light platforming action - there are absolutely no surprises in store here. These games may pilfer their core mechanics from all over the shop, and make no attempt to hide the fact in the process, but they're pure comfort food cosy, familiar, resolutely old-fashioned in how they go about their business, and for the most part a lot of easy-breezy fun to boot.įirst released to fairly average reviews back in 2018, Darksiders III sees the series stripped back to its basics, removing a lot of the faff introduced in part two for a much more streamlined and basic affair. We're pretty big fans of the Darksiders franchise here at Nintendo Life.
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For more Darksiders 3 tips and tutorials, make sure to check out our guides on how to upgrade your weapons as well as how to level up in Darksiders 3.Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Once you get the hang of switching between each Hollow Form, you will be able to do so on the fly during combat or when solving a tricky puzzle in the environment. Pressing and holding LB/L1 will cancel the current Hollow Form and return Fury back to her default state. Here’s the button combination for activating each Hollow Form in Darksiders 3: Hollow Form To change between Hollow Forms, simply press LB (Xbox One) or L1 (PS4) and the corresponding button for the Hollow Form you want to switch to. After you obtain your first Hollow Form, you won’t really need to change out of it for a while, so it can be easy to forget how to change to another Hollow Form once you acquire a new one.įury will acquire four different Hollow Forms in Darksiders 3, and you will need to know how to quickly switch between them in order to solve various environmental puzzles or slay certain enemies.

Upon setting out to find each of the Seven Deadly Sins, it’s important to get acquainted with the controls in Darksiders 3 so that you can familiarize yourself with the button layout and understand what you’re capable of. Below, you’ll find a quick explanation of how to switch Hollow Forms in Darksiders 3. You’ll stick with one Hollow Form for a while at the start, but eventually you will need to change between each Hollow to reach certain areas in the environment.

These forms imbue Fury with special magic skills that grant her a new set of combat moves and traversal capabilities. Throughout her mission to hunt the Seven Deadly Sins in Darksiders 3, Fury obtains several unique abilities called Hollow Forms.
