God of War III Review

By Christian Donlan Published 8 March, 2010

Bye, Zeus.

Version tested: PlayStation 3

Although I doubt you could count on Kratos to guide you through your Classics GCSE, it's hard to think of many other games that understand their source material as well as God of War. Sony's audience, like Homer's, is looking for the release that violent heroics can bring, an escape from drudgery into a vivid world where the emotions haven't been simplified so much as heightened.

Just look at the animations: whether it's opening a chest or opening someone's chest, Kratos puts everything into it. Shoulders quiver and shudder, knees buckle under the strain, there's audible grunting. He gives it his all, and, on the other side of the TV screen, so will you.

And so has Santa Monica Studios. With God of War III, fans of the series will find a game that's been refined and expanded. The basic approach, including the combat system, level flow and pacing of bosses and puzzles remains largely untouched. But everything's bigger, grander and more elaborate.

That said, the story of God of War III couldn't be simpler: the game is basically about climbing a mountain to kill the man that lives at the top. The fact that the mountain is Olympus, the man at the top is Zeus, and things kick off with a boot in the face that drops you all the way back down to Hades only adds to the enjoyment.

'God of War III' Screenshot 1

Rip Torn pads out the cast. He was presumably chosen because his name fits so well with Kratos' basic move set.

It's not BioShock, in other words, but such a loose framework has given the developer the chance to let rip with the detailing - and the detailing is beautiful stuff. True to the standards set by the previous instalments, this is a staggeringly good-looking game. Set-pieces are gigantic but artful, consumed with sweeping arcs of the camera and huge, intricate environments, while the sky overhead is latticed by flaming comets and boiling wreckage as heaven itself comes apart.

The animation is brutal, but never less than graceful: characters leap and dodge like murderous ballerinas, and bust into wet pieces as if there's an Olympic Gold available for Most Attractive Dismemberment. The locations take you from the brewing black pits of Hades, where bodies of the corrupted fall through the sky in a manner that provides a queasy spin on a certain seventies disco classic, to the rippling, art nouveau corridors of Poseidon's house. And if you can even notice the frame-rate amid this particle-heavy carnage, you'll realise that it never falters.

All this tech and artistry has been devoted to a very basic pleasure: kill absolutely everything on-screen. The thing you have to understand about Kratos, right, is that he can yank a person's head off. No, actually, the thing you have to understand is that he does this all the time: it's an enterprise he finds himself involved in sufficiently often that it probably doesn't even crop up in his Monday afternoon psychotherapy sessions any more.

'God of War III' Screenshot 2

The solutions to the game's puzzles are almost always simpler than you expected.

So angry at the world that he's literally purple, God of War's vengeful Spartan is almost comically deadly. His has always been a world drawn entirely in black and white. OK, and red. It's a place with no need for an in-game morality system; early on in part III, crawling along a flaming ledge, Kratos spots a peasant, surrounded by flames and steep drops, waving for help with a button prompt floating overhead. The option to be nice? This is new. Not really - that prompt isn't to lift him to safely, but to mash his face against the wall. Good work.

That kind of casual capacity for butchery means that God of War III has to begin where most games end: it has to deliver on a level of ghoulishly thrilling spectacle other titles have the time to steadily build up towards, and it has to do this pretty much all of the time, without it ever getting dull. It has to be insistent rather than shrill, epic rather than merely bombastic. Santa Monica Studios has done that, and then some besides.

Where it begins, in fact, is where God of War II ended, with a failed assault on Mount Olympus: a twisty ramble up a pathway that turns out to be the arm of Gaia, the Titan, followed by a fight against a towering mini-boss crab with a horse's head. It's vibrant and vicious, topping the famous opening to the previous game: gore splashes through the air with each strike, the ground is constantly shuddering, attack formations shift unexpectedly, and, when the beast finally dies, it bows out with an astonishing showering of intestines and fireworks. Phew. That's the first two minutes done.

This explosive introduction revels in shifting perspectives to almost Mario Galaxy proportions, sending the hulking Kratos running up, underneath and over things, clinging to the brambles above him to negotiate sudden drops, or being flung across vast chasms and saving himself with a sudden chain-swing at the last moment. Meanwhile, the background tears up in blasts of colour and light as towering gods with designs straight out of Jack Kirby decimate the landscape.

Even before the credits, then, this is a game where something is always erupting, where around the next corner you're going to see something bigger, crazier, uglier, more beautiful, than what you saw around the last, whether it's a three-headed tiger leading an army of clanking skeletons straight at you, or a glimpse of the gigantic Chain of Balance that buckles the warring worlds of man and gods together.

Man and gods, eh? The wider narrative of God of War III is essentially a bickering domestic soap opera between characters the size of fjords. These hulking misfits provide the game with its regular bosses, as Kratos does a bloody-fingered re-editing of the classics which suggests that the real reason Christianity eventually took hold in Europe wasn't because it had a better after-life package, but because there was nobody else left upstairs.

It's a tantalising list of targets, each familiar name accompanied by an unlikely twist. Hercules, when he finally arrives, is a jealous meat-face, his hulking body covered in scar tissue. Helios is a flashy gadabout nipping around arrogantly in a shining chariot, and Hermes is a catty know-it-all whose backchat indicates that he could have had a lucrative future as a judge on televised talent shows if he hadn't run across a large purple man who really wanted to borrow his shoes.

'God of War III' Screenshot 3

Double-jumping can be a little fiddly, but checkpoints are generous.

Along with the grim designs and oddball characterisations, as ever with this series, each boss has a delightfully creative way of expiring, with multi-part fights playing out in some extremely queasy bursts of stage-management, whether you're piling somebody into a wall of spikes, ripping the fingernails off of a giant's hands, or sinking your hooks so deep into the bubbling flesh of a colossus that you tug out their very soul. Yuck.

And it's the final moments of an encounter in which the game twists the knife somewhat. An early boss-clubbing flips the perspective to the deity's viewpoint in his dying moments, as you pile on a final brutal lamping. It's a chance to see what manner of monster you're playing as, and it actually got through my skin a little, hardened as it is by years of headshots, disembowelments and off-the-chart Pringle consumption.

The game threaded in between the god-mashing lives by a handful of simple, entirely agreeable rules that should hardly need reiterating to series veterans. Rule one: all statues should eventually come to life eager for a fight. Rule two: every 30 minutes you should either get another power, a new weapon, or something really dazzling and huge to work over. Rule three: almost every one of life's problems can be solved by ripping several people's heads off.

'God of War III' Screenshot 4

Old enemies return, as do old combos.

Occasionally someone flings a puzzle your way. A minority of them are pretty limp (there's a truly ghastly Guitar Hero moment), but most are fairly clever this time around, riffing on the likes of Portal and Echochrome while making the mechanics seem new again, blending devious simplicity with an endless gift for conjuring pretty vistas. The best, however, are more than mere palate-cleansers - they're sharp and ingenious and peculiarly comic. Finally, the very best are physics brainteasers that involve kicking dogs around.

Most of the game, however, is still given over to fighting. God of War's combat may never have had as much depth as some of its competitors, but it makes up for it with freakish beauty and a devastating talent for creating just the right hit response. The handful of attacks for each weapon are very satisfying to use, and the feedback is horrible and delightful as heads rupture, limbs flail, and hot blood splashes onto polished marble floors.

There are new touches, like a battering ram move that you should definitely work out of your system before the next time you pick up your three-year-old to give them a friendly ride on your shoulders, but the series' classic combos are waiting for you like old friends. There are some truly brilliant weapons, too: different kinds of chains to smack people about with, one of which contains a brutal electrical kick, that good old flaming bow and arrow, metal boxing gloves and a super-powered torch called the Head of Helios. Because it's a head. And it belonged to Helios. (Guess how you get that.)

Powering up each weapon, via a method that remains largely unchanged from the original games, provides a welcome space for personal choice in an otherwise entirely scripted experience, but the real pleasure of the toys you're given is how accessible they are. God of War III makes it so easy to switch between them on the fly, sensible button configurations spread across the triggers and D-pad meaning you can mix things up and use all the equipment at your disposal with no fuss.

Even the most tentative player will soon be striking from a distance with arrows, stunning with a quick blast from Helios, before softening victims with the Chains of Exile, and then finishing them off with a single swipe from the Claws of Hades. Enemies provide additional scope for mayhem, each coming with their own gimmick, from sickle-handed wraiths you have to yank bodily out of the ground prior to a hammering, to centaurs just itching to be sliced down the middle.

And yes, the series remains bold in its use of QTEs, a mechanic that other games still implement awkwardly and often with a faint air of embarrassment. As with everything else in this game, it's a combination of focused use and shameless delight in brutality that sees Santa Monica Studios through. God of War III gets away with so many button prompts because they offer a change of pace from hammering away at light and heavy attacks, and because they allow some of the world's greatest game animators to really pile on the showmanship.

'God of War III' Screenshot 5

When Kratos eats a mushroom, he powers up to become Super Kratos. [Double-check this bit. - Ed]

One very early example sees you pulling off a monster's claw, prising open its rib cage, and then goring it with its own talon. You're fighting on top of a giant stone woman at the time. Moments like that are probably worth the odd floating triangle symbol, especially when it means that all those regular boss fights you're going to slog through can be about crystal-clear cinematic unpleasantness rather than grinding attrition. Besides, any game that includes on-screen prompts telling you how to "agitate a harpy" can't be doing that much wrong.

Everything is enhanced by a camera that is spry and decisive: canny in its attempts to balance usability with spectacle, confident enough to zoom out when it wants to give you a sense of grandeur or ease in close to wriggle after you through impossibly tiny cracks in a mountain. Cinematic ambitions never get in the way of a willingness to frame the action as intelligibly as possible, while the game is happy to waste unexpected prettiness on anything at all, whether it's a humble trigger puzzle enriched by the face of a huge god frozen beneath your feet, or a block-pulling episode offered a touch of mysterious opulence by the towering form of a nearby tree that pulsates with a Titan's heartbeat.

The result of all this is a game that exists in an enviable goldilocks zone. God of War III is exactly the experience fans are expecting, most likely. It's polished but never impersonal, vast and explosive but never merely deafening. It's Scalextric adventuring, to be sure, but you'll rarely feel as confident to let a game lead you down the track, safe in the knowledge that it's only going to tug you towards fun.

'God of War III' Screenshot 6

For me?

Everything it does is big - even switching between menus results in a sound that resembles someone taking a blow torch to a brontosaurus - and most of the things it does are surprisingly clever, too, like turning a Titan's body into an ingenious finishing move or threading complex stages together so tightly that you almost never have to backtrack.

It's repetition with refinement, in other words - which sounds a lot like mythology, come to think of it. All those ancient stories have probably survived because they kept things simple and delivered what the audience was expecting, focusing on the characters, the emotions, the signature moves and the really huge fights.

God of War III is much the same: a technical marvel, but with all the clever stuff turned towards the aim of very basic gratification. There are no branching paths, no complex decisions, and no multiplayer modes, but this particular game is all the better for it, since the results are rich and focused rather than drawn-out and a little ragged. Ultimately, if you want to revel in old-school pleasures decked out in the very brightest new armour, this is about as good as it gets.

Oh, and in case I didn't make this entirely clear, it includes the absolute best dog-kicking puzzle you'll ever see.

9 / 10

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About Christian Donlan

Chris Donlan writes about games for Eurogamer and some magazines. His heroes include Eugene Jarvis, Errol Morris, and Linus Van Pelt.

Read more articles from Christian by visiting the Christian Donlan archive page.

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Comments (187) 2 years ago

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  • Peew971 #1 2 years ago

    \o/

  • Hawk #2 2 years ago

    lolz

  • mode7 #3 2 years ago

    Another reason to own a PS3

  • captain_Carl #4 2 years ago

    I guess i flipped to the score like everyone else.

    Good score. Now time to read it.

  • gamecubeisbest #5 2 years ago

    Nice score.

  • tinodz #6 2 years ago

    Rabbits?

  • Praetorianer #7 2 years ago

    Fine! I'll take this for granted. I want to see all those marvels, all the eye and ear-candy. For this time, I don't care if it's repetitive and if it's just "more of the same", because it is not, due to the outstanding technical prowess demonstrated. I can't wait till my pre-ordered copy arrives, BUT - next time more of the same won't do it for me.

  • RobotRocker #8 2 years ago

    Ground floor for eventual "ITS NOT A TEN. E GEE ARE TEH BIAS. RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE" meltdowns.

    Decent review but doesn't really explain much other than its a nicer looking GOW2.

    OK that massive GOW3 ad thats started to appear around the article looks gaudy and makes the review look sketchy. Sort it out.
    Edited by 2 at 08/03/10 @ 17:06

  • Mkwone #9 2 years ago

    *Only a 9 you xbox fanboys etc etc*

    I can imagine it now

  • lennon #10 2 years ago

    Thats three times today Twitter has come up trumps

  • Retroid #11 2 years ago

    Rather liked Chains of Olympus. Was this ever going to be anything other than Rather Good? :)

  • DDevil #12 2 years ago

    9 very much expected. I was anticipating a 10 at times while reading that.

    Still, must buy... If only I could afford a PS3...

  • spatss #13 2 years ago

    can't wait for this, still debating whether I should sell a kidney and buy the ultimate edition.

  • Fletche #14 2 years ago

    "Decent review but doesn't really explain much other than its a nicer looking GOW2."

    Which is exactly what a lot of people want, why change a winning formula too much? Has been a must buy for me for a very long time

  • feistycheese #15 2 years ago

    Please guys, try not to turn this into a fanboy thread.

    The review sounds exactly as I expected, it is more of the same in terms of gameplay, but thats exactly as it should be. This is the last time we will see Kratos so its right that theres no deviation from the things that made GOW 1 & 2 so memorable.

    Could have steered away from the spoilers though EG.

    *And if anyone disagrees with me Im gonna freeze your ass with a Medusas head ;)*

  • Moribundman #16 2 years ago

    @mode7 Yet Mass Effect 2 is still a better reason to own a PC or Xbox... ;-)

    Look forward to playing this.

    And also reading all the pissy fanboy rants about a game getting a 9.

    A fucking 9 kids. That used to be good...
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 17:14

  • Zerobob #17 2 years ago

    If only any of the 3 games I really want to play on the PS3 were even released yet!

    Well, this game at least makes one of them when it comes out on the 19th. Not sure if I can justify buying a PS3 to play 3 games when I already have a X360 though :s

  • the_sas_man #18 2 years ago

    I'm finding the negative scores for posts on here funny

    "Negative me" guys!

  • frankfurter209 #19 2 years ago

    I utterly despise God of War, but I see the appeal, and the game certainly looks well-crafted.
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 17:14

  • sneetch #20 2 years ago

    @feistycheese
    Please guys, try not to turn this into a fanboy thread.

    It was always going to be a fanboy thread. :)

    As for the game, it sounds really sweet, I'll take one please.

  • captain_Carl #21 2 years ago

    K, read it now, awesome review :) God of War 2, but better. Which is all i wanted.

  • Rens11 #22 2 years ago

    good score but way too many spoilers in this review!

  • magikdodo #23 2 years ago

    First day buy for me..9 or 10 or 8, its just a score

    Reading the article is enough..Now to go read Kotaku, IGN and gamesradar thoughts

  • mode7 #24 2 years ago

    @Moribundman

    Mass Effect 2 is a good game... I wouldn't say a system seller though.
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 17:18

  • septimus #25 2 years ago

    Now can't wait for the SE Box version to turn up. Don't feel quite so guilty for blowing that amount of money on a set of games.

    /still guilty, more money than sense etc etc... hope the wife never finds out how much it was.

  • greenllama88 #26 2 years ago

    Good review... I'm impressed that he managed to make 3 pages of saying its a good looking game that mantains the sereis quality, so readable.

  • Skandalle #27 2 years ago

    This shall be my next PS3 feast.... after Heavy Rain of-course. *avoids this thread hereafter knowing someone will reveal the killer* Cant PS3 & 360 fans co-exist...join hands.....and both dig at Wii owners instead?

  • muscleblade #28 2 years ago

    "Mass Effect 2 is a good game... I wouldn't say a system seller though"

    Not to you. ME2 is a game for grownups.

  • PrivateJoker #29 2 years ago

    "Rip Torn pads out the cast. He was presumably chosen because his name fits so well with Kratos' basic move set."

    +1. Nice.

  • Windypops #30 2 years ago

    Man! It seems I really am destined to buy all three consoles this generation. I HAVE MOUTHS TO FEED YOU HEARTLESS BASTARDS!!!

  • FladgeMangle #31 2 years ago

    Christ on a bike. Who the fuck marks down a \o/ ?

    9/10 is an excellent score for part 3 of a series. Count yourselves lucky Ellie didn't review it ;-)

  • TheNinkyNonk #32 2 years ago

    See I just don't get review scores. Something has to be new and fresh to get a good score...unless it's amazing at doing something old that we've all seen before?

    Numbers schnumbers.

    Want this game, mind.

  • laudy #33 2 years ago

    "Not to you. ME2 is a game for grownups."

    My 9 year old cousin plays it. Can't say he's a grown up...

  • JHuxley #34 2 years ago

    Unnngh. Couldn't wait so I bought the GoW Collection from Canada the other day (stupid SCEE).

    This review makes me glad I have my copy on pre-order, though. Enjoyed reading it, good job Mr Donlan.

  • PrivateJoker #35 2 years ago

    [link url=htt p://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/107/1075014p1.html
    ]http://uk .ps3.ign.com/articles/107/10750...[/link]

    9.3 and 9.4(AU)

  • GamerG #36 2 years ago

    great score for a great game!

  • chischis #37 2 years ago

    More of the same button-mashing to "impressive" visuals, then?

    Yeah mark me down you idiots, I don't care. I don't understand why a game with such wafer-thin gameplay is so loved. What a load of rubbish. Same with Devil May Cry and its ilk.

    (BTW Muscleblade, for what it's worth, you're correct. Sadly there's far too many cretinous sheeple that will lap up this kind of highly-linear endless-button-mashing gameplay.)
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 17:35

  • karooo #38 2 years ago

    :D nice score.

  • RobotRocker #39 2 years ago

    chischis: I fail to see the wisdom of calling anyone an idiot when you criticise Devil May Cry for "Wafer-Thin Gameplay". I suggest you go have a look at Devil May Cry 3 to understand how you can build in a deep, strategic and satisfying combat system into a third-person action adventure.

  • PrivateJoker #40 2 years ago

    @chischis

    Yeah because you're opinion is better than everyone else's. Grow up. Just because you might not be a fan doesn't mean other people can be. Each to their own. Or are you just an xbot troll?

  • M_of_the_sys #41 2 years ago

    "There are new touches, like a battering ram move that you should definitely work out of your system before the next time you pick up your three-year-old to give them a friendly ride on your shoulders..."

    Haha. Very nice!

  • briguy05 #42 2 years ago

    Cannot wait until this masterpiece arrives. I preorederd the ultimate edition only gamestop aint getting them now in Ireland soo sick about that.

  • Roarrr #43 2 years ago

    @ chischis
    I'll see your negative and raise you an ignore.

  • jerrymanu #44 2 years ago

    Never got around to playing 1 & 2 so this is gonna be Ace :D

  • Markitron #45 2 years ago

    @ chischis

    Love the fact that you prolly clicked on the review, skipped to the end, saw the score, and left a comment on a game you already decided you hate.

  • theonomous #46 2 years ago

    New to the PS3. Guess I'll have to try out that GoW I & II compilation now.

  • PrivateJoker #47 2 years ago

    [link url=http://www.destructoid.com/review-god-of-war-ii i-166136.phtml#ext
    ]http://ww w.destructoid.com/review-god-of...[/link]

    10/10 from Destructoid.

  • RandomTerrain #48 2 years ago

    I played the demo. Amazing graphics and all that, but the actual 'game'... doesn't deserve a high score in my opinion. Kill everything that moves, and it's way too easy. Boring. :o/

    I hope the new Castlevania game is more my cup of tea.

  • EvilBob_leeds #49 2 years ago

    *Reads review*

    *Grins foolishly and rubs hands together*

    God damn I'm looking forward to this game!

  • sfp_noodle #50 2 years ago

    fucking hell how many jelous 360 fans are there in here? jus read the 1st few comments and anything POSITIVE said about the VERY POSITIVE review is neg repped? grow up

  • mkreku #51 2 years ago

    That read like a 10. And I absolutely loved the two previous God of Wars on my PS2, so now begins Operation Convince Cousin (to buy this for his PS3)!

  • rotmm #52 2 years ago

    When I saw this at the EG Expo, it was by far the best looking game at the show.

    It's just sad that fighters and hack'n'slashers are just not the type of game that appeals to me. :( As much as I try to ove them, I can't.

  • Sonic_D #53 2 years ago

    I tried to enjoy the first two GoW games, but just got bored with them, so it appears this won't be my cup of tea either. Still I'm glad it will satisfy those who did enjoy them.

  • Monkey_Chops #54 2 years ago

    Gets a 9, reads like a 10.

    "Meanwhile, the background tears up in blasts of colour and light as towering gods with designs straight out of Jack Kirby decimate the landscape. "

    Kudos for mentioning Kirby. He was definitely one of the best.

  • mdsll #55 2 years ago

    I own both a 360 and a PS3 but I don't get God of War. Way too boring button mashing for me. Not sure why it's so hyped :(

    But then again, tastes are different, eh?

  • seanthejackal #56 2 years ago

    Eurogamer you biased fucks just admit that all 9/10 PS3 games are indeed 10/10...though truth be told i find this site fucking hilarious. FUCK YOU RICH LEADBETTER!!!
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 18:05

  • TheBlackBandit #57 2 years ago

    What a fantastic review. I was reading this aloud to my sister and we were both laughing far too much for our own good.

  • sarcasmoidosis #58 2 years ago

    Couldn't care about marks for this one, preordered a month ago. Good review though, nicely worded :)

  • EvilBob_leeds #59 2 years ago

    Could we run a sweepstake on the trolling this thread will get? We'll break it up into 7 categories!

    1) Waa waa waa QTEs are rubbish

    2) Boo hoo hoo killing things is boring

    3) Winge winge winge don't have a PS3 but didn't want the stupid game anyway

    4) Blub blub blub this sequel keeps the core mechanic from the prequel. Why couldn't they have reimagined it as a dating simulator!

    5) Gibber gibber I'll wait for a REAL review from (whoever gives the game the lowest score)

    6) Sniffle sniffle EUROGAMER you biased sons of bitches this is such a 10!!!

    7) Dribble dribble if its not got like 60 fps then its a game for noobs

    Place your bets in as 7 / 3 / 6 / 4 / 3 / 8 ! Winner gets a go on the upcoming sequel to God of War - God of Love.

    EDIT Cheers dudefather, added to list
    Edited by 3 at 08/03/10 @ 18:19

  • the_dudefather #60 2 years ago

    'I'll wait for a REAL review from (whoever gives the game the lowest score)'

  • rotmm #61 2 years ago

    @seanthejackoff, "Eurogamer you biased fucks just admit that all 9/10 PS3 games are indeed 10/10...though truth be told i find this site fucking hilarious. FUCK YOU RICH LEADBETTER!!!"

    Methinks you need to look a little closer to home for a prime example of "biased"

  • seanthejackal #62 2 years ago

    @teh9182 they had to give Uncharted 2 GOTY because just about everyone else did, they would have revealed themselves as the DIRTY FUCKING BRIBE TAKING DOG FUCKERS THAT THEY ARE.

  • chrisola #63 2 years ago

    sounds like this is worth picking up, brutal violence ahoy! Bayonetta was the first of this type of game i played all the way through, hopefully this will keep me just as interested.

  • LazyNinjaUk #64 2 years ago

    After playing the demo and ripping a mans head off in real-time, I decided I need to get this game just so I can appease my sociopathic, gore-hungry side.

    Plus I hear they haven't skimped on the boobies either. WIN.

  • seanthejackal #65 2 years ago

    @Crez SHUT UP!!!

  • seanthejackal #66 2 years ago

    @Crez yup

  • sfp_noodle #67 2 years ago

    adding karma was the WORST thing ever added by EG. coz of stupid fanboys, ligitimate comments get hidden due to being downgraded too low. it seemed like a positive idea at first but looking at all the jelous neg spamming i am encouraged to read every single comment to reach an informed decision. a positive rated comment has just as much credibility as a negativ rated comment on here and its beyond sad now

  • seanthejackal #68 2 years ago

    @SPAM okay then...FUCK YOU RICH LEADBETTER!!!

  • seanthejackal #69 2 years ago

    @sfp_noodle i know right!

  • RobotRocker #70 2 years ago

    @ EvilBob_leeds

    You forgot "EUROGAMER IS FULL OF CASUALS WHO CANT REVIEW HARDCORE GAMES" and "DIRTY 360 FANBOYS NEG REPPING ALL TEH COMENTS CAUZE THE'RE JEALOUS"

    I think you nearly have enough for a Bingo card there

  • freakzilla #71 2 years ago

    Seems like a good game. Will be glad to finally play it.


    Edge 7/10, I'm taking bets

  • seanthejackal #72 2 years ago

    @spartancog117 Dante's inferno LOL at least your a funny fanboy.

  • El-Dev #73 2 years ago

    The combat in Dante's Inferno was good I thought, unfortunately the rest of the gameplay was awful.

    Will most definately be buying this.

  • tonixuk #74 2 years ago

    Just completed GOW 1 and started GOW 2 on PS3 (collection) and I'm absolutely hooked! So basically this is a must for me and I'm very glad it's going to be more of the same. As for the score 9 used to be a good score so not a problem.

  • Kryton #75 2 years ago

    "Dante inferno shiiits alll ovr this game, so does bayonettta, ps3 owners aren;t real gamers, buy 360s you idiots."

    Exactly this. GOW is sooo overrated. Just like the SDF.

  • patchbox360 #76 2 years ago

    @Kryton

    if you haven't played uc2, demons, kz2, heavy rain, ff13 (ps3), lbp, gow3, gt5 etc - ur not gaming this gen

  • miiiguel #77 2 years ago

    @ patchbox360: Killzone 2.

  • Kryton #78 2 years ago

    notmyrealname wrote: "This reminds me.. why do xbox360 owners frequent this thread? I mean.. seriously what's the point besides troling?

    ahhh nvm!"

    It's not a thread, its the comment section to a story on the main page. Are you seriously suggesting that 360 owners shouldn't read the main page?
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 18:48

  • Kryton #79 2 years ago

    patchbox360 wrote : "@Kryton

    if you haven't played uc2, demons, kz2, heavy rain, ff13 (ps3), lbp, gow3, gt5 etc - ur not gaming this gen"

    :D Yeah, this Gen only consists of PS3 games.
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 18:49

  • Tallon4 #80 2 years ago

    3 pages about Kratos kickin' everybody's ass. Nice.
    Thumps up for the reviewer. Must have been a real challenge.
    If someone asks me to explain how great this game is, I'm done in a few sentences :)

  • seanthejackal #81 2 years ago

    360 sucks balls

  • Tallon4 #82 2 years ago

    @ seanthejackal...
    I wish it did...My wife usually does...

  • sfp_noodle #83 2 years ago

    everybody neg rep me damnit! all the positives look out of place!

  • Kalak #84 2 years ago

    "....Christ on a bike. Who the fuck marks down a \o/ ? ...."

    a Fanboy ?

  • Kryton #85 2 years ago

    @ wile_coyote, you should play Brutal Legend. Loads of hair there...

  • spatss #86 2 years ago

    Haha, full force xbot attack. I can taste your tears.

  • RobotRocker #87 2 years ago

    you should play Brutal Legend. Loads of hair there...

    You can even buy DLC to have even more hair. You can live your glorious beard fantasies vicariously through it.

    Reason #23 why Tim Schafer is a genius.

  • Lunastra78 #88 2 years ago

    Puny fanboys, Kratos approves of your jealous tears!

  • irrelevanthuman #89 2 years ago

    @wile_coyote
    I know what you mean,I have no desire to play the part of some bald bloke-I am some bald bloke dammit.

  • Seabeast #90 2 years ago

    Nice score, good to see this game getting good reviews.

    However.....eurogamer and other reviewers praise this game for somethings that they said were bad in other games, which just goes to show that reviewers are biased towards the 'name' of a game these days.

    I will be picking this up at some point.

  • sarcasmoidosis #91 2 years ago

    "which just goes to show that reviewers are biased towards the 'name' of a game these days."

    What do you mean "these days"? :) It's always been like this, one way or the other. Someone gives MW2 a 10 for being pure genius, someone else gives at 5 for being non-innovative. You just have to eliminate the highest and lowest, just like in statistics.

  • darc #92 2 years ago

    GoW III, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain... everything's arriving late to the US lately. Maybe it's a Sony thing?

    Anyway, I've got a gift card with God of War written all over it. :)

  • man.the.king #93 2 years ago

    seanthejackal

    "they had to give Uncharted 2 GOTY because just about everyone else did, they would have revealed themselves as the DIRTY FUCKING BRIBE TAKING DOG FUCKERS THAT THEY ARE."

    Simmer down mate. I like the PS3 better meself, but EG did spend weeks on weeks covering UC2 before and after it came out. Very few games (exclusives and multi-platform) have gotten that kind of coverage. Plus all this rage is probably bad for your blood pressure :)

  • Retroid #94 2 years ago

    notmyrealname: "This reminds me.. why do xbox360 owners frequent this thread? I mean.. seriously what's the point besides troling?"

    Because a good game is a good game regardless of the hardware it's running on, and big games like this are often the tipping point which convinces people to finally buy a machine?

    Nah, because everyone's a fanboy. Obviously.

  • Widge #95 2 years ago

    I love God Of War games. I understand that Bayonetta is loved by the technical fighter fans, but like Tekken and Street Fighter... I just can't be arsed with that amount of effort to get the most out of the game. With GoW, its all about the scale, the epic and the cinematic experience... and that ticks so many boxes for me.

  • Widge #96 2 years ago

    Although this is now highlighting the release schedule clusterfuck that is going on. I cannot afford to pick this up with Heavy Rain & FFXIII now paid for. Plus the fact that just about everything else that is coming out in the next two months looks great.

    Decided I'm going to do GoW2 first (never played it) before I get round to this.

  • man.the.king #97 2 years ago

    @Retroid

    "Because a good game is a good game regardless of the hardware it's running on, and big games like this are often the tipping point which convinces people to finally buy a machine? "

    Tipping point, for gamers not fanboys.

    For instance, I've seen posts on EG of 360-only owners who used to say in 2007-8 "not worth buying a PS3 for just this game" and have been saying that since then for almost every major PS3 exclusive. How many "just this game" do I need to read before I conclude that it's an immature asshole who only owns a 360 and has invested too much of himself/herself into it?

    EDIT: I'm sure, if you read through the comments, there's a very good chance you'll probably find another one of those "not worth buying a PS3 for just this game" asininities.
    Edited by 2 at 08/03/10 @ 19:58

  • old_skool #98 2 years ago

    I'm going to hate myself for buying the Ultimate Box

    /looks at wallet *sigh*

  • Furfoot #99 2 years ago

    wowawiwa! ps3 does it again! its a good day to be a pc/ps3/nintendo gamer!!!!!!!!!!!!11!1!111!(fu360)!!1!11!!!

  • darc #100 2 years ago

    @ZedFragg: *hamster.

  • Thunderbolt #101 2 years ago

    Having played through the demo I must say that I am somewhat underwhelmed maybe the finished game is that much better. I dunno just seemed like a glossy PS2 game and brought nothing new to the mix.

    But on the visuals I must say that it come second best to Darksiders

  • spekkeh #102 2 years ago

    I own a wii and an xbox, but no PS3, and I just wanted to say this review reads like a 10, with no real negatives, and I'm surprised to read it got a 9.

  • dominalien #103 2 years ago

    Is this comment section about God of War 3?
    I can see only rage and chaos.

    This is precisely what a GOW3 thread should contain.

  • man.the.king #104 2 years ago

    @Thunderbolt!

    "Having played through the demo I must say that I am somewhat underwhelmed maybe the finished game is that much better. I dunno just seemed like a glossy PS2 game and brought nothing new to the mix.
    But on the visuals I must say that it come second best to Darksiders "

    Ah! Of course!

  • curtlikesmeat #105 2 years ago

    Repetitive cat is repetitive, innovative cat is innovative.

  • Thunderbolt #106 2 years ago

    man.the.king ,

    Was your comment trying to demonstrate that I'm sort of blinkered 360 fanboy, well I bought as PS3 last week and the only game I have to date is Killzone2 and have downloaded the GOW3 demo was unimpressed. Still playing through Forza & Bayonetta.

    My gamertag is the same on the PS3.

    See it is possible to make a comment without bias

  • dsmx #107 2 years ago

    It's great when great reviews for exclusives come up it allows you to get rid of all the new fanboy morons who crop up. Never ceases to amaze me the depths people go to badmouth a fantastic game that has received fantastic reviews everywhere.

  • Les #108 2 years ago

    This is a sorry thread :(

  • Praetorianer #109 2 years ago

    @ chischis</a>

    More of the same button-mashing to "impressive" visuals, then?

    Yeah mark me down you idiots, I don't care. I don't understand why a game with such wafer-thin gameplay is so loved. What a load of rubbish. Same with Devil May Cry and its ilk.

    (BTW Muscleblade, for what it's worth, you're correct. Sadly there's far too many cretinous sheeple that will lap up this kind of highly-linear endless-button-mashing gameplay.)

    Says someone who:

    - rated "Castlevania: Circle of the Moon" and "Bloodrayne" both 6/10
    - rated "Doom 3" and "Doom 3: RoE" both 7/10 while rating "Far Cry" 6/10
    - rated Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 9/10
    - rated Breath of Fire II and IV 6/10
    - rated Final Fantasy VII 6/10
    - rated GTA 3 6/10
    - rated Serious Sam 8/10

    This, sir, shows that you have no clue what you're talking about. "Circle of the Moon" and Bloodrayne receive equal scores? Aha, ok. GTA3 is a 6, too. Alright. Doom has always been known for it's extremely deep gameplay, so it's clearly a 7, other than that dull Far Cry game, let alone Serious Sam, an obvious 8 in that category due it's exceptional open world design and non-repetitive gameplay. FAKK2 is a 9, of course, while FFVII is a 6.

    Don't get me wrong, all of those are good games (except Bloodrayne), some of them even outstanding ones. But don't come in here insulting people while you yourself have some _very_ questionable opinions on quality gaming.

    Lest we forget, the mandatory flame: You seem to be a moron, no?

  • cristoflanga #110 2 years ago

    Great. Day one for me.

  • seanthejackal #111 2 years ago

    10/10 nice

  • balflear_pkt #112 2 years ago

    Great game!

  • Gazza_UK #113 2 years ago

    I wonder if they might stick all 3 GOW games together in some kind of ultimate package... with boobs.

  • byron_hinson #114 2 years ago

    Can't wait to get it - been playing the last two in the collectors edition and loved them just as much as I used to....can't believe how many great games have been released lately across the consoles. Good few months for PS3 owners. Makes you realise just how poor Dante's Inferno really was.
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 21:55

  • alan_stealth #115 2 years ago

    ha. fuck you sony.

  • bladdard #116 2 years ago

    Hi all, I'm an EG noob and can't wait to get GOWIII, GOW was great and GOW2 is one of my favourite games ever the demo sets it up beautifully, totally OTT and incredibly brutal, well done santa-monica!

    Oh and fanboys ... if you can't get a girlfriend then pay a prostitue 'cos you guys need to get laid then you'll realise there's more to life than games console willy waving.

    (edited to get rid of the spam)
    Edited by 4 at 08/03/10 @ 22:55

  • MrE26 #117 2 years ago

    Thank fuck for that. I love these games, glad this lives up to the epic quality of the first two. Played them again in the lovely PS3 GoW collection & i'd forgotten just how good they are.

    Two absolutely fucking brilliant games that still hold up extremely well. Easy to pick up & have a quick session on, & easier still to get completely immersed in for a few hours.

    Can't wait for this one.

  • Shabbaranks #118 2 years ago

    Hmm a ps3 would b handy.

  • freakzilla #119 2 years ago

    Its been such a long time since an all out forum war.

    well, to be honest its mostly pissed fanboys getting owned by people with a superiror grasp of the English language
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 23:02

  • neonxaos #120 2 years ago

    Just finished the demo of this after finishing Bayonetta, and I must say that GOW III compared very poorly. It's a beautiful game, but it sure felt very clunky in comparison. There's no denying that Kratos is still a real badass, but I felt that the finesse of Bayonetta's combat system was far more satisfying than this will ever be.

    Then again, I only played the demo, and I hear that the demo of Bayonetta wasn't really that good either.

  • Charlie_Miso #121 2 years ago

    Never finished the first one. Meh.

    I'll have some Yakuza action instead please shopkeep.

  • kaya08 #122 2 years ago

    No surprises really. I think GoW2 was probably the best designed game I've ever played. Not my favorite game but every single piece of it was put together so completely perfectly - it was impossible to find a single fault with it (actually that last QTE drove me mental so 1 thing).
    Sigh ... yeah a PS3 would be nice.

  • Genome #123 2 years ago

    "superiror grasp of the English language"

    This made me laugh.

    I have nothing else to add to this thread. Resume the pissing contests.

  • Darren #124 2 years ago

    Woo-hoo. Nice review and score. For some reason I was expecting EG to give it a 7 or 8 but it's nice that I was wrong.

    I'm so hyped up about this game... I avoided Bayonetaa and Dante's Inferno for it so I wouldn't be sick of the genre when it came out... shame it's been put back to the 26th though in the UK. :(

  • andywilkie35 #125 2 years ago

    I'm surprised this got a 9, after completing both God of Wars in the GoW Collection in the last week, and from what I've seen of this/played of the demo, this as surely a guaranteed 10/10.

    Oh well, 9 is still a great mark and even if it had got a shit review I'd be all over it

  • Miths #126 2 years ago

    I haven't really cared much for the action adventure hack and slash genre (or whatever the hell it's called?) the last year or two - even the pretty great Darksiders didn't manage to hold my attention for more than three our four hours, and I never even made it through the entire GoWIII demo for that matter - but it sounds like this is just too much of a brutally beautiful cinematic experience to pass up.

  • Darren #127 2 years ago

    @Miths - The entire GoWIII demo can be finished in around 20 minutes so why did you not finish the demo? Because you couldn't be bothered or because you didn't want the full experience spoilt?

  • Spekingur #128 2 years ago

    I wonder how the game would be for those who don't know anything about God of War or have never played earlier iterations of it. As in, I wonder how much effect the nostalgia from the older games has on the reviewer.

  • Ryze #129 2 years ago

    WooHoo!

    edit:

    All of those who hate this for being a button basher, mustn't have played or enjoyed Golden Axe or Streets of Rage back in the early 90s.

    This is the 2010 Golden Axe, IMO.

    Bring on the spinoffs in the next couple of years with multiplayer co-op and versus modes, hopefully!

    :D
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 01:13

  • Miths #130 2 years ago

    @Darren

    It's been a few months since I played the demo (downloaded from the US store if I recall correctly, might have been an email invite thing or something), and I believe I simply quit during the minotaur (or was it some other creature?) battle.
    I've never been good at these types of games, and though I would certainly have made it through if I had persisted (hell, I did finish GoWII a few years back if my memory serves me right, or at least got most of the way through it), I was so fed up with repetitive hack and slash combat games at the time that I simply didn't feel like bothering anymore.

    As I said though, this review certainly did do a good job at convincing me that I probably should give the final product a proper try. But I guess I could start with replaying the demo :).

    Edit: Just watched the Gametrailers video review. This definitely looks way too impressive to dismiss even if I don't care much for the game genre anymore, and whether or not I actually make it all the way through (which I do with preciously few games - hell, I stopped playing Uncharted 2 in one of the very last chapters several months ago and haven't gone back and finished it yet).
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 01:18

  • Killerbee #131 2 years ago

    I was on the verge of not pre-ordering this simply because I have far too much other stuff to play (finished Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2 and Heavy Rain so far this yearwhich I think is pretty good going for me - and I started on Bad Company 2 over the weekend and also Final Fantasy XIII this evening...), but now I'm really glad I caved in and ordered it anyway! It sounds suitably epic, violent and everything fans will want from a God of War game.

    Now, after this I promise I won't buy any more games until I've cleared out my "To Play" pile.

    Has there ever been a first quarter as good as this for gaming? So much quality...

  • Bangaioh #132 2 years ago

    This is sold! Great couple of months, FF, this, HR, Yakuza just to mention a few. Great stuff!

  • citizenHUNTER #133 2 years ago

    @Spekingur

    I've never played or really know much of anything about the GoW series... I played the demo but literally played for about 2 minutes and had to stop. Don't hate me, I'm not saying the game isn't great or doesn't deserve the plaudits it's getting but for me personally I don't see what the fuss is about any of these kinds of games.

    From reading the review the majority of it is basically violence from beginning to end, and going by my limited exposure to the demo for me it is simply not a rewarding experience and ultimately I don't see the point. I suppose in a way I just fail to enjoy the idea of combat being about transposing moves and attacks to button combinations. I feel like gaming as a whole could be doing so much more and I hate to criticise this as clearly A LOT of people still love this style of gaming and clearly there is plenty of depth in the combat. For me it just feels outdated at this point.

    To add my further 2 cents I fail to be impressed by the graphics either I'm afraid as they just feel quite basic, spruced up PS2 style visuals and it's all a bit in-your-face art direction wise. Games could be doing far more to really involve you in the world visually and spacially. Simple things like the sense of physicality and the involving lighting and atmospheric effects in Killzone 2 for instance immediately bring credence and involvement to the game.

    I think really it comes down to my need for a sense of realism. Not the utter ambition shattering realisation that things are ultimately rather humdrum, but more the idea that if I could be a God of War and literally unleash my hell on the world what would that feel like, what would it look and sound like, how would I, sitting there destroying lives en masse, really feel about the carnage I was wreaking. I think games can aspire to be more than games, to attempt to put players into these situations and affect them in some way, not simply to quench a thirst for a quick blast of destroying hordes of identikit and badly animated faceless soulless enemies.

    With interactive entertainment seen in the likes of Heavy Rain or even something as simple but beautiful as Braid, I can see the begginning of 'gaming' as something more than just games, and there's no reason why more developers couldn't at least attempt to lend some more heart into their creations. Just look at Avatar, a film which by the end made many people feel for a moment that they no longer wanted to be a part of the human race, so ashamed of it the experience of watching the film had on them. Now imagine a game that can affect you in such a way, surely an interactive medium has far more of a chance of doing such a thing but to a much deeper degree. Something you would remember many years from now, not killing your millionth idiotic enemy by pressing X a few times.

    Stupidly long grumpy ramble over. I hope people will comment in their thoughts rather than neg this comment.

  • zztopp #134 2 years ago

    For comparison purposes play Mario Galaxy and GOW3....one oozes unique play mechanics at every turn while the other, while looking good, rehashes the same limited smash em up pattern seen in past 2 games (and now enhanced by new contenders) and played out QTEs. One deserves a 10 the other at most an 8. If you can't figure out which is which then you are probably a PS3 fanboy.

  • MikeJones #135 2 years ago

    This series is a terrible excuse for an action game. Square square triangle.Repeat.

  • smelly #136 2 years ago

    You know, after reading the review - im SERIOUSLY tempted by this.

    But then i bought GoW2 and felt hugely let down by it.. The graphics made me say "wow" but the gameplay itself never did.

    I think my current plan is to get ff13 then get this 2nd hand in a few months time cheap once everyones played through it (like i did with the last one)

  • byron_hinson #137 2 years ago

    @smelly - you say gameplay let it down then you mention Final Fantasy XIII in the same sentence!

  • Antaios #138 2 years ago

    Was a bit surprised at the scoring; article really read like a 10. Still, getting this on day one.

  • Goodfella #139 2 years ago

    Why are poeple comparing God of War to Bayonetta for Christs sake?

    Two completely different games. Oh and had this game on pre-order for months, I can't wait. (must finish FFXIII by then)

  • Dave52 #140 2 years ago

    Damn.... I just shelled out on Battlefield:Bad Company 2, not that I regret that for a second, I just wish I had unlimited funds....

    Great review, this game really does look stunning. I wonder if there will see a little bounce in PS3 sales...? GOW3 needs a good TV Ad Campaign...

  • bladdard #141 2 years ago

    Why do people feel the need to justify on a public forum why they don't like this game? I haven't read so much bullshit and drivel since the MGS4 reviews. If you don't like/want the game then dont buy it and cut the bollcks about lack of depth, originality or how it pales next to mario galaxy.

  • Dismiss #142 2 years ago

    Don't want a button masher? Play it on Titan. And prepare to counter (and die) a lot.

  • MeBrains #143 2 years ago

    another 9/10 GoW?!

    excellent franchises have gone bad sooner in the past - * thinks of the excellent TR and its sequels *

    edit: 2 neg for voicing that some franchises have gone bad sooner than sequel 3? haha... that's amazing...
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 10:26

  • DiamondIce #144 2 years ago

    I never played the other GoW games (never had a PS2) so this is all fresh and new to me anyway. A great demo but does anybody know if the full game runs at a higher framerate than that of the demo?

    Having come from Dante's Inferno it was quite noticeable. I played the demo again last night and it didn't seem as obvious because I haven't played Dante in a while.

    Edit: A neg on my comment. Christ, are people that sensitive about games?
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 09:47

  • Goodfella #145 2 years ago

    @ DiamondIce

    I'm pretty sure it does as the recently released demo is the very same build they used at E3 back in June last year.

  • suhawk75 #146 2 years ago

    @ zztopp

    Yes Mario Galaxy is great. It's also over 2 years old so most of us have played and finished it. While we await Mario Galaxy 2 some of us would quite like to play some other games.

  • metalmike25 #147 2 years ago

    I haven't been this excited about a game in a long time. Finally a cure for my anger management issues

  • mfnick #148 2 years ago

    Pre-order placed ages ago. Can. Not. Wait!

    Playing through the original again in the collection. Just as amazing as I remember & im blown away by just how impressive the HD make over looks. Cant wait to see how good GoW2 will look on it. Should have them both completed just in time for this leaving me fully pumped up for it.

  • Joco84 #149 2 years ago

    Does anyone have a site where I can pick up the GOW Collection imported for cheap?

  • TRUTH #150 2 years ago

    You can buy mine on ebay GOW collection - the GoW III demo on it too!

    I sort of lost interest in this after the demo - It just didn't have the appeal to me as before when it seemed fresh. Felt way to similar, the graphics while looking very good but nothing above already out there - this not a criticism. The fighting felt fine but a little clunky and also limited especially compared to Bayonetta's smooth and fluid fighting also fighting more spectacular.

    I will probably get this, but not right now! May be 2nd hand in few months...This is probably due the experiencing the fighting in Bayonetta which does feel/looks better plus the skill required too (esp harder levels); also Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 fighting/skill just feels better too then the mainly button mashing I found in GoW.

    GoW fans willl love this though.


    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 14:45

  • geeza2020 #151 2 years ago

    sega master system ftw!!

  • Goodfella #152 2 years ago

    Bayonetta is a totally different game, people continue to compare them though.

    Bayonetta has an utterly shite story and characters and crap irritating J-Pop, if you want to compare them God of War wins hands down in those departments.

  • metalmike25 #153 2 years ago

    This and Bayonetta are tw completely different games. God of War is more a puzzle based fighting game, i'm not sure what games i could compare it with. If you want a ridiculously epic, violent, beautiful game then play any God of War.

  • Yeevle #154 2 years ago

    It's getting to the point where I really want to buy a PS3, but then it's also getting to the point where I really need an HDTV too. That and I need glasses, bugger I'm getting too old for all this.

  • bladdard #155 2 years ago

    @Disco_Stu360

    From the look of your game collection you don't own a PS3, the games not out yet and there's no such thing as a cracked PS3 so how the hell have you managed to play the first 2 hours and compare the game to Bayonetta?

    XBox360 time machine FTW ;)
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 13:48

  • RedPanda #156 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • bladdard #157 2 years ago

    Being lied to by a fellow gamer is worse than being fucked by bears. :o(

  • des #158 2 years ago

    No Ellie...so the review fails

  • onyxbox #159 2 years ago


    public int GetTrueScore(score){
    If (ps3_exclusive){
    score++;
    }else if (360_exclusive){
    score--;
    }else{
    //do nothing
    }

    return (score);

    }

    resulting in much more accurate scores:

    MGS4 = 9
    ME2 = 9
    Bioshock = 8
    God Of War 3 = 10
    Halo 3 = 9
    Heavy Rain = 9
    Halo ODST = 7

    // just a bit of fun, really :D

  • bladdard #160 2 years ago

    Oh no!!!! DiscoStu360 has taken down his comment and now I look foolish ... your cunning masterplan to discredit the noob has come to fruition you master criminal you. This is worse than kratos tearing off your head and using your mouth as a makeshift manjina (see GOWIII sex mini game) ;)
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 14:56

  • Beek4257 #161 2 years ago

    @onyxbox

    Your "bit of fun" is really starting to hurt my feeble little brain as far as the Bioshock score is concerned.

    Ow hell, I give up ...

    Edit: spelling (see, it really hurts)
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 14:57

  • Les #162 2 years ago

    Minus 60 (and counting) for someone who's happy with the score and posted "\o/". While that's not a very elaborate statement, I fail to see what's offensive about the post. Who are the people that gave those minuses? My guess is:

    - Bitter xbox faboys that can't stand a PS3 exclusive doing well;
    - Bitter PS3 faboys that can't stand that GoW3 didn't get the 10/10 they are convinced it deserved (without having played it).

    Either way EG you seriously need to rethink the ridiculous rating 'feature'...

  • M_of_the_sys #163 2 years ago

    ^
    ^
    ^
    - normal person who just read this post and decided to go back and neg the original for the hell of it.

    I haven't really. :p
    Edited by 1 at 09/03/10 @ 16:30

  • Paulie_P #164 2 years ago

    What does "\o/" mean?

  • Vixremento #165 2 years ago

    Ooooweeee! Nice review!

    Like others this was also a day one purchase for me regardless of a review score.
    "gore splashes through the air with each strike, the ground is constantly shuddering, attack formations shift unexpectedly, and, when the beast finally dies, it bows out with an astonishing showering of intestines and fireworks"...I just can't wait anymore!

  • Les #166 2 years ago

    "What does "\o/" mean?"

    AFAIK it's meant to depict a cheer (can't find a link though).

  • Yeevle #167 2 years ago

    It's an easier way to pick a head off Les. Better targeting.

  • MeBrains #168 2 years ago

    les: i didn't minus the "post", but I do understand why it gets what it gets.

    did the chap really have not anything more constructive to say than "\o/"? half the users here - taking myself just as the average - doesn't even understand the damn thing. What do you want the netz to do for a retarded comment like he made? praise him? he could have well written "first" or something alike!

    edit: changed "you", "you", "you" and "you" into "the chap", "he", "him" and "he" - there it is stylistically even better.
    Edited by 2 at 09/03/10 @ 20:39

  • Les #169 2 years ago

    @MeBrains

    I agree it doesn't add much but IMHO the voting system is not meant to judge poor taste but to curb fanboys. As it is currently being used it's stimulating fanboy-wars even more though...

  • Edwardo #170 2 years ago

    I fear nothing!
    Looks A W E S O M E !

    Sorry to say this but you're not a real man if you don't enjoy the thought of killing in this game! I kid of course...however I do hope that the people commenting about how bad violence in games is are at least females (@citizenHUNTER - wink wink!).

  • smurphs #171 2 years ago

    I'd buy this like a shot if it wasn't for the fact that the PS3 controller hurts my left thumb too much :-(

  • mukki #172 2 years ago

    Scalextric?
    errr what

    looking forward to this one!

  • harhol #173 2 years ago

    Classics GCSE? Is that the posh version of Media Studies?

  • Yeevle #174 2 years ago

    ME, I got ME not media studies. Ow it hurts to breath. Somebody else kill me.

  • hosedoctor69 #175 2 years ago

    You had me at 'dog kicking'

  • adamantium #176 2 years ago

    eurogamer,

    I've been following reviews and articles on your website for about 6 months and think its the best site for gamers. The articles are clever and well written. Also, I tend to agree with your review scores and feedback more than IGN, gamespot or 1up. However, for my favorite franchises I have been waiting to read your reviews until after I finish the game because more often than not your review is not spoiler free. For example in this review you mention there are Titan boss fights, something that has not been previously announced and is a significant story spoiler. To give another example, in your modern warfare 2 review (an excellent review by the way) you go into major details about the airplane scene. This scene was meant to be shocking to the player, something you hit on in your review. It WOULD NOT have been shocking if i read your review before finishing the campaign. Anyway, I find reading your reviews very enjoyable, but for me I'll just glance at your score to see if the game warrants a purchase, then read the body after ive completed the single player.

  • TRUTH #177 2 years ago

    44million it cost to make this game!...Yet I felt it's running out of steam!...Bayonetta is the new champ in fighting!...Also may be to similar to GoW 1 & 2.

  • muscleblade #178 2 years ago

    @onyxbox

    God of war 3 = 10

    ME2 = 9

    I would stop reading Eurogamer reviews if that was the case.

  • Binglybob #179 2 years ago

    I've just put a copy of Darksiders on eBay which I bought 2 days ago in anticipation of GOW3 (which I have never played before). I'm presuming this is the right decisions because Darksiders was thoroughly disappointing.

  • Sn@ke #180 2 years ago

    SCORE IS NOT IMPORTANT. MY 10 IS YOUR 9 AND VICE-VERSA. SO IF YOU LIKE THIS GAME THEN PLAY IT.

  • dnd #181 2 years ago

    somebody has probably mentioned this anyway, but my CE just arrived today. i'm a sucker for that kind of thing. having said that:

    1) the box is nice, but a bit tacky. it's also not the best quality plastic in the world, it's a bit tinny.
    2) soundtrack CDs (bit meh)
    3) artbook is just a soft booklet type thing, not even a mini hardcover so a bit of a poor effort (unlike the US versions)
    3) GoW collection and GoW3 - these are just the standard discs. i don't think they've announced a separate EU release of GoW collection but I imagine it's coming, based on the disc and packaging. it looks exactly like a retail disc, has the (18) approval and all the usual info etc on the back.

    for £110? i dunno, i don't feel ripped off, but like i said i'm a sucker for this sort of thing (and i'm fortunate enough that i can afford it, for now). i think most people should probably wait if they just want the games (or import!)

  • dnd #182 2 years ago

    @designerheadache

    yeah, i know they haven't announced it or anything, i guess all i'm saying is that the collection packaging (blu-ray sleeve, disc, etc) looks exactly like a retail SKU, with all the approvals, system info, blurb/features, screenshots, etc. my thinking is that if they weren't going to release it standalone, why go to all that trouble? They could have just put a plain 'title with pic' sleeve on it.

  • Marshall2008 #183 2 years ago

    Ok. This game is fucking stunning. And I would agree with the score.

    But.....

    Come on....

    Fess up....

    You did the review without completing the game didn't you?

    You played the demo and maybe had a look at the first level, but that's as far as you got.

  • Praetorianer #184 2 years ago

    Finally got it...it's breathtaking. The visuals and the sounds are so awesome...unbelievable. Only criticism so far: the controls are not as crisp as they used to be.

  • gandhimaster #185 2 years ago

    The only thing id say is that the "scale" of the game is clearly smoke and mirrors as far as camera/cut scene stuff is concerned. It only shows the titans moving around with Kratos on them etc when you are not actually in control.

    It looks bloody amazing tho even if its being clever about it.....

  • drxym #186 2 years ago

    I finally got GOW3 in the post yesterday and so far it really is the most impressive visual experience I have seen of any game. The pre-game credits are stunning (and reminiscent of a James Bond sequence) and the actual game is just unreal. When you see the sheer scale of the action going on, with levels literally set on top of titans, you have to keep reminding yourself that you're not watching a prerendered cutscene.

    I'm too early in for me to have an overall impression of the game but so far so very, very good.
    Edited by 1 at 24/03/10 @ 13:14

  • Arwin #187 2 years ago

    I finished this game yesterday, and my oh my what a ride. One of the best games I've ever played. My wife, who hated the PS2 versions, just sat this one out with me in awe of the beautiful art. And that special scene at the end is really something else, brings this game to an even higher level.

    Big fat 10/10 for me.