" God of War 3 is God of War and there's no doubt about it.
But it's probably my least favourite GoW up to date.
The combat and graphics are a major step up, but there's something that boggles this titan down. Yes, it all comes from the last one third of the game. When everyone was saying how quickly Dante's Inferno went down hill (probably that "everyone" is a very limited audience), I can't but say the same for GoW3. I will say, i enjoyed the "Kratos in the Dark" sequence, but other than that.. no.
A Lazy Adventure --I still remember how everything went in GoW1. You got from a ship to Athens to a desert to a temple on a titan to the top of the temple where there are cliffs and waterfalls, and then fall to Hades and climb back to Athens and beat the boss. Basically the progression was very interesting and diverse, and the same could be said for the second one. Now GoW3, if i recall correctly, only ever goes through the same 3 places -- Hades, the Caverns, and Mount Olympus. You see Aphrodite and have sex 2-3 times (not that i'm complaining), and Hephaestus like 20 million times. You go through Olympus and Hades at least 4 times, and you fight on moving crates i don't fucking remember how many times. Yes, fucking crates. That brings me to the next point.
A Full Lazy/Filler Level (the labyrinth) -- Going through Pandora's Temple was long yet intriguing. You got Hades and Poseidon challenge rooms and they were vastly different. In GoW2 running through the island was a thrilling experience as well, nothing dull at all. Now look at GoW3. I'm not saying the city Olympia and Mount Olympus are any less awesome, but look at the caverns. Just look at them. At first when passing Olympia and reaching this thing i was like, "what? did the developers misplace something? is this GoW i'm playing?" it turns out this empty blue hue cave with 9 wooden crates is a labyrinth, something very high-tec and supposed to be stunning. I don't feel anything for it though. Cause when they say labrynth, i was expecting something mind-blowing and creative. Now i get a cube. A cube from the movie Cube. You at least spend an hour assembling this cube, and you just kill things while you ride the huge cube around. When it's done, you get in, It rotates, it has different rooms with puzzles and just hack n' slash... well ya. Dante's Inferno anyone? I really shouldn't compare because DI's Fraud level was just flat out awful and lazy, but i didn't expect a "boring" level in GoW, from a gameplay, narrative OR artistic standpoint. It almost felt like a filler but this is supposed to be the most mind-f***ing invention in all of the GoW universe.
A Lazy End Game Enemy -- The game officially ended for me after killing Cronus. I killed a fat bitch and then a skinny titty woman and everything still seemed increasingly interesting in GoW2 even near the end ( and leaves you with a cliff hanger of course). Not only is it because i had to go through a gawd awful cavern and labryinth level close to end, it's also because of the lame enemies and boss i fought before the final showdown. Scorpions. Woops. they pulled a mortal kombat. It's Skorpions. It's like pulling giant spiders out of your ass in any generic fantasy game. Here you go, fight some bugs. They're not even challenging the least because you can just one hit stomp kill them AND get health orbs. You even get to fight a giant skorpion. Great, guys, great, i applaud you.
Lazy Weapons -- Not that this is an end game thing, but the weapons can't compare to the ones we had in GoW2. To be honest, i didn't pull my spear of destiny out that much in my first playthrough, but i appreciate the choice to use a weaon that is totally different (you get a lot more specific and precise attacks instead of large radius splash damage from blades). The Claws of Hades and the Nemesis Whip in GoW3 however, are my blades of chaos in a skin. Mashing the buttons and whooping ass for sometime and i didn't even remember what weapon i was actually using.
A Lazy Conclusion -- GoW1 was self-contained and it was when Kratos still felt human. The GoW2 story arc amplifies his anger and what the fuck is he even doing trying to kill his dad AND essentially the god of everything. Err.. it's fine as long as you wrap it up well, that Kratos actually justified his purpose. When Kratos ran through the dark close to the end, i'd admit again that's a great sequence, but i was given an impression "forgive those you you hate." I'm not saying that GoW should not have a moral, but i do think it's cliched and lazy. The developers never said that in your face, and took it back really quickly, because in the very end, i almost hoped that was what the developers meant to say. I hoped Kratos would do something to make up to the chaos and pain he caused. or at least, tell athena why he thinks he justified his revenge. KILLING HIMSELF DOES NOT. No. no. you don't fucking screw up with everything and everyone and pull a "i didn't mean it, man, i was just depressed!" and kill yourself. no. That's fucking lazy. If you got here you must be awesome. I'll give you a round of applause right here. SCE Santa Monica promised a game that would be longer than any of the predecesors, but it seemed even shorter (i used 7 hours) The thing is, they even went lazy on the end. I'm disappointed /.\ thanks for reading my fucking long rant, dear giantbomber. btw, feel free to think i have no life, cause i'm on long holiday right now~ "
Obviously MONSTER spoilers ahead...
I disagree with most of this. I do agree with some of the weapons being a bit too similar to the Blades of Exile, but I thought the Cestus were awesome and really fun to use. The main thing I don't agree with are your thoughts on the ending. I think don't think that having Kratos kill himself was a lazy way out.
Kratos was just as much to blame for the destruction around him as the Zeus and the other Gods. And Kratos saw that giving Athena his power would only perpetuate the cycle of the God's unjust rule over humanity. I'm a little hazy on the details, but I believe that when you go inside Kratos' mind you find hope, and it ends up being what drives him to defeat Zeus. So Kratos killed himself to release his power so it would help heal the world. You said you wanted him to find a way to make up for the chaos he caused, and I think this was the closest he could come to doing so. He could never actually make up for what he did, that's a theme in the first game when he tries to save his family again during the fight with Ares; this is what makes his story a tragedy. The only way he could ever get closure was to forgive himself, and this was hardest thing for him to do. After he did this he was able to give himself closure, and in the end make the right decision to give up his powers to the world...to give it hope.
I heard that they want to add to the ending with DLC, does anyone have a link that shows the developers saying that? The little epilogue after the credits showed a trail of blood leading off the cliff from where his body was. I read on another forum that there was a symbol of a phoenix there, which is really interesting. The phoenix was known for being able to come back to life, they could have a rebirth. Looks like they're leaving it open for a sequel in the future. I hope its not too soon! I think they should come back to God of War after a few years.
This game was definitely more challenging than the first. I rescued all the little sisters and harvested adam twice with each of them, on the hard difficulty. It was definitely challenging. I think one thing that really helped me out was getting head shots with the rivet gun, considering I had the gene tonic that makes head shots more deadly. Just shock with electricity, and then you have time to aim for the headshot.
The spear gun works great for this too! Also, I recommend the decoy plasmid for those times when you're completely surrounded by 5 or more splicers.
Achtung Baby - U2 The Joshua Tree - U2 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins Morning View - Incubus A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay Superunknown - Soundgarden OK Computer - Radiohead This Is Your TIme - Michael W. Smith Follow The Leader - Korn
Someone had Pop by U2 as one of their favorites, that's interesting, I've always heard that was like their worst album. I haven't tried it myself, I may have to give it a listen now.
Some guy with a riot shield started sprinting up to me while I was sniping, and I wasn't sure what to do. I sort of panicked and ended up throwing a knife at his feet a split second before he was about to hit me with the shield...it hit him in the freaking toe or something and killed him LOL...it was so funny, he was laughing on his mic!
I've had a few good kills with them, I caught one guy trying to knife me by throwing it right in his face! It was his first game in Modern Warfare 2 and he was extremely surprised to say the least, he had no idea they were in the game.
Once I got this crazy, lucky kill with them from like 30 meters away, but usually I just kill people from behind with them.
I'm not the biggest Fox News supporter by any means, but that was a fair article. I appreciate that they ended the article with a statement by the developer, instead of inserting what they want you to think about.
I kinda like the 360 controller more for shooters, although I like the Dualshock overall more because I'm so used to it. I think the graphics will be about the same, maybe the ps3 could have a slight edge on graphics and load times. If you don't care about the multiplayer then I would say just get it for the ps3, then if you want to do multiplayer once in awhile you don't have to worry about paying for xbox live.
I'm getting it for 360 because I have more friends who will play it on xbox live, and I heard that the new map packs will come out on xbox first. Plus there seems to be better players on the 360 in my experience, and I enjoy the competition.
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