Ben-DutkaWhen there's as much hype surrounding a game like God of War III , it may seem almost impossible for the title in question to reach such lofty anticipated levels.
But as far as most of our readers are concerned, the most recent Kratos masterpiece does indeed live up to the massive amount of accumulated hype; the majority even say it's one of the best games they've ever played. That's hardly a huge surprise, though, considering the super high review scores and overwhelmingly positive response from the public. There's little doubt that this one solidifies the franchise's place in history and in truth, we could be looking at the greatest video game trilogy of all time. There's almost nothing wrong with the third game – despite a few minor platforming issues – and the level of visceral entertainment, provided by brutal insanity and nearly perfectly honed controls, is exceedingly impressive. Prior to this poll, we asked to name the one game that has the best shot of winning Game of the Year in 2010, and the majority went with GoWIII. You weren't prophetic; y'all just knew the game would indeed be that good, and there wasn't much argument surrounding the fact.
Now, after a totally insane first quarter, we finally face a bit of a break. April doesn't have the star power of March and even the potential blockbuster for late-April, Red Dead Redemption , has been pushed into May. So you might have some time to catch up on your backlog of games; our question is, what gem from 2009 do you regret missing? Which one will be tops on your "catch-up list?" We'll do bad things to you if you haven't played Uncharted 2 yet… Fair warning.
Related Game(s): God of War III
I'm missing out on demon's souls and Heavy Rain, I'm kind of psyched for 3D dot game heroes, looks really cool and it's PS3 exclusive.
I agree with Heroes. I preordered my copy a few weeks ago. I don't care if it is a Zelda clone. Who didn't love the gameplay of Zelda back in the day? All the homages to other games in the loading screens is just a plus.
Well maybe Ratchet & Clank Crack In Time.
I'm playing RE5 for like the 8th time, go the infinite ammo for the L HAWK gun, big bad guys are going down with just 5 shots, so I'm trying to beat it on the Professional difficulty.
Just beat GOWIII yesterday on titan mode, my wife was like the chick in the UC2 commercial! I've gotta finish up AC2, still haven't played thru the campain for MW2 nor KZ2.
Your wife is cool then.
Do bad things to me – I haven't got Uncharted 2 yet lol. All I do is play Need For Speed Shift every night, trying to get my platinum. After that I've got a rather huge backlog of games, and I just bought Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena (and you also get Escape from Butcher Bay) used in like new condition for $12.
I'm happy to wait for all the latest and greatest games to come down in price a bit. They'll still be just as fun when I eventually get around to them.
by your taste in games , i think you will enjoy UC 2 very much it was last years GOW pretty much, and drakes one liners are epic jaja wish he had more of em
@JackC8,
I'm like you,
Since I'm a collector, I'll wait till some great used price drops to get mine, or for new games, I'll wait for both, a price drop, with a "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" deal at the same time too.
And since I'm still buying older games(especially the old PS2, and xbox games) to add to my collections, I've got a huge backlog of over 1200+ games I've stillgot to play catch-up with.
On the PS3, I've bought inFamous, Killzone 2, & R2, but haven't had to time to play them yet(still playing Uncharted 1 & Prototype).
And, sometimes when I get stuck in a game for way too long, I'll just walk away from it for months & come back to it later with some fresh new ideas to get out myself of that spot.
***MGS4 SPOILER ALERT*****
(I still need to go back to MGS 4 again, cause it was one of those I walked away from. I spent 5 hours over 3 days just trying to put the knockout needle into Vamp in the 4th(or 5th?) chapter. So I guess it's about time I go back in & try to give MGS4 another shot(pun intended).
I still want to get these PS3 games too, & U2 is a "Must Have" game for me, but since the rest of them aren't on my "must have first" list, I'm still waiting for the next big used price drop, & a B2-G1F deal at the same time…..
R&C: A Crack in Time
Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Demon's Souls
Dragon Age: Origins
Last edited by BikerSaint on 3/29/2010 7:19:12 PM
I'm hackin my way through GOWIII right now, and it's no doubt worthy of all the praise it's getting. This game IS epic squared 😉 I have to admit though, I've died A LOT of times so far… and only once at the hands of an enemy. I tend to try and search around a lot for those upgrade chests though.
If I had to pick one I'd say Batman. The demo was really good, and I'll get it eventually… so many games to play, so little time to play'em.
Last edited by gumbi on 3/29/2010 8:33:05 AM
im just happy i have platinum on all 3 Gow's and have fulfilled my goal for the trilogy, cant wait till they release the dlc for free for the epilogue
well after i finish gow, i will probably get into WKC more again for a while, might do another playthrough of uncharted 2 , or i might finish that infamous trophy hunt ( *shakes fist at stunt list*) i was doing, or start it in evil since i never did
ohter than that i got valkyria chronicles , but i play that one sporadically its easy to catch up ont he story after long whiles of not playing it, havent finished it yet, @ chapter 11 i believe..then of course i havent even bought JC2 or heavy rain yet so thats even more games to play…..oh gawd, i need vacations…
I didn't miss any of those games listed in your poll so I can't participate.
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God of War III is the BEST PS3 EXCLUSIVE GAME out there! For all the ps3 owners, buy this game for fucks sake! This game is just damned good! ^_^
I still can't believe how good the graphics are.