God of War: Ascension is a highly polished action-adventure game—and probably one of the strongest we’ll see from a technical standpoint this year. But the soul of what made this franchise great is lost here, as this ultimately feels like a last-ditch attempt to squeeze in one last Kratos appearance this console generation. In the end, Ascension will be remembered as if Kratos’ legendary rage and anger simply faded out as an exasperated sigh of resignation. 7/10
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I enjoy the god of war games. I am just making an assumption that maybe the reviews that arent in the favorable majority are based on the premise that the reviewers are getting bored with the series.
technically, there have been 5 god of war games released on the ps3 before this one. Granted 4 of which were remakes but maybe some feel that is 4 too many to have all within the same console span.
So we should really have gotten GOW3 and this one instead of GOW 1, 2, 3, Chains of olympus, ghost of sparta AND ascension.
As a god of war fan, i dig that much ass kicking content but to others they may be on kratos overload.
Lately I see only COD reviewers.
They should hire better reviewers that actuall love gaming instead of only play shooting games and trying to review great games.
Its not the review or the scores its the misinformation campaigns I am concerned about.
Even reviews and review scores have price tags because at the end of the day its all about money,clicks, hits and business.
If seeing is believing and if you are personally skeptical, at least, go to You Tube and see for yourself.
Hence the PS4 Share button was made.
and finally 7 out of 10 ?!! really ?!!
Taken out of context. Going by your logic all PC games running on ultra settings, at 60FPS and above with surround sound are 10/10.
"gameplay itself may well be the best we’ve seen from the series"
Talk about taken out of context...
Wow. I never said I agreed with the review, but just bitching about it is stupid. Game-play is not everything, by that logic most sequels should be higher rated than their predecessors.
Besides, 60 FPS and above refers to game-play, hence why I added it into my original comment. Damn kids grow up and learn comprehension. People are so stupid on this site. Now hit the disagree button and I'll send you a nice special little sticker that you can show off to your mummy.
What are you smoking? What Morganfell said was right...
"Besides, 60 FPS and above refers to game-play"
I'm pretty sure 60FPS refers to... 60 Frames per Second which would fall under graphics not gameplay :/
and like many others pc guys, he is thinking that resolution = graphisms..but it's not, an uggly game at "max setting" and 1080, is an uggly game..
I think we're beginning to see why this wasn't a numbered title. And I'm a HUGE God of War fan.
I guess the "nothing new" habit only counts on playstation exclusive property
What do you expect...
To say GOWA directly informs GeOWJ is somewhat of a reductionist way to look at it.
That said EGM has an editor in chief who gave Colonial Marines a 9 and Halo 4 a 7.
If all else failed, throw Gears of War into the discussion. It seems like the current theme on these GOW reviews lately. Why not use a PS3 game instead like Uncharted or Ratchet and Clank? You already know the answer to that.
So what if YOU are tired of a franchise. YOU are not reviewing for YOU.
In contrast, can anyone honestly say that this game is as mediocre as Dante's Inferno, which has a 75 metascore?
A 9 is a 'near perfect' or 'must play game' which CM is not. This site is for paid reviews and needs to die.
Aliens:CM 9/10
GOW:A 7/10
That is all.