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    God of War III

    Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Mar 16, 2010

    God of War III puts players back in the role of Kratos to continue his brutal and bloody war against Olympus as he sets his sights on Zeus himself.

    Yahtzee reviews God of War III

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    #1  Edited By Getz

    "It seems like the only heroic thing to do would be to stop playing before Kratos can completely fuck everything up" 
     
      

       
    I know lots of people pretty much ignore Yahtzee's reviews since they don't follow the same old Pros V. Cons list style of major gaming publications, but I find them incredibly entertaining. And, at the end of the day, that's all he wants them to be. What are your thoughts on his reviews, or this one particularly. I thought his delivery was a bit off on this one personally.
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    #2  Edited By KaosAngel

    LOCK THIS MB!  It's a random U-Tube post!
     
    EDIT:  There's nothing even there now.  O_o

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    #3  Edited By Getz
    @KaosAngel: haha, I fucked up and posted the wrong thing at first. It's all right now though
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    #4  Edited By OperationTophat

    Nice.  I've been looking forward to this review.  I thought it was spot on gameplay-wise but his delivery did seem a little flat. 
     
    I'm only 5 hours or so into the game and my impressions are: Beautiful but meh.  Haven't seen Chronos yet so I have that to look forward to.   Incidentally, how do you obtain the mighty Can Opener of Olympus?

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    #5  Edited By Video_Game_King

    I think I can predict his next video: FF13 Mailbag Showdown. And you'll see this message there:
     
    What the hell was wrong with you, Yahtzee? Did you have to sell several components of your logic to buy the thing?.....In short, screw you, good sir. At least play the game all the way through before declaring it crap.

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    #6  Edited By zombie2011

    couldn't have said it any better myself.

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    #7  Edited By KaosAngel

    I'm not all that familiar with his stuff but does this mean he liked GOW3 more than FF13?

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    #8  Edited By wefwefasdf

    He seems to be getting worse as time goes on.

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    #9  Edited By TheFreeMan

    Not as funny as I expected. His delivery seemed kinda....subdued compared to what it usually is. Hmm.
     
    Still, the points he brought up about GoW's plot and characters I thought were pretty damn good.

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    #10  Edited By Brockly46

    wasn't very entertaining 

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    #11  Edited By Phished0ne

    haha Yahtzee is awesome, his reviews arent to be taken seriously though, i look at them as comedic bits because there is no way someone(whose name isnt Tucker Max or Maddox) could be that big of a jaded bastard in real life.  At least he was honest about not being able to finish Final Fantasy.

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    #12  Edited By Alphonzo

    This guy is the man!

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    #13  Edited By Icemael

    Pretty much spot on. The game has incredible graphics and some clever puzzles, but the story is terrible, the boss battles are boring, the combat is even mashier than it was in previous God of Wars, and the weapons and abilities you gain over the course of the game are mostly superfluous.
     
    Man, when I think of the stuff I could have spent those $60 on instead... I'm never gonna allow myself to get excited for a console God of War game again. Or any other future Santa Monica product, for that matter.

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    #14  Edited By Video_Game_King
    @KaosAngel said:
    " I'm not all that familiar with his stuff but does this mean he liked GOW3 more than FF13? "
    No, not saying that; what I'm saying is "look at the last God of War game he reviewed."
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    #15  Edited By Crixaliz

    His voice seems different than it usually is

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    #16  Edited By apathylad
    @Crixaliz said:
    " His voice seems different than it usually is "
    Yes, he posted on his twitter that he had a sore throat.
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    #17  Edited By JB16
    @Apathylad said:
    " @Crixaliz said:
    " His voice seems different than it usually is "
    Yes, he posted on his twitter that he had a sore throat. "
    Oh so that's why his delivery was a little off this episode.
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    #18  Edited By landon

    His taste in video games is weird. Hated Borderlands because he forced himself to play online with strangers because he thought Borderlands could only be enjoyed when playing online. He also liked Darkest of Days simply for its time travel concept.

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    #19  Edited By Getz
    @Landon: The Borderlands thing is just part of his persona as a misanthrope
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    #20  Edited By OllyOxenFree
    @JB16 said:
    " @Apathylad said:
    " @Crixaliz said:
    " His voice seems different than it usually is "
    Yes, he posted on his twitter that he had a sore throat. "
    Oh so that's why his delivery was a little off this episode. "
    Oh so that's what it was.  Bothered me the whole time I was watching lol.
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    Really like Zero Punctuation. I think Yahtzee's critical nature is refreshing. It's satire poking fun of everything that's wrong with games today. It's somewhat exaggerated (because of its satirical nature), but, even though I oftentimes disagree with his opinions, his arguments are far from the outright lies some of his critics suggest they are.

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    #22  Edited By Video_Game_King
    @Bellum: 
     
    *raises hand* They can be, though. Yes, I'm one of his critics. Does being critical of critical critics give me super powers of some type?
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    @Video_Game_King said:
    " @Bellum:   *raises hand* They can be, though."
     
    No. Unless it is obviously for comedic effect, I don't think so. Not that I've played every game he reviews.
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    #24  Edited By Bionicicide

    Not the most entertaining episode, especially with the mic change.

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    #25  Edited By Video_Game_King
    @Bionicicide said:
    " Not the most entertaining episode, especially with the mic change. "
    It was a sore throat. I believe he had one when he did Assassin's Creed II, as well.
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    #26  Edited By AlwaysAngry

    I love Zero Punctuation and watch it every Wednesday.

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    #27  Edited By Symphony
    @OllyOxenFree said: 

    @JB16 said: 

    @Apathylad said: 
    @Crixaliz said: 
    " His voice seems different than it usually is "
    Yes, he posted on his twitter that he had a sore throat. "
    Oh so that's why his delivery was a little off this episode. "
    Oh so that's what it was.  Bothered me the whole time I was watching lol. "
    ahh me too! Good to see I wasn't the only one wondering if he had a cold the whole time.
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    #28  Edited By mike
    @KaosAngel said:
    " LOCK THIS MB!  It's a random U-Tube post!  EDIT:  There's nothing even there now.  O_o "
    It's not random, it's about a game. Knock it off.

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