So Fury protected humanity to give what was left of them a chance for survival. Death sacrificed himself to bring humanity back from the well of souls. And War killed The Destroyer, turned his back on the council, revived Death with the call, brought all the Horsemen together, and began a war against all those who would have them destroyed.

And the number of the riders shall ever be... *Four*

Out of the games so far, the ending to first Darksiders was the most satisfying. Holding the broken seventh seal in his hand and you see the 3 horsemen in the background falling from the sky, that shit was so satisfying and gave me chills.

"This is no place for a Horse..." "I must go alone..." "Where there is a lock there is a key." -Death

Best part of the entire game..... No, not alone!

war: can you restore the balance? bat: hahaha no *wars kills her*

Isn't it ironic that out of all the horsemen, Death is the one who wants to resurrect humanity

We need 5 games for this saga, one for each Horsemen and ghe final game combining all of them and go after the council and all who tried to f*** with them in the first place. This is an epic story arc.

This has been the journey so far... *crowfather voice*

This game is so underrated. I ask my friends If they've played darksiders. 90% of them will say no. I don't understand why!?

Me, when I first played Darksiders 2: Oh boy, I get to play as Death, I wonder what they let me do with... Darksiders: Fetch Quests Me: What? Darksiders: What?

I'm telling you, Doomguy would have had this all sorted out in the first 20 minutes

One minor tidbit, the Nephilim became a threat because Absalom wanted Eden and did not believe humanity deserved it.

What these games lack in imagery/cinematography, they make up for in depth and story telling

"And the number of the riders shall ever be 4..." so badass

Oooo, you missed the Crowfather’s play on the phrase. “You will not enter the tree of life while I still live.” Through his death, Death is sent on his quest. That’s what made the exchange so cool haha

This game has such great lore. They took aspects of Christianity and forged them into a compelling store and lore without spitting in the face of Christians. Can't wait for Darksiders III, got it pre-installed and just waiting for the day!

Darksiders 2&3 happend while we played War in Darksiders 1. Darksiders 1 ending is actually the ENDING of the whole story, so after 2 and 3 and maybe even 4. So many people didnt get that.

When he said “shall ever be Four” and death appeared I got hype aab

Excellent retrospective man. I'm a big fan of the franchise and watching new people play it and show interest makes me very happy Thanks for guiding the new fans in the lore.

Man, I am so excited for Darksiders 3 and the story

This video amazing!! Never knew the story was so good until I saw it in one sitting! Great video man

This was awesome! You did better than anyone else I know in terms of explaining the storyline. The way you detailed every section and factor and explained the plot with such thoroughness. Thank you!

That ending with his brothers and sister appearing is badass

The End Lines to both of the games were BADASS "No NEVER Alone!" "And the Number of riders shall forever be.............................four" I havnt played Darksiders 3 but I really hope there is something like that)

The story of this game is amazing and should not be stopped until it has ended

Just found this channel. That has to be the coherent and factual telling of the story of darksiders. Very straight and to the point with no speculation thrown in. I really enjoyed it.

Thank you for making this!!

Got a darksiders ad on this.

1 issue. The Nephilim were killed because they wanted to take Eden for them selves, Angels had the White City Demons had Hell, and they had nothing. When the Creator said Humans would have Eden they wanted to take it and destroy humanity if they had to. That's why they were killed by the Four and the Council. Because humans were gonna bring balance. Because of this Eden was "destroyed", no more fights were needed, and humans got placed on Earth. Azrael then hid a piece of Eden, that was supposed to be gone, from the Council. And that is where he takes War to meet the Tree of Knowledge.

Fantastic vid, thank you very much for the concise and important "Story So Far" :D

Was about to replay both games just so I can get up to speed. But then I thought "There must be some good soul who made a video on the story" Thank you and... I'm still going to replay them :)

Thank you very much, I have been looking for a video like this which explains the story. The like is fully deserved, and if I can give you 1000 like than I will without any hesitation.

I love the story, I can't believe I forgot most of it :( It's been a long time. I hope darksiders 3 sells well though

Very well explained!! Thanks man!

Thank you so so much. This clears everything up.

Damn what a story...i hope they continue after DarkSiders 3.

Angry Joe shouted you out man, great job!

I could listen to you all day,good vid man .

I've been looking for a video like this ever since Darksiders 3 was first teased. Thank you for finally providing me the video I so heavily sought. Having played both games and loved them, I was always a little confused with the second game where it took place cannonically, thanks.

"but he is first bound to an entity known as The Watcher..." hold on i see a typo here let me fix that "but he is first bound to an entity known as Mark Hamil"

At least I know how death is alive thanks

i truly enjoyed the way you unfolded the story of the riders, i've played ds1 and ds2 and to be honest wasn't completely sure of what was going on, the lore is rich and sometimes i got lost, great video

Very well explained i enjoyed it ! Tnx for doing this video now i understand the story better.

Deepest of lores! I liked the first game the second not so much. I'm curious to see what they do with the third one.

I don't know why I'm watching this. I know almost everything there is to know about the whole Darksiders franchise. I just wanted to watch a video about Darksiders, one my most favorite games ever. I'm really obsessed with it really.

YEEESSS THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

Thanks 4 this!

Never played these games but hot damn is the story on point!

With Strife getting a spinoff game it looks as if Darksiders 4 will be the last main entry into the series. Which makes sense because the number of main entry games shall ever be.. 4.

wow this was fantastic thank you for the video

This was a really well done video!

thank you now its more clear :)

Spoilers Strife gameplay consist of fighter missles, helicopter machine guns and a tank barrel for sniping. He dropped his pistol.

thank god someone told the lore in a way i can understand it ♥ thank you

ahhhhh this video cleared up a lot for me thanks!

Good work! Now I'm going to buy these games.

I wonder how long death was knocked out when the souls were returned to him

Back to watch again! Such a great lore recap! :)

Awesome recap before playing next game thx

Damn. Thank god ps plus had Darksiders 3 for free download. Not familiar with the series but it looks epic so far

I so want this game so much

Thanks for the video!

Love this video very entertaining ❤️

The journey so far...

angry joe sent me here

very nice video dude!!! thanks a lot

Superb job! You have a talent for this! Keep it up!

Will they stop at darksiders 4 or will they all come together in darksiders 5?

Oh my.

I freaked out so much when I saw darksiders 3 in the game store, you don’t know how much I love this game that I’ve replayed both games multiple times

Outstanding brother! thank you

I'm trying to get into this game, thanks for helping me getting to like it and eventually buy it some day/

Angry joe told me about this

Excellent video. I loved those games.

Thanks for this!

"No, not alone!" This sounded like Illidan, is it the same voice actor?

Angry Joe sent me :)

Dope topic!

Brilliant narration mate 👍👍👍

I wish I could drop more than one like.

Darksiders IV (STRIFE) 2024

Great video !! Nicely done sir!!!!

That... was beautiful... I haven’t gone through a recap of this at all after I beat DS2 when it was released. So it’s been a long long while. Got DS3 coming in the mail soon and can’t wait to get on it.

So death isn't dead either since the seal is broken he is gonna answer the call and be revived?

So let me get this straight... (With mostly lack of detail) So War gets blamed for doing his job (coming after the seven seals break) and eventually broke the code and got imprisoned Death tries and succeeds In restoring Man to the balance which brings back the problem everyone was afraid of... The power through the potential of humanity.. Through sacrificing himself fittingly And at the same time Fury loses her purpose despite hunting down the seven deadly sins and waiting on the seven seals to break so she can ride with her brothers .. But eventually learns that the council is corrupt essentially...and uses the vessel of the Lord of The Hollows to escape and protect humanity... For now So we don't know what strife was doing during this time (but we can assume helping scraping the last of humanity for restoration later since he saves fury and helps kill some demons So essentially the cops of heaven and hell are used unfairly only for conspiring leads to all 4 being unchained by everyone (council) so that they attain justice through the success of humanity and the much deserved justice of the 4 Last but not least War (the one who "started" all this ) is killed (willingly) only to be resurrected again by the broken seventh seal Thus returning death from the well... Bringing back Fury from humanity (since she was protecting humans but we assume they just swallow her up and summon them all at once) and strife (from wherever he came) Ok got it 👍🏾👌🏾😅😂

EXCELLENT summary! It was sooooo many years ago I played Darksider 1. Darksiders 2 more recently but had forgotten about that story too 😅 But now when I start Darksiders 3, I feel that I know it all now again! Thanks! ^^

Thanks for the easy explanation

LILITH IS TOO T H I C C *TOO T H I C C!!!!!!!!*

Death looks like mick Thompson from slipknot. Common he does. Lol

Incredible character and environment designs, deep and compelling lore, fun gameplay, and sadly, highly underrated and overlooked. I really hope the next game gets more funding.

Awesome vid, liked and subbed!

Ahh that nice and sexy Matthew Mercer War voice

I love the first game so much! 2 was alright but not even close to the original

Ok this is awesome. I have just gotten to the wyrm and I'm about to get my horse time to finish DS1.

Great video!

So can i ship war and uriel

Angry joe army her

Excellent stuff

I needed a good catch up on the games before number 3, thanks!