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God of War: Ascension reviews

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Zen

Banned
Duffyside said:
This game was a mistake from the word go. Sony should've listened to me (and others) and took this moment as a way to reboot the franchise (by "giving" it to Platinum/Kamiya and letting them use any mythology they want).
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That would have been terrible. Platinum is good but they're not suited for a God of War game in the slightest. They're incapable of hitting even a fraction of the graphical and artistic highs of Santa Monica. They're a complete mis-match.
 
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KillerMan91

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Really think that generation fatigue has hit reviewers. It's not like GoW is only high profile game that got a lot lower than expected scores (Halo 4 comes to mind). As much as people say graphics don't matter I really think that a top notch graphics and presentation gave a lot of free points earlier this gen. There is just no wow factor anymore.
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
ultron87 said:
It is so weird that there is this really palpable feeling of franchise fatigue even though 3 came out 3 years ago.
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They really don't change very much though. I mean, yearly shit like COD and Assassin's Creed evolve about the same amount in terms of their core gameplay systems.

Eventually the spectacle ceases to impress, and you're left with the basics, which fewer people are going to appreciate in the first place, then add to that how conservatively they've evolved over the series.
 
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JABEE

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From what I've played of the demo, I agree that the way they draw the camera out is kind of annoying. They started doing it more in GOW 3 but it was never really an issue. You can't keep returning to that trick over and over again like they showed in the Revision3 video.
 
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Vire

Member
Sessler's review sounds like it's spot on.

Very good analysis.

I worried about the camera and losing sight of Kratos after playing the demo.
 
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JebusF

Neo Member
Adam Blue said:
That Polygon review was pretty strange. I didn't really get anything from it of the actual gameplay or combat changes from the previous titles. Also, difficulty level? I make sure to include difficulties in my reviews, as well as try them out in each to figure out the most satisfying experience. While a number score means nothing to me, an empty written review tells me nothing.
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I found it to be the easiest God of War (mainline, can't remember the PSP ones too well) so far.
 
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Verendus

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Wynnebeck said:
Sad thing is that there are actual studios that give out bonuses and perks over good Metacritic scores. Ascension could be one of the best GoW games in the series but as soon as you see that 76, OH BOY SURE IS A STINKER.
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It genuinely is one of the best in the series. I didn't play God of War 1 and 2 when they first came out. Only after I'd played God of War 3.

My ranking of the series at this point would go:

God of War 2 > God of War: Ascension > God of War 3 > God of War 1

I still need to sit on it though to get a more accurate position and form better thoughts, but I really liked it. It's definitely up there in quality with the rest of the series, that much I can say for sure.
 
IISANDERII

IISANDERII

Member
Haven't played a God of War since the original but tried this demo and it just didn't feel so good. I'm just coming off of Devil May Cry and perhaps that's why but DmC seems crazier, faster, more variety and at the same time more accessible.
Absolutely love the setting and story telling in God o' War though.
 
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Dragon1893

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Read the gamespot review and they were pretty harsh on the competitive MP basically saying that it sucks.
As for the SP, it was pretty much what I'm expecting from all reviews. Looks and plays great but has the unavoidable "been there, done that" feel. He did say that it has some demanding puzzles in the second half which is interesting.
 
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T.M. MacReady

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meta4 said:
First time a GOW game is going to get below 90 on a home console. Granted its not a mainline game but seriously Sony has dropped the ball with this current team. They need to do few quick things. They need to change the game /design director ASAP and keep someone permanently good there. This same formula will not work. It usually only tends to work in genre's like FPS where most games are almost the same. Here they have so much potential to evolve it but no, They treat SP as an afterthought . A GOW3 game where SP is an afterthought!!

I never imagined that in my wildest dreams. Shame on the SSM team. Really disappointed. You have let down your fans big time.
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holy fucking overreaction. Why dont you play the game first before you throw a tantrum.

meta4 said:
GOW3 based on the footage of Ascension I have seen is the better game. This game just looks mediocre.
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:lol, wow. Glad you already know which is the better game. PREORDER CANCELLED
 
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Zen

Banned
This is going to be a case where I think consumers enjoyed the end product more than reviewers. Sheesh.

meta4 said:
GOW3 based on the footage of Ascension I have seen is the better game. This game just looks mediocre.
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Try playing it, you're wrong.
 
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JABEE

Member
IISANDERII said:
Haven't played a God of War since the original but tried this demo and it just didn't feel so good. I'm just coming off of Devil May Cry and perhaps that's why but DmC seems crazier, faster, more variety and at the same time more accessible.
Absolutely love the setting and story telling in God o' War though.
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Buy God of War Saga. You should play the HD Remaster of II.
 
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dmr87

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Relevant in here.

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JABEE

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Zen said:
This is going to be a case where I think consumers enjoyed the end product more than reviewers. Sheesh.



Try playing it, you're wrong.
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I'm a big fan of the God of War series, but how much of the new game have you played?
 
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meta4

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TeethMummy said:
holy fucking overreaction. Why dont you play the game first before you throw a tantrum.
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It's not tantrum or anything. If this series goes it has to go. I just did not like the indifference with which the SP portion was talked about or supported. It was just wrong IMO and the reviews show it. Also I played the first 30 minutes of the game and it reemphasizes everything that is listed as a negative in the reviews.
 
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Zen

Banned
Baconsammy said:
Some of us have played the demo and the multiplayer beta. He's not wrong.
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Then you haven't been paying attention to the improvements in the combat system and I can't help you. Seriously, readability is the only area where it's worse than III.
 
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1st Course

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Kyle Campbell ‏@Levit0
Wow that "Bros before hoes" trophy in God of War Ascension sounds like misogyny overload, what the fuck Sony Santa Monica

lol
 
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Dead

well not really...yet
The way the IGN reviewer is putting it, it seems he put in over 15 hours just on the single player due to one single area?

Of course, it’s not impossible and the sense of achievement you get from actually beating it is immense, but the fact its difficulty is so out of line from the rest of the game is strange. To put it into context, I spent just over nine hours getting to that point in the game, then six hours straight trying beat wave after wave of enemies. While hardcore God of War fans will no doubt lap up the challenge, for many it could be off-putting.
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meta4

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Voice of Reason said:
Haha, yeah we'll see that when Halo 5/6, COD and AC4 comes out.
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It already started with AC3 and Halo 4 getting lower than usual scores. The thing is FPS's seem to have a lot more leeway when it comes to its target audience's patience of playing the same game they have been for years but slowly I hope those games get hammered as well for its same stuff they have been parading for years now. Game directors need to start becoming more ambitious.
 
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firen

Member
1st Course said:
Kyle Campbell ‏@Levit0
Wow that "Bros before hoes" trophy in God of War Ascension sounds like misogyny overload, what the fuck Sony Santa Monica

lol
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Sorta hope they remove that trophy or change the name of it. I can imagine something like that making the news and giving the game publicity for the wrong reasons.
 
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Paches

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Dead said:
The way the IGN reviewer is putting it, it seems he put in over 15 hours just on the single player due to one single area?
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Reviewers have been known to be terrible at video games. The Kotaku guy who did MGR was stuck on the blade wolf (2nd boss of the game) for 2 days.
 
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jaaz

Member
So essentially the lower scores are largely due to a "more of the same" criticism from the reviewers. I will not take them seriously until they apply that criticism universally to all game franchises.
 
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Betrayer of hope

Banned
Zen said:
That would have been terrible. Platinum is good but they're not suited for a God of War game in the slightest. They're incapable of hitting even a fraction of the graphical and artistic highs of Santa Monica. They're a complete mis-match.
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Sony santa monica can only dream of having a thrilling combat system as platinium guys.

Seriously. Same triangle triangle triangle move set gets pretty old.

After all these years we are still fighting on a combat system designed from 2005. I am so sick of the chains and i have only played GOW3

series fatigue and samey combat system has killed ascension before it even is released
 
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