Synopsis

At the dawn of the world, angels were given paradise, demons were given a dark empire, and men were given a whole world.The Ardent Council, an entity charged by the Creator with preserving the very essence of existence, decreed that the Universe needed order and harmony.

But the Balance has been broken, the Red Rider War is accused of having unleashed the Apocalypse too soon, leading to the destruction of Earth before its time. He is therefore being judged at the Ardent Council, which is seeking his future sentence. To save his brother's honor and proclaim his innocence, the second Horseman, Death, set out.

The Game

Darksiders II is an action-adventure video game with a beat them all side developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ in 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and Windows. Following an adventure parallel to the events of Darksiders of the first name, the player plays Mort (or Death in the English version), the oldest of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. He evolves in an open, vast and dangerous world. The game was ported, in an improved version titled Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition, to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015. A sequel titled Darksiders III was released in 2018