Zero Punctuation: God of War III

[Jandau]

My money is on a torn throat due to too much partying in his new bar...

 

[Paradoxial]

I figured he would have liked it a bit more given the former's praise but i guess nothing is perfect. Not even portal anymore since they changed the ending...

 

[cpproductions]

love it yahtzee

 

[Glamorgan]

I want a balloon taxi...

 

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Isn't running around in your underpants an incredibly freeing experience? Especially when you do it down a busy city street.

My parole officer is doing well, thanks for asking.

Nicely done and a bit surprising in some of its praise. Chalk up another reason for me to maybe possibly consider picking up a PS3 someday.

Feel better soon, Yahtzee. Enjoy the success of the Mana Bar.

 

[GrinningManiac]

Ouch, your voice needs a day off. You sound ROUGH, man

Free coffee...AND DAMNATION? Hades is awesome

 

[H0ncho]

Its good to see yahtzee reviewing adventure games - its one of the genres he does really well.

 

[Zer0Saber]

I'll admit GOW3 has a weak story but coming from 2 I guess not much could be done, but it also seems like they didn't try to hard on the story. I still had fun, and did anyone else catch the few in game hints for another game?

 

[The Cake Is Annoying]

I'd only played the PSP God of War, so I was left wondering if I'd missed out some kind of epic storyline driven action game series I should get into.

Thanks for clearing that misconception up!

 

[Kanlic]

I am surprised that he didn't bring up his "Like God of War" stamp again, but whatever

His complaints in this video were too manufactured, there is no point in complaining that a game is giving you a lot of options of eviscerating centaurs, because what would the alternative be? a game that gets old very fast

 

[Timotei]

Was something wrong with his voice. It sounds like he's sick.

 

[yzzlthtz]

Hilfuckingarious.
What got me about this iteration of the game was that you have to switch weapons in order to switch spells, which was rough since I loved the Cestus, but hated the spell attached to it.
This was definitely the easiest God of War yet...

 

[Quesa]

I agree about climaxing at the beginning being a mistake, I maintain that Swordfish would have been a much better movie if they hadn't started it out with the massive special effect shot from the second half of the movie and then skipped over it when it was time to show it.

 

[BlackFrost]

That was fun!! I was waiting for this one for some time now.

 

[Aric Rainwater]

I missed hearing the phrase "It's like God of War, but..."

That's because it IS God of War. Also, it doesn't take a doctor to realize that he has a sore throat. Get well soon, I suppose.

 

[Professor M]

Good review, his only complaints were ones that have already been established. The equivalent of a Yahtzee seal of approval

The Hades comments were pretty spot on I thought

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Thanks to Twatter, I knew he was ill. God I hate Twitter.

Well, like Kratos, the first step is to not keep using it.

God of war is a series I've never actually got round to playing. GoW3 may be the one to break that pattern. Maybe I'll buy it 2nd hand, or in the sales.

 

[Delock]

I'm convinced not to buy it now.

Don't be. It's a fun game with some pretty impressive graphics and great boss battles. Sure the story is weak, but well, this is God of War. Going into this for the story is just like going into Halo for new additions to the FPS genre and an epic storyline (atleast the games that is). After all, the first game in the series had the "power to kill a god" turn out to be a super mushroom in the form of a box. Also, I never once imagined that Kratos was actually the loving family man the game tried to paint him as given how he acts, so those scenes where they brought up his family always fell flat to me. Regardless though, the combat was fun and puzzles, while not always the most interesting, could turn out to be challenging, and 3 continues the tradition.

 

[The Ultimate 2]

So he liked GOW3 but thought it was a bit unnecessary. So the same popular argument as Bioshock 2. Well whatever that's his thing and just like Bioshock 2 despite the small gripes he has with the game I still like it. Now for two things, one gargle some salt water and take some cough drops, and two review No More Heroes Desperate Struggle next time.

 

[Tentacles of Cool]

Admittedly I never really had an interest for GoW3. After the second's ending I got the impression that the only reason they were making a sequel was because they knew it would sell. I guess in some part we're to blame for that since by purchasing sequels we therefore make that a more attractive option to developers looking for a profit.