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God of War III |OT|
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I actually preferred the God 2 story over God 1.
It knew what it was and didn't have any reservations about it. God 1 tried a little too hard for my liking.
It knew what it was and didn't have any reservations about it. God 1 tried a little too hard for my liking.
MemoryofMaggot
Banned
Just got my plat in God 1. Began God 2. Really wanting to Plat God 2 before Tuesday, but it's probably not doable. 
corrosivefrost
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vazel said:
What? :lol
Let's keep in mind that these are popcorn action games to begin with so story was never key to begin with. But the second game did have less emphasis on characters and less cutscenes. It emphasized its action more, which some like Rez liked because they see it as the game not making any pretensions.
WrenchNinja
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Most of the time travel aspects of GoWII don't make any sense at all.corrosivefrost said:
iamcool388
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Magnus said:
They are still great experiences and everyone should play them.
That said, I am not sure how fulfilling the combat system would be (GoW3 seems to have improved it quite a bit.)
CrayzeeCarl
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That and some of the bosses you face just seem random and arbitrary.Crewnh said:
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Trying hard or not still you have to admit that the story in 2 would be nothing if it wasn't for the story in first one. One of the reasons why the series is not just another dumb hack & slasher is that they actually built some character and motivation in Kratos, and the way they unveiled it was pretty admirable for an action game - slowly and carefully, and you see eventually that he is not just some dumb moron who kills everything in his way just because he feels like it. Second game kinda threw that out of the window somewhat, I guess explaining it by the fact that he went completely mad.Rez said:
If you think about it, you could build a good action movie story around the story of the first game, perhaps adding more subtlety here and there. I doubt you could do the same with the second one. I also disagree with whoever said above that the 2nd game had less emphasis on story, it's just that the story itself was more forgettable.
RustyNails
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Eh. I loved Kratos' story in GoW 1. Combined with a stellar soundtrack, I almost got misty eyedTalon- said:
near the end when he tries to protect his family from clones and still get fucked over.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Why? If they can keep it even between 40-50FPS (like the DF analysis showed), rather than 30-40 like in the demo, that will feel and play more fluidly than it could at locked 30, especially now that they have the ridiculous quality for motion blur that should smooth things out.Rez said:
While God of War 2 is ultimately the superior game, hands down, the original has the more impactful (if less 'eventful') story. God of War 1 was driven by rage and grief, and that humanised Kratos a little bit... God of War 2 portrayed him as a one-note angry man without any semblance of humanity.
I hope they dial Kratos down just a tiny bit in God of War 3 and imbue with him with the tiniest sliver of humanity.
I hope they dial Kratos down just a tiny bit in God of War 3 and imbue with him with the tiniest sliver of humanity.
BradVanDam
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Just finished reading the plot lines from God of War Chains of Olympus, God of War, God of War Betryal and God of War II on Wikipedia as well watching the last cinematics for God of War Games netherless I am pumped for tuesday.
RustyNails
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I hope so too. But I don't see that happening...the Fear Nothing trailer made it abundantly clear that Kratos is going on a path that leads to nothing but chaos. He's past the grief and regret phase now.Sidzed2 said:
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I guess it depends what you mean by fluid. A solid 30 will always feel more fluid to me than any sort of variable frame rate. The second my eye notices some change in the frame-rate, I'm instantly reminded of the technical side of the game (much like a texture-load or an extra-long load time), and when a game is all about the giant epic 'experience', I prefer not to be taken out of the experience. I mean, props to them for getting it so damn close while still looking so damn good, but if it ain't consistent then it isn't as 'fluid' as it could be at a locked frame rate.Lord Error said:
It isn't like God 3 contains an intricate frame counting, cancel-filled game system that requires the responsiveness only 60fps can provide. I feel it would work just fine at 30.
But, hey, what can you do. This is only something I'll really care about now before I actually have the game, or maybe in a couple of months when I'm looking back on it. It won't matter on Tuesday (well, Thursday for me) when I'm actually playing the game.
I'd argue that God 2 could work just as well without God 1's foundation. Kratos is the God of War: go.Lord Error said:
I suspect God 1's story may have worked better at the time than it did when I played the game (mid-08, and again in the collection last year). You, and others, talk about it like it paints Kratos as some out of the ordinary, interesting (anti?) hero, but to me it was just another angry dude with a dark past presented in a fairly predictable way. It felt dated.
It wasn't bad, it just wasn't, you know, all that note-worthy. It felt like a vehicle to deliver the awesome Ancient-Greek environments and general mythos, and it did it well.
ghostofsparta
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I have finals this coming week.
Oh well it will be worth it
Oh well it will be worth it
MurkyZebra2417
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Rez said:
Like you said, probably you played it too late. There were already many games out there that copied the gameplay and the character, so you played the "first" one of these type of games years later. They always feel dated ^^
StevePharma
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Sidzed2 said:
:lol :lol :lol
I'm not sure if you've been spoiled on the demo or some segments from the final game but man.. you couldn't be farther from the truth...
speculawyer
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holla812 said:
I'm with you. I just ordered the Collection to remind myself of the story and to basically get two games for 30 bucks. I want GoW III but just bought BC2 and can't spring for a full game. Either way it will be cheaper when I finally get it!
Dave1988 said:Sorry to disappoint....
Costume roster.
The costume you get for beating the game is called "Fear Kratos". I was really hoping that they'd put the God of War armor in there but oh well....maybe as DLC.
Speaking of DLC...I remember a developer from SM wrote on the official GoW forum (AFAIK) that while there is no weapon carry over in the game, it may be added in a future patch if they get the response from the fans that they want this feature back. So GAF, you know what to do
Shit that's awesome. Makes me really glad now that i have the ultimate trilogy edition on pre-order. Just need the morpheus skin to complete my collection.
Come on Santa Monica, bring on the dlc. I want the epilogue that was cut+more single player dlc+more costumes. If this really is the last Kratos God of war game then they have to go all out.
Animator said:I am very disappointed there is no Cod of war costume unlock for beating the game. Was looking forward to using that for my second playthrough
Same. Every game always had a funny joke costume, all of the ones in 3 aren't nearly as good without even mentioning the fact there's only ONE in game and the rest are scattered all over making it next to impossible to even have them all. Fucking stupid.
Combichristoffersen
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corrosivefrost said:
GoW 1 has the better story. GoW 2 has the better everything else.
TheThunder
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Combichristoffersen said:
This man speaks the truth although I LOVED the desert of lost souls in GOW1. The first time I played back when it came out was so awesome
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
I'm two hours in and so far i've been having a blast. Texture quality still doesn't top Uncharted 2 but the art direction - especially at a certain point in the game - is definitely on par with what Jaffe described a while back.
ghostofsparta said:
Here you go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjHmi6c0i4 (spoilers) It's around 2:36
Finished the game last night. Overall play time was about 12 hrs. Surprisingly, it actually felt much shorter than that, I guess it was the awesome pacing.
Absolutely incredible game, jaw-dropping artwork, sometimes I wish I could have had free control of the camera. I will say the graphics aren't quite as consistent. Some environments aren't as detailed as others, and some character models don't compare to the quality of Kratos' model. I didn't notice any framerate issues, I guess I'm just not very sensitive to framerate drops. The motion blur definitely helps the game feel CG-like at some points.
Overall, the sheer scale and intensity of the boss fights are just insane. Add some pretty clever puzzles
and near perfect pacing, it truly was a next-gen GOW worthy experience. The last couple hours were a blur, soaked with so much awesome. Bravo Sony Santa Monica, you guys did an amazing job!
Absolutely incredible game, jaw-dropping artwork, sometimes I wish I could have had free control of the camera. I will say the graphics aren't quite as consistent. Some environments aren't as detailed as others, and some character models don't compare to the quality of Kratos' model. I didn't notice any framerate issues, I guess I'm just not very sensitive to framerate drops. The motion blur definitely helps the game feel CG-like at some points.
Overall, the sheer scale and intensity of the boss fights are just insane. Add some pretty clever puzzles
(dog kicking puzzle - lol!)
Lifejumper
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Rengoku said:
Thanks for the impression. What difficulty where you playing on?
Xater said:
Yeah, GOW2 took me 8.5 hrs, but somehow, it felt longer than my GOW3 playthough. I think it might have been that I had more frustrating moments in GOW2.
Lifejumper said:
I played it through normal difficulty, it seemed easier than normal on GOW2, maybe I should have done Hard mode for this.
ram said:
Yeah, I'd say 2/3rds of my deaths were from falling off the wrong cliff or missed double jumps.