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God of War III back cover contains new details

The back cover of God of War III was revealed by GameStop. New details include Add-On Content, 5MB Required Hard Drive Space, 1080i support, Mature rating (Intense Violence, Nudity and Strong Sexual Content), "Making Of" Documentaries and more.

joemayo765192d ago

add-on content eh???

interesting....

Rumor5192d ago (Edited 5192d ago )

agreed

BuZzz Killington5192d ago

Cause like the old gow games you have to unlock certain challenges by playing hard mode and god mode and so fourth. so the add on content is on the game you just have to unlock it. i think thats what they mean by that, and the 1080i im not sure about considering the gow 3 demo automatically upscaled to 1080p didnt even have to force it to go 1080p like uncharted 2....i guess that means its native resolution even tho 720p is better than 1080i....... if i have money i might buy this game if not def going to rent it....gow collection got me hooked......

MisterNiwa5192d ago

This seems highy like a fake from NeoGaf.

Lifendz5192d ago (Edited 5192d ago )

They could have 10 gbs as far as I'm concerned. Heavy Rain, this, and FFXIII = me doing very poorly on all my finals this semester.

Add on content in the form of a time trial or horde mode (one player as Kratos and the other player as Ares?). Either way it's good to know that they're going to support the game long term...not that I would ever trade this game in.

MisterNiwa5191d ago

Ok, thanks, i mean, you cant let your guard down when it comes to NeoGaf, they are the masters of fake in the game industry. :I

UnSelf5191d ago

im sry i kno its interlaced but when my tv plays in 720p the font is huge. and some of the edge of my screen gets cut off

sikbeta5191d ago

This Game WILL BE EPIC

GOW3 IS BEAST!!!

BuZzz Killington5191d ago

maybe it will have like survival mode like in uncharted 2 online....that be so awesome you and your buddy fighting waves of skeleton dudes then those ogers, and snake lion ram things and what not. and the only way to unlock it is to beat the game on god mode...that would be a decent incentive to buy the game and beat it on god mode.......like the have challenges like that in the original gow just no online add online and your good to go if we demand this maybe threy'll include it or add a patch for it.....start a petition lol.....and add voice chat that be so awesome.....

randomwiz5191d ago (Edited 5191d ago )

no installs!!

add-on content could mean skins and stuff like that, but it could also mean new challenges.

frankymv5191d ago

for this title. Since it doesn't have MP, something has to be implemented to increase replayability.

Traveler5191d ago

This sounds so good. I can't wait for God Of War 3. I just wish they would put the downloadable content on the disc. The Blu-ray should definitely be big enough.

boodybandit5191d ago (Edited 5191d ago )

This is will be the first game I pick up at midnight in years.

Sky2515191d ago

haha, when I first saw strong language, I just imagined Kratos throwing out the f-bomb every time he got angry

beardpapa5191d ago

strong sexual content caught my eye.

BrianC62345191d ago

"I just wish they would put the downloadable content on the disc. The Blu-ray should definitely be big enough"

Maybe it isn't ready. Would you rather they delay the game so they can put DLC on the disc? I'm sure they're putting it on hold until everything else is done.

lovestospoodge5191d ago

strong language...what?

anyways. this game will be freakin insane

FamilyGuy5191d ago

Some old school plasmas and big screens can only do 1080i so that's good for those people in that situation. I'll be playing in (automatically upscaled) 1080p so I can see every detail that got this game its mature rating.

MiloGarret5191d ago

Strong language as in:

"I will rip your heart out and feed it to this Hydra here that I keep as a pet, then I'll smear the walls of olympus with the blood of your children and spit at your weakness"

"fool"

You know, basic Kratos.

Guido5191d ago

Wow, that's pretty impressive coming from the best looking game for 2010 thus far. Impressive indeed.

Dev8 ing5191d ago

Some older HD tv's can't display 1080p nor 720p. The 1080i support means those people don't have to play the game in standard definition.

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ZombieRollz5192d ago

The end of the 360: March 16th.

ZombieRollz5192d ago

In the end there will be only chaos... from so many 360s self-destructing in jealousy.

caffman5191d ago

about MGS4, Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 and LBP?

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dawgsfan1175191d ago

I cant wait for this game either but this is a stupid flamebait comment. Unlike the seemingly broke as hell fanboys on this site I have both consoles and love them equally. Just meat Mass Effect 2 and next ill play Bioshock, then ill move on to God of War and later this year ill get Halo:Reach and GT5. Stop trying to brag about having one console. It just means your a slave to sony or MS because you spend your life defending their product on N4G and get nothing for it.

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ZombieRollz5192d ago

Kratos surpasses Chuck Norris in badassery.

Rumor5192d ago

if norris can do this

http://comixed.com/2010/01/...

then i dont even wanna know what kratos can do..

deafwing5191d ago

....Gotta love the Norris facts -

"Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise"

"Kratos killed the guy that invented the word suprise."

:D

Xwow20085192d ago

only chaos in March 16th :)

Dev8 ing5191d ago

They had me at contains Intense Violence, Nudity and Strong Sexual Content. Hopefully they have better sex scenes this time. But seeing a couple nice sets of tits is cool. I like it when games that have sexual content actually have nudity. When a game depicts sex and both people are wearing clothes it just seems lame.

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JL2930163d ago

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

Snookies12163d ago

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.

Monstieur163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.

solideagle163d ago

lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...

Golfcoachh163d ago

Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.

Crows90163d ago

It's not that youre old school. They're different genres

JL2930162d ago (Edited 162d ago )

Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.

Fluke_Skywalker163d ago

I'd put the two psp games over 3 in terms of story any day. But not over 2.

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TheEnigma313163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.

Shane Kim163d ago

The newer games are better imo.

ravens52163d ago

There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.

Snookies12163d ago

Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.

Crows90163d ago

I like ascension. It was different and some interesting combat additions.

darthv72163d ago

If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.

ravens52163d ago

Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.

Fluke_Skywalker163d ago

Ascension is the only GOW game I never finished. Hated it.

Inverno163d ago

Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.

Crows90163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.

Inverno163d ago

Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.

Crows90162d ago

@Inverno

Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.

But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.

And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.

Inverno162d ago

The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.

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purple101325d ago

Haha I still remember my brother playing the opening scene on ps3!!!

Yeh he had to put the controller down his heart was beating too fast trying to get past first 10 minutes. He said "it's too much". Best thing I've ever seen in gaming. Haha

robtion324d ago

A great game from an era before things went politically correct and gaming turned serious/'mature'.

It certainly wasn't concerned about upsetting or offending anyone and was more fun because of it.

The boss battles and set pieces still top most games released today.

SullysCigar325d ago

This game was absurdly good for it's time. The very definition of 'epic'.

robtion324d ago

Yes. The graphics were just ridiculous compared to most other games on the market at the time.

masterfox325d ago

I wished Ascension had the same treatment.

Heavenly King324d ago

Ascension SP had some things better than GOW3, and also some things worst than GOW3. But in general it was a really good game, for me it also deserves a REMASTER. The problem per se with the game is that most people were satisfied on how GOWIII ended, so Kratos got his revenge, so in order to rise the interest in the game how have to make it MORE EPIC is that the game did not had the epicness of fighting huge bosses (I guess due to technical difficulties,the game had actually a lot more colors (because the world is not dying like in GOWIII) so it is graphically more demanding that is my guess), but it compensated with having in general a more complex combat system, and an amazing soundtrack. but in general the game needed to be more epic than GOWIII somehow, and that did not happened, after GOWIII people had expectations through the roof. They should have waited and release it for PS4 so the vision of the game is not compromised.

My list of good and bad compared to GOWIII

GOOD: THE COMBAT
The combat was more elaborated, which allows you to be more immersed in the fights. Also every enemy was more resistant, even those that you could usually kill in 2-3 attacks in previous games. THE LAST BOSS is so damn epic!!!, but there is only one moment like this in the whole game.

GOOD: LESS QTEs
I love the fact that "cicle" in the new enemies (killing animations) are not QTEs, in Ascension they are mini-games on their own, depending on the enemy, making it more engaging. You had to dodge and hit when the window was open in order to eventually do the killing blow.

GOOD: The Soundtrack
it has the orginal trilogy musics, but with a new perspective since the game had a new composer. The ST was amazing also the new music written specifically for this game were badass

GOOD: The puzzles actually require you to think.

BAD: There are bad camera angles during the game, like zooming way too out of vista, and then swarming you with "light units" that like I said before had better AI and did not die of 2 attacks. those parts a few, but are a mess.

BAD: EMPTY ARENAS
Other thing that really annoyed me is that when you fight a sub-boss/heavy unit in a big arena; that ARENA WAS EMPTY, it was just you and against the medusa, or against the manticore. They should have zoom in into the action to avoid noticing the void scenario. I guess emptiness was because of the game having a lot more colors (because the world is not dying like in GOWIII) so it is graphically more demanding. My guess is that it was not possible technically, since in most of those cases you had huge vistas or intricate scenarios that needed to be rendered. The fact that the cerberus is smaller in this game disappointed me.

BAD: Only one BADASS EPIC moment, the others moments of the game were great but, they needed to set the bar even higher than GOWIII and they failed miserably.

BAD: The graphics did not improved much. I was GOWIII with more colors, and that's it.

So 4 good things against 4 bad ones. The problem is those 2 last BAD aspects are actually why the game was received so poorly. Everyone expects the next game to have a really BIG improvement in all aspects in contrast to the previous one, and that was not the case in ascension. And also GOW is the definition of EPIC, and that was not there neither. The jump on every aspect from GOWI to GOWII was huge being on the same console, and the jump from GOWII to GOWIII was humongous (obviously because a more powerful console). While the jump from GOWIII to Ascension is too little, and people expected more.

On it's own is a good game; but is not sufficient when GOWIII was released before it.

CrimsonWing69325d ago

I know this is unpopular opinion, but I prefer these over the new ones. I’m not saying the new ones are bad or anything, but they sort of get boring to me, whereas the older games were like non-stop roller coaster rides.

ChiefofLoliPolice324d ago

I love the new ones but I understand what you mean. The older ones had more action and was more arcady like.

MIDGETonSTILTS17324d ago

Ragnarok was not BIG at all… GoW1 had larger set pieces, and it was on ps2.

GoW 2018 had big moments in its own way…. Ragnarok abandoned these aspects though

robtion324d ago

I agree. It was just less serious and more fun.

victorMaje325d ago

One of my all time favourites.

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