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No HD God of War for PAL release

Unfortunately it has been confirmed to Pro-G that this HD-Mode had to be removed from the PAL release because there simply wasn't enough room on the game disc.

"Whereas the US version still had enough room to incorporate this feature it had to be removed for ours because we had to use the final disc space for localisation (all the extra European languages)," a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe spokesperson told Pro-G.

techie6211d ago (Edited 6211d ago )

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Not enough disc space!? We use the same discs don't we? :( :( please say they haven't taken out the gore...pleeeease. It's ok for the UK, we can take, don't make Germany spoil our games.

For the languages!! What! So they are running out of space on DVD's...there's your proof there...can't do bloody HD with GOW.

Caxtus7506211d ago (Edited 6211d ago )

OMG!!!!! THAT SUCKS!

2 discs please oh please

(although thats financially not profitable)

I dunno what the difference will be but PS2 games on an HDTV look washed out so im sure it will have been better.

I will get killed for this but i do feel Blu Ray and extra storage will be needed in a few years.

Bathyj6211d ago

I'm Aussie mate, Europe's got F*ckall to do with me.
We're gonna miss this for a couple billion people who cant even play cricket. PISSWEAK !!!

FULL 720p update on PSN if you please Sony. No rush, I dont get my copy til the 26th so anytime around that weekend would be great.

Seriously, HD GOW playable on PS3 would be in your best interest you know, even if it is a PS2 game. Its actually a stroke of genius. You make a fantastic game for the biggest games market out there but HD on PS3 would give all those gamers a good reason to upgrade.

Violater6211d ago (Edited 6211d ago )

I see no visual difference between SD and HD for GOW2

Edit: It just proves that this game looked pretty damn good to begin with.

Torch6211d ago

Really guys, you aren't missing anything - the game looks fantastic which ever way you view it...and I'm an over-obsessively extreme stickler when it comes to visuals and audio.

Enjoy the game. You're gonna absolutely love it.

(Although the some of the Challenges of the Titans are an express ticket to the psychiatric ward.)

AuburnTiger6211d ago (Edited 6211d ago )

Seriously, the Challenge of the Titans can kiss my A$$!!

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Ranking Every God of War Game From Worst to Best

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JL2930162d ago

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

Snookies12162d 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.

Monstieur162d ago (Edited 162d 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.

solideagle161d ago

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

Golfcoachh162d 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.

Crows90162d ago

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

JL2930160d ago (Edited 160d 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_Skywalker161d ago

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

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TheEnigma313162d ago (Edited 162d ago )

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

Shane Kim162d ago

The newer games are better imo.

ravens52162d 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.

Snookies12162d ago

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

Crows90162d ago

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

darthv72162d 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.

ravens52161d 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_Skywalker161d ago

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

Inverno162d 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.

Crows90162d ago (Edited 162d ago )

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

Inverno162d 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.

Crows90161d 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.

Inverno161d 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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A Look Through the Absolute Best PS2 Games of All Time

Take it down the memory lane with this ultimate list of the best PlayStation 2 games of all time. Just the best of the best right here.

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isarai192d ago

It's so disappointing that to this day, I have not seen a game match what BLACK offers in an FPS.

ApocalypseShadow192d ago

Shame isn't it. I thought we'd be at a point of destructible backgrounds, objects, pyrotechnics etc in shooters. I sold many a copy in the demo unit when I managed a franchise Game Crazy back then. But I stopped playing shooters because they didn't evolve. Heavy weapon. Shoot a wall or glass. Nothing happens. Lol. Except for Killzone 2. I enjoyed that.

But then I woke and remembered it's EA. EA didn't care really. They just wanted to kill competition from Criterion and Burnout. And own Renderware to profit from as many developers used that engine. Only thing was that developers ran as fast as they could away from EA to Unreal Engine and its pop in and Vaseline graphics. Shame on EA. And then they bought Dice for Frostbite. Evil busters.

Anyway, too many PS2 games to count. Some of my personal faves being DMC, Genji, Bujingai, Blood Will Tell, Onimusha, Way of the Samurai, Japanese Berserk, Japanese Macross game that blew away the US Robotech game, RAD, Castlevania Lament of Innocence.... there's just too many. Let me stop. Lol

Cacabunga191d ago

Code Veronica
Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore
The Getaway
Time Crisis 3
Killzone
Mark of Kri
SSX

are some of my all times favorites missing on that list

shinoff2183191d ago

I've always Saud I'm not a fan of fps much , there's been some I really like and thought were really dope. Black falls into that category.

CoNn3rB191d ago

I would love nothing more than a remaster of the Jak series, including Jak X

Flawlessmic191d ago (Edited 191d ago )

The greatest console of all time !!!!

The last console from when gaming was pure, games didn't take 5 years to release, no online only, no half finished games, no mtx.

Ps2 was just banger after banger after banger.

It will always be my favourite.

sagapo191d ago

No Timesplitters in the list??

FinalFantasyFanatic190d ago

This is a really good list, pretty happy with the choices here.

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MadLad507d ago

I don't know about 20, but I know Dragon Quest VIII, FFXII, and Persona 3 are my top 3.

No particular order. Not a huge JRPG guy, but these hit it home for me.

Flawlessmic506d ago

Fairly solid list, would only change a few, I'd put onimusha in there, ico, personally would have vice city.

Then again I'd double up on some series dmc 1, all 3 gtas, both metal gears, all 3 jaks.

Ps2 was just crazily stacked really, every time I think back on it, those were the good days of gaming.

sagapo506d ago

Was thinking the same about Vice City. But yeah, solid list and great era of games!

shinoff2183506d ago

I still think ps1 was better game wise, but im sure thats an age thing depends on what you grew up with to an extent. I feel san andreas is to this day the best gta made. None compare 5 is close imo but just doesnt best it