A review by berenikeasteria
Darksiders II: Death's Door by Andrew Kreisberg, Dave Marshall, Roger Robinson

4.0

Got to admit I was a bit uncertain when I first heard about the Darksiders series - the first game has somewhat clunky controls when translating to PC, and there is a certain degree of grinding in the game which gets a little tedious. However, I have to admit I was won over by the mythos. The deals going on behind the scenes, the betrayals, the blurring of the lines between good and evil. My interest was piqued after the first game, but as far as storytelling went I felt like I'd only been introduced to this world. So I went in search of more material. This graphic novel is the result.

It is admittedly rather on the short side. I wanted more than this. Maybe I'm spoilt from all the omnibus volumes I usually pick up in graphic novels. However, it does add to the mythos in what it does give us. The plot serves as a prelude to the second game, Darksiders II, and switches protagonist from War, lead of the first game, to Death, the second game's player character. A fair bit of background is added too - we get to see War and Death's brother and sister, Strife and Fury, who don't appear in the original Darksiders except as references - and, there's a nice aside where there's a flashback to how the four siblings got their impressive steeds.

Not a 'must-have' that I'd recommend to everyone, however, for fans of the series hankering after more, it sates the appetite.

7 out of 10