This page is for the original release. For the Deathinitive Edition, see Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- No longer available digitally. Replaced by Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition.
- Owners of Darksiders Franchise Pack or Darksiders II with DLC on Steam and Darksiders II with DLC on GOG.com before November 5, 2015 received Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition for free.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| Season Pass |
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| Abyssal Forge |
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| Angel of Death |
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| Argul's Tomb |
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| Deadly Despair |
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| Death Rides |
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| The Demon Lord Belial |
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| Fletcher's Crow Hammer |
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| Mace Maximus |
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| Mortis Pack |
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| Rusanov's Axe |
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| Shadow of Death |
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| Van Der Schmash Hammer |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\media\video\
- Delete or rename
2011_THQ_Logo_FadeOut_720p.bik and Vigil_Logo1280x720.bik.
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Save Game File Corruption Prevention
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Patch EXE to fix late-game Save File Corruption issue[citation needed]
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- Download Save Game Corruption Fix
- Extract to where the game is installed and execute ds2fix.exe as an administrator.
- You must re-apply this patch if you ever verify the integrity of the game in Steam/GOG etc.
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Stutter fix
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Instructions
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- Disable Vsync in the game.
- Force Vsync via video drivers (AMD Catalyst/Nvidia Control Panel).
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Settings are only available after the cinematic introduction displayed when starting a new game. No real "main menu" before starting/loading a game.
Input
- Key bindings menu can be found via the inventory menu: press O, then navigate to the Move List menu.
Some keyboard keys cannot be mapped to game commands, like Delete, or num_del, Insert keys. Also, Arrow keys, END, HOME, Page Up, Page Down, etc. are displayed as "UNKNOWN KEY" then setting it again displays as NUMPAD keys. The "UNKNOWN KEY" can only be bound once. Arrows are functional still after this binding as NUM keys, but any NUMPAD keys cannot be binded as it is seen as already bound. I is hardbound to PAUSE, so that is also not remappable. E is hard-coded and cannot be bound to certain actions (e.g. Move Horse Forward).
Additionally if a key is already bound, the action using that key has to be remapped before it can be used.
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Czech |
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| Dutch |
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| French |
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| German |
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| Italian |
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| Polish |
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| Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation, download. |
| Russian |
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| Spanish |
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VR support
Issues unresolved
Phasewalker can't be used at the first portal after Lilith
Return to the main menu and resume the game.
Karkinos does not react to eggs thrown
Get closer before throwing the egg at the soft part.
The game takes a lot of time to get into main-menu
This is reportedly an issue with one of the online services that no longer responds[3][4]. Disabling online connection can help to speed up the process.
Alt+Tab ↹ causes the game to crash
Redemption can't be used
Issues fixed
Freezing while exiting pause or inventory screens on some Nvidia GPUs
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Enable adaptive vsync[citation needed]
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Force adaptive vsync in the Nvidia Control Panel.
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Stuttering
- Caused by uncapped frame rate.
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Enable vsync[citation needed]
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Enable vsync in the video options.
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Use a frame limiter program[citation needed]
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High System Temperatures
- Caused by uncapped frame rate.
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Use D3DOverrider[5][citation needed]
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Refer to D3DOverrider to force vsync to limit frame rate and temperatures.
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3D Vision effects not rendering correctly
- Using 3D Vision in the game is subpar to what it could be, with effects and shadows not rendering at the correct depth.
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Use Helix Mod[citation needed]
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Use Helix Mod to improve the 3D effects.
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No dialogue voices or subtitles
Region locked copies may lack voices and subtitles when language is changed to anything other than language native for their region.[6]
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Change language in Steam[citation needed]
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- Open the Steam Library.
- Right click on Darksiders 2.
- Click Properties.
- Go to the Language tab.
- Change language.
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Install d3dcompiler_47 using Protontricks.[7]
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9.0c |
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| Shader Model support |
3.0, 4.0 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Physics |
Havok |
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| Audio |
Wwise |
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| Interface |
Scaleform |
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| Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3, Vista SP1 |
7 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 2.0 GHz |
Quad Core |
| System memory (RAM) |
2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
Shader model 4.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/50650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (50650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
