Darksiders Genesis is the latest part in the Darksiders series that has just come out on the PC. Contrary to its predecessors, this new Darksiders game uses an isometric viewpoint. As such, it’s time now to benchmark this title and see how it performs on the PC platform.
For this PC Performance Analysis, we used an Intel i9 9900K with 16GB of DDR4 at 3600Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580 and RX Vega 64, NVIDIA’s RTX 2080Ti, GTX980Ti and GTX690. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, the GeForce driver 441.41 and the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.12.1 drivers. NVIDIA has not included any SLI profile for this title, meaning that our GTX690 performed similarly to a single GTX680.
Airship Syndicate has added very few graphics settings to tweak. PC gamers can adjust the quality of Anti-aliasing, Texture Filtering, Post-Processing, Shadows and FX. Naturally, they can also select their resolution, and enable or disable VSync.
Darksiders Genesis does not come with any built-in benchmark tool. Therefore, we’ve used the first two levels for both our CPU and GPU benchmarks.
Now the good news here is that this new Darksiders game does not require a high-end CPU. In order to find out how the game scales on multiple CPU threads, we simulated a dual-core, a quad-core and a hexa-core CPU. Without Hyper Threading, our simulated dual-core system was able to run the game with more than 100fps at 1080p/Ultra. However, we did experience some annoying stutters so this is something you should keep in mind when using such a CPU. By enabling Hyper Threading, we were able to eliminate all the stuttering issues. Moreover, we saw a noticeable performance boost.
Darksiders Genesis does not also require a high-end GPU. As we can see, most of our graphics cards were able to provide a smooth gaming experience at 1080p/Ultra. Hell, even our GTX680 was able to push an average of 60fps.
At 1440p, our three most powerful graphics cards had no trouble at all running the game. However, the game requires a lot of raw power so it can run in native 4K. The only GPU that was able to offer a constant 60fps experience in 4K/Ultra was the RTX2080Ti.
Graphics wise, Darksiders Genesis looks cool, mainly due to its amazing art style. Players can break some objects, however the environmental destruction/interactivity will not really amaze you. This isn’t Lost Ark or Diablo 4. Still, for an isometric game, Darksiders Genesis looks great. Airship Syndicate has used vibrant colors and the environments are nicely designed. There are also some cool particles effects here and there.
All in all, Darksiders Genesis runs extremely well on the PC platform. However, it’s worth noting that the game does not push the boundaries of what isometric 3D games can achieve on our platform. Still, and mainly due to its art style, the game looks great. It also plays great with the mouse and keyboard, something that will please a lot of PC gamers.
Enjoy!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory, another anti-consumer Epic store exclusive, is now available on the high seas.
Ep[ic, make piracy great again.
Very few people actually care where they are buying their games. You’re just trying to justify being a thief.
You are wrong, it is a matter of principle to many of us. I had not pirated a game in over 15 years until Epic pulled their shady business practices.
a matter of principle
No, if it were principle, then you would just not buy it.
That’s why we didn’t but it fool, WE STOLE IT. just like how they steal away CHOICE from us. We steal from THEM!.. It’s an eye for an eye till we all do blind up in this Biche.
just like
A publisher’s choosing to sell its product at a particular store is not “stealing” from you in any way.
If you don’t like it, then don’t buy it.
santiago you are physically disabled and he is mentally disabled, please stop arguing with him. he’s more autistic than you.
Living up to the second syllable of your name, I see. Don’t feel baaaad; you can’t help yourself!
Same 15 years for me and soon as Metro Exodus went and Fuq’d, I was back to pirating. Even went out and got me a giant SSD and called it MPGA, Make Piracy Great Again. But they love to dismiss our stories to fit their own narrative.
Not only do I own 2,245 games on Steam and 289 on GOG, but I started work as a programmer 35 years ago, at the age of 16. At the age of 21, 30 years ago, I started my own software company. With the exception of Dead Space 3, I’ve not pirated software in 35 years, that is until Epic started with it’s exclusives.
Sometimes you just have to stand up for what you believe is right.
If you want to stand up for something you take the high road. No one respects the low road.
So, the high road is giving in and letting people walk all over you, eh? Yah…so respectable.
Straw man. Just don’t buy it.
Nah, I think I’ll just play it for free. The outcome will be the same for them. Thanks for the dumb a$$ suggestion though 🙂
dumb […]
Says the person cloaking theft in principle.
“Cloaking theft”? lol. You are the type of pretentious cuck boi that bottles his own farts aren’t you?
pretentious […] bottles
Literacy is not pretension, MoreFlatulentThanYou.
And thanks for proving my point.
Whatever, dork. Keep “cloaking” your homosexual 1 inch weener with your pretentious online persona, lol.
homos[…]xual 1 inch w[…]ner […] pretentious
Someone’s feeling inadequate.
(Must’ve struck a nerve.)
Thanks for proving my point, 1-inch!
Awww, how pathetic. You dropped your faux intellectual bullsh*t and resorted to “I know you are, but what am I?”.
pathetic […] faux intellectual b[..] resorted
(Says the one whining about big words.)
Nerve struck. Again.
Now you think “cloaking” is a big word? How retarded are you? It’s not nerves that you’re striking, I think it might be your head.
big word
You’re the one whining about big words, 1-inch.
whining […] big words […] 1-inch
Hey, look, I can reply like a f*cking douchebag too, lol. So cool.
Hey, look I can […]
Self-discovery and the realization of what you really were all along. Just like an M. Night Shyamalan movie. (The good ones, anyway.)
Literacy scares you. We get it.
You should’ve quit while you were behind, 1-inch.
Self-discovery […] realization […] M. Night Shyamalan […] good […] scares you […] should’ve […] 1-inch
Wow, I think you just accidentally expressed your sexual feelings for M. Night Shyamalan.
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings
If anyone’s slipping Freudally, it’s clearly you.
Congrats, 1-inch!
anyone’s […]1-inch
So, basically, you’re open for business to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis.
open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis
From the person who wrote:
Sigmund would be fascinated.
Thanks for continuing to prove my point!
Sigmund […] fascinated […] continually […] my point
So, basically, your boyfriend Sigmund is continually fascinated by how small the point of your 1-inch weener is. Thanks for sharing.
boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener
So, I point out your own words, and you respond by trying to project your prurient predilections onto me.
How sad!
(At least you’re sublimating less. That’s progress, I suppose.)
Let’s put it all together so that we can keep track of your growth, NotQuiteAsEqualAsYouWouldLikeUsToThink:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener
I […] sad […]
less […] growth
Oh noes! You’re having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend? They have pills for that, kid.
How sad. You’re still goofily trying to mutilate my posts when I’m merely quoting your own words. Now you’re at:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend
Well done, 1-inch!
Sad […] goofily […] mutilate my […] 1-inch
Well if you beat off too hard, that’s what happens. Go easy, kid.
Now, you’re up to:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend […] beat off too hard
Good work, NotQuiteAsEqualAsYouWouldLikeUsToThink!
Now […] up […] work
Feels like work when you stick things up your butt?
NotQuiteAsEqualAsYouWouldLikeUsToThink thinks:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend […] beat off too hard […] stick things up your butt
Yes. I think all of those things apply to you. You forgot that part 😉
I think all of those things apply to you
No, thanks.
Now, NotQuiteAsEqualAsHeWouldLikeUsToThink thinks:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend […] beat off too hard […] stick things up your butt […] all of those things apply to you
No, thanks
Didn’t offer you anything, dipsh*t. But, you’re welcome 🙂
NotQuiteAsEqualAsHe’dLikeUsToThink thinks:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend […] beat off too hard […] stick things up your butt […] I think all of those things apply to you
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […]
homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open
[…] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated
[…] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for
your boyfriend […] beat off too hard […] stick things up your butt
[…] I think all of those things apply to you
ALotMoreFreudianThanHeWantsToAdmit can’t help himself but doesn’t know when to quit:
you just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1 inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […] small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your boyfriend […] beat off too hard […] stick things up your butt […] I think all of those things apply to you
ALotMoreFreudianThanHeWantsToAdmit can’t help himself but doesn’t know when to quit:
you
just accidentally expressed […] a$$ […] cuck boi […] homosexual 1
inch weener […] f*cking […] sexual feelings […] open […] to
satisfy anyone’s 1-inch penis […] boyfriend […] fascinated […]
small […] 1-inch weener […] having trouble getting it up for your
boyfriend […] beat off too hard […] stick things up your butt […] I
think all of those things apply to you
No, the high road is stepping away. Not buying, not stealing, just stepping away.
I’m sure in your mind that made some sense…
Too hard for you huh?
Man… Shut Yo Dumb Azz Up.
Thanks for the history lesson man. Damn, 35 years clean and now we know. For me it was 15 years ago, I’m 36 now. 15 years ago I stopped and then my beloved Metro Franchise decided to fuq me, so I Fuq’d them. It’s funny how these people are willing to defend epic to the death but I’ve never seen this type of support for GoG. Man people in this millennia is on some next level wierd.
Yeah… because that’s why the majority of pc gamers are hating the chinese c**k $ucker$… because they don’t care where they buy their games. I really love how shills are talking out of their @$$… y’all in denial.
Epic, make piracy great again.
Yo_ho_hoooo
I know A LOT of PC players as well as my friends and maybe 2 or 3 out of the 50+ of us dont care where they buy their games, the others do though. The majority of PC players actually do care about store exclusives. Why do you think we dont play on consoles? We want freedom to play and buy games how we want, not how they make us.
You think all those people playing fortnite care about where they are playing it? Seems the majority have or do play that, and yet you’re saying most people won’t touch the store. Doesn’t add up.
Just buy what you enjoy and whom you want to support , that is if you can afford it, otherwise there are just too many developers and games that don’t deserve the money they are asking , and there are also such not even worth pirating.
Its really simple.
Really enjoying this game it looks great and runs smooth. So much for all the people claiming this was a bad game. They have done a really good job with this spin off I hope they do another.
Good to know. The trailers looked pretty dull.
-dark souls combat system appeals to low iq console gamers and autistic pc gamers.
-button mashing games are for south east asian low iq inbreds.
-halo games are for mcdonald employees who feel special and nostalgic at the same time.
-witcher 3 appeals to virgins with severe autism.
-games that ubisoft makes appeal to people with disability and actual down syndrome (aka rytards).
-crpgs appeal to smart people like me with high iqs. also, people who hate crpgs are mcdonald employees with low iqs who can’t get good jobs because they were never smart at the first place to get a worthy education (therefore high paying jobs are not available to them).
-if you play on consoles exclusively, you definitely have a low iq because otherwise you’d have been able to afford a pc.
-pc gamers who invest on hardware but pirate video games are a bit filthy but smart at the same time.
yall nigas dislike as much as you want but i’m dropping facts left and right.
Name your favorite games
Goat Simulator
Violated Heroine
Desert Bus
I don’t play video games, sorry.
Why do you troll so much i mean really.
because it’s funny?
Just block him, I did.
You call that trolling? Haha, this dude is not a troll he’s mentally insane.
i’m not mentally insane, i’m just having fun with extremely sensitive disabled people like you.
minecraft, lego games and pinball.
Goat STD side effects include insane rambling?
very weak and low iq insult.
Lmao ???
You’re so focused on that “low iq” thing. What’s wrong, did you fail an iq test? Is that why you’re trumatized?
yeah
LMAO, now this comment section is far more interesting !!
BTW i’m a virgin with severe autism, an autistic PC gamer and also a smart crpg fan, how is this possible ??
Another new mod for sekiro from frozen 2 this time we get kristoff , if u like u can share this on your site 🙂
https://youtu.be/zPBcBzragiI
all joking aside, this game is great, buy it. (no trolling).