GOW III gets 4/5 at Giant Bomb

Well, considering that GB gave GTA TBOGT a 3/5 & B-K N&B a 5/5 AND Xbox-360 GOTY, this site really holds no credibility for me.

Anyway, I would LOVE to play this and the GOW Collection, but I don't have a PS3. Don't get me wrong, I would like to get one, but my home is lacking the space necessary to play a PS3 (I mean, my entertainment center has a Nintendo 64, Nintendo Wii, Xbox, and Xbox-360, so there's hardly any space).

Hmm, seems about right for them. You could even tell from there Podcast they werent TOO pumped for it. Jeff (he didnt review it) even said that while it looks very very pretty, he really had no interest in it. Im not really sure Ryans (who did review it) hype for it was.

I think it's accurate. Really God of War III is just as much of a linear, more-of-the-same sequel as FFXIII, it's just that people still happen to find it fun.cutmaclass1

[QUOTE="toast_burner"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

Good. Sooo not a 5/5 game.

This equates to an 80 on Metacritic. That's around what it should be. 8.0-8.5.

BioShockOwnz

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

Never liked giant bomb so why should I care what score they give God of war 3? Its not a bad score anyways so why moan about it?

Save the faux-flower-child thing pleaseHahadouken

I was clearly stating an irrefutable fact. Save the petty insults, bud. I don't want to hear it. Let's be friendly.

So much seriousness in this thread... it's just a game. :|

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]Save the faux-flower-child thing pleaseBioShockOwnz

I was clearly stating an irrefutable fact. Save the petty insults, bud. I don't want to hear it.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]Save the faux-flower-child thing pleaseHahadouken

I was clearly stating an irrefutable fact. Save the petty insults, bud. I don't want to hear it.

But, but... I wanted to respond to your deleted comment. You were well aware, as your deleted comment mentioned it. ;)

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

I was clearly stating an irrefutable fact. Save the petty insults, bud. I don't want to hear it.

BioShockOwnz

But, but... I wanted to respond to your deleted comment. You were well aware, as your deleted comment mentioned it. ;)

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[QUOTE="alextherussian"]

This really needs some serious explanation

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4/5 = 0.8 (80%)

5/5 = 1.0 (100%)

mythrol

Im sorry but that type of ranking just seems retarted then. I mean wheres the 90%. You just cant skip that.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

aaronmullan

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]Save the faux-flower-child thing pleaseHahadouken

I was clearly stating an irrefutable fact. Save the petty insults, bud. I don't want to hear it.

What exactly do you mean by flower children?

I think I know what you mean, but I just want to confirm it.

It's right in their tag line: "Sony delivers a fittingly epic and savage PlayStation 3 debut for God of War, even if it does little to evolve the formula established by its predecessors."

That's a euphemism for "lack of innovation".

Hahadouken

Is it?

From reading the body of the review, it seems to be a euphemism for "redoing the same experience with marginal refinements".

While the technology has advanced, the relative shortage of meaningful changes and refinements to God of War's vivisecting gameplay formula means that it's not quite as thrilling as the first (or second) go 'round. Some of these last-gen holdovers make the experience feel less cutting-edge than it might otherwise, though it's still plenty brutal enough to earn the God of War name.

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It's all the stuff that you expect from a God of War game, which I suspect is the very reason why parts of the game feel kind of perfunctory. It's like the developers had a mechanical understanding of the beats they were expected to hit, and focused more on nailing that stuff than pushing the experience somewhere new.Review

Innovation doesn't mean "making changes". Innovation means doing something entirely new that hasn't been seen before. What he's trying to say is that GoW 3 could have been much more if the developers had built on the formula they had rather than refining it.

Maybe the formula they have is perfect, but that doesn't mean it can't be expanded on. SMB 1 was just about perfect, but Nintendo didn't go on to make two more games that were just like it. They took it to a completely different level with Mario 3, and they didn't even have to change the genre or even the core mechanics to do so. To use a more recent example: you mentioned MW2? It built on CoD 4. People like to say it's the same game, rehash, etc., but you'll find no shortage of people complaining about how much they changed the multiplayer. They did more than just add a few guns and some perks, and that's why it got 5 stars.

Hmmm,you guys might want to stop this childish behaviour,ok? It´s getting ridiculous.

Another overrated game flops?

Not surpised.

Wonder whats next.

Instashot

Don't know... Probably Halo Reach?

And Cherokee? You break my heart. Un-friended. Just be straight up if you want to discuss something, don't try and lead me with "innocent" questions.Hahadouken

This pretty much sums up why Giant Bomb and X-Play need to adopt "half star" systems. In the age of Metacritic / Gamerankings scoring things either 100%, 80% or60%is pretty bad.

Hmmm,you guys might want to stop this childish behaviour,ok? It´s getting ridiculous.

Arach666

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]And Cherokee? You break my heart. Un-friended. Just be straight up if you want to discuss something, don't try and lead me with "innocent" questions.Cherokee_Jack

This pretty much sums up why Giant Bomb and X-Play need to adopt "half star" systems. In the age of Metacritic / Gamerankings scoring things either 100%, 80% or60%is pretty bad.

PatchMaster

[QUOTE="Arach666"]

Hmmm,you guys might want to stop this childish behaviour,ok? It´s getting ridiculous.

aaronmullan

That review was spot on but no GoW3 isn't a flop and it should easily be on the top spot in sales at least in one region like NPD for March.

Considering GB rates a lot of decent games 5/5 I'm totally surprised they gave GoW3 4 out of 5 stars. Don't really care however since I already bought and beat the game and it's easily one of the best single player games I've played this gen.

Mentioned already in this thread, but who the hell cares about Giant Bomb? As far as I'm concerned, they sit at the bottom of the video game reviewer heap with 1up and the New York Times, regardless of whether it's made up of numerous ex-GS employees. I suppose it's worth reporting alongside the other GoW reviews, but it really seems unremarkable.tarzanell

They offer way better content than the competition. They have personality.

[QUOTE="tarzanell"]Mentioned already in this thread, but who the hell cares about Giant Bomb? As far as I'm concerned, they sit at the bottom of the video game reviewer heap with 1up and the New York Times, regardless of whether it's made up of numerous ex-GS employees. I suppose it's worth reporting alongside the other GoW reviews, but it really seems unremarkable.BioShockOwnz

They offer way better content than the competition. They have personality.

[QUOTE="tarzanell"]Mentioned already in this thread, but who the hell cares about Giant Bomb? As far as I'm concerned, they sit at the bottom of the video game reviewer heap with 1up and the New York Times, regardless of whether it's made up of numerous ex-GS employees. I suppose it's worth reporting alongside the other GoW reviews, but it really seems unremarkable.BioShockOwnz

They offer way better content than the competition. They have personality.

[QUOTE="tarzanell"]Mentioned already in this thread, but who the hell cares about Giant Bomb? As far as I'm concerned, they sit at the bottom of the video game reviewer heap with 1up and the New York Times, regardless of whether it's made up of numerous ex-GS employees. I suppose it's worth reporting alongside the other GoW reviews, but it really seems unremarkable.BioShockOwnz

They offer way better content than the competition. They have personality.

I like GB ... listen to their Bombcast all the time, and one of the few websites that I feel I can trust. Also I expect FF to a 3/5 from them ... Brad seems to be hating it.

Well, I haven't played it yet. It didn't flop on this site. I loved the first 2 games, so I'm sure I'm going to love the final chapter. I hate STAR ratings for games. It's lame. Games should be rated 1 - 10 using decimal points (i.e. 7.7 or 8.4).

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="tarzanell"]Mentioned already in this thread, but who the hell cares about Giant Bomb? As far as I'm concerned, they sit at the bottom of the video game reviewer heap with 1up and the New York Times, regardless of whether it's made up of numerous ex-GS employees. I suppose it's worth reporting alongside the other GoW reviews, but it really seems unremarkable.W1NGMAN-

They offer way better content than the competition. They have personality.

I like GB ... listen to their Bombcast all the time, and one of the few websites that I feel I can trust. Also I expect FF to a 3/5 from them ... Brad seems to be hating it.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="tarzanell"]Mentioned already in this thread, but who the hell cares about Giant Bomb? As far as I'm concerned, they sit at the bottom of the video game reviewer heap with 1up and the New York Times, regardless of whether it's made up of numerous ex-GS employees. I suppose it's worth reporting alongside the other GoW reviews, but it really seems unremarkable.W1NGMAN-

They offer way better content than the competition. They have personality.

I like GB ... listen to their Bombcast all the time, and one of the few websites that I feel I can trust. Also I expect FF to a 3/5 from them ... Brad seems to be hating it.

Yeah, I can see both sides when it comes to FFXIII. It's a very odd beast. Some love it, some hate it, some think it's meh. I felt all 3 during my playthrough, but when I look back on the experience, I can say I loved it despite some annoyances.

[QUOTE="toast_burner"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

Good. Sooo not a 5/5 game.

This equates to an 80 on Metacritic. That's around what it should be. 8.0-8.5.

BioShockOwnz

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="toast_burner"] i always knew you were biased towards the 360 but for the past few days youve become a full blown lemming.carlisledavid79

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="toast_burner"] i always knew you were biased towards the 360 but for the past few days youve become a full blown lemming.carlisledavid79

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

I didn't call it a flop or anything. I was simply stating what I thought. JC! :lol:

[QUOTE="carlisledavid79"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

BioShockOwnz

I didn't call it a flop or anything. I was simply stating what I thought. JC! :lol:

[QUOTE="carlisledavid79"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

aaronmullan

[QUOTE="carlisledavid79"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It's not about the system. It's about the game. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. ;)

BioShockOwnz

I didn't call it a flop or anything. I was simply stating what I thought. JC! :lol:

they just want to get ppl attention cuz giant bomb is a small website, and all other major gaming website already have post their review score + video review.

If Giant Bomb gave it 5/5, would you talk about it in here? no rite, they gave it lower score, so youcan talk about itand you are giving them a free ad.

[QUOTE="aaronmullan"][QUOTE="carlisledavid79"] We only go by gamespot score here my friend (hmm i think you've said that yourself many times) So yeah brah not a flop. 9 here at 90+ at metacritic. Brah Brah ro ma maC-Lee

There's no argument to be made. It's clear as day.

I say more good things about both the playa and the games on the Playstation side than someone else does about both the playa and the games on the Xbox side.

I haven't seen one good thing said about anything 360 in ages.

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[QUOTE="aaronmullan"] I think he may ignore you like he is with me. I tried responding to that one and he's ignoring me :(BioShockOwnz

There's no argument to be made. It's clear as day.

I say more good things about both the playa and the games on the Playstation side than someone else does about both the playa and the games on the Xbox side.

I haven't seen one good about about anything 360 in ages.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="C-Lee"] Don't expect him to, man. He probably knows he lost the argument, and he will just ignore you.

C-Lee

There's no argument to be made. It's clear as day.

I say more good things about both the playa and the games on the Playstation side than someone else does about both the playa and the games on the Xbox side.

I haven't seen one good about about anything 360 in ages.

No, that's called my own opinion. Of course we only count Gamespot here. I didn't state otherwise.

It's not me being hypocritical, it's you making my posts into what they're not.

And GoW3 will always be a flop in my heart. My heart (my opinion).