Darksiders Dayz Review

“They are not our prey,” Strife said, sighting down his massive pistol. “They’re just… stuck.”

“No soul to take,” the Rider whispered to himself. “And no soul to give.”

“They shoot on sight,” Fury muttered, watching a living man in a torn raincoat club another for a can of beans. “Pathetic.” darksiders dayz

Through the scope, he saw Death. The pale rider had dismounted. He wasn’t reaping souls. He was standing over a fresh body, one hand hovering above its chest. For the first time in eons, Death looked confused.

The survivor pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through Death’s cloak, harmless. Death turned, skull-face impassive. “They are not our prey,” Strife said, sighting

Down in the city, a survivor crouched in a fire station. His name was forgotten. His gear was mismatched, his blood pressure low. He heard the distant, unnatural clop of hooves on wet asphalt. He raised a scoped rifle, sweat dripping into his eyes.

He mounted his pale steed and rode back toward the ridge, leaving the survivor alone with his empty rifle and the moans of the hungry dead—neither Heaven nor Hell caring which side won, because neither side was left to keep score. “Pathetic

“You fear the end of days,” Death said, his voice like grinding stones. “But you are already living in the aftermath of something worse. You are not fighting for survival. You are fighting for a world that forgot how to die.”