"It’s perfectly understandable why Sony would commission another God of War game. Still, I believe after Ascension, asking for more God of War with Kratos might be too heavy a burden for him to carry."
(God of War 4, God of War: Ascension, PS3)
Tipsed by: Toytown Mafia
There is nothing wrong with milking a franchise though. As long as the quality and design is still top notch I see nothing wrong. Really, that goes for any franchise. They could make 100 GOW games and I'd still play them as long as they were finely crafted. The number attached to the title is irrelevant.
Oh NOW YOU GUYS SAY THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH MILKING... Seriously f*** you hypocritical fanboys, you assholes claim halo was milked and some of you said gears was milked WTF. Yet every halo game adds some elements to keep the quality at the peak its always at. Seriously fanboys need to leave the precious hobby of gaming instead of turning into competitive sports or something.
@Aarix, your rant makes no sense. Do you have proof it was these same people who said this? Just because one person says something does not mean everyone else is automatically in agreement.
I don't specifically know who you are referring to when you say "you guys." I am not the voice of the public, I'm merely stating my own opinion.
A lot of titles are milked. Why would that be an insult? Quality over quantity my friend. When a dev/publisher runs out of ideas, yet continually keeps making the same game over and over, then yah, time to abandon ship and move on. Otherwise, nothing wrong with some numerical number attached to a title, makes no difference. If they can keep adding ideas and new elements then they should keep milking the franchise for all its worth.
GOW 1-3 Kratos versus Gods of Olympus and Titans GOW 4-TBA Kratos Versus Fairies, The Easter Bunny and Santa Clause. There is no need for more if GOW3 had an amazing ending!
Milked? 2 on the ps2 and 2 on the ps3, thats milking? Whats COD and halo then? Dont count the PSP ones. Heck Im expecting a VITA spin off and thats still not milking.
I really want to find out how Kratos came to be basically its so interesting and shouldnt be considered milking...
I think there should be no more lots of things but why should Sony Santa Monica and GOW be the one to step up and stop? What about all the other franchises out there dragging their heels and being squeezed dry but still have plans for sequels? Sony Santa Monica must not take the chance that their next game might sell 3 million copies and be well received just because some idiots want them to take a chance on a new character or franchise that could easily be rejected while everyone else craps out the same game every year an cashes in?
What is with the stop the Sony franchises speeches these days? Kratos is a complex character unlike many characters out there and no matter how shallow they are and they still get sequels.So unless people are going to stop those over used characters and games too I say bring on more Kratos. Stop making more Assassins Creed, Halo, Mario, COD, MW and Fable games, THEN we can talk. As long as Kratos's adventures continue to be epic that is fine with me. But if they start making Kid Kratos and GOW racing, THAT is a problem.
if there is a story there.... then it doesn't matter....... the story can continue on, the death of the greek goods could have created a vaccum than another pantheon of gods decide to fill.... it isnt a foreign idea it's been done before, anyone remember the tv series Hercules with kevin Sorbo (loved it) after the death of zeus, herc encountered gods and demigods from several different religons like that kat gilgamesh, who were under the influence of a new dark god, i believe his name was daehawk, even marvel created differant patheons in their comics remember the odin/zues thor/herc beef...... with good writing we could see some good sequels..... JUST SAYING
Why? Who came up with this idea that a story can and must be wrapped up in three parts?
I do my damndest to avoid writing trilogies, as that's all anyone ever does. But when a story is done well, and there's plenty of content, it should go on as long as it can go on, provided the quality remains of a high level.
If SSM can't make GOW4 a quality outing, they shouldn't make and/or release the game. But they shouldn't stop making games just because they reached the somehow-magical number 3 in the series.
When you have complex characters and stories people want to know more about them. Clamoring to stop the stories just because you don't want to hear about them is just another example of gamer selfishness and the fact that many people really knows much about what makes a story great.
The '3 is enough' crap doesn't apply to everything. There are many games with the most shallow characters ever and no one jumps to make them stop making more of them.I used to read about Zeus and the Pantheon alone only to find out later that their was a whole story that existed before Zeus was even created that I enjoyed just as much as the stories I read before. I want to know more about about the twists and turns of Kratos's complex life.Don't lump him together with the yearly games developers crap out that everyone rushes to with wallets open to buy.
I like when other games are ignored when they're up to like what, 10 installments? Yeah, lets stop this "Don't need blah blah" before it starts, because honestly, people who write these articles really don't know what people want.
Looking forward to any God of War now or in the future, because I love the series.
Don't think it's being milked but it needs a bit of a shake up. I bought the first two for the PS3 a few months back to see what all the fuss was about, played through all of part one, started part two, got bored and didn't bother finishing it. Found it a bit dull to be honest! Obviously the set pieces are good but in between them there's a pretty ordinary mash 'em up that I felt I was forcing myself to play through just to see the next set piece.
I've seen it mentioned somewhere that there might be a co-op mode in part 4 - not sure how true that is but it definitely coloured me interested so might check it out if it's true.
I'm not sure why articles like this pop up. Its not like anyone forces you to buy anything you don't want to. Let the people who enjoy a series,enjoy it.
I don't think I'll ever understand the mentality that some gamers have, just because you don't like something, doesn't mean someone else wont like it.
That goes for everything and in pretty much every situation, we are all different.
Don't hamper someone else' fun just because you personally don't think it should be done.
'Milking' not only refers to a company making many games to maximize profits. But it also implies that the quality of the games takes a sharp decline since the company it more worried about pushing out as many games as they can. ie. Call of Duty & Madden.
And since each GoW game has been better then the last, I really dont see how this is milking.
This will be only the 4th game over 2 generations. There are 7 Call of Duty games this generation alone!
Um, what's stopping them from doing a Final Fantasy style of games? Kind of like Spawn really. How many different myths are there across all religeons (mostly themed similarly).. Egyptian, Sumerian, Roman, Hindu, Norse, etc.. All having a "God of War" in their hieratic ways? Works for the FF universe just fine and I don't hear crying over that. If it were to go Jaffe's way....
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She also seems to want the power to rule the world.
God of War IV: Killing Athena's astral spirit.
What about the 3rd prophetic mural regarding the "3 men and a star".
One does not simply just fulfill the first 2 murals (GOW3) and just leave the last one hanging to be forgotten.
Just because one person says something does not mean everyone else is automatically in agreement.
I don't specifically know who you are referring to when you say "you guys." I am not the voice of the public, I'm merely stating my own opinion.
A lot of titles are milked. Why would that be an insult? Quality over quantity my friend. When a dev/publisher runs out of ideas, yet continually keeps making the same game over and over, then yah, time to abandon ship and move on. Otherwise, nothing wrong with some numerical number attached to a title, makes no difference. If they can keep adding ideas and new elements then they should keep milking the franchise for all its worth.
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Halo 1 -3 "Finish the Fight"
Halo 4 - 6 "Finishing the finishing of the fight"
Halo 7 - 9 " Finishing the finishing of the finishing of the fight"
GOW 1-3 Kratos versus Gods of Olympus and Titans
GOW 4-TBA Kratos Versus Fairies, The Easter Bunny and Santa Clause. There is no need for more if GOW3 had an amazing ending!
I really want to find out how Kratos came to be basically its so interesting and shouldnt be considered milking...
What is with the stop the Sony franchises speeches these days? Kratos is a complex character unlike many characters out there and no matter how shallow they are and they still get sequels.So unless people are going to stop those over used characters and games too I say bring on more Kratos. Stop making more Assassins Creed, Halo, Mario, COD, MW and Fable games, THEN we can talk. As long as Kratos's adventures continue to be epic that is fine with me. But if they start making Kid Kratos and GOW racing, THAT is a problem.
the story can continue on, the death of the greek goods could have created a vaccum than another pantheon of gods decide to fill.... it isnt a foreign idea it's been done before, anyone remember the tv series Hercules with kevin Sorbo (loved it) after the death of zeus, herc encountered gods and demigods from several different religons like that kat gilgamesh, who were under the influence of a new dark god, i believe his name was daehawk, even marvel created differant patheons in their comics remember the odin/zues thor/herc beef...... with good writing we could see some good sequels..... JUST SAYING
I do my damndest to avoid writing trilogies, as that's all anyone ever does. But when a story is done well, and there's plenty of content, it should go on as long as it can go on, provided the quality remains of a high level.
If SSM can't make GOW4 a quality outing, they shouldn't make and/or release the game. But they shouldn't stop making games just because they reached the somehow-magical number 3 in the series.
The '3 is enough' crap doesn't apply to everything. There are many games with the most shallow characters ever and no one jumps to make them stop making more of them.I used to read about Zeus and the Pantheon alone only to find out later that their was a whole story that existed before Zeus was even created that I enjoyed just as much as the stories I read before. I want to know more about about the twists and turns of Kratos's complex life.Don't lump him together with the yearly games developers crap out that everyone rushes to with wallets open to buy.
Looking forward to any God of War now or in the future, because I love the series.
I, on the other hand will pick it up day one.
I've seen it mentioned somewhere that there might be a co-op mode in part 4 - not sure how true that is but it definitely coloured me interested so might check it out if it's true.
I don't think I'll ever understand the mentality that some gamers have, just because you don't like something, doesn't mean someone else wont like it.
That goes for everything and in pretty much every situation, we are all different.
Don't hamper someone else' fun just because you personally don't think it should be done.
And since each GoW game has been better then the last, I really dont see how this is milking.
This will be only the 4th game over 2 generations. There are 7 Call of Duty games this generation alone!