Why was God of War so great?
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I think that God of War is a pretty good action game series. No one can deny that there is quality there (tight controls, fun combat and great production values) plus a very cool badass main character. Not liking it is a matter of taste, nothing really wrong with the games themselves.
I was more disappointed. I loved the first five minutes and after that I was forcing myself to keep playing. I love hack and slash games but GoW just gave me a high followed by a let down.Erana said:
Thus I think that people that fawn over the game are simply easily amused.
Here's the million dollar question:Grimm91 said:
Why on Earth did you keep playing the game if you didn't like it, then come and complain about it?
I don't fawn over the game, but what's wrong with being easily amused? I mean, I for once have to agree with Yahzee in that its better to be easily amused and have fun than be miserable because I enjoy very few things.
I remember seeing a review in danish tv of GoW and thinking: "Hmm, that seemed like a crappy game, what with the lame combat and violence." Then I spend the next year or so not even thinking about the game and not caring to. It was out of my mind.
Then I visited a mate and we got to discussing games. He said I should borrow the game as it was awesome. I felt that it would be a waste of time, but what the hell, I had nothing else to do at the time.
The next day I popped the disc in... and realised 6 hours later that I should probably go to bed so I could sleep a little before going to school. It turned out to be one of the most awesome games I ever played.
The graphics were very impressive. The controls were tight and satisfying. Sweet weapons and ways of killing stuff. Great boss fights. And I really liked the story. It had a lot of the stuff that makes a Greek tragedy. (I don't care that they fucked up the mythology). Kratos is sad person, who in the best greek tradition tries to fight his fate (see GoW2 for this also) and while doing that kicks an insane amount of ass.
In short, my misgivings about this "crappy action title" were put to shame and I had to suck it up and admit that I was wrong. Very wrong.
Then I visited a mate and we got to discussing games. He said I should borrow the game as it was awesome. I felt that it would be a waste of time, but what the hell, I had nothing else to do at the time.
The next day I popped the disc in... and realised 6 hours later that I should probably go to bed so I could sleep a little before going to school. It turned out to be one of the most awesome games I ever played.
The graphics were very impressive. The controls were tight and satisfying. Sweet weapons and ways of killing stuff. Great boss fights. And I really liked the story. It had a lot of the stuff that makes a Greek tragedy. (I don't care that they fucked up the mythology). Kratos is sad person, who in the best greek tradition tries to fight his fate (see GoW2 for this also) and while doing that kicks an insane amount of ass.
In short, my misgivings about this "crappy action title" were put to shame and I had to suck it up and admit that I was wrong. Very wrong.
The boss battles were immense and the graphics pushed the ageing Playstation 2 to give us an eyeful!
i can't reall judge the game since i was brainwashed into getting it and beleiving it was pure awesomeness and since many people agreed i thought i this game kicked ASS
but then i realised that the concept was shitty
BUT the execution of the ideas and concept was so well done that it made a old genre into a new type of gaming !!!
so the bottom line is that i had fun playing it
but then i realised that the concept was shitty
BUT the execution of the ideas and concept was so well done that it made a old genre into a new type of gaming !!!
so the bottom line is that i had fun playing it
The boss battles in GOW2 are the most fun you'll have in an action game, tons of variation, never felt unfair and oh so rewarding when you win.
and kratos is just awesome
and kratos is just awesome
Quote of the day, especially if taken out of context (is it rightfully should be).delta4062 said:
After recently replaying the game with my girlfriend (who has seen Gears of War by the way) she says that the violent finishes are the most impressive she's seen in a game, and the QuickTime event scenes are fantastically done, so I'm going to go with that. While it could get a little repetitive at times, all the special events and the boss fights usually did a good job of breaking it up, and it's one of the few games that can keep up the tension and drive to keep going so well. I'm glad I've played it through again myself. It's fun!
It seamlessly combined puzzle play with hack and slash, this gave you a real sense of achievement when you managed to complete the level.Grimm91 said:
What I liked about it is that the boss fights weren't all just monsters with more health and the QTE turned the game into a flowing story, rather then "the epic hero hit x 38 times until what ever was standing in front of him died".
I thought God of War actually had a really good story. Having read a lot of Greek mythology before playing the game, I thought it could've fit in easily with those old stories. Not so much the part about killing a god, but the ridiculous nature of the tasks and the curse that was put on Kratos and Athena being his guide.
I really liked the combat and I'm one of those people who doesn't mind quick time events. The few puzzles were well done. But the combat was so well done. That's why I like God of War.
I really liked the combat and I'm one of those people who doesn't mind quick time events. The few puzzles were well done. But the combat was so well done. That's why I like God of War.
Gears of War made hiding fun actually. Gore had nothing to do with it really for me. God of War is a solid game that entertained me immensely but I don't think it was groundbreaking or anything. Just many hours of semi-challenging button mashing.Syphonz said:
Ninja Gaiden: Feudal Ninja killing demons in the modern world? Oh yeah, Robots and Titties and magic. What's not to love. Oh besides alot of really poor design decisions. Who thought rockets coming from off screen during intense melee combat would make the game more fun?Indigo_Dingo said:
Devil May Cry: Son of the Devil fighting puppets with scissors is equally as good as Spartan baddass slaughters Greek mythology and kills a god. But the combat in DMC is stiff compared to GoW and the hydra is one of the single greatest video game fights ever.
I think we are forgetting that the Dynamite Cop games did them before Shenmue. Not that they even came close to popularityDarkrai said:
As for Shenmue vs Resi in popularising QTE, I'd say Resi popularised it with the public, but it was Shenmue that probably popularised it with developers and showed a new way to interact with cutscenes, which was then morphed into including it in action sequences like we have today. That's just my thoughts though.
As for the topic at hand, I can't really comment as I have never played a GoW game unfortunately (I will one day), but it strikes me as looking like a cross between DMC and Greek mythology which strikes up my interest and leads me to presume that the challenge of the game and desire to master the battle system would play a large part in its popularity.