We're imagining a scenario in which a Best Buy shopper asks a friendly sales clerk which gaming system would be the most appropriate for his kids ... and which one would be capable of "doing vengeance" on his in-laws.
God of War III launch trailer reveals violent tendencies of the PS3
by Griffin McElroy 
on Mar 16th 2010 12:55PM
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We're imagining a scenario in which a Best Buy shopper asks a friendly sales clerk which gaming system would be the most appropriate for his kids ... and which one would be capable of "doing vengeance" on his in-laws.
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Posted: Mar 16th 2010 1:50PM eat it said
I don't need the reviews an opinions of 100 other people to know that god of war 3 is better than bayonetta.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 1:54PM spin cycle said
I got it midnight and played 90 minutes already.
Two things:
You don't get to do any platforming for 90 minutes. Argh.
You don't get to a save station until about 45 mins in! But even though you didn't see a save station, from what I can tell it is autosaving. It'd be nice if it told you.
One more thing, for those playing Heavy Rain recently, joystick moves (half circle clockwise for example) are done with the LEFT stick in GoW. I forgot and it didn't bother telling me I was using the wrong stick so I died over and over for 5 minutes straight.
Two things:
You don't get to do any platforming for 90 minutes. Argh.
You don't get to a save station until about 45 mins in! But even though you didn't see a save station, from what I can tell it is autosaving. It'd be nice if it told you.
One more thing, for those playing Heavy Rain recently, joystick moves (half circle clockwise for example) are done with the LEFT stick in GoW. I forgot and it didn't bother telling me I was using the wrong stick so I died over and over for 5 minutes straight.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 1:58PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Silly fanboys, just buy GOW3 and be happy :/
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 2:00PM Dustin F said
It tells you it is autosaving very prominently.
You just didn't pick up on it. No offense, but if you spent 5 minutes dying repeatedly before using the left stick, you may just not pick up on cues. And that might explain why you move through the game more slowly than you'd like. If it takes you 130 hours to get to the end, that puts a lot of your other claim into perspective.
I just think this genre is boring, though, so don't think I'm fanboying the game.
You just didn't pick up on it. No offense, but if you spent 5 minutes dying repeatedly before using the left stick, you may just not pick up on cues. And that might explain why you move through the game more slowly than you'd like. If it takes you 130 hours to get to the end, that puts a lot of your other claim into perspective.
I just think this genre is boring, though, so don't think I'm fanboying the game.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 2:07PM blueskyv201 said
Mustn't watch . . . ugh, resist!
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 2:08PM Zertoss said
"One more thing, for those playing Heavy Rain recently, joystick moves (half circle clockwise for example) are done with the LEFT stick in GoW."
Hahaha that's almost certainly going to get me, even with the warning, goddammit.
Hahaha that's almost certainly going to get me, even with the warning, goddammit.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 2:13PM natepetedmb said
Just a few weeks ago I picked up God of War I and II on PS3 and am not even all the way through the first one and am already extremely excited for GOW3. Its gonna be good!
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 2:24PM spin cycle said
I'm getting through the game slowly because I'm playing on hard. If I wanted to blast through it, I'd lower the difficulty. How fast am I supposed to get through it? Except for one bit (ironically the bit where I kept getting killed by the centaur) you're fighting a huge boss the whole time. You learn how to fight these things by dying. Like when this leg rears up it's going to crush down on the right, etc. So it's going to take some time no matter what.
I picked up on the cue every time, it's very obvious. I saw the half circle indicator down there, tried to do it and it didn't work. There was no "use the other stick" cue. And I was playing Heavy Rain less than 2 hours before, I don't think I'm completely stupid for not immediately figuring this out. A tip from the game would have been helpful.
No previous God of War game has autosaved before you first saved the game before. 1 and 2 just saved your game over your current slot periodically. Before you reach this first saver 45 mins (or so) in and you manually save you don't have a current slot for it to auto save over. So how was I to know GoW3 saves autosaves in a separate slot? You think I should have quit, thinking I had no save game and then loaded just so I could sooner find out it worked differently now?
If it takes me 130 hours to get through, I don't think I'll be unhappy. I'll only be unhappy if I get through in under 5 hours.
Anyway, for those out there who do move more quickly than me you'll have to fight the first boss more than 3 times before you see a spot, but don't fret, it seems to be autosaving for you even though in previous GoW games it wouldn't have been since you hadn't established a save slot yet.
I picked up on the cue every time, it's very obvious. I saw the half circle indicator down there, tried to do it and it didn't work. There was no "use the other stick" cue. And I was playing Heavy Rain less than 2 hours before, I don't think I'm completely stupid for not immediately figuring this out. A tip from the game would have been helpful.
No previous God of War game has autosaved before you first saved the game before. 1 and 2 just saved your game over your current slot periodically. Before you reach this first saver 45 mins (or so) in and you manually save you don't have a current slot for it to auto save over. So how was I to know GoW3 saves autosaves in a separate slot? You think I should have quit, thinking I had no save game and then loaded just so I could sooner find out it worked differently now?
If it takes me 130 hours to get through, I don't think I'll be unhappy. I'll only be unhappy if I get through in under 5 hours.
Anyway, for those out there who do move more quickly than me you'll have to fight the first boss more than 3 times before you see a spot, but don't fret, it seems to be autosaving for you even though in previous GoW games it wouldn't have been since you hadn't established a save slot yet.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 3:10PM killahfam69 said
I got my game from gamefly actually came today and I am just going to keep it
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 3:19PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said
Calling us "noobs" automatically makes your opinion void.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 3:35PM (Unverified) said
All I can say is......
OMFRACKINGOW
now, back to playing and picking my jaw off the carpeting over and over again, and when you play this game on an HDTV....get a bucket for all the drool.
PS3 exclusive after PS3 exclusive...setting the bar higher and higher each time. And to think we are only in year 3 of the PS3.
PS3 it only outdoes its own jawdropping exclusives
OMFRACKINGOW
now, back to playing and picking my jaw off the carpeting over and over again, and when you play this game on an HDTV....get a bucket for all the drool.
PS3 exclusive after PS3 exclusive...setting the bar higher and higher each time. And to think we are only in year 3 of the PS3.
PS3 it only outdoes its own jawdropping exclusives
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 3:50PM spin cycle said
It is really amazing. The PS3 so often comes out on the short end of the stick graphically in head to head comparisons. But this game does so many things that I'm not sure the 360 can even do. It really does appear that Ken Kutaragi was right, that the PS3 is a graphical powerhouse. It's just too bad it apparently is so difficult for developers to access it. Not every dev can afford to spend $44M making a game look good.
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Posted: Mar 16th 2010 4:37PM SawyerTechno said
Someone in my apartment building signed for my UPS package. I guess I don't get to play God of War 3 on launch day. God bless America.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 7:37PM (Unverified) said
holy zeus that was a freakin nice trailer
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 10:54PM Tez said
OSHIT, did you see where he stabbed that guy?! That was awesome!
Two games ago.
Two games ago.
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 1:21AM Nova said
This game is violent and i like that.
Posted: Mar 18th 2010 1:54AM Dustin F said
Not trying to diss your slower play, if that's what's happening. You're right, that's a great way to get more value out of a game, if it doesn't drive you nuts with frustration.
No worries, man.
No worries, man.
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