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M.U.G.E.N on 15 April 2011

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Ultr on 15 April 2011

GOW 3

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Packie on 15 April 2011
A203D said:
Packie said:
 

You know what, as much as I hate to say it but the sequels that followed God of War were really unecessary. I'm not arguing whether they're good or bad games but if you look at the first God of War from a narrative point of view, it was really a well written, self-contained story that didn't need a sequel.

The entire adventure was about Kratos trying to find redemption from his sins by going through one last task by killing Ares. In the course of the game, you see Kratos' rise and fall into his current state and you slowly learn why he's such a violent asshole. By the end of the game, he looks back at all his mistakes and regrets and then decides to kill himself because the nightmares and memories of his past will never stop haunting him. It was basically a greek tragedy done right.

P.S: I highly recommend watching this video for an interesting analysis on the God of War series

 

I agree with a lot of the things you've said... however i think GoW 2 was an excellent game. i mean okay some things couldve been done better and time travel dosent fit in Greek mythology, but i think it was a compelling story that was excuted well.

about the whole redemption angle, this really shouldve been in GoW 3, and the story shouldve come full circle in GoW 3 imo. GoW 2 was more of an Empire Strikes back type thing, where everything gets crazy. Kratos shows some form of compasion for what hes done when we fight the Kraken and he thinks hes speaking to his wife, etc.

i think while GoW 2 was a bit inconsistant with GoW 1, due to directional change, it was a good game and the problems couldve been corrected when the story came full circle in GoW 3.

by the way GoW Chains of Olypmus and Ghost of Sparta feature imo excellent scriptwriting, storytelling and gameplay. and for whatever reason that is, the character does have a very 'tragic' evolution in both those games.

i only wish they were on PS3, because imo - aside from the titan battles, they were better games than GoW 3. which i also think suffered from inappropriate allocation of resources. i mean spending time and resources to animate a rock wall isnt good time management, when they couldve designed more areas and had average looking rock walls

Now you've made me interested in the PSP games, I'll definitely check 'em out.



Biddles on 16 April 2011

God of War 2 is the best. God of War 3 was easily the worst. Terrible story, boring locations and too much backtracking.



fauzman on 17 April 2011

I thought GoW3 was the best overall but in terms of story, I have to say Gow1 was my favourite. I thought GoW was simply filling iin the spaces until we got to the gods in GoW3 and wasnt as great.



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cura on 17 April 2011

gow 2 > gow 1 > gow 3



luvtospooge on 17 April 2011

God of war 2 > God of war 3 > god of war 1. God Of War 2 was and is still a phenomenal game, God of war 3 has the best boss fights in any game and the story of god of war 1 was fresh and original. That's how I see it.



ocean-1984 on 17 April 2011

GOW 2 > GOW 1 > GOW 3



A203D on 17 April 2011
Biddles said:

God of War 2 is the best. God of War 3 was easily the worst. Terrible story, boring locations and too much backtracking.

You should check out my post on the previous page. i agree with your point. i think that the director Stigg is shit and hes no where near the league of David Jaffe who made the first game phenominal.



trashleg on 17 April 2011

I think the first one is my favourite. The story was awesome and Kratos was just badass enough. The final battle, the sword bridge being used, I loved it.

I couldn't get into the 2nd one so easily because I played them straight and the controls changed slightly.. so for the first bit of the game I hesitated every time I tried to open a door or chest or whatever. I didn't like Kratos so much, he had those little catchphrases he would spurt out. " I ammm the God of Warrr". Had some good levels though.

I haven't finished GOW3 yet. But I didn't find the need to play it as urgent as the first one, or even the second, which is what I'm basing my choice on. I was so immersed in the first one, I was playng it until I couldn't stay awake anymore, then dreaming about it. The graphics in 3 are impressive, though it just feels like "meh, more of the same".

As a franchise though, its overall one of my favourites.



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