Am I the only one underwhelmed by this game? The E3 showing was, well, it was something that happened. That's about the best I can say about it. Yeah, the graphics were good, but the animations hadn't changed at all. Kratos still moves like he did in the first God of War. And I'm not just talking about the repeated move set, which, lets be honest, is bullshit.
And they still have QTE's. If I wanted to watch a short movie and tap along...well, I don't. Because that's stupid and a waste of time. I'm a grown ass man, I don't need to be slowing hitting button prompts while I watch a game do everything for me. I can handle multiple inputs and combinations. Despite what companies seem to want us to believe, game controllers aren't that hard to navigate. Last time I checked, there's more to keep track of when driving a car than there is when playing a game and people seem to be doing that just fine.
Anyway, Read this in a nerd monotone, "God of War has a really deep and complex combat system. If it ain't broke, don't fix it." No, fuck you. God of War is the Coldplay of action games. It gets SO much better. But again, like Coldplay, it's flashy, and that's hard to beat. "LOOK AT THE BIG ENVIRONMENTS AND MONSTERS!" Yeah, the exact same ones that just sit like fucking animated wall paper having ZERO affect on the gameplay. You can't do shit to those monsters tearing apart cities on the horizon until the game deams it appropriate. They're exactly like bosses in every other game, the only difference is you get to see them for a bit before you fight them. Wait, no, that's like other games too. I guess the draw is that they're big. Is that it? Is that why you people keep hailing this as the best thing ever? 'Cause the fake monsters are bigger than fake monsters in other games? God damnit.
And 2010? Seriously? It's taking them THAT long to pretty up God of War 2? You know what else is coming out in 2010? A fucking camera that knows who you are and tracks 1-to-1 every movement you make almost literally putting you inside a video game. Jesus Christ, it's like they're telling their fan base to sit and spin and everyone's responding "Sweet! For how long??"
Point is, buy Prototype, it'll be much better.
