Wait, who is this bonus enemy you can only beat through counters? Are you talking about Wicked K the British zombie? Because he's the only bonus enemy I can think of and he can be beaten easily without counters.
Wait, why's it odd that the Old One's Glaswegian, and not that the angels and demons are American? If we're going to bring logic into this, I mean.
What's precedent ever done for us?
More importantly, why do the ancient beings' accents have to be English in the first place? Is it an unspoken rule of fiction of some sort? Having said that, I wonder what the reaction would be if they got Middle Eastern voice actors to voice everyone? Do you think it would still get banned in UAE then?
There are no enemies that can only be beaten with blocks and counters. If you meant Wicked K, then YOU can be cheap and just shoot him till he dies (he only blocks some of the bullets), or fight him normally, and dodge a lot.
I'll be honest, I laughed when I read, "Darksiders is the child of Kratos and Link, in a completely non-gay way." It just sounds so ridiculous — like it's screaming "NO HOMO NO HOMO." I'm sure you didn't intend for it to come across that way but it amused me nonetheless.
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It's only called "derivative" if you don't like it, otherwise it's an homage
A lot of the criticism leveled at Darksiders is that is derivative: it apes other successful games in both form and function in order to cash in on what they did right. Partially this is true, Darksiders is like the child of Kratos and Link, in a completely non-gay way. However, when people usually say "It's derivative", they mean that it is bad; well this is decidedly untrue. Darksiders is good, very good. Not only that, it is incredibly addictive, both in the gameplay and the story, despite the fact that the story is, again, 'derivative'. The reason that it is so good, despite that fact that we've seen it all before? It does it all well.
The action is fluid, the controls are tight, War is a total badass, color and barrenness are rolled together in just the right amounts in the right places to make the visuals stand out, riding Ruin is blast (however I don't think that there is enough time and action devoted to him, you are the HORSEMAN of the Apocalypse) and even though we've seen it all before, those realizations hit us as "Oh yeah, I remember that! Damn it was cool then, and it's cool now." rather than "Oh this again..."
The criticism I do have however is that sometimes there is a very big sense of cheapness to it (not to truly spoil it, but there is a certain secret, bonus enemy who can only be defeated through block/counter movements, and he's a pain in the ass) and some big-time Fridge Logic things (Why does the Ancient who is older than the universe have a Glaswegian accent?) but they are few and far between.
tl;dr If you liked 75% of the games of the last two decades, you need to play Darksiders.