So sad nowadays.....

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#1 Xx-Addict-xX
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EVERY single game-related website/ magazine compares an action game to GoW. I mean i can understand to point. But this game got the boot because it 'copied' GoW. Any game with a guy fighting big bosses and extreme bad-as$ moves is now compares to GoW because it was so great. Welll i say we compare any shooting game to say...Socom? CoD? Unreal Tournament? ( when Unreal was good)This game blows because you have guns and shoot the enemy in Team Deathmatch! I give it a 2.5 because it took the guns of Socom and it's 3rd person ! It's a sad sad sight when games not called GoW are getting rated because they don't do wat GoW 3 does. I pre-ordered GoW 3 and loved the first 2. I'm saying stop shafting games because there's another game in the same genre.

Sorry....it just really irritates me lately- Darksiders and Dante's were nothing but- GoW wanna be's who sucked? Both solid games.

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#2 ExoticAnimal
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So what was the point of this? :(
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#3 Xx-Addict-xX
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To rant :)
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#4 ExoticAnimal
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Maybe blog it next time :)
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#5 Scianix-Black
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Well you have a blog for that.

In any case, Dante's Inferno was labelled a God of War rip off because it basically controlled and looked like God of War, but with differing themes. As for Darksiders, it's a hack and slash. Hack and slashes will always be compared to God of War because it set the standard, same way Call of Duty did for FPS, Final Fantasy for RPGS and Madden for sports.

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#6 Xx-Addict-xX
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I agree with setting standards. But don't degrade the game because it tried to copied and failed, or something of the likes. That was it is becoming....Well it's good but it ain't not Gow 3....5/10....aint no FF 6/10,,,, Where the games are solid and playable
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Well you have a blog for that.

In any case, Dante's Inferno was labelled a God of War rip off because it basically controlled and looked like God of War, but with differing themes. As for Darksiders, it's a hack and slash. Hack and slashes will always be compared to God of War because it set the standard, same way Call of Duty did for FPS, Final Fantasy for RPGS and Madden for sports.

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ok good points there expect for madden. Madden sets no standards at all they just bought out the NFL rights so no other companies can create real nfl games. they did this because ESPN football was kicking there as in terms of better gameplay. haha another rant but im pissed about EA buying it out because the ESPN franchise was so much better then Madden,
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#8 maxx1458
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Actually all high profile games are compared to the big boys. Everyone compares new FPS games to Call of Duty, everyone compares platformers to Super Mario, everyone compares RPG's to final fantasy. You see it all the time on these forums.

This is the way of the world, if you take inspiration from another game or come out with something similar. You better make sure that it has the same value and polish as that which has come before it or youre going to hear about it.

I dont think Ive ever seen an industry where so many consumers make excuses for poor programming and dont expect to get the most value from their purchase.

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[QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]

Well you have a blog for that.

In any case, Dante's Inferno was labelled a God of War rip off because it basically controlled and looked like God of War, but with differing themes. As for Darksiders, it's a hack and slash. Hack and slashes will always be compared to God of War because it set the standard, same way Call of Duty did for FPS, Final Fantasy for RPGS and Madden for sports.

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ok good points there expect for madden. Madden sets no standards at all they just bought out the NFL rights so no other companies can create real nfl games. they did this because ESPN football was kicking there as in terms of better gameplay. haha another rant but im pissed about EA buying it out because the ESPN franchise was so much better then Madden,

Tecmo Bowl set the standard. That game was the DA BOMB.

You can't do this in Madden or ESPN Football.

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#10 Scorch217
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I can kinda see where he's going with that. personally I just decide to make my own review rather than follow what the critics say. Why? Well, for some odd reason, when a critic says something sucks, it's successful. At least 80% of the time. I still don't understand it. And screw EA!
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#11 Vari3ty
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Here's my problem with what you just said. Basically you think that games should not be compared to other popular titles of the same genre. Why not, may I ask? If one game is particularly amazing and far superior to another game that tries to copy its gameplay, why shouldn't I compare the two? Dante's Inferno was as everyone else knows, a God of War rip-off. It's EA's fault they didn't do anything more to try to make the game at least a bit original.

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#12 Symphonycometh
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Maaaaaaybe Dante's Inferno got grilled a bit too well here on Gamespot. That being said, it's not that hard for a game to be an interesting action game as well as a game that doesn't borrow from God of War. Just look at Bayonetta or Devil May Cry 3/4. Dante's inferno simply can't even attempt to say they're not inspired from God of War's gameplay.
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#13 Scianix-Black
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[QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]

Well you have a blog for that.

In any case, Dante's Inferno was labelled a God of War rip off because it basically controlled and looked like God of War, but with differing themes. As for Darksiders, it's a hack and slash. Hack and slashes will always be compared to God of War because it set the standard, same way Call of Duty did for FPS, Final Fantasy for RPGS and Madden for sports.

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ok good points there expect for madden. Madden sets no standards at all they just bought out the NFL rights so no other companies can create real nfl games. they did this because ESPN football was kicking there as in terms of better gameplay. haha another rant but im pissed about EA buying it out because the ESPN franchise was so much better then Madden,

Oh, ok then ESPN set the standard.

I'm not a sports fanatic so I wouldn't know, I was simply going by what was the most critically acclaimed.

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#14 Scorch217
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Well, yeah. EA is stupid like that. I have my own idea for a game and these days it's getting difficult to have something that's entirely original. My game does pull gameplay elements from a couple of games, I admit. And no, it's not even in production or anything. I still have to get a dev team started. Right now, the only thing I have is the second half of the game written down in paragraphs. But when it comes to originality, I think we can just give up on EA.
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Well, yeah. EA is stupid like that. I have my own idea for a game and these days it's getting difficult to have something that's entirely original. My game does pull gameplay elements from a couple of games, I admit. And no, it's not even in production or anything. I still have to get a dev team started. Right now, the only thing I have is the second half of the game written down in paragraphs. But when it comes to originality, I think we can just give up on EA. Scorch217

although there are many other developers out there that i care for more than EA i need toname two recent games that i'm glad EA blessed this gen with...drum roll please...........Deadspace and Dragon Age. these two titles are fantastic, and without EA who knows if they would have ever made it into my home. so 'no' i have not given up on EA just yet.;)

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#16 Scorch217
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I will say I have to agree on that one. EA has made a number of good games, though I don't think I played either of the ones you're talking about. But overall, with the exception of some, the games EA produces are lacking something that I can't put my finger on. I'm sure dragon age has it, I've been wanting to try it for some time. If someone knows what that is, that'd be great.

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#17 TheEldestGod
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Dante's Inferno wouldn't have gotten picked on so badly were it not so extremely obvious. Also, it scored poorly because it really wasn't that solid of a game. It started out strong and not even half way it started to take a plunge. By the end it was freefalling. And don't even get me started on how horribly it mutilated the literature it was based on. I still see very little resemblence in Darksiders, though.
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#18 hiphopballer
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i didnt really understand the point. u sorta jumped from one statementto another