Zero Punctuation: God of War III

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Stormshadow243

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Mic troubles again? Or is it allergies?
Damn funny review though. The Nathan Drake/Kratos thing was pretty funny, as well as the balloon animal intestine bit. I will say that for all the liberties that God of War takes with Greek mythology, it remains strangely accurate in weird ways, like what was inside of Pandora's box, or the greek flood myth which Kratos causes because he's a bastard.
 

Zoedelyce

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I know this sounds awful but I'm glad it was a sore throat, I thought something had happened and he got bored of doing the videos XD. Still, always love the videos ^^
 
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Hazy said:
Irridium said:
So I wasn't the only one who thought the story wasn't so good. Sweetness.

Also, was anyone else royally pissed off at the cutscene after the credits?

When after he killed himself for the good of everyone, after the credits it showed he lived and crawled away, completely undermining the whole "kill yourself for the greater good" aspect. Seriously, that pissed me off so much...
The camera pans to a shot over the cliff after the credits, following a trail of blood. I think he crawled over the cliff to end himself for good - essentially putting him at the same position he was when the series began.
Really? Well I guess that makes it a little better. Still, I would have liked it a lot more if they showed him jumping off. Instead of using that last scene as a possible opening for a sequel. And I know they said it was done, but I doubt it since God of War is a very popular franchise that brings in money.
 

De Ronneman

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Since everyone already responded to the sore throat, I'm not going to. Just get well soon.

I liked the voice of Gaia now I recognised it. It's Hetty from NCIS:LA.

Also, I was looking forward to how he'd do 2 things:
1) The fact you walk around with a severed head as some sort of luxury torch.
2) The boss battle with Chronos.

I was not let down, especially the whole "power was in you all along" joke.
And thank you for burning the whole drop-from-mountain-into-Hades-for-longer-gameplay thingy at the stake!

EDITED: I messed up 2 series... Stupid lettersoup. @ American government: Don't use the following letters in abreviations for government organisations anymore: C, S and I...
 

DanHibiki

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wait a minute... once Kratos kills all the gods, can't they just gang up on Hades and come right back to life again?
 

Fursnake

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If I was on the fence about whether to buy GoW 3 or simply rent it, I am off the fence now hehe. Minus the cost to rent it, I saved over $50 :)
 

kronoset

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I really never got how Kratos could take out gods, or how you could conceivably take out Cronus--he's the master of time. As we see in Greek mythology, the gods **** up the heroes who challenge them and and favor the ones who do their chores. In either case, they always were supposed to get the last laugh which is point of the morals that are found in the anecdotal nature of the myths. Junk like Kratos and Xena sort of butcher that whole concept. A cool game would be one based on the Iliad and the Odyssey, being able to switch between major heroes and utilize their different strengths. What ever happened to the cunning hero (eg. Ulysses)? Every guy has to be able to rip out somebody's liver to be taken seriously anymore.
 

LisaB1138

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I can't quibble with too many of his complaints. I loved the game, and actually liked the ending as it brought Kratos full circle. As for killing the other Gods, Kratos himself says in the beginning he's bringing the destruction of Olympus. It's the Age of Twilight, after all. While not explicitly stated, it's become more than personal for Kratos, it's about ending the Greek God system. Kratos isn't in a righteous funk here; he's a part of the problem, and he admits it. "By the end, Pandora, you will not be thanking me."

I thought the game far more than a rehash. The things that didn't need to change stayed largely the same, but this game had far more style in its execution. I found the combat more responsive than in GOW2, but I agree with the weapons finding. You get the Nemesis Whip far to late in the game to want to try to use it, and the Hermes boots seem almost a throwaway (particularly for platforming.)
 

BryanMoss

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What I can't wait to see is what Doraleous and assoc do with yahtzee tomorrow. Gonna be awesome im sure!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Deviluk

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I played the demo, and agree with what he says. You do feel forced to use the least preferable weapons! Like in Ninja gaiden.
 

jboking

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Wow, I don't believe I heard a single quip about quick time events. This is unexpected.
 

KillerRabbit

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SextusMaximus said:
I'm starting to grow weary of all the hate... I understand you want to please your fans, but now you're just nitpicking! You can't complain that a game has TOO MUCH variety... Ah well.
weary of all the hate? In my ears it sounded like he liked the game...
 

Spelonker

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If it's just Kratos's drive that you find unrealistic, Zeus didn't kill Kratos because he was killing too many people as the god of war, it was because he was afraid he'd take his place in Olympus. I don't know how many times it's mentioned that Zeus was filled with fear in the game. He killed Kratos because he was a selfish ***** pretty much. And that's reason enough for a brickheaded, Spartan warlord to get revenge while disregarding the effects killing the rest of the gods have on the world. Kratos isn't a rational guy. His drive doesn't have to be rational.

And to hell with you! I bloody well used the extra weapons. The Cestus was better for taking on single, tougher enemies and the Claws of Hades were great for crowd control by summoning souls to help you out. The Nemesis Whips had their merits too, but I didn't care much for them to be honest. Those Cestus made pummelling things into a red stain god damn satisfying.


The only things I didn't like about the game was the extremely abrupt ending and the utter lack of re-playability. But there's supposed to be some new, free DLC on the way to cheer me up.
 

hvwarrior

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as always a great review might pick up this gow after i play the first 2

sorry bout the sore throte thou
 

Wolfram23

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Hilarious, and I agree 100% with this review... probably one of the very few of Yahtzee's I can say that about.