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Aldro on 08 March 2013
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Heavenly_King said:
Gamer_of_the_Year said:
darkknightkryta said:
I finished the prologue. So far so good. I'll say though they took the whole 4D game play idea (4D game play referring to movable environments) and abused the hell out of it. The entire prologue is one giant boss battle and it really makes the Leviathan boss fight look like... last...gen? in comparison. The only problem I've had is that everything gets a bit tiny when stuff like that's happening and I have a bit of trouble distinguishing Kratos from enemies. My only other problems is that Kratos' combos are reduced until you have full rage meter. So the light attack combo leading into Kratos' slam doesn't happen without a full rage meter. You can take other weapons than your main from enemies or weapons left around. I haven't gotten any magic so I'm not sure how they're doing it, I wasn't particularly fond of them making it one magic per weapon in God of War 3.

This is awesome. Love that the intro was epic. As I expected it to be already. I have avoided any video footage of the game because I hate being spoiled. But story wise, the "softer" Kratos (which I think is an accurate depiction of the character because he didn't become a full fledge personification of vengeance and anger until AFTER his wife and child were killed so I don't get the criticism) how is the pacing? Are you liking Kratos? Is the story engaging and entertaining to the point where you want to see what happens and where it goes? 

I dont have the game yet, but I get the feeling some reviewers just want to troll or have a vendetta against the game because of the difficult puzzle.   As you may noticed nobody mentions that on the review, because if they did everyone would have told them that they are rating it like that because it is hard, and they dont want to look like morons.

They did not like Kratos because he was always angry, and now they dont like him because he is no longer angry?

And the other saying, it is more of the same but more refined, and yet they give it a 7/10?! when they gave GOW3 an 8-9/10.      Also the combat is much more deep than in GOW3, you have lots of more gadgets that can be used in mid combat this time, and none gave a damn about it.  they just play it like if it was GOW1, and complain about there is no improvement.   For example gamespot uploaded a video of Kratos fighting a chimera, and the dude plays like crap.

Other reviews on the other hand while not trolling, were to much fixated about the fact that it is not as epic as GOW3, but come on, it is a prequel; and Kratos does not have all the powers to fight and win against gigantic dudes like Cronos.   So yeah, it can be a valid point, but it is a prequel, so in context with the story, it makes sense.

Some dude even asked why Kratos did not had the weapons he had in GOW3?! Maybe because it is a prequel?!

Long story short, most of the reviews with 7 are made by dudes who dont enjoy the franchise, so if you give them an enhanced version of something they dont like they wont enjoy it.  It is like if I was going to review Gran Turismo 5, even though I dont like racing games.  It is a phenomenal game, but it is not for me.

I really hope IGN and other game sites left to give it a better score worthy of the franchise.

Also, if you enjoy everything you have seen and played, ignore reviews.  That is what I do, and I dont regret it :)

Although some reviews I read arent upset over Kratos becoming softer (aside from like Cvg and something else). Ive read a few where they claim SSM just didnt "flesh it out" enough. He's softer but they dont really explore it apparantly. We wont know until we play it though!