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OctaBech on 22 November 2009
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riecsou said:
GOW III will be release in the same month than FF XIII. So sales should be interesting.

Why? One is a JRPG, one is a hack and slash.

Don't call GoW hack n slash, it's more like an adventure(not Sam n Max but Indiana Jones(films)) game.

Just because the franchise does fighting very well it's not the core of the games.

Yes, it is.

The majority of the game is spent fighting. There's a little bit of platforming thrown in. It's too...one dimensional (in movement space, not gameplay) to be considered an Adventure, I think.

It's like DMC, or Ninja Gaiden. But, of course, made with very different values, being a Western game.

No, God of War is about the setpieces and traversal, that the combat turned out to be great is luck.

Setpieces? You mean quick time events? There are a fair few of those, and God of War actually manages to implement them well, unlike every other game ever.

As for traversal, not really. Kill enemies, walk to next room, kill enemies, climb wall, kill boss, kill enemies, puzzle, walk to next room, kill enemies, repeat.

The God of War games are very linear. GoW2 is clearer in my mind, and I can remember everything up to arrival on the Island of Creation being about traversal (except Rhodes), but the focus during the rest of the game was definitely on the combat.

On second thought, I suppose it is more of a Hack and Slash/Adventure hybrid. Perhaps that's why I prefer it to other hack and slash, like Ninja Gaiden which is literally kill enemies, walk to next room, fancy platforming segment, enemies, boss, repeat.

No not quick time events but set-pieces as in well thought out traps, epic puzzles, quick cliffhanger moments and other situations where one barely but always makes it through on one's first try(and without slowing the pace) giving the pulp action(Indiana Jones) roller coaster experience.

DMC and NG focus on the combat and have sloppy puzzles thrown into the mix, GoW focus on the set-pieces and due to luck has a solid combat system thrown into its mix(unless you want to disagree with its two directors that is).

So saying that GoW is "Kill enemies, walk to next room, kill enemies, climb wall, kill boss, kill enemies, puzzle, walk to next room, kill enemies, repeat." is awfully narrow minded and only shows that one either suffer from memory loss or that one hasn't played the PS2 games, where the combat is there to accent Kratos' character(many of the enemies are made weak to make the player feel godly strong, they aren't meant to present a challenge at all).