A wrath meter fills up as War fights and gives access to powered-up and special moves. The powers and horse which War must regain play an important role in the game as they enable him to access areas of the world which would otherwise be closed to him. War also regains his powers throughout the game, and has his own horse named Ruin. War has lost much of his power, including his horse Ruin and must find out where the other horsemen are, and who misled them into starting the final battle.Ĭharacters Main article: Darksiders Characters Major Charactersĭarksiders is primarily an action-adventure game, with about equal time devoted to combat and puzzle-solving/platforming. Caught in a never-ending war between angels and demons, 100 years have passed, and Earth bares little resemblance to the world we know. War, sentenced to be destroyed, makes a deal to be placed back on Earth to find out who was behind the catastrophe - albeit chained to The Watcher. With the apocalypse just taken place prematurely, and the Earth destroyed, War has been found guilty by the Charred Council for the cause of the premature Apocalypse. The player takes on the role of War, one of the four legendary Horsemen of the apocalypse. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth. Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.