Confused101
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You have a fine point there. I wonder if Santa Monica has gotten significant feedback on this issue to act quickly. Seems like it's kinda rare.diddlyD said:
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God of War III |OT|
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They are supposed to be on the two platforms to the right and left of the door. If they aren't there, something glitched and you may have to start over.edbrat said:help me gaf!
I am trying to openthe door of hades - checked an FAQ because I could not work it out and it is just after the bit where you get the Blade Of Olympus, did first fight with that, progressed a little bit, jumped across a couple of platforms to get to the area where the door is, fired charged up arrow to burn the bramble, bramble burns and I can't open the door. According to the faq two dogs are meant to turn up but they haven't yet. I have a save point before getting to the area where the door is and I've gone back to it and reapproached the door but I still don't get the dog fight. And having burnt the bramble I can't jump back off the platform!
pls help me GAF i am just getting into this
rhino4evr said:
Yeah, I don't get people saying that God of War 3's combat is poor, or inferior to the previous GoWs. I've always been firmly in the Ninja Gaiden camp when it comes to the Big Three in the genre, and while GoW III's combat doesn't approach the depth of NG/DMC3/Bayonetta, it's still fun as hell in its own right and a huge improvement over the past games.
For one thing, I don't feel like I'm just rolling through a bunch of enemy fodder anymore, swinging my daggers through what amounts to butter. That's been one of my issues with God of War. But even the lowest grunts on normal difficulty this time around take a lot more punishment than I remember them ever taking - most of them past the first couple of levels you're unable to even grab until you deliver some damage. The matchups against the tougher, non-boss enemies are particularly fantastic since God of War 3's combat as a whole just feels a lot more weighty and grounded than before.
Also, the alternate weapons are actually useful and fun to use this time around. In the past it was basically pointless to ever switch away from Kratos' default, but I use the other weapons often in the third game. I wish it were more fluid to switch between the weapons, and I have some other complaints (the roll-dodge doesn't feel as responsive as I'd like, and blocking is still almost useless), but I enjoy GoW3's combat overall far more than I ever have in the series (and at least you can switch between weapons during real-time combat, unlike say Ninja Gaiden 2).
pistolpete2940
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Have they ever explained what the red markings on Kratos' body are? I played all three games and don't have a clue...
torontoml said:
thanks will give it another go, they definitely have not appeared on those two platforms because I initially thought I had to jump up them so was all over them. Might try backtracking to another save point if possible and reapproaching, tried a number of times from my current save point. REALLY hope I don't have to restart
jett said:
Isn't that to be expected from a next gen release? More system memory = many more animations, moves etc. You wouldn't expect any less than an improvement in the combat system. The devs said as much- for example, the grapple move, they wanted to implement in 2, but didn't have the system resources available on PS2 so threw it in for 3.
Again, all this is to be expected and that's why it's still a GOOD GAME, just not great, like the others.
There is no progress in thinking behind the level design. Instead, they've demonstrably went backwards in that respect.
Neither of the other two GoW games were able to hold my attention like GoW3. I could only play them for a couple hours at a time before getting bored. I finished GoW3 the day it came out, which I've never done for a game that isn't an FPS. I'm also close to getting the platinum in the shortest amount of time that it's taken me to get a platinum. I think that speaks volumes for how much better I think that GoW3 is than the other two.00011000 said:
Wha?? this needs confirmation.
LosDaddie said:
Well I see what you mean, but I don't think they were quite unrealistic expectations. What I had was, I saw the Poseidon fight and shamelessly assumed that, if that was just the beginning of the game, the rest of the game would be exponentially more impressive. It wasn't.
That's true for GoW2 as well. I assumed it was going to be that way for GoW3 since I knew they were going to try to outdo the Colossus from 2. I think over all the rest of GoW3 holds up much better compared to the intro than GoW2 did.Dogenzaka said:Well I see what you mean, but I don't think they were quite unrealistic expectations. What I had was, I saw the Poseidon fight and shamelessly assumed that, if that was just the beginning of the game, the rest of the game would be exponentially more impressive. It wasn't.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
You can switch weapons mid-combo with L1+X.00011000 said:
canova said:
Like traveling through time to save a man from committing suicide, birthing a phoenix, sacrificing creatures on blood altars, using sunlight to melt ice, stopping a conveyer belt with human bodies, using a sewer to move a dead body around a level to open doors, etc. were "same-old", "unoriginal"?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
aristotle said:
Either some sort of DLC for GoW III (maybe that epilogue SSM were talking about?) or a new PSP game (PSP2 launch game?
), I'd say.Or an RTS game set in the GoW universe, specifically between GoW and GoW II, where Kratos and his spartan army conquers the land
MoonsaultSlayer
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ok, my GS pre-order skin has not been sent to me via e-mail after I've successfully redeemed it on the GOW site... what gives?
Let's be real for a second. I'm not going to try to defend GoW3's puzzles, since I only played through the game twice, but GoW2's puzzles compared to GoW'1's felt out of place. yeah the ideas were good, but most of them seemed to be just thrown in there and were incredibly simple.Dogenzaka said:
NameGenerated said:
yeah, i know that. It might be mid-combo, but it's not instant. Look, i'm not complaining about the combat system. It's really good; the best part of GoW3. And yeah, it might be the most important part for some. But for me, it wasn't the most important part.
Did you hear recently about the Prince of Persia dev saying lots of their players moved over to God of War? whilst it's probably not true, (more down to PoP being shit since Sands of Time; another fave game for me), you can see what he's saying. The Platforming and puzzle are soooo important. Remember how ND clearly defined Uncharted as equal parts platforming, puzzles, & combat. That's how God of War was to me. They fucked with the formula, plain and simple.
00011000 said:
I think you have the definition of fan-service wrong. Fan service would be T&A, which this game has. Fan service would be a sex mini-game, which the game also has. I think the word you're looking for are "extras," if you're referring to costumes and the like. And trinkets/collectibles? Godly Possessions wouldn't fall under that category?
RustyNails
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Fuck off already. Jesus.00011000 said:
jett said:
Yeah, you can say the story was set for the third, but it's totally not true. Stig could have had the battle with Zeus happen as the first battle and then have the story play out completely differently after that.
Instead, he stuck with the most predictable storyline ever. There were no surprises in it at all.
Just because it leads on directly from the 2nd one doesn't mean it has to play out exactly as you'd expect.
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Deleted member 30609
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is there anyone here who honestly thinks God 3 is, overall, a better game than God 2?
if so, when was the last time you played God 2?
God 3 is a fun game, but God 2 is in a whole other league.
if so, when was the last time you played God 2?
God 3 is a fun game, but God 2 is in a whole other league.
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My memory of your tastes might be totally off here, but didn't you love god 2 not too long ago?jett said:
I have you pegged as a big God of War fan in my head for some reason.
jett said:
One things that annoyed me no end in 3 and I don't think it happens in 2 is:
When you're fighting the golems in the second challenge, and you try to grapple an enemy, Kratos will prioritise the Golem above the "lesser" enemies and try to grapple it(which is impossible), even if the Golem is behind you.
Grapple auto-aim or something.
I never noticed anything like this in part 2 to be fair.
I don't see how anyone can realistically say the combat in the older games is "boring as fuck" compared to 3. Yes, 3 is the best the series has been combat wise and made a few big improvements, but the very core is still the same, and it isn't a drastic difference.