Texture pop-in can be frequent and noticeable, depending on the area. Frequently when I spun my camera around a corner, I'd catch flashes of white at the edge of the screen, as parts of the level loaded in. And even in the best areas the frame rate is unstable, often experiencing small jutters. In its worst areas, Darksiders 3's frame rate can take a nosedive. But this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Darksiders 3's graphical issues. Compare Vulgrim or Ulthane as they appear in Darksiders: Warmastered Edition or Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition and you'll notice some details (such as Vulgrim's wrinkles and scaley skin, or Ulthane's eyes and tattoos) just look worse in Darksiders 3. Character models can feel blurry and flat, even compared to their earlier iterations.

Sometimes, those cracks are quite literal, as Darksiders 3 struggles to pull its visual weight.

But slowly, surely, cracks begin to appear. Likewise, I was just enjoying the romp at first - it's been six years since Darksiders 2 (opens in new tab), and it's a joy to revisit this unique setting. And for the first few hours of the game, it really is that simple: Fury doesn't question or consider the consequences of her mission, bouncing from Sin to Sin as she brutally murders everything in her path. Your charge in Darksiders 3, as a whip-toting sorceress, is to hunt down and kill the physical manifestations of the Seven Deadly Sins: Envy, Wrath, Avarice, Sloth, Lust, Gluttony, and Pride.

Darksiders 3 review