IamQ said:
I think you're taking it a bit too seriusly. They probably only did it in the first god of war, because they thought it was funny. Then, as time went by, it was featured in Gow 2, so now it's become sort of a tradition in the series.
Quite possibly, but what is the point? Why spend money and time and effort on that?
How does it improve the gameplay? How does it advance the story? How does it add depth to the storytelling or characters?
GoW III will hardly be the perfect game when it comes out: no game is. And instead of polishing it, perhaps making the story a little more engaging or adding another attack to the repertoire of Kratos...
They used time and resources for
that. And everyone will either think it as an excellent fan-yay moment or be too busy fapping to think of anything.
Besides, even if people would be fapping like crazy over them, it wouldn't lower their IQ.
The fapping part won't, not by itself, in that you are right. It is simply that it is indicative that poorly-executed, unrealistic clip about sex is still all that is needed for some to throw away their money. Seriously, it's like no-ones seen a half-naked woman before. What lowers the IQ is that that short clip will be enough to spark flame-wars, will feature in a lot of wet dreams and that a fanbase
will grow around that short, pointless, poorly executed clip that adds nothing of value and fails to qualify as art.