GOD OF WAR

The problem with the make it easier option is that it's only for battle sequences, not puzzles. You also can't switch back.

Ok I'm gonna come out and say it, I found this game totally boring. Incomprehensible button mashing totally lacking in finesse. I got as far as the three hydras boss but that was weeks ago and my motivation to go back to it is less than zero.

I found it partially boring but not incomprehensible

wait, the three hydras in the beginning of the first one? uh, try harder

Yeah, way to give up before the game even starts.

I mean, button mashers are inherently a bit boring to me, but they mix in a ton of mini-games to keep things fresh in GoW, and lots of puzzles. Among button mashers, it's easily the best I've played. And not incomprehensible at all.

I think I played it enough to get a feel for the gameplay. I dunno, maybe I'm just a bit bored of games in general. I'm still looking forward to HL2 and Portals and maybe Crysis, and I still love Singstar but that's hardly a traditional videogame; I can't think of anything else that I've played and really enjoyed in, well, at least a couple of years now.

in other words the "it's not you, it's me" line.

Oh, Katamari Damacy, that was great. And Lumines.

There was a loooot of button mashing 'tis true. The game itself though, well I liked the story and the characters. I liked the amount of action and the atmospherics, I especially liked the feeling of accomplishment that each chapter brought. It also looks amazing!

The button bashing is really enjoyable. I don't know why, but huge battles where you're turning a different direction every half second to batter the hell out of 10 different enemies are AMAZING in God of War. And not totally mindless button bashing either, you get more skillful and aim more as it goes on.

Tis true! Also it's great that as you play on you get even better combos.

what an annoying ending! I didn't get to kill that sub-Charlton Heston Zeus!

and drink the blood of every petty god!

Ha ha true. Also crap twist! That whole thing with Atlas thought. Such lush levels! Did you get many urns?

no idea...urns? I skipped the credits, maybe I'll have to finish it again and see!

Oh right, there are these urns hidden in chests that open up certain abilities and costumes. I normally don't bother but I'd read that these gave cool perks (they did). You find 4 of them during the whole game (it means exploring everywhere mind from the very first part!!!).

I splurged and picked up the psp game last night. Have only had time to play through the first few checkpoints, but so far it's pretty awesome - lots of fun - controls work just fine (except dodging is a bit awkward) - and the graphics are surprisingly impressive

Picked up GOW I again to see how good it was. Amazing graphics, lots of button mashing but the puzzles in SPOILER LOOK AWAY NOWthe maze and Pandora's temple?You can look again were just too stressful/painful/badly designed to keep the interest going.

the puzzles so far on the psp version haven't been a problem, but the combat is getting pretty tough - especially some of the finishing moves - hitting the x or square or triangle or circle isn't a problem, but sometimes you have to rotate the little nub in certain directions - very tough to pull off correctly and quickly, unfortunately. I actually got stuck on a big fight last night (about an hour and a half in) and if I can't get past it today, I may give in and switch to easy mode

Don't be crazy! Just drink lots of coffee and time will slow down enough for you to do it properly.

Yeah, typically after taking a 24 hour break, I had no problem & have managed some much tougher fights keeping it on normal. But I did get stuck on a stupid puzzle this morning for way too long, when the answer was just to pull out my shield.

Interesting (not sure it's worth a double dip though)...

"Scheduled for release this holiday season, God of War Collection will feature reworked versions of both God of War® and God of War® II on a single Blu-ray Disc™ at full 1280 x 720 resolution. Both critically acclaimed games, which were originally developed for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, have been remastered with anti-aliased graphics running at 60 frames per second for a smooth gameplay experience on the PS3 system."

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/08/31/god-of-war-collection-blu-ray-disc-compilation-available-this-holiday-season/

60fps and 720p HD is hott but it's cheeky of sony to suggest ppl don't want to play PS2 games on their PS3s and then do this; still at least it's budget-priced

it'd be really nice if they did a similar package for Ico and SotC, in anticipation of the last guardian; god knows SotC could do with a decent framerate

I only played GoW1 so this is obviously an insta-buy for me

james, why not just buy a really cheap copy of gow2 and play it upscaled on yr 60gb?

Trophy whore

haha should have locked this thread after the first 3 posts

having never owned a ps2 can i just say HELLLLO!!!!!!

I don't think I ever played the second one. Did I ever play the second one? I can't remember.

They are indeed cheeky bastards for doing this after that HEY GUYS DO YOU WANT THE PS2 GAMES ON A BONUS DISC survey for GOW3, getting a resounding "shit yeah" from an overwhelming majority of the respondents, then saying they weren't going to do it for mumble mumble technical reasons mumble demand mumble OH HEY LOOK A UNICORN

That said, I'm glad to hear it's going to happen, having only played little chunks of GOW1, especially since I only own a copy of part 1 and it's still shrinkwrapped and potentially gift-returnable.

And yeah, if they did this (assuming there aren't any technical issues with the GOW ports) for the Team ICO games I would buy them in a heartbeat, shameless double-dip or no. Shadow of the Colossus at 720p with a stable framerate and anti-aliasing? YES PLEASE. I'm not hugely concerned about graphic quality (one of the reasons I own a PS3), but while SotC was goegeous from an art design standpoint it had jaggies that could take your face off.

I don't think I ever played the second one. Did I ever play the second one? I can't remember.

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yes i played it at your house

I'm not hugely concerned about graphic quality (one of the reasons I own a PS3)

that's one of the reasons you own a next-gen console with a blu-ray player? huh?

gow2 was very excellently better than 1 iirc

I mean it's why I went for the PS3 instead of the 360- though most games nowadays are fine, some still have problems on ps3 (Ghostbusters, for example). I'm willing to make a slight tradeoff in graphical quality for stuff like more platform-exclusive titles I like, the aforementioned blu-ray player (I DO care very much about visuals for movies), etc

I have obtained (with Chicanery, also Wiles) the GoW 3 E3 demo. Fun, quite pretty, ludicrously violent. There is no quicker way for a game to get on my good side than to throw a swarm of disposable mooks at me then flash the instructions

BATTERING RAM: HIT O TO GRAB AN ENEMY, HIT [] TO CHARGE

Murdering a horde of skeletons with nothing but other skeletons is one of life's simple joys.

<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/14/dream-theater-adding-even-more-metal-to-god-of-war-iii-soundtrac/#comments";>Oh dear.</a>

ha!

wth is wrong with this board

this thing is ALMOST out, where's the hype

that's true actually. I like these games, and the early reviews are <3 <3 <3, but I'm not that excited about it. Why?

Sequelitis

I would be excited about this if I actually had $$$ to buy games right now, I loved the first two.

God of War III is kind of amazing. one awesome set-piece after another. it's not especially cool when you basically have to murder a naked slave-lady, though.

but that's what I'm into!

I liked watching my friend play the first one more than I enjoyed playing it - I assume this version will be the same.

n/a, I'm in the same boat as you - would love to play it now, but no money, especially after just doing my taxes. Will definitely get it somewhere down the road though (as well as a few other games I've had to skip this month). But the other thing is, no money doesn't matter as much as just no time, or to be more precise, I already have more games I want to be playing right now than time to play them to my satisfaction, so no real need to pick up more and more games, no matter how good they look. There's just too many games!

I need local friends with PS3s who I can borrow games from.

Maybe we should have a "take one for the team" program where when there's a shortish game without much replay value we buy one copy with a paypal fund and send it around one dude to another

The first level of GOW3 is hilariously epic. That's how people learn to play this game? Crazy!

pretty every level is hilariously epic.