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8.7
WHY?
Production values and gameplay were brillaint - truely the best game in the series in this respect. boss battles and puzzles were also extremely good. Kratos is such an excellent character - with an orignal backstory. highlight of the game for me was probabily the fight with Posiedon.
However....... i felt the story was awful. Athena is out of character, shes never explained. the Titans were not in the game. i wouldve preffered killing Zeus eariler in the game then proceeding to take down the Titans. i think you should of killed Zeus a lot eariler then proceeded to do something else because this was the story of God of War 2 all over.
and Panadoras Box was abysimal. completely uncessary for it - and when we open the box its empty.
level design couldve been better. started off well. but in GoW1 and 2 we have sweeping landscapes (Steeds of Time, Isle of Creation, etc the list is endless). in GoW 3 the centrepiece of Olympus is a cave called a labyrinth with a bunch of boxes in it. totally bland and uninspired, especially since Bayonetta eairler that year took us to Heaven - literally!!
it was a bit on the short side as well tbh.
all in all i felt that the departure of David Jaffe and Cory Borlong was detremental to the final game and i think Stig wasnt good enough tbh. and the main reason it got 8.7 was because i love GoW 1 and 2.
