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Weedlab on 16 March 2013
Aldro said:
Weedlab said:

My heart was racing on the last scene lol Well fucking done. I am REALLY enjoying this game.

And you know ... maybe it's just me, but I find I liked the boss battles a lot. Those old dudes were interesting to fight, and battling those 2 furies at once was kool too. It was only the first boss that was a no brainer, but let's be honest, the first boss is always like that in GOW games. I refer to that because I read a review that came down on the first boss fight because it was 'too predictable'. Oh please. Reviewers just want to bitch about something these days. What do you guys think?

The story could have been executed in a better way. And all that jumping around didn't help either. Pulp Fiction did the jumping around in an interesting way, but that wasn't the case here. It wasn't bad or anything to me, just lacking. I thought they could have done better, but I don't mind so much. Combat is BOSS in this game.

The bosses I enjoyed and I will mention + rate according to the series are as follows xD =>

The final fight - 10/10, one of the best moments in GoW. It might not be my favourite, but it sure was amazing.

The intro fight - 9.5/10, while it is a bit short (kind of) it is a true spectacle.

The twins that guard the Oracle - 9/10, this was a huge surprise for some reason. it was the closest thing to the Hercules fight. I really loved this. Mechanically: It could be the best of all fights in the game.

Fighting the furies together - 8/10, a great moment.

 

(Did I miss anything?)

 

In general though: The snakes part was amazing despite not being a boss: It was breathtaking. The manticore fight at first was also pretty neat, even though its a "mini boss" I suppose. I was in complete awe after the intro when you enter this lush forrest. It felt like revisiting Shambhala from Uncharted 2 hahaha.


You are dead on mate. The fight with the twins was a pleasant surprise. I thought it was going to be a very straightforward short fight, but to my surprise it was extended and I liked how it kept changing up. The one that looks like Tom Riddle before he got a proper body (if you know your Harry Potter), he surprised me a bit. Very interesting fight.

Fighting two furies at once was very nice in my opinion. It kept things interesting. Fighting one at a time might have been too simple. The last battle was well executed. I give SSM huge props for that.

I’m really enjoying this game man. I don’t see myself playing anything else other than it and the PSP – since I didn’t finish them – until The Last of Us comes out. Well … if I don’t buy Bioshock Infinite that is   



 

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Aldro on 16 March 2013

I am obsessed with the MP, gawd..

You really suck at first until you find what gear works with your playstyle as well as god. Like I cant use Poseidons spear because I prefer the moveset of the very first gladiator spear :P



Aldro on 25 March 2013
sales2099 said:
To save face, I hereby declare GOW Judgement will not score in the 90s. It will settle as a low 80's game.

Hype level set by the Xbox Republic leader. Damage control can only be applied to us if the game also lands in the 70s.

79 is in the 70s.

 

(LOL)



Aldro on 25 March 2013
pezus said:
Aldro said:
sales2099 said:
To save face, I hereby declare GOW Judgement will not score in the 90s. It will settle as a low 80's game.

Hype level set by the Xbox Republic leader. Damage control can only be applied to us if the game also lands in the 70s.

79 is in the 70s.

 

(LOL)



Couldnt resist XD



ZaneWane on 13 April 2013

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/04/god-of-war-ascension-review-ps3.html


http://analogaddiction.org/2013/04/03/god-of-war-ascension-review/


add these review



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Aldro on 13 April 2013

Didn't really expect Gears J to stay at 79 and GoW A to stay at 80

Its cool how both games have similar meta score in terms of
GoW1 being 94, Gears 1 being 94
GoW2 being 93, Gears 2 being 93

But then the difference starts with a +1 in GoWs favour :P
GoW3 being 92, Gears 3 being 91
GoWA being 80, Gears J being 79

 

Guess it could still change



ethomaz on 11 May 2013

God of War: A hold the 80 score on Metacritic... not bad all all.



tontus on 11 May 2013

Cutting out the weighted score bullshit, using the publications scores used by Metacritic:

Gears of War: Judgment - 6377 / 81 = 78.73 %
God of War: Ascension - 7095 / 88 = 80.63 %

GoW:A = 81% vs GeoW:J = 79%.

(Funny how Metacritic refused to accept TheSixthAxis' 7/10 review for GeoW:J, they use their reviews for everything else. Cherry picking twits. Also how they weighted GeoW:J up but GoW:A down).

Quite similar to:

Gears of War 3 - 8699 / 96 = 90.61 %
God of War III - 9364 / 101 = 92.71 %

GoW III = 93% vs GeoW3 = 91%.

(Also funny how Metacritic started using reviews from Machinima & Guardian a few months after GoW III's release and they both gave it 10/10 which would have brought the average up to 92.85 and ensured a Metascore of 93% (even though it is really at 93% already) but Metaciritc refused to add those reviews even though they've added reviews for games after a longer period of time in the past. They also weighted GeoW3 up but GoW III down even though GoW III got no average/bad scores, more perfect scores and was closer to 93% than GeoW3 was to 91%).

I wonder why Gears of War games keep getting weighted up and God of War games get weighted down and why Metaciritc is cherry picking scores for both where they can, i.e. not including a poor score for GeoW:J and ignoring two perfect scores for GoW III from publications they actually use. This is why Metacritic is dodgy as hell and their Metascores are innacurate.

Still, I'm happy that the worst GoW still averages in the respectable 80-85% range. At least it's not in the 70s like GeoW:J. ;)