I have loved the first 2 darksider games. Really really loved them. I bought this hoping it would honestly be more of the same. It isn't. This isn't the same type of game. It is extremely punishing and that might honestly be fine for some people. However the combat controls are not "tight" or consistent. If you want to make a reflex based combat game you need to have really responsive controls. The evade in this one is extremely lacking. In previous titles you could intercept and counter in coming attacks which felt good. It felt clean for the most part. The hap hazard evade in this one is more a gimmick. You dont have the visibility to roll in a lot of areas and when you do roll you can still take dmg. The story is good though I dont really sympathize at all with the character. She isn't a likable character like Death or a wronged character like War. She is just kind of a hateful wild card.