So I recently finished my second playthrough of the game and I think this game just doesn't have the 'epicness' of the previous GoW games especially GoW 3 and here's why:-
->The storyline in this game is absolute bullshit and the way it's told it's easily the worst of the series by a mile,the storylines of GoW 1,2 and 3 just shat on this one.
->Lack of epic boss fights like Hercules,Poseidon,Colossus etc.
->The marketing fluff hyped this up as a game to show a more human side to Kratos instead he was completely emotionless akin to a cardboard cutout.
->The combat is worse than GoW 3,no alternate weapons like the Cestus and the encounter design is quite possibly the worst of the series.That fucking Rage meter just ruins everything and now most of the time we're left with such a limited moveset to build up the damn thing that it's not even funny and then it goes *poof* (if not upgraded)after a single hit by one of those cheap goatmen or gets halved if upgraded and goes off with a second consecutive hit which is terrible as well.
->Recycled enemies from GoW 3 out the wazoo.
->This game was so unnecessary storyline wise that it could have easily been a Vita title,the fans expected Kratos' Ascension from a Spartan General to a potential god slayer and those 3 blood deeds to be playable since they are so pivotal to his character development but I guess that made too much sense for SSM.BTW for all their 'focus' on the story Ascension has a major plot hole.
->Focus on MP at the expense of SP,just look at the leap from GoW 1 to GoW 2 or GoW:CoO to GoW:GoS which improved on everything,here it's a massive downgrade from GoW 3 in every area bar the locale variety and graphics.They added in so many puzzles to an already short game just to pad up the length it seems.
->An oft requested character like the last Gorgon Stheno is only in the MP but she is a running non canon joke by now so I guess that's OK.
->The final level was mostly 'on rails' and it even reused a section from GoS' intro.
What do you guys think?
Now before anyone gets mad by reading this
->The storyline in this game is absolute bullshit and the way it's told it's easily the worst of the series by a mile,the storylines of GoW 1,2 and 3 just shat on this one.
->Lack of epic boss fights like Hercules,Poseidon,Colossus etc.
->The marketing fluff hyped this up as a game to show a more human side to Kratos instead he was completely emotionless akin to a cardboard cutout.
->The combat is worse than GoW 3,no alternate weapons like the Cestus and the encounter design is quite possibly the worst of the series.That fucking Rage meter just ruins everything and now most of the time we're left with such a limited moveset to build up the damn thing that it's not even funny and then it goes *poof* (if not upgraded)after a single hit by one of those cheap goatmen or gets halved if upgraded and goes off with a second consecutive hit which is terrible as well.
->Recycled enemies from GoW 3 out the wazoo.
->This game was so unnecessary storyline wise that it could have easily been a Vita title,the fans expected Kratos' Ascension from a Spartan General to a potential god slayer and those 3 blood deeds to be playable since they are so pivotal to his character development but I guess that made too much sense for SSM.BTW for all their 'focus' on the story Ascension has a major plot hole.
->Focus on MP at the expense of SP,just look at the leap from GoW 1 to GoW 2 or GoW:CoO to GoW:GoS which improved on everything,here it's a massive downgrade from GoW 3 in every area bar the locale variety and graphics.They added in so many puzzles to an already short game just to pad up the length it seems.
->An oft requested character like the last Gorgon Stheno is only in the MP but she is a running non canon joke by now so I guess that's OK.
->The final level was mostly 'on rails' and it even reused a section from GoS' intro.
What do you guys think?
Now before anyone gets mad by reading this
like CartridgeBlower,read this post from this very own threadWait a minute...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=50004525&postcount=2039
What happened bro?
Everything,I looked back after finishing it and compared it to the other ones and well this it.I hadn't played a GoW game in a while before playing Ascension so I said that a bit early.