GoW Ascension: Review Thread

[gigantor21]

tonymarraffa said:

gigantor21 said:

tonymarraffa said:
WTF? It's got an 80 on Metacritic! what did you expect a 99?

The other three games got above a 90; GOWIII got a 92. A 12-point drop from one game to the next is pretty steep to me.

It'd the end of the gen. Get used to it. Halo 4 gotan 87! Titles are being scored lower than normal.

Considering the criticisms I've read in reviews and other posts alongside that drop--namely, a weaker single player experience alongside multiplayer I don't give two fucks about--I can't not be worried. Especially when it sounds like the problems I had with GOWIII (lame story, scale overtaking the gameplay) were exacerbated even further.

That's on top of their going with an expansion of Ghost of Sparta's elemental system (which I never liked) and weapon drops, instead of giving you a permanent, varied arsenal like the other games. And I wanted them to focus on the period BEFORE Kratos was tricked into killing his family, not after.

The fact is, I didn't think GOWIII deserved a 92 at all. So to see critics giving this such a lower score gives me pause.