You FOOL all hack and slash is button mashing. God of war is just better than all of the others.

Innovations? Very well.

How many hack and slash games are set in Ancient Greece?

How many games have this level of gore?

How many hack and slash games allow you to level up your weapons, and actually give you visible advantages for doing so?

How many movies allow you to tear the head off a Gorgon?

Try something for me. Go play Ninja Gaiden. Then play God of War II. You will see just how crap a hack and slash can be, and then just how incredible a hack and slash can be.

1) the game is not close to many hearts... #1 sold 3M and the others less and less....

2) the pictures shown would have me believe that GoW2 was better than 3..... the images of 3 are full of blur....

(I like the games though, I have all 3 ^^)

^images from the third game are screen caps of a trailer. Not to mention it most likely has motion blur.

oh and Kantor hit it on the mark. It's also has rpg elements... and puzzles. It's not really a hack'n slash game, but a epic action adventure.

It truly is amazing.. ahh im sure hyped for it I can't wait ^_^

@Staude .. you didnt add the PSP version in with your article nor screenshots. None the less, great read from a fellow GoW fan!

You are the fool here. Go button mash in Ninja Gaiden / Ninja Gaiden Black / Ninja Gaiden 2 and see how long you last even in easy mode. I'd say you won't even pass half of the first chapter, quite likely the first batch of enemies will cut you to slices.

You've obviously never played a God of War if you believe it's all about the graphics.  Puzzles, Action, Awesome Plot, Epic Scale, Great Graphics  are all part of the package with God of War.  God of War has perfected the genre. 

Don't give me all that BS about 'innovation' while breaking things down to the simplest common denominator.   What games have innovated recently using the same formula?  Halo? Nope.  Gears of War?  Nope.   Star Ocean? Nope.  Final Fantasy? Nope?   Madden 09?  Nope. Little Big Planet?  Nope.   Ninja Gaiden? Nope.

No games have innovated except the original games years ago when you break it down like that.   Your game library must be barren if you hold the same critical eyes to other games.

You can have an opinion (That's fine) but we're also allowed to tell you how stupid your opinion sounds (And how much it shows you've never even played a God of War)  which makes your opinion completely invalid.

By the way?  What are your favorite games?  What games do you currently own.  I'm interested.

The whole thread seems to have missed this gem.

You count story and gore as innovation?

From your last sentence I can see that you value story and other lateral issues more than gameplay. Ninja Gaiden features smoother and much faster  gameplay, with better controls and virtually flawless animation. You also won't find scripted boss fights (and forget about button mashing).