God of War will have a positive effect on hack and slash game sales

[IkePoR]

Aeolus451 said:

IkePoR said:

Gotta love the rhetoric of "you must play x amount of this game before you can say anything negative."  Let's say I have, anyone who disagrees would still disagree.  So what's the difference?  Why do I need to experience a janky, wonky, too close camera with shitty lock on when I can clearly see it in a youtube video?  Do I need to play every Call of Duty to know it's "just another Call of Duty"?  That's what video footage of gameplay and reviews are for.

A few mins of edited gameplay in a youtube vid or review is nothing compared to playing it for a while. There's not really any comparable games to it so your cod example doesn't apply here. That's just like a virgin claiming he or she knows what sex is like by watching clips of porn or reading reviews/sex stories.

When you've compared your argument about video games to human intimacy, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

pitzy272 said:

IkePoR said:
I really hope you are wrong, OP. Janky, up close camera with shoulder button combos and lame lock on is, quite possibly, the worst thing the genre could do.

I get the feeling you haven’t played the new GoW, let alone finished it. I’ve seen you make a couple odd comments now against this game, some obvious, some a bit more stealthy. One of them u said GoW will likely do lifetime sales of 7-8 mil bc of its sales of 3.1 mil in 3 days. And if you know anything about sales at all, you would know that is a ridiculous statement. GoW is more likely to sell 15 mil than it is to sell 7-8 mil.

I’d like to hear your explanation as to how the camera is “janky.”

See my post above.  TLDR: one doesn't have to play every second of a game to know it's not for them.  

If we're talking about my comments on the sales, I based my statement on past series sales.  What are you basing yours on?  Because games can sell loads in their first and even second week, then fall off a cliff.  Monster Hunter World in the US and Dragon Quest XI in Japan if you need references.

The camera is janky upon hit animations.  First it freezes upon impact, then rocks and jitters to give off a sense of intensity.  Because the camera is so close, it gives off almost a motion sickness effect.