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Brief chat with God of War III's Athena aka Erin Torpey

Aside from the various Santa Monica Studio developers who attended last week's God of War III preview event, a number of voice actors also showed up to admire their handiwork and speak to media. Examiner caught up with Athena's voice actress Erin Torpey on her experience working on the game. Having not seen the finished product until that night, Ms. Torpey was somewhat distracted with Kratos' latest battle against the gods during our chat.

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Godmars2905542d ago

But...she's dead.

know that didn't stop Ares from making an appearance in GoW2, but still.

LordMarius5542d ago

every GoW game has flashbacks

Myze5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

@1

*Spoilers from pics/footage of GoW3 so far*

There was some picture or maybe it was in a video, but Athena was shown in "ghost" form, which I'm guessing is what happens to the gods when they die. After all, they are immortal. Of course, that could have just been some flashback sequence, but she was ethereal.

Kind of makes me wonder though. When Kratos died, he was able to fight his way out of hell. So what exactly would killing Hades accomplish? Also, you would think if a god died, Hades would just give them a free pass back up, or they would at least be able to find their own way back. Or, maybe I'm just over-analyzing.

presto7175542d ago

I mean... I thought Athena was dead. I won't even bother reading the article.

Darkfocus5542d ago

I'm not a 100% sure (I havn't played GOWII for a while) but I seemed to think that kratos went back in time to before he accidentally killed Athena
when he went to fight Zues

Godmars2905542d ago

That only begs the question why did he go back in time and bring back the titians before they were defeated and not pop back and kill Zeus while he was behind an as yet impaled Athena.

Nevermind the massive paradox either - one more than the other - that would create or that Kratos and Athena seemed a bit too chummy even given past relationship. And Kratos' habit for breaking pottery when the ladies are about.

SilentNegotiator5542d ago

Maybe that's why Kratos fights Hades.....to get Athena out.

Just taking a guess.

Myze5542d ago

@1.6

*some GoW2 spoilers*

Actually that's a pretty interesting theory. Not gonna guess whether it's true or not, but it would kind of make sense. Athena seemed to be the only god that Kratos "liked," for lack of a better word. He seemed to be shocked when he killed her and almost like he regretted doing it, which is a pretty major thing for Kratos. After all, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, so if any of the gods/goddesses were smart enough to make sure to stay on Kratos's good side, it would be her. ;)

Elimin85542d ago

Remember Kratos can travel back and forth in time.. Maybe he has a few more encounters with her.

SilentNegotiator5542d ago

"Remember Kratos can travel back and forth in time.. Maybe he has a few more encounters with her"

But he destroyed all of the portals that allowed him to do that, right?

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happy_gilmore5542d ago

but kratos can time-travel now

he probably went time in time to bang her

randomwiz5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

**SPOILER**???
Well the god of war 3 sex scene does include a goddess...
**/SPOILER**??

maskedwarrior5542d ago

Only two more weeks until OMGOW

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50 Best PS3 Games of All Time

The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.

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darthv7263d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz14963d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga63d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero63d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga62d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g63d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor63d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos63d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv7263d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos63d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel198963d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv7262d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans63d ago (Edited 63d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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14 Years Later, God of War 3 Still Has The Best Boss Fights

Kratos' journey in God of War 3 was an angry rampage against the Greek Gods, resulting in some of the best boss battles in gaming.

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TheProfessional217d ago

They went from amazing, huge scale bosses to shirtless Norse people with tattoos...

The only good boss in the new god of war was the mountain dragon.

xHeavYx217d ago

I like the new GOW games, but I do feel that the brutality of the games were toned down way too much in favor for (what some people may call) heartwarming stories. I think both things could co-exist, but if I had to choose, I'd rather have the brutality back.

Goodguy01217d ago (Edited 217d ago )

Agreed. I... barely even remember any of the bosses in Ragnarok even lol. Story bosses only, optionals excluded. Kinda wish Kratos was still an all brutal angry man that way we do go after pretty much all the gods in each mythology. New gow, you feel bad about them...

ravens52217d ago (Edited 217d ago )

I have to agree. Some of the best boss fights. Felt so good to get a new weapon when you beat em. The Hades fight and Hercules fight were dope. The Poseidon fight was fire especially when you went first person. Damn I want to play it over. Sadly all I have is 3 and the new ones. That's why I want a remaster of the first two.

Levii_92217d ago

And we will never.. EVER, get an insane awesome game like this ever again (at least not directly from SSM and Sony)

Hey do you remember those Atreus sections and that Angrboda section where you collect fruit or whatever the f was happening? No. You remember when Kratos ripped off Helios’s head just to use as a flashlight. You remember when he chopped of Hermes’s legs to just so use his boots and you remember the Aphrodite section, when he was gutting Centaurus’s with guts spilling out and when he tied a half naked girl to the gate mechanism pulley thing or whatever it’s called just so she can hold the heavy gate by being mangled into a bloody mess. Good times. 😂

victorMaje217d ago

Mark my words, maybe not God of War, maybe not SSM, but a few years from now, the story will be one of vengeance, the protagonist will be there, the gameplay will meet the expectations, and the right team will be put together, it will feel so refreshing again, and we will rejoice. It’s inevitable.

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jambola217d ago

I remember it slightly more fondly because with only 2 characters it was nice to have less yapping and mimir not yelling forced tutorials at me

mkis007217d ago

I like mimir though. He gives more lore for this universe, because God of war has its own lore somewhat separate from actual Norse myth.

jambola216d ago

@mkis007
I'm ok with mimir in cutscenes
I just mean constant yapping and yelling in battle mostly

mkis007217d ago

I do love the hades fight...so fricken brutal how you bash him into the ceiling with his own weapons over and over.

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The Best Video Game Opening Levels In Gaming History

The Opening Levels that hooked gamers from the outset.

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