Deadly Creatures places you in the role of both a Tarantula and a Scorpion making their way through a deadly world of spiders, snakes, and other dangerous insects all the while following a sinister story line involving treasure and the greed of that other deadly creature we know as man.
The gameplay is fairly linear as you follow the main storyline battling other creatures, bosses, and watching cutscenes. The environment is both great, and frustrating at the same time. Great feel of being a spider or scorpion, but at times the bland environment mixed with some areas so dark you wish spiders had flashlights it can be somewhat tedious and saps away from the overall experience. I found more then once the need to press a button which brings up an arrow showing which way you should go to reach the next linear goal.
The boss fights are old school in you have to find the method to defeat the boss whether it is a certain timed strike or a weakness the boss has.
Beneath all the Smash and shovelware, the Wii really did have quite a few gems.
Not a bad list.. I would add Excitebots, Kororinpa 1 & 2, Bit.Trip series, Geometry Wars: galaxies
In an enlightening interview with Laser Lemming Nordic Game's Martin Kreuch reveals the swedish publisher's plans for their recent haul of THQ ips, including Darksiders.
How about no Darksiders at all? I never understood how people could play this game from start to finish, both belong to the worst games I played in the last 10 years.
Darksiders is an amazing Zelda style game with terrific art direction, great characters, fun gameplay, and something severely lacking from this generation BOSS FIGHTS! The first also had a pretty decent story and its ending is one of my favorite endings in video games.
I also agree with the notion of the first being better than the second.
Oh maaan, please continue the story of darksiders series.
Also if you do manage to get older developers, i hope you guys remove the rpg-ish element. <_<
The game was much better without it.
Agreed! I feel the RPG/loot esque style detracted from focus that could have been spent on more memorable characters and gameplay.
Game Informer - One of the most unique Wii titles revolved around a spider, a scorpion, and actors Billy Bob Thornton and the late Dennis Hopper. THQ released Deadly Creatures in 2009 to little fanfare, but many that played it were charmed by its quirkiness. This week, we see if that charm holds up.
