that ending was fucked up, thats my 2 cents  
 
the game was extremely badass from start to finish except for that last last scene with the final revelations with athena  
 
not satisfied with that ending man , way too fucked up 

His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me.

" His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me. "

Oh, so he becomes a Big Daddy.  Awesome.

" Oh, so he becomes a Big Daddy.  Awesome. "

After the credits roll and it showed where Kratos died it looks like the stone forms a phoenix.

Kratos couldn't have survived that. He got killed the same way at the beginning of God of war 2. Although in 3 Kratos didn't get crushed by a giant hand just prior to the Blade of Olympus going through him.

Never played GOW, any of them, but saw the ending on youtube. That is a sure fire way to end the series for Kratos, kinda risky

Signing my name to the "I just beat it" thread.

Signing the just beat it list.  That was a very satisfying game.

Also signing the just beat it thread :D
 
One of the greatest games I have ever played.

Beat it - felt it went downhill after Chronos though. 
 
Epic first 5 hours and amazingly paced (loved how each of the main titan fights were multi-tiered affairs, broken up by normal enemies, platforming and puzzles and yet somehow still managed to retain their momentum), but the Giant box temple and everything after that was just ugly (especially the MC Escher gardens which looked like they were ripped out of the HD God of War 1+2 collection) and dull with the same enemies you'd already faced, forced closed arena fights to artificially lengthen the game, some bad checkpointing, simplistic puzzles with nowhere near the scale they had in prior entries in the series, invisible walls everywhere and a frankly unearned redemption arch and tonal shift featuring one of the worst voiced little girls I've ever had the misfortune to watch try to act. The dialogue wasn't always great but hearing her wax lyrical on hope was near Final Fantasy levels of anime melodrama. 
 
Loved parts of the game, hated and was bored by others and had my jaw dropped by the awesomeness of few more - inconsistent is how I'd describe it. 
 
Also, the next game will so star the brother that was hinted at in the bonus materials of the first game...

" Never played GOW, any of them, but saw the ending on youtube. That is a sure fire way to end the series for Kratos, kinda risky "

" Beat it - felt it went downhill after Chronos though.  Epic first 5 hours and amazingly paced (loved how each of the main titan fights were multi-tiered affairs, broken up by normal enemies, platforming and puzzles and yet somehow still managed to retain their momentum), but the Giant box temple and everything after that was just ugly (especially the MC Escher gardens which looked like they were ripped out of the HD God of War 1+2 collection) and dull with the same enemies you'd already faced, forced closed arena fights to artificially lengthen the game, some bad checkpointing, invisible walls everywhere and a frankly unearned redemption arch and tonal shift featuring one of the worst voiced little girls I've ever had the misfortune to watch try to act. The dialogue wasn't always great but hearing her wax lyrical on hope was near Final Fantasy levels of anime melodrama.  Loved parts of the game, hated and was bored by others and had my jaw dropped by the awesomeness of few more - inconsistent is my opinion of the game. "

" @Burns09 said:

" His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me. "

He is alive, and if you get a Platinum the game hints at  DLC Epilogue. I'm more interested in how this could lead into another sequel involving his brother. "

" @Burns09 said:

" His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me. "

He is alive, and if you get a Platinum the game hints at  DLC Epilogue. I'm more interested in how this could lead into another sequel involving his brother. "

" @Burns09 said:

" His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me. "

He is alive, and if you get a Platinum the game hints at  DLC Epilogue. I'm more interested in how this could lead into another sequel involving his brother. "

" @LiquidPrince said:

" @Burns09 said:

" His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me. "

He is alive, and if you get a Platinum the game hints at  DLC Epilogue. I'm more interested in how this could lead into another sequel involving his brother. "

 i don't wanna play as hercules!  he's a dick  "

@LiquidPrince   Oh! That brother.

" @LiquidPrince said:

" @Burns09 said:

" His body missing and the blood trail leading to the sea. Is he alive did he die, god damn that stuff bugs the crap outta me. "

He is alive, and if you get a Platinum the game hints at  DLC Epilogue. I'm more interested in how this could lead into another sequel involving his brother. "

 i don't wanna play as hercules!  he's a dick  "

The boss fight with Zeus got more and more unsatisfying and the Labrynth levels seemed out of place. But the game is definately worth a rental at the very least, it was a good gaming experience overall - By the Gods.

I really liked the ending, actually.
 
Not sure why everyone is complaining. I guess it's because everyone expected Kratos to be an angsty bitch 'til the last, but I think the ending actually gave Kratos a good send off.

I just beat it, I thought the ending was pretty grim.
 
It was kind of appropriate. All that anger can only come from some fairly serious self loathing.
 
I thought the script was terrible, though. It was really corny in places, all that prattling on about "hope is why we are here" and all that, and coming from the mouth of that whiny teen Pandora character made it seem even more like some self indulgent high school English essay. It's a shame, because the production values in the game proper are astonishing. 
 
I really wish game developers would think a little more about the writing, especially with a linear story like this one. How much does it cost to bring in a good writer early on? I don't know, but as a proportion of the budget for a game like this it can't be that much.

" The boss fight with Zeus got more and more unsatisfying and the Labrynth levels seemed out of place. But the game is definately worth a rental at the very least, it was a good gaming experience overall - By the Gods. "