The same person who cast Vernon Wells as Samael

And i can say im in love with War's voice... Amazing..... "Angel of death searve me one last time"

Honestly, I thought this was an absolutely beautiful story... The intense love death has for his brother, War, in going to the ends of the universe to save his soul was almost enough to make me weep... as powerful as he is, Death, himself is just a pawn in the larger scheme of things, but sacrifices himself to save humanity

@@ionutivan5126 "I chose what once a coward did not"

@@ionutivan5126 War is voiced by the same guy who voices Doctor Strange, or one of them at least. Or perhaps I should say it's the other way around?

TrillBhuddah hellz yes. These might not be the best graphics but the little gestures every character has plus the phenomenal voice acting really set this game apart

Don't forget the outstanding character design! The Darksides series have the most gorgeous character visual design I've ever seen!

I'd say this game series art style is timeless.

@@thomasphil543 It really is. It was great when I played it in 2012, and having finished the Deathinitive edition a month ago, it still holds up. Meanwhile games like The Last of Us and GTA V are already aging badly, even their remastered versions. This artstyle wasn't cheap, but just as you say, it's timeless.

It was like god of war's brother.well god of war had a lot of brothers.theres Dante's inferno and devil may cry as well.but ut all started from god of war

By the end he's just thinking "OK Absolam,I have to save my brother in the next 5 minutes,SO CAN WE HURRY THIS UP"

+AshyBoneVR4 then he gets 20 pts cuz he said the same thing in Darksiders 1 ( i think)

+Aaron Polcz He did, but War didn't die in the end of Darksiders 1.

+AshyBoneVR4 yeah he did. Thats why he was stabbed to death remember?

+Hunter Fallon Ya, but he was brought back after the seventh seal was destroyed so before the closing credits he was standing and you as the gamer knew he was alive. at the end of DS2, all you see is death jumping into the fountain/well of souls after he takes off his mask.

+AshyBoneVR4 yes but the whole point is that they both die prior to the seventh seal. The hero DOES die in the end. It just so happens that these heroes are ressurected.

He's a snarky little arrogant bastard to literally everyone he meets. And we all love him for it.

Igor He’s the Grim Reaper. Of course he’s a bastard.

Seen Some idiot on the darksiders genesis trailer comment ” wow finally a character with a sense of humor”

@@slainemccool2875 casuals smh...

@@slainemccool2875 Even War had a sense of humor at times. Death was sarcastic as fuck. That person was clearly an idiot.

Imagine if he was a Devil May Cry villain.

Sinrai Paleodemon he would fit in well. have some epic banter between him and Dante.

Imagine if Sparda fought him. I thinking of a sick ass theme between Dante & Samael. What kind of theme you think it should be?

Sinrai Paleodemon something like the battle theme of Guren Lagan. look it up. it's beyond epic.

Is there a specific battle theme for it because animes tend to have a lot of battle themes that are claimed to be main battle themes. Ex: Attack On Titan.

like u never ask kindly demons for a favor u fight for the spoils xD

Metaphysics ii

I think you mean easier

ever fought absalom in the crucible? samael's routine pales compared to what he does there...

Jelo Mercado I was thrown off by him being in round 100. I went in blind hoping to get the plat with two health bottles left. I killed him with literally 2 health left. I almost raged

What? No it's not. I just platinumed Darksiders 2 Deathinitive Edition and Absalom absolutely reckted me on Deathinitive difficulty. I was raging that it literally took me 15+ tries and completely changing my build to scrape out a victory. Samael was like 1 try on the same difficulty. And then he's in the crucible, but for my own peace of mind I'm not gunna talk about it. Lol..

haha my favourite war quote is "has prison made you a coward?" and samael roars in his face and he doesnt move a muscle

oh yeah xD such a badass

393Dan 'There's no shame in turning back' Death-'No point either'

and the best quote of him being death is "careful crow father i am not here to put you out of your misery, not yet"

Ulthane: "Do I look like I'm afraid of death, boy?" War: "It's not Death you should fear."

Demons dont have Souls...so Death was correct in that assesment.

I think he wants a final showdown. but he's very calculating as he knows who to make allies with and who to pick a fight with. He might be the wisest character in the DS universe

Samael? Please with his cunning nature i bet he does have certain codes to himself in life but i doubt its about wanting and respecting the balance from what i can see when he was powerful enough to challenge lucifer he either wants to find more power to actually match him due to some unique power he has difficulty in defeating or didnt wanna bother with too much interference from other forces like heaven and the charred council if he were to reign his long lived nature and life span just gives him time to secretly plant seeds that shall bare fruit and i bet he'd prefer to be a shadow ruler hidden regardless of being the most powerful archdemon unless he didnt have a choice but to directly confront his enemies.

I think he enjoys conflict. He has certain codes of conduct, considering how he ended up in Darksiders 1. Though what exactly his line is remains unknown. He says he dislikes the company Lucifer keeps, referencing Abaddon, so I assume it’s something about Abaddon in particular he despises, something enough to have him finally split from Hell’s hierarchy. Though what that is is speculative. It could be the fact that Abaddon is an Angel, or a Fallen Angel. The former I don’t know about since he doesn’t seem to bear any especial malice toward them or those who associate with them. The latter seems to be the only one of his sort so that’s unknown. My personal speculation though is this: I can assume that he knows that Abaddon was the one who pushed for the plan that broke the pact, he seems to be one of the most informed creatures in the entirety of Darksiders. He’s capable of viewing distant events and discerning time travel so it’s possible that he has a certain ability to observe across time and space. It seems he reserves his contempt for Abaddon, Ulthane and Azrael following his lead making him the ringleader and in his eyes the one most worth his contempt which makes a bit more sense since it seems that Samael’s big line is holding up one’s end of a deal. Given that Abaddon was the one to break that pact. But ultimately he seems to enjoy setting up powerful figures to collide and seeing what happens.

He is the most interesting character in the series. I just feel like he is more manipulative than Lucifer himself lmao.

samael is the right hand of the bad guy doesnt want to mess his hands and waits strongly for the right time to shine and get what he wants

Omnipotent? No. 3rd most powerful being in the DS universe? Yes. Omniscient? No. Knows more than you can even conceive of? Yes. Remember that Samael is a 4-dimensional being. He is very powerful and knows things that a human mind in the DS universe could never even comprehend. But he is not The Creator, which is the DS version of God

So would Lucifer the prince of lie be Omniscient or nigh omnipotent

Moi Levin Samael is his equal so no

Tahja Tomlinson he's at least 12 feet tall. and death, i think, is shorter then him.so who knows why he crouches.

He lost most of his power in Darksiders 1, in this part of Darksiders 2 he is using all of his power.

SparksFly2323 I think Death is a head taller than War.

Tahja Tomlinson oh, i remember that, in the first lvl of darksiders 2, the first boss is a black 'war, and he was taller then death, by a little bit, so i thought his real self was that tall.

Simple. Samael was chained and bound in Darksiders 1, that's why he was bent on one knee the whole time, possibly a form of humiliation put upon him by the Destroyer. Can't believe none of the rest of you remembered this.

Darksiders 3 takes place at the same time as darksiders 2. Which means our present samael is in prison

@@TheMADWonderlandOfficial Exactly~

Thanks! I have been looking for that for years! One of the best deductions of the devil in my opinion. Don't remember the movie that well, but I remember Darkness

Joel Gawne Samael is the first angel to hold death as an aspect. After he fell along with lilith the death aspect is given to Azrael

Thanks, i did not know that.

Well death did fight a corrupted archangel in heaven while he fought a fallen archangel in hell

I was thinking that too people saying Samael is stronger in the future I was like bruh Death isn't even in his true form what yo talking bout

+Coduxs I need to ask, but in that cutscene at the end of the fight, does Samael look like he's been in fight with an equal, or like he's just done a light workout? While yes, Samael is at full power, he's not using it all.

If death wanted to he could have went reaper and killed him..but he needed the key

Death could have easily killed Samael if he so wanted to by going into reaper form. Cause once in reaper form it is no contest and Samael would automatically lose

Abbadon the Destroyer I'm not so sure. Samael spent the majority of fight sat on his throne, nonchalantly shooting fireballs at Death. That doesn't sound all out to me. Also, take into consideration that this was in the past, and Samael apparently picked a fight with Lucifer between then and the events of 1 and was likely conserving his power for that. And remember that he was rumoured to be almost as powerful as Lucifer, who's lackey (Lilith) had the power to create the Nephilim, and she is far weaker than either of them. So no, I doubt Death would have been able to kill Samael. By the way, the whole Absalom thing you were talking about? Their first fight was 4v1 against Absalom and the second I would see he was actually far weaker. The corruption was more of a corrupting influence that twisted the lands than supercharger for Absalom himself.

i can agree with that

Majeed Belle He is omniscient thats why! This has been known since DS1.

Also why Samael first thought the horsemen were sent for him. Why would a horseman come for Samael if not for something he had done (or since he knows death is from the future) something he is planning to do.

Death is the leader of the four horseman in the darksiders story. He is the oldest and the strongest of the four and will go to great lengths to protect is siblings. I don’t know why people argue about who is stronger when there is such a clear cut winner on who is stronger.

@@paulogouveia855 War is the strongest kiddo

Taking a nap lol

This comment isnt even edited and you put (oops i ment the key) wtf man

I dont remember posting this

サスケウチハ because he’s too good and isn’t a kid to edit stuff in you dumbass joking don’t be such a imbrwd butthurt twat I’m just curious to know why you said that fam we don’t do that shit here

You forgot Death's true power is bound and seal by Charred Council. Death doesn't even use his limited Reaper Form nor having an Abyssal Armor during this fight canonically. Both of them fight with their full base power here, and yet Samael clearly exhaust at the end while Death remain the same, like not breaking a sweat at all to him. Truth is, Samael here is in his prime form, fully powered while Death is the one who doesn't even has half of his strength, yet he calmly challenge Samael

⁠ On the other hand that power doesn’t come naturally, it is given and revoked. Samael isn’t exhausted, if anything he looks amused. Samael makes it pretty clear that he’s just toying with Death for this bout, stopping only when Death proves capable of scratching him, and that pretty clearly took a lot of doing on Death’s part. He pants twice because he’s just been struck in the face, given his skills as a manipulator and an extremely powerful demon it’s likely been a long time since Samael has had a decent scrap or even felt pain and he takes a second to acclimatise to the sensation. That’s all. While Samael might be at his apex, he’s clearly holding back.

@@rustkarl He was probably holding back a little, but not completely. He was testing to see if Death could beat Corruption, which was a force that was literally ending all of existence. Samael himself couldn't stop it from consuming his kingdom. So in order to see if Death could do what Samael couldn't, he'd have to at least get close to full power during his fight. And Death didn't have his own Harvester, Abyssal Armor, or full power. I think both at their peak, Death still wins.

@@TheStraightestWhitest I was under the impression that Corruption overtook his domain because he was imprisoned by Lucifer, where War found him in Darksiders 1.

Lol i kinda found that's kinda fun,killing a badass boss with a badass theme 3 times just because of a glitch is enjoyable..atleast for me.

+John Alexander Rickard (SpinalRage91) Hey, but show some respect to Samael too. Best boss fight in Darksiders 2, very mysterious and badass character, always honorable. Acts cool with the Horsemen, cause he knows his own power, but always show them his kind of respect. Personally my favourite character ex aequo with Death.

I agree man, don't get me wrong I didn't forget about Samael even though I didn't mention him. I am really looking forward to the Deathinative edition of the game. I really want a Darksiders 3 sometime in the near future =)

+John Alexander Rickard (SpinalRage91) wont ever happen unless THQ gets more money sorry to bring the bad news

THQ went bankrupt and Nordic games got the rights. I think it's a massive possibility that Darksiders 3 will surface eventually cause the franchise did relatively well. If a game like Shenmue is finally getting another sequel after it actually the first 2 installments being a flop despite the game actually being really good, than things are definitely looking bright for Darksiders cause it was a profitable enough franchise, maybe not to COD standards of profit but it was still profitable cause it is popular enough.

+John Alexander Rickard (SpinalRage91) darksiders 3 is now confirmed

He didn't manipulate War. He helped him so he could beat the bosses. Did he lie? Yup! but that is to be expected.

​@@SuperSky9 He never told War the true reason for defeating the 4 Chosen Towerguardians.. though he kept his word. War in his stoicism was only focussed on killing the Destroyer. Samael used that naievety to his advantage by sending War on his quest to destroy the Chosen. If War would bring him the 4 Black Hearts of Tiamat, the Griever, the Stygian and Silitha, he would help war get to the Black Tower...and he did! That War restored Samael to his full power, in the process was Samael's true plan. He didnt lie, he omitted that part, as War didnt ask for it ....which ofcourse isnt that much different from lying: he told War the truth.... but ofcourse not the WHOLE truth!... Still Samael kept his word! I'm curious though on when Samael's parting-words to War will fit in; 'We wíll...meet again'....War and Samael have NOT met again, since.

we do now

@@austinhebbron2107 and no samael in it

Boy Wonder Wich is fucking disgrace.

Yeah Samael was merely holding back. He was simply testing death. Samael is so powerful, he’s literally like a God. He’s only second to Lucifer.

@@jonathanm9986 who win death with the powers of the seal or sameal

@@justanaverageenjoyer8494 Even with the seals broken, Samael would win. It would take the combined forces of all four horsemen, with the seals broken if they want a chance against Samael. Samael is no joke. He’s a force to be reckoned with which is why he is very respected and feared in all realms. Edit: In fact the horsemen were all sent to Samaels castle. But they were instructed not to fight Samael, only to send him a message that the council would like him to eventually take Lucifers place as the leader of hell. Lucifer did not take kindly to this news and has no intention of giving up his position to Samael, one of his arch nemesis. Edit 2: Samael is such a big threat that to enact his plans in the apocalypse, Lucifer plotted against Samael and had him imprisoned. He then separated Samaels powers and placed them into the four chosen to prevent Samaels return. Then while Samael was imprisoned, Lucifer sent forces to destroy Samaels castle and defeat the demons loyal to Samael while it was leaderless destroying it (which is why it’s destroyed in Darksiders 2 and Death has to travel to the past to see Samael). In short, Lucifer made sure to go out of his way to ensure Samael did not meddle in his plans for the apocalypse. If Lucifer sees Samael as this much of a threat, that’s because he is. The four chosen that War kills in the first game were not to protect the iron throne but instead to prevent Samaels return at all cost. Even the fourth chosen, Silithia, told War that Samael would be a threat greater than all the four chosen combined. And they themselves were powerful. Edit 3: In the second game one was also note that Samael has a degree of omnipotence. Only god level beings in the Darksiders universe are able to tap into omnipotence. Samael is a literal menace. Samael also has a large degree of knowledge, having wandered around numerous realms. Samael was famous for watching numerous wars, conflicts and battles unfold (including the Nephilim war. Samael watched the Nephilim get slaughtered in Eden). Samael was nicknamed the red wanderer. And finally Samael is a very ancient demon. He is far older than death, who is very old himself (Death is first generation Nephilim). This means Samael has a lot of years of experience. Thousands of years if not millions.

@@jonathanm9986 i agree thanks glad to darksiders fans still around

@@jonathanm9986 I still have my vote on death and his reaper form. My favorite horseman will win against this monster of hell

Ashish Bhatt the ending was a joke too tbh. Like I get Death wanted to redeem War and restore War's honor. But at least give us the option to revive the Nephlim just to see what happens.

try fighting absalom in a crucible...

@@React2Quick future plans for nephilims maybe

Andreas Eiring wow you got to him on nightmare , respect

Right

No, the time gap is too short. Fury's adventure take place after the end of Darksiders 2, where Death has sacrifice his life to restored humanity. Hence why Death is declare "missing" by the Council and there a humans in Darksiders 3

i beat argul on lvl 12...

actual time is. death first went to samael to grab the key before samael ended up in the prison on earth and before he met war. because when war is imprisoned (dead) is the actual time when death is trying to restore humanity. and it is during that time that samael got imprisoned. so death went back in time before the war on earth even began

Ricardo 4 tails. Pro is back. You gotta know your place imbecile

i mean, death was holding back too.

+Date Masamune You mean the fact that Samael does not make the arena smaller at 3:20 ? If you still run into that problem, do this: Right after the little Quick Time Event, don't run back to the platform, but insted jump into the lava. You'll lose a bit of health, but the cutscene will play. This should work, since it works with pretty much everybody.

+Date Masamune Yea that happened to me a couple of times. I take it you mean that he won't summon the arena to him at 3:19 ? If that is the case, just jump into the lava as soon as the little QTE finishes. It solved it for me, and tons of others

+Kingomit1511 Charmant

Kingomit1511 take the effort to speak english in an english thread