Since I am not to pay the price they want for God of War 3 I picked up something else, glad I did because this is one fun game. Think God of War meets Zelda meets Diablo, and it comes together wonderfully. First of all, the hero is cool. Being a Horseman of the Apocalypse is just that, cool. Being a Horseman of the Apocalypse in a post-apocalypse setting, even better. The enviroments are mixed bag, sometimes you think you are playing a PS2 title, sometimes it will floor you. The game just has a look of it's own, the artwork however is always cool, and the enemy-design and animation are awesome. Combat is smooth and rediculously gory, it has a nice difficulty curve, you will learn a lot of combo's, too many really. Now the Zelda element, basically a ripoff, do I care? No. The (huge) world opens up as you gain extra abilities, and each dungeon has a new ability and the puzzles make you use it. And a *gasp* endboss, who are like Zelda really puzzles. Now for Diablo, you collect souls, it's Darksiders experience. You can buy and upgrade your weapons, your spells, gain other passive abilities, your attacks, there is a pretty strong rpg-lite element to Darksiders. People complain about the story, ok it's pretty straightforward but so what? It's about butchering enemies with cool weapons, and solving puzzles with cool abilities, and that it delivers in spades. Really a highly recommended game.