History VideoGame / Darksiders

* Anti-Hero: Death is described as an arrogant, cold and calculating anti-hero who is resourceful and opportunistic--he doesn't wait for things to happen, rather, he causes them to happen. Death is the official leader of the Horsemen, as such he is very level headed and mature. He is very harsh on the others, as he was not hesitant in cutting off War's left arm in order to teach him a lesson. Despite this, he cares deeply for his brothers and sister, as any older sibling would. He took a blow for Fury, and the events of Darksiders II show that he was willing to stand up to The Charred Council to prove his brother's innocence alone. As the Horsemen of Death, he may also appear somewhat morbid & ominous towards those who speak to him. He also possesses a dark sense of humor and sees killing as an art rather than a duty like War does.

** The Horseman Death, who will be the main character of the second game. His SuperMode form looks a lot like how the Grim Reaper is often depicted in fiction.

** In ''Darksiders II'', Death thinks that War is the most honor-bound of all the Horsemen, and would never have committed the crime he was accused of. Death himself is pretty noble as well, and he decides to work towards absolving War by, ironically enough, ''reviving humankind''.

* RavensandCrows: Death has a raven, named Dust, who serves as his companion and guide.

* LightningBruiser: Death is more agile than War. He is capable of dodging enemies a lot better and has a more

!!This game provides examples of:

* BladeOnAStick: One of Death's weapons is a very large, naginata-looking glaive.

* DropTheHammer: Ulthane's weapon of choice. And it's really heavy. Death uses one as a secondary weapon in the sequel.

** With a dash of GodOfWar

* {{Homage}}: Arguably one for {{Zelda}}, GodOfWar and DevilMayCry.

* OneHandedZweihander: How War wields his BFS.

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[[caption-width:549:[[SuicidalOverconfidence You go ahead and fight him... I'll stand right over here. You know, not pissing him off?]]]]

!!This Game Provides Examples Of:

** The canonical 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.

** [[FridgeBrilliance It could be argued]] that Death is still much more powerful than War, he's just facing ''[[BeyondTheImpossible much more powerful enemies than War did.]]''

* CoolGate: the Voidwalker item creates [[{{Portal}} red and blue portals]] as long as you're targeting a specific wall patterns.

* ShoutOut: Many possible shoutouts in the items (Do the Crossblade and Abyssal Chain remind you of [[TheLegendOfZelda anything?]]), but one particularly obvious one. Late in the game, you get the [[{{Warcraft}} Void Walker]] item. It creates one pair of portals at a time (though only at specific locations), through which you can jump. The first portal you fire is orange. The second is blue. [[{{Portal}} Sound familiar?]]

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: All over.

* AntiHero: War, full stop. Yeah, he pays lip service to the Balance, but Samael points out that he's really just in it for revenge against whoever is responsible for his disgrace.

** The canonical 4 horsemen of the apocolypse are War, Famine, [[strike:Pestilence]] Conquest/The Second Coming of Christ and Death.

* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: A woman heavily implied to be Lilith the mother of demons was the one who offered Abaddon his DealWithTheDevil.]]

** The Horseman Death, who will be the main character of the second game.

* ActionCommand: Press B to '''destroy''' your opponent with extreme predjudice.

* BonusBoss: Wicked K, a zombie-like Wicked with a top-hat, a cane, and a british accent. He can block all of your attacks except for block counters. You can fight him up to four times, for a Soul reward.

** "Uriel" means "God is my light/God is my fire". And in traditon, Uriel was the angel that cast man out of Eden and also holds the keys to the gates of Hell. Pretty snappy for the commander of the Hellguard.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nice job starting the apocolypse without the 7th seal being broken, War. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that he was tricked by the council to come down.]]

* SadlyMythtaken: Having an angel named Abaddon being killed by a being called "The Destroyer" is funny on multiple levels, considering Abaddon is hebrew for "the destroyer" or "the place of destruction" and is actually supposed to be a demon. [[spoiler:Averted, since Abaddon ''is'' the Destroyer after all.]]

* ShoutOut: Many possible-shoutouts in the items (Do the Crossblade and Abyssal Chain remind you of [[TheLegendOfZelda anything?]]), but one particularly obvious one. Late in the game, you get the [[{{Warcraft}} Void Walker]] item. It creates one pair of portals at a time (though only at specific locations), through which you can jump. The first portal you fire is orange. The second is blue. [[{{Portal}} Sound familiar?]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Uriel]] accidentally ends up freeing War [[spoiler:from the Charred Council by accidentally breaking the Seventh Seal, thus summoning the other three Horsemen. How, you ask? By trying to kill The Watcher and he blocks her strike with the hand that was holding the Seventh Seal]].

* GenreSavvy: War is sharp enough to realize [[spoiler: it would not be a good idea to reveal the secret he is given in a vision from the Tree of Knowledge- that the Charred Council set up part of War's quest of revenge in order to force you to hunt down those responsible for breaking the truce-specifically not to the one person that has the power to kill him on a whim, The Watcher]].