God of War 3 – Epic, Understatement Of The Year

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Dallinor said:

I'm not really familiar with Dragon Ball Z or whatever it is your deriving your comparison from. However, taking a quick look on google, I would hazard a guess that the characters "SS3 Goku" and "Pink guy" are propably stylized super heroes with crazy hairstyles, little to no back story, proclaimers of cheesy one liners and are generally depicted in a wide range of different cool poses. Not what I would consider epic material.

That's not to say Kratos is much different, but this is a game we're talking about. I think the sense of what's 'epic' changes according to the medium. GOW III looks to me to be an epic videogame.

I suppose anything with a hero and great scale can be considered epic. In my personal opinion though, I refrain from using the word unless both the content and presentation of the material is at a very high standard and it impresses upon me it's gigantic scale and titanic struggle.

Greek Mythology is based on ancient stories and beliefs that thousands of people held for hundreds of years. It's been the creative influence of an innumerable amount of artistic works, while DragonballZ is a cartoon many children watch on noon tv. The substance of one holds more weight in my book then the other, even if it has been somewhat basterdized.

Why lower your standards because of the medium?. If GOW 3 aims to be cinematic then I judge it as cinema. Only if a game aims to be purely a game in a tradition sense do I see the need to judge it as a game. NSMB is a game and theres no qualification needed. I fully intend to compare GOW 3 to Avatar in 3D because they are both cinematic experiences. If it falls short then the measure of the cinematic experience for this type of cinema is how far it falls short of the mark.