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God of War II released on the PS2 in March of 2007, only 4 months after the launch of the PS3. Fast forward to now. God of War III is a mere 3 weeks away and is the hottest topic in gaming at the moment, just as God of War II was back when it first released. Lets see how God of War II stands up against God of War III in terms of graphical prowess in these exclusive comparison shots…
Whatever form the next God of War game takes, it needs to be clear about what role Kratos is playing, lest the franchise lose direction.
I'm pretty sure it'd be a major mistake having Atreus as the main character in the next GoW. Seems to me like at best people tolerate him and his gameplay sections.
Ideally the story for the next game would be that Atreus has gone missing in Egypt, Kratos gets mad about it, picks up Mimir and goes on a god killing rampage.
If that is an option for the dev team then they need to make it a clean slate. No Atreus, No Mimir. That's what happened when he changed pantheons before. Lets Kratos be in that world. But it will be a difficult task to complete. Kratos and his past demons are getting a bit redundant as far as story telling goes.
Yeah there's not a lot of meat left on the bone story wise. Personally I'd happily accept any goofy reason they could come up with for why Kratos is in Egypt chopping off heads. I'm personally not that bothered about the finer points of the storytelling, although they do it well.
I would still like to have Mimir in the next game. They (devs) can justify it by saying that Mimir wants to gain knowledge about other realms/pantheons. Also, personally I think Alastair Duncan did a great job as Mimir and would love to see the continuation of the small banters Kratos and Mimir had in the past games.
The point of Ragnarok's ending is to show that Atreus is his own man now. Having Daddy Kratos save him in Egypt after getting himself into trouble would just undo his entire character development.
The point was more to do with getting Atreus out of the way rather than him being saved. Let's say he's off on his own adventures then and invent another reason for Kratos to be in Egypt.
Could be that Kratos thinks he's been captured or killed as motivation but at the close of the game it turns out Atreus has been up to his own shady shenanigans.
They need to bring back the "God of War" in God of War. I was expecting to unleash hell and fury in Asgard against Thor that they really talked up in the first game but all we got was brooding middle aged dad drunk in a beer hall. Ragnarok was still "good" but I left that game expecting a lot more.
Tried Rag... just couldn't get into it. Felt like more of the same. I would welcome a Kratos only game again.
The Opening Levels that hooked gamers from the outset.
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What an epic diffence! That's the only way to describe the God of War series, EPIC!
LOL god of war 3 in game footage looks better then gow2 cg.
Just beat God of War II yesterday and then played the God of War III demo afterward. What a huge step up from an already incredible milestone.
PS3 graphics better than PS2 graphics.
Who knew!
There really is a huge difference between this generation of consoles and the last - and that is just looking at things from a graphical standpoint. The audio in games this gen is also a huge leap forward, with full surround and higher bit/sample rates. Crazy to see that in-game GoW III footage looks so much better than GoW II CGI!