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[Myoclonic Jerk]

I played both, but didn't finish any of them yet ..

but I can clearly say that GoW poops all over DMC3 in every aspect .. I'm LOVING this game


what about you ? which one do you think is better ?

 

[Bristow]

GoW looks better, but DMC3 is the better playing game.

 

[Solid]

I got to try GoW the other day and it was absolutely fabulous! I bet it will top ZOE2, which I hold as the best action game this gen

 

[VictimOfGrief]

DMC 3 doesn't hold a candle to GoW.

 

[drohne]

i'm about to finish dmc3, and i think it's fucking awesome. intense, chaotic combat, dozens of clever moves, patterned boss battles in the classic style, and stiff challenge. i dig the ridiculous cutscenes too. they know they're ridiculous. and they may be more ridiculous than those of twin snakes, the previous title-holder. the level design and resident-evil-derived structure are still a bit poo. but i can live with it. if god of war is really that much better, then i can't wait to play it.

 

[Axsider]

DMC 3 doesn't hold a candle to GoW.

I really liked DMC1 and DMC3 is good, but God of War kills Devil May Cry in every aspect!
GOD OF WAR all the way!

 

[AeroGod]

GoW

 

[Azih]

Kicking boxes through hails of arrows sucks.

As does balancing on ledges.

Also I'm not too happy with the 'jam circle like a track and field game' portions.

Everything else is great though. It's just got these bits of horrible gameplay scattered in there.

 

[manngc]

I'm mostly enjoying DMC3 as well. My biggest beef with the game is that you really have to farm red orbs (replaying the first mission is the best way!) to get a hand full of yellow orbs so you can continue and actually learn the boss's patterns after several attempts...

And the game does play really well...(on mission 12 now).

Mann

Edit: Oh yeah, I also can't wait to give God of War a try...looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Apharmd Battler]

I already know I'll get blasted for saying this. GoW is a cool game but very overrated IMHO. don't get me wrong, it's a great action game and is what should have been this generations answer to Rygar. It is a top action game, but not this generations pinnacle action game. I the over the top action and violent mayhem is cool. I personally like Devil May Cry 3 a lot better. I hated DMC2 but love DMC23 to death. Not saying that one is better than the other, but DMC3 is my pick. I thinking of trading GoW in actually.

 

[Keio]

I would say that Devil May Cry 3 has more depth, but after playing my God of War import I can't help but say that it's more FUN.

While DMC3 is all about skill and learning the game to make the play flow and look good, God of War has an intuitive quality to everything it throws at the player.

Depends on the gamer, then: DMC3 for the obsessives, who don't mind being frustrated at first. And GoW for those who like a flashy thrill that keeps on rewarding for the duration of the first play-through.

I fall definitively into the latter category.

 

[Vark]

GOW = shallow and flashy, but still really damned entertaining.
DMC3 = deep, difficult, less casual friendly.

Basically if you're looking for an amusing experience, go GOW, if you're going for a better 'game' go for DMC

 

[RevenantKioku]

Zeus has given me the opportunity to make this post.
GoW has a lot of cool shit with the battle system, but they're really f'n cool the first time, and increasingly less so the other ones. Big downfall. Still a really fun game though.
Haven't gotten to DMC3 yet though.

 

[flarkminator]

GOW = shallow and flashy, but still really damned entertaining.
DMC3 = deep, difficult, less casual friendly.

Basically if you're looking for an amusing experience, go GOW, if you're going for a better 'game' go for DMC

Conversation ends there

 

[dorikyasu]

GOW = shallow and flashy, but still really damned entertaining.
DMC3 = deep, difficult, less casual friendly.

Sounds just like Tekken vs Virtua Fighter.
I like both, but I found that DMC3 is better suited for my style of gaming.

 

[Pimpbaa]

I found DMC3 too fustrating (going back to the beginning of levels) and the environments too repetitive. GoW is much better in both those regards (although it is far too short).

 

[StrikerObi]

The action isn't what makes GoW a great game. Don't get me wrong, it's a killer title with great action, but the reason it's so awesome is the mythology and the story wrapped around all of it.

 

[Gek54]

Tradgic warrior > Cocky asshole

 

[Vark]

but the reason it's so awesome is the mythology and the story wrapped around all of it.

I dunno, I've spent way too much time studying religion and mythology and GOW rubbed me the wrong way sometimes. My all time favorite moment was when you get the Zeus spell and it goes into this spiel and he's like 'I bestow upon you the greatest power of the gods, blah blah blah"

and you get this whimpy lightening bolt. Like wtf.

 

[RevenantKioku]

The action isn't what makes GoW a great game. Don't get me wrong, it's a killer title with great action, but the reason it's so awesome is the mythology and the story wrapped around all of it.

Really? Cause I'd give that a big PFFFFFFFFT.
Not that DMC ever had much going for it.

 

[Ronin]

I really like 'em both, but I give the nod to DMC3. I think DMC3 may be my favorite action game this gen.

 

[Ranger X]

GOW.

I prefer the setting of the game, the difficulty and the seriousness of the game.
Not that i don't like humor in games but DMC3 isn't all that funny, it does not catch me.

 

[dark10x]

DMC3's combat system is more satisfying to master and I feel more 'in control', but I prefer everything else about GoW to it.

 

[C- Warrior]

God of War is lame.

The game is a button mash fest.

I mean, I only pressed Triangle when I got bored of mashing square.

It's harder to freakin die in that game than it is to live!

Enemies don't have telegraphed attacks, standing their and holding block and mashin square is the way to beat the game. Combat has no depth.

Ninja Gaiden and DMC3 is where it's at.

They are hard, long, intense--and have deep as hell combo system with a lot of bosses.

God of War is EASIER THAN DMC2 (on normal), it's 7 hours long...and when you beat the game, your stats don't carry over.

FURTHERMORE, in Ninja Gaiden and DMC3, the bosses and enemy AI ACTUALLY CHANGE on the harder modes. What worked on normal, won't work on hard/very hard/' Dante Must Die.

While in God of War, enemies just 'hit' harder....how lame =/

I perfer NG and DMC3 over God of War...muchly.

Damn weaksauce gamers that can't get past mission 2.

BUY A YELLOW ORB, AND STOP BUTTON MASHING.

 

[Razoric]

God of War is lame.

The game is a button mash fest.

I mean, I only pressed Triangle when I got bored of mashing square.

It's harder to freakin die in that game than it is to live!

Enemies don't have telegraphed attacks, standing their and holding block and mashin square is the way to beat the game. Combat has no depth.

Ninja Gaiden and DMC3 is where it's at.

They are hard, long, intense--and have deep as hell combo system with a lot of bosses.

God of War is EASIER THAN DMC2 (on normal), it's 7 hours long...and when you beat the game, your stats don't carry over.

FURTHERMORE, in Ninja Gaiden and DMC3, the bosses and enemy AI ACTUALLY CHANGE on the harder modes. What worked on normal, won't work on hard/very hard/' Dante Must Die.

While in God of War, enemies just 'hit' harder....how lame =/

I perfer NG and DMC3 over God of War...muchly.

Damn weaksauce gamers that can't get past mission 2.

BUY A YELLOW ORB, AND STOP BUTTON MASHING.

idiot

 

[bob_arctor]

God of War is lame.

The game is a button mash fest.

I mean, I only pressed Triangle when I got bored of mashing square.

It's harder to freakin die in that game than it is to live!

Enemies don't have telegraphed attacks, standing their and holding block and mashin square is the way to beat the game. Combat has no depth.

Ninja Gaiden and DMC3 is where it's at.

They are hard, long, intense--and have deep as hell combo system with a lot of bosses.

God of War is EASIER THAN DMC2 (on normal), it's 7 hours long...and when you beat the game, your stats don't carry over.

FURTHERMORE, in Ninja Gaiden and DMC3, the bosses and enemy AI ACTUALLY CHANGE on the harder modes. What worked on normal, won't work on hard/very hard/' Dante Must Die.

While in God of War, enemies just 'hit' harder....how lame =/

I perfer NG and DMC3 over God of War...muchly.

Damn weaksauce gamers that can't get past mission 2.

BUY A YELLOW ORB, AND STOP BUTTON MASHING.

C-

 

[Barrage]

I agree with ninja gaiden is da best.

Oh man....I feel like for some reason, I need to take a shower...

 

[Sjoerd]

Okay that post was rubbish, but I do agree on the point that Ninja Gaiden is much harder. God of war is far too easy on the normal difficulty, Ninja Gaiden might be too hard but it is much more rewarding.

 

[Ranger X]

For those who played both? How does GOW compares if you put the game at the higher difficulty? Isn't it better to have multi-levels of difficulty? I'm satisfied at "normal" you could be satisfied at "very hard" i guess.

 

[Pimpbaa]

God of War is lame.

The game is a button mash fest.

I mean, I only pressed Triangle when I got bored of mashing square.

It's harder to freakin die in that game than it is to live!

Enemies don't have telegraphed attacks, standing their and holding block and mashin square is the way to beat the game. Combat has no depth.

Ninja Gaiden and DMC3 is where it's at.

They are hard, long, intense--and have deep as hell combo system with a lot of bosses.

God of War is EASIER THAN DMC2 (on normal), it's 7 hours long...and when you beat the game, your stats don't carry over.

FURTHERMORE, in Ninja Gaiden and DMC3, the bosses and enemy AI ACTUALLY CHANGE on the harder modes. What worked on normal, won't work on hard/very hard/' Dante Must Die.

While in God of War, enemies just 'hit' harder....how lame =/

I perfer NG and DMC3 over God of War...muchly.

Damn weaksauce gamers that can't get past mission 2.

BUY A YELLOW ORB, AND STOP BUTTON MASHING.

Stop making me hate Ninja Gaiden.

 

[C- Warrior]

That's the point. God of War may be harder on Spartan, but it's an artificial hard.

Enemies just hit harder. Wow.

Talk about artificial difficulty.

In DMC3 and Ninja Gaiden, THE GAME CHANGES. Enemies have new attack patterns, bosses combine moves together and have new moves altogether.

There is a reason to replay DMC3 and NG.

What the hell is it for GoW? mash buttons--but this time faster? no thanks

 

[Razoric]

That's the point. God of War may be harder on Spartan, but it's an artificial hard.

Enemies just hit harder. Wow.

Talk about artificial difficulty.

In DMC3 and Ninja Gaiden, THE GAME CHANGES. Enemies have new attack patterns, bosses combine moves together and have new moves altogether.

There is a reason to replay DMC3 and NG.

What the hell is it for GoW? mash buttons--but this time faster? no thanks

you no speak english

god of war > button masher

ninja gaiden rosebudded am total

 

[hiryu]

DMC3 has a much better and more indepth and more intuitive combat system. GoW has much better production values and is a better package. DMC3 is 100 times more difficult than than GoW. Overall I think they are both awesome games and we should just be happy that we have 3 of the best action games ever made this gen.

 

[Mrbob]

Some people may like the unneccessarily cheap game which is DMC3, but I don't. If it is challenge I want the game to be fair (Ninja Gaiden) and not obscene amount of cheap hits like what happens in DMC3. DMC3 is a great game which is hampered by it's artificially hard gameplay. I may be a little more weaksauce than I used to be but I enjoyed the challenge in God of War in Hero mode (Normal) than I did in easy in DMC3. Having said that, I still prefer Ninja Gaiden. It takes the best elements of God of War and DMC3 and fuses them together in one game. The game is one lengthy adventure (I'd reckon about 33-50 percent longer than God of War based on your skill level) with platforming elements that are better than GoW but it also has the white knuckle hard hitting action of DMC3, but Ninja Gaiden is a little more fair overall. For as much as Ninja Gaiden is talked about for its action, it is one hell of an adventure game as well.

If I would have to rank the three it would be:

1) Ninja Gaiden

2) God of War

3) DMC3

 

[C- Warrior]

If DMC3 is so "artificially hard" why are there more DMC3 online combo/boss/nodamage vids for it than there is for Ninja Gaiden.

And I haven't seen shit worth of combo videos for god of button mash.

Artificial hard is like, one hit kills. Lame ass platforming that if you fall, you die.

DMC3 is HARD. Not cheap. If it was cheap there wouldn't be numerous online videos of people beating Vergil fight 3 with Royal Guard just parry in under 30 seconds no damage on dante must die mode.

 

[Mrbob]

Blah, blah, blah. I'm not getting into this argument with you again! If you die in God of War you barely have to backtrack at all.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

GOD OF WAR RAWKS!! Dunno about DMC 3, haven't played it yet.

 

[Gattsu25]

If DMC3 is so "artificially hard" why are there more DMC3 online combo/boss/nodamage vids for it than there is for Ninja Gaiden.

DMC3 was released on a system other than the XBox in Japan? :b

seriously though, I agree with you 100% in regards to NG/DMC vs GoW

all 3 games are highly entertaining but for different reasons IMO

 

[The Faceless Master]

even on hard, GOW seems pretty easy, almost disappointing even... so DMC3 by default

 

[C- Warrior]

It's obvious I really really like NG. And it's probably making me hate GoW slighlty more than I should...BUT

But to me, God of War is a great experience, but not a "game" like, I don't see people going back to it. A one-time movie experience, there--trade back value 30 dollars

A) It's really easy.

B) Bosses have like 3 attacks. Most of which can simply be blocked.

C) It's short.


I remember when everyone was bitching how hard Ninja Gaiden was (not really on this board) but they were saying, NG is gay, it's impossible hard, DMC1 wins be default. But now look at it, NG is considered superior to DMC1. Because of the very same reasons people would bash it in the beginning for. NG is adored because of it's challenge and depth. But at first, people were calling the game overly complicated and hard.

The same is being said for DMC3 now. But watch, when future previews for other action games come around, they will compare it to the depth, challenge of DMC3. And the finesse and beauty of Ninja Gaiden.

God of War will go down as the game that combined DMC1 and ICO together in safe way that sure--most casuals will enjoy, but once you beat it you'll see the lack of subtance.

When people find out new combo tactics after playing DMC3 and Ninja Gaiden for 100 hours even, that tells you something.

MR.Bob:

What is preventing you from replaying mission 1 for 10 or so minutes, gettin 60,000 orbs.

Yellow Orbs (they act as checkpoints) cost 3,000 orbs at max inflation. If you want infinite checkpoints, wouldn't that count as it? And it's 10 minutes. And no offense, if you find DMC3 hard, obviously you're not good enough and you can use the 10 minutes of extra pure combo practice.

I guess in the end different strokes for different folks. But I find much more game value and enjoyment in NG and DMC3. In those games, their depth of combat goes hand in hand with their high difficulty.

While likewise, depth of combat and high difficulty are two things blatently lacking in God of War in my opinion.

 

[sprsk]

ninja gaiden is no longer the best knows what he is talking about.

 

[C- Warrior]

....

-_-

Wait, are you being sarcastic, caustic, and cynical at the fact that the admins. changed my user name to diss one of my favorite games of all time.

Or do you actually agree with me that what makes DMC3 and NG so good is that the high difficulty and depth of combat go hand in hand in creating one of the more intense gaming experiences to be had this generation?

 

[Solid]

Ninja Gaiden 92.1%
God of War 94.6%

Ninja Gaiden am obsolete.

Seriously though, I have a sealed copy of Ninja Gaiden right next to me but I cant get myself to open it. I know the difficulty will turn me off :lol

 

[BigBoss]

I just got around to plaing Ninja Gaiden a couple of days ago and its really not as hard as people make it out to be.

 

[Mrbob]

I spent over 4 hours maxing out Dantes move set and abilities. And it was still tough. That's what burns me. I feel like I'm grinding like a RPG by trying to play through DMC3.

 

[sprsk]

....

-_-

Wait, are you being sarcastic, caustic, and cynical at the fact that the admins. changed my user name to diss one of my favorite games of all time.

Or do you actually agree with me that what makes DMC3 and NG so good is that the high difficulty and depth of combat go hand in hand in creating one of the more intense gaming experiences to be had this generation?

no, actually i totally agree with you. I'm glad im not the only one saying this kind of thing anymore.

 

[manngc]

In DMC3, you won't be able to get 60,000 orbs in 10 minutes by farming the first mission. I know, I've farmed it. You get about 5-7K per run depending on your ranking (A or S). And it takes more than 2 minutes to load and run through the mission. So a realistic MAX of 35,000 orbs. Probably closer to 25,000 for most people. 60,000 is completely ridiculous.

Mann

Edit: There is no doubt that the continue system in DMC3 (and 1 for that matter) is completely broken. You shouldn't have to farm for simple continues...I'm now playing the game with 5 yellow orbs in reserve to have multiple opportunity to take down a boss... Going through the whole stage again (some of which are relatively long) is incredibly annoying and was a retard change the capcom usa implemented...

 

[drohne]

i've just beaten level 18 of dmc3, and have done absolutely no orb-farming (that is to say i only play each level once, and only save after a level's completion), have used no yellow orbs, and haven't used more than one recovery item per level. you absolutely are not required to level grind it like an rpg, though that's one approach. i've just chosen to learn the levels and apply effective strategies. it's a bit more frustrating than games like shinobi or ninja gaiden, since you have to replay an entire level when a boss kills you, but i wouldn't say it's really harder.

 

[Mrbob]

In DMC3, you won't be able to get 60,000 orbs in 10 minutes by farming the first mission. I know, I've farmed it. You get about 5-7K per run depending on your ranking (A or S). And it takes more than 2 minutes to load and run through the mission. So a realistic MAX of 35,000 orbs. Probably closer to 25,000 for most people. 60,000 is completely ridiculous.

Mann

You can get about 12,000 Orbs in about six minutes if you replay level 3 and get an S rank. Plus fighting that three headed beast at the end if fun. But I'm so sick of that level now. Ugh.

 

[C- Warrior]

Well then MrBob:

Have you beaten DMC3 yet?

When DMC3's story (particular in the last few missions of it) one-ups God of War even, I'm sure your opinion will change slightly.

Also, try DMC3 on hard. I promise you--the same missions that were giving you a hard time on easy/normal will be a cake-walk on hard. That's the beauty of it, DMC3 is "how to play action games 101."

Ninja Gaiden taught me how to own DMC3 with Royal Guard.

Just Parry twice, do a just release (like the ISSENS in Onimusha) and then do an normal release, takes off 3/4 of Beowulf's health in under 15 seconds.

Man, one weapon in Ninja Gaiden has more depth than all of GoW. And one style in DMC3 has more depth than God of War.

I think God of War is a solid game that I recommended to several co-workers, but it just lacks subtance. It lacks a true gamer's game "subtance." But hey, what's hard and frustrating for you is just right and "a delightment" for somebody else.

But when I walk down a narrow path and I see two Hell Vanguards come out and I'm on DMD mode and I know if I get hit twice I'll die and it's pure go for broke, that puts a smile on my face in DMC3.

Not pushing a crate up a hill with enemies that hit you (yet it takes off hardly any damage) in God of War.