According to GoW creator God of War is less impressive in techinque.

http://n4g.com/news/626749/jaffe-bayonetta-blows-the-doors-off-god-of-war

Deal with it Kratos fans.

He also says that being a technique-laden combat sim wasn't their goal and competing against Ninja Gaiden, DMC, and Bayonetta wasn't their goal.

The headline and this topic missed Jaffe's point.

No kidding, flamebait. As I always say, to each his own.

lol why should ANYONE deal with it?

GOW3 takes a huge *&%^ on Bayonetta imo any day....and they are different games too, different focus

and also this thread topic is misleading. and If I'm not mistaken he is talking about how they did not focus mainly on combat like the creators of Bayonetta did with their title...

So deal with it..lol

Someone thinks X game is better than Y game, what's next a thread about how your gran prefers chocolate to vanilla?

Both of these games have strengths & weaknesses but apart from beating the shit of enemies I think they went separate directions in gameplay.

nice comeback by jaffe

Action game fan here, you gotta love all three they have different styles and are all individually awesome. 

Ninja gaiden has the quick and stylish brutality

DMC/Bayonetta are combo frenzy

GoW is all about big moves doing big damage and the excitement of tearing up big armies and big bosses

If you don't play all 3 you're missing out

By the way heres the full statement: 

Responding to a commenter called Matthew Emirzian who had pointed out that, "...to this day God of War series is mired in clunky, poorly automated combat (dodge on the right analog stick lol) and anyone with a clue considers Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, orNinja Gaiden to have far superior controls and combat mechanics," Jaffe takes up the slack.

"Matheww, you miss the point", he says. "We were not trying to go head to head with those games. ANYONE can see the pure technique involved in those games- or games like Bayonetta- blows the doors off GOD OF WAR. They are SUPPOSED to! In GOD OF WAR our goal was to get the player to feel like they were on an adventure that was easy to play, had cool scenarios, puzzles, platforming,etc.

"The goal was NEVER to be some amazing combat simulator. Your reaction proves my point: you may not LIKE GOD OF WAR but you don't even stop to think that perhaps there are other goals and ways of doing things, not JUST the ones you like.

"And if you look at the GOD OF WAR sales compared to those games you mention, clearly- at least from a sales standpoint- we did something right"

NOT quoting the whole article FAIL

"We were not trying to go head to head with those games. ANYONE can see the pure technique involved in those games- or games like Bayonetta- blows the doors off GOD OF WAR. They are SUPPOSED to! In GOD OF WAR our goal was to get the player to feel like they were on an adventure that was easy to play, had cool scenarios, puzzles, platforming,etc.

"The goal was NEVER to be some amazing combat simulator. Your reaction proves my point: you may not LIKE GOD OF WAR but you don't even stop to think that perhaps there are other goals and ways of doing things, not JUST the ones you like.

"And if you look at the GOD OF WAR sales compared to those games you mention, clearly- at least from a sales standpoint- we did something right"

Yeah I'll just have to deal with teh GOW sequels and not play the Bayonetta sequels, if they make them.

He forgot to say "fuck" somewhere in that interview!

Nah seriously, good point Jaffe, I know exactly what he means. It's all about understand the vision of a team and what they want to do with a certain genre to reinvigorate it. Sometimes it works for the best, sometimes it doesn't. GoW is a good example that when a director believes in something and that his team can bring his vision to reality, you get extremely good results (and that R&D was worth it!).

geez i hate the "gotcha", "distrorted contex" journalisim of recent.