yea i was playing the second one the other day and that button mashing to open doors and shit kills my thumbs. i dont mind it in combat but it's a bit much while just running around lol.

either way, cant wait for this one.

you can find a PS2 for $ 99 (much more less if you search), play the first 2 GoW games, so you can find out with Kratos is so great...

I watched the movie scenes on Youtube so I have a basic idea of what the games about. I will admit I haven't played it but it looks like a typical hack and slash ala Goddess of War.

Plus theres no way in hell I'm gonna buy a ps2.

Now I might buy a ps3 if its ridiculously cheap and FFXIII proves to be a ps3 exclusive and is out by that time.

Well, you can still play GoW I and II with a non-40GB PS3. That's what I did =P.

And honestly... take the Kratos plunge asap. That is honestly one game you don't want to miss.

Its not just a typical hack and slash. Its just an extremely satisfying game thats also a platformer, and action game, and its bundled with the craziest boss fights known to man. Plus its got whicked cinematics and a good exciting story to work through.

There's a reason why they're both GOTY titles =P.

cue Sonytard listing a bunch of unproven but "good-looking" titles as a retort.

Oh, you should try MGS 3. If you like the cutscenes, you'll loooove menus.

At least the story makes more sense, in that there's no body transferrence, vampires, or gay ninjas...

@Slaziman

Irritating Stick 3 Looks Good

@baby

That's why MGS3 is the best one. It doesn't try to be weird or anything like that and offers a pretty straight forward plot. Sadly that isn't the case with MGS4 since obviously Kojima has been smoking something(sadly not the good kind Miyamoto smokes) which made him think it was a good Idea to put Monkeys that drink coke.

Aw great...and after I'd forgotten about Ruby Rod and the damn daiper-monkey!

I actually like the MGS series as a whole. Weird and sometimes disturbing, story lines didn't bother me at all. It gave the game more character and distant itself from any other games that I played. You can't say when you finally realized that to bet the Psycho Mathis you had to switch controllers you didn't think that was cool. Or didn't you flip out when the Colonel in MGS 2 told you were playing the game for to long and that Asian chick pop up.
And don't get it wrong people; we are playing video games. When did games have to make sense? Look at ever story line for any fighting game. As long as the game is fun and story is good enough to keep my attention its fine with me. I hope they pull out all the stunts for this one.

Very well put kbomb. And its not like MGS isn't a series that tries to be realistic. From what I've seen, it's exactly what I expected and looks like a ton of fun.

i didnt like snake eater. i thought they were the worst boss fights of all time. i love the scifi aspect of MGS rather than the straight vanilla crap it make me lose interest ill play tom clancy game if i want that.

Indeed you did, other words that i'd like to be able to describe God of War III with that are also printed on the butt of young women/girls:

Foxy
Hott
Sexy
Da Bomb
Stop looking at my Ass you Pervert!

Yeah...

I'd love to see sweatpants with "callipygian" or "pulchritudinous" written across the ass. Maybe I'll just start my own design-line...

I would make a line that says "OVERWEIGHT", "CELLULITE" and "EVEN MY TAINT IS PHAT".
Oh, and another one would have that sandworm thing from The Empire Strikes Back.

@ Samfish:

I can't stop laughing...now I have to piss very badly.

if gears 2 is anything like the first one, it wont even be a story...
if you disagree please tell me in 2 sentences what the story is.

Weewey?

:'(

Naw, i'll stick to the Seven other games from that franchise that came out last year to tide me over for the year and a half it'll take for XIII

Cookie?

Chocolate chip?

Acctaully, i have it from reliable sources that in God of War III Kratos has a botched sex change and loses his Mojo, he is then outcast and has to go kill Caligula and steal his Mojo (think Highlander, but the other kind of head... indeed)... makes for good video games no?

The ending of GoW was badass. It never ceases to amaze me in terms of how beautiful it is and the events that take place. In fact GoW is probably the only sony game that I've come acrose that has as really rich storyline that I enjoyed.

But thats probably cuz I'm a big geek when it comes to Ancient Greece/Rome.

I'd love to see Kratos get a bitch pregnant and then die at the end of the game opening the way up for another trilogy...

well, he already beat Zeus once...probably Cronos....or Ouranus...or hell, KHAOS!

I'll take it from you how much? I have 2 broken 360s here I'm sure they're worth the trade.

Oh I forgot... Bah...

Newsflash: The Wii sucks.

Thats a good way to describe the game if you only saw 2 or 3 videos from it.

Just stick with your wii and blu rays and leave playing real games to others.

Bland melee? Sounds like you're simply not a fan of the genre. I found nothing about the GoW series to be bland.

GOW made popular the whole button press sequence that everyone now copies. And let me say this before I get flamed, I'm not saying GOW invented the button press sequence I'm just saying they made it popular. And anyway Evan you don't have watch the beautiful CG that the 360 and PS3 can produce, you can continue the flailing arms at your Wii.

i dont care about wii games, but at least i dont spend my time posting under those topics.

@Phranctoast "leave playing real games to others."
If by "real games", you mean outdated game-play methodologies played with a decade-old controller design, then yes.

How can you hate on a game that's almost two years away from being released and that previous games have been up for the Game of the Year each year they were released. Please stop being a stupid fanboy and just enjoy playing video games.

Evan, the irony of that last comment is sooo delicious, it should be marketed as the next Little Debbie product.

"If by "real games", you mean outdated game-play methodologies played with a decade-old controller design, then yes."

Look at that. Now, isn't SSBB nigh unplayable on anything aside from a classic controller? Doesn't Gamecube's Zelda perform better in the controls department? I mean, if you're jonesing for an authentic Wii experience... here you go.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=play+tv&category0=