I really do believe God of War: Ascension will be the best God of War yet a.k.a one of the best games of all time.
It's taking the beautiful visuals, scale and cinematography from GoW3, the variation of environments and locations from GoW2 and a deep and personal story from GoW1 and combining that in one amazing package. And then the gameplay has been polished to perfection AND there's an awesome new multiplayer mode to sink 100's of hours into, the game is going ...
Yeah Sackboy is definitely Sony's mascot for the younger gamers, but there's absolutely no question that Kratos is Sony's by far most popular and iconic character at the moment selling over 22 million copies and having an easily identifiable design that's memorable and easily stands out in a crowd(compared to the second biggest story driven Sony franchise Uncharted at 15.5 million with the worlds most forgettable and generic character Nathan Drake).
So Kratos...
God of War III is as near perfect as any game I've ever played. It's easily a 10/10 game and any critic giving it less than a 9/10 is a troll, thankfully hardly any critics did as the game got mostly 10's and a lot of 9.5 - 9.9's and then some 9.0 - 9.4's with a almost non existent amount of scores less than 9.0.
The graphics, sound, story, pacing, boss fights, set-pieces, level design and gameplay is all just so incredibly brilliant, why else would it be ...
I agree that it didn't win as many GOTY awards as it should have but it still won at least 15 GOTY awards and had loads of nominations, not to mention it won 100's of other awards like best graphics, best PS3 game, be adventure game etc.
And @Eyeco, shut up. None of those games are better than God of War III, only Red Dead and ME2 were as high in quality and God of War III deserved just as many GOTY awards as those 2 games. GoW3, ME2 and Red Dead are the top 3 highes...
It probably won't sell millions even if it's fantastic. DMC4 on all platforms struggled to reach about 2.5 million and this game won't reach near that due to it being a reboot, a different developer, legs will be cut short by the approach of next gen and this game has A LOT of competition next year.
I've never liked the DMC franchise mostly because I hate Japanese games (their films are good though) but this new DmC looks great so I hope it does well, if not ...
Bingo. Well, to be fair I can't think of any other examples... but God of War shows that if the quality is high enough a new IP can be massively successful even at the end of a console generation.
Agreed. I bought Darksiders just because people always compared it to God of War and that alone intrigued me, after playing the game I can say without question it's really nothing like God of War.
I liked Darksiders but it wasn't anything special and I just couldn't get over the horrible art style, I don't care for bleeding edge realistic visuals in games but my goodness it was just hideous in my eyes. At least the gameplay was solid enough although a deeper c...
Yeah you forgot God of War, the franchise that has sold about 22 million units in just 7 years (works out at an average of 3.14 million units a year).
God of War III selling over 5.2 million units in 2 years on one console and being guaranteed to pass 6 million lifetime is not just monster sales, it's MONSTER SALES! God of War: Ascension will be even bigger!
Granted, God of War is the only massive franchise in the hack 'n slash genre... I wish the g...
Agreed, nothing will ever compare to God of War. It's amazing how God of War released into a Japanese dominated genre and totally decimated the competition! DMC and NG are both dead now and nothing else has done well in the genre (although Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is fantastic!).
God of War has done so much for the genre and inspired so many developers. I don't think another hack 'n slash franchise will ever match God of War in terms of fan-base, sales, critic...
lol @prototypeknuckles, speaking of Lord Kratos did you know a Ubisoft employee tried to blame God of War for the last Prince of Persia game selling poorly, pathetic excuse or what?!
Anyway, I heard that Ubisoft is planning to reboot Prince of Persia so I wouldn't expect a new PoP game until next-generation.
As for sequels I want; Alan Wake 2, God of War 4, Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2, Jak 4, Heavenly Sword 2, Mass Effect 4... There's more but they&#...
God of War is the most critically acclaimed, bestselling and beloved franchise in the genre of all time, why the hell would Sony want to end their 2nd biggest and most critically acclaimed IP when the brand is stronger than ever?! The writer of the opinion piece is a moron.
God of War is too consistently amazing to end after God of War: Ascension, I hope it lasts as long as Playstation does.
Not in my opinion, Uncharted 3 is definitely superior and Killzone 3 and God of War 3 are superior to that. Not only because I absolutely hate the art-style in TLoU (I'm so sick of unimaginative post-apocalyptic words filled with dilapidated cars and buildings) but it just doesn't look that good graphically, notice the terrible amount of aliasing during gameplay, the flat foliage, lots of low-res textures and unrealistic lighting. If it looks much better at launch then maybe, but I do...
God of War III is the best game on the PS3. How the hell did the official Playstation magazine miss out on the most critically acclaimed, most beloved and best-selling hack n' slash in the genre of all time? The retard responsible for that tragedy of a list should be fired and feel ashamed.
I completely agree with your opening paragraph.
You didn't care for God of War III? The award-winning, bestselling, critically acclaimed and massively beloved God of War III? What's wrong with you?! You don't deserve to play the God of War games or own a PS3, if I knew you I'd absolutely without question smash your PS3 to pieces for dismissing God of War III. :) God of War: Ascension should be the best in the series yet so it's a very welcome prequel.
I just bought this badass God of War dual blades replica: http://eagleswords.com/libr... and I plan on buying yhe
I plan on buying the united cutlery God of War blade of Chaos too, I love God of War! :)
I agree with your first point on how critics chose the most popular games which are all well-received and then call them overrated, but...
Uncharted 3 is one of the best games this gen? Fuck no. It sucked, Uncharted 2 is a lot better and even that is nothing special. I don't understand what it is people like about Uncharted? The visuals? If so then they're really nothing special and by the time next gen comes they'll look ugly. The gunplay isn't great, the pla...
God of War: Ascension will be another masterpiece from Sony Santa Monica! And I can't wait for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2! The first is an amazing game which I'd highly recommend to any fans of the genre, the sequel will be ever better.
I'm not too sure about Remember Me, hopefully it'll be good. Bioshock Infinte is pretty much guaranteed to be amazing. Tomb Raider looks bloody awesome, it's the reboot the franchise has needed for years. Splinter Cell:...
There's only been one God of War game for PS3 which is why they didn't count it. After God of War: Ascension it will go straight to #1 because it is the most beloved, most critically acclaimed and 2nd best selling franchise Sony has. right now, they're all masterpieces.
As for this top 5 list by PSaddiction:
Infamous - Boring (haven't played the sequel).
Resistance - First is ok, second is boring, third is great!
Killzone - 2 w...
Not even close, I think it's ugly. A lot of games look better, what is so impressive about TLoU visually? Good animations, good water effects, highly detailed main characters.... That's it.
For the bad points it has terrible jaggies, all the bad guys are poorly detailed in comparison to the main characters, the lighting is flat, the foliage looks terrible and the game is riddled with low resolution textures. It's above average but nothing special at all, I think ...
@SilentNegotiator I despise morons like you who can't think for themselves and genuinely believe that critics opinions of a game means it is objectively better than another game with a lower average rating. Uncharted 2 or 3 is NOT better than Far Cry 3 just because critics gave those games higher scores, only if YOU have played all the mentioned games can YOU have an honest opinion on which is best, I am almost 100% you have not.
I have played all the games and think the ...