Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

This page is for the Deathinitive Edition. For the original release, see Darksiders II.

Darksiders
Darksiders	2010
Darksiders II	2012
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition	2015
Darksiders Warmastered Edition	2016
Darksiders III	2018
Darksiders Genesis	2019

Key points

Updated version of Darksiders II with enhanced graphics, DLC integrated, and game balance and loot tweaks

Owners of Darksiders Franchise Pack on Steam^[1] or Darksiders and Darksiders II with DLC on GOG.com^[2] before November 5, 2015 received the game for free

Players owning the original Darksiders II and DLC on Steam used to be able to unlock the Deathinitive Edition at Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition Redeem but this link is no longer valid

General information

Official forums

Darksiders Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.^[3]
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[4]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soundtrack

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

In-game UI settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Darksiders2\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/388410/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Darksiders2\
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/388410/remote/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/388410/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Store
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Approx. 100 MB available.

Video[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Unknown post-process AA. Low, medium, high options.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input[edit]

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Not accessible by the Options menu but by selecting Key Bindings from the pause menu.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis inversion also available.
Controller
Controller support		With controller plugged in, mouse and keyboard are disabled other than for menu navigation.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis inversion also available.

Additional information
Button prompts		Keyboard button prompts when controller not plugged in.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Only in menu

Audio[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output.^[5]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition.

Issues unresolved[edit]

Game freezes during the final boss fight[edit]

There is a high chance that the game itself will freeze, but audio will still play when the final boss' health is at 75% after the cutscene. The problem disappears only if you disconnect your PC from the internet.

Cannot move after leaving the menu[edit]

This happens when you quickly open the second menu at the same time as 1st one. You can exit from the 2nd one, but since the 1st one isn't showed up, your character is stuck in entire game. The only way to regain your control is to exit the game and run it.

Stuck in Guardian destruction scene end[edit]

After leaving the menu which describes the weapon you have received. There is a small chance that you will be stuck in a cutscene which supposed to end. Exit to the main menu and continue the game. Keep in mind that you still have to fight The Guardian once more.

Issues fixed[edit]

Crash after speaking to Archon[edit]

Opt in to beta on Steam^[6]

Right click on the game in your Steam library and choose Properties from the menu.
Click the Betas tab and select 'publicbeta', then click Close.
Wait for Steam to update game and then relaunch it.

Frequent crashes in combat when dealing high amounts of damage[edit]

Disable damage numbers/Combat text^{[citation needed]}

Press Esc.
Go to options.
Disable damage numbers.

Low framerate[edit]

Improve low fps by making the game only use 2 cpu cores^[8]

Go into the installation folder.
Rename Darksiders2.exe to Darksiders2fix.exe.
Open Notepad and type the code: start /affinity 3 Darksiders2fix.exe (this will set the game to be running on core 1&2)
name the file Darksiders2.bat and save it in the games folder
download the program called bat to exe converter and convert Darksiders2.bat to Darksiders2.exe^[7]

Alternate method:

Make a text file in the same folder as the game's Darksiders2.exe, and rename the text file to "Darksiders II Affinity.BAT", with the following text in it: start /affinity AA Darksiders2.exe
The "/affinity AA" makes it run on odd cores (1,3,5 of 0,1,2,3,4,5 on a 6 core) and this gave me better results than core /affinity 3.
Create a shortcut to the Darksiders II Affinity.BAT file and run the game from that. No need to rename darksiders2.exe (breaks Nvidia profiles) or download extra programs.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista SP1	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz	Quad core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

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>/388410/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (388410) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-5] 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>/388410/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (388410) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Information on Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition release (ENG/GER) :: Darksiders General Discussion

[2] Information on Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition release on GOG (ENG/GER), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-01-01

[4] Verified by User:Jack on 2015-12-02

[6] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[7] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/388410/discussions/0/496881136927436269/

[8] ttp://www.f2ko.de/en/b2e.php

[9] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/388410/discussions/0/1458455461492338760/#c1458455461498376561

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Developers

	Vigil Games
Remaster	Gunfire Games
	Nordic Games
Publishers
	Nordic Games
Release dates
Windows	November 5, 2015
Reception
OpenCritic	73
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Series	Darksiders