God Of War III

[Kratos]

Hate to break it to you guys, it's called Gears of War. I know...

And how do you know that???

 

[Kratos]

I have Proof that GOW stands for God of War....

 

[The ill Jedi]

I have Proof that GOW stands for God of War....

That's pretty funny.

 

[BXCOLLECTOR]

thats AWESOME

 

[Biojex]

haha indeed.

 

[Kratos]

Yay in two weeks we are guaranteed more God of War 3 Footage/Images etc at E3
Can't wait

 

[Kratos]

Here are some new God of War 3 Screens

 

[Kratos]

E3 in just 3 and a bit days
Can't wait to see what new GOW3 stuff will be revealed

 

[Karma]

https://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174465

The July issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine (PTOM) features God of War 3 on its cover, and inside includes the first new info. on the game since Sony unveiled it back in February.

Kicking things off, lead combat designer Adam Puhl goes into detail on the game's Spider-Man-style grappling ability, which essentially takes the grapple points from God of War 2 and places them on the game's enemies. "At any point, if there's an enemy on the ground, in the air, wherever, Kratos can throw his blades at them, pull himself into that enemy [or pull the enemy over, or toss the enemy left or right], and perform a shoulder ram," he says. "When it hits, the game slows down, so you get this impactful attack, and you can continue to combo after that...the combat grapple is a linker for the entire combat system."

While the article doesn't reveal any new weapons, it confirms there will be four "main" ones in the finished game, so that leaves two (in addition to the blades and the Cestus) that have yet to be revealed. Apparently each weapon will be tied to its own magic attacks, and one of the Cestus' magics sees Kratos "pound the ground to send a massive wave of destruction in front of him," according to PTOM 's Teresa Dun. Puhl notes that magic attacks "will have more gameplay [than magics in previous God of War games]" and that "there'll be more interesting things that you can do" with them."

Another change to the game's mechanics is the addition -- or perhaps I should say rebranding -- of what the game calls "items." Puhl explains that players hesitated to use the Wind Bow in God of War 2 because it shared the same power bar as other, stronger magic attacks, so the developers created the "items" distinction to encourage players to use them more often. Items (such as the previously revealed Fire Bow and Helios' Head) will have their own power bar, which will automatically refill, so there's limited punishment for using them.

PTOM also had a chance to see a few new scenarios from the game for their story, the most newsworthy being the boss fight with Hades. As Dun describes it, the fight takes place in a "circular space" surrounded by souls that Hades can pick up and throw at Kratos, and at one point in the battle Hades tries to steal Kratos' soul from his body in a button-mashing tug of war.

That's it for now, but we'll have much more God of War 3 coverage on Tuesday, when Sony will bring the game by 1UP's E3 setup for an in-booth video demo and we'll get our first hands-on time with the game. Check out our E3 hub page for more details on what to expect from the show.

 

[blue_rogue]

You know, I've never played the God of War games. I had pretty much stopped playing my PS2 when the first one came out.

I was at a friend's house last summer and he showed me GOW II. He had been trying to beat the final boss. There was a part where you had to hit random buttons in a certain sequence and he couldn't do it. I suggested we both try it; he'd take the triangle and square buttons and I'd do the circle and X. It took several tries but we were finally able to do it.

I'm on vacation in two weeks. I'm thinking about digging my PS2 out of the basement and picking up GOW and GOW II. I should probably play them both before GOW III comes out, right?

 

[MercWithAMouth]

^ yes that would be the best choice

 

[Karma]

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[darkknight]

You know, I've never played the God of War games. I had pretty much stopped playing my PS2 when the first one came out.

I was at a friend's house last summer and he showed me GOW II. He had been trying to beat the final boss. There was a part where you had to hit random buttons in a certain sequence and he couldn't do it. I suggested we both try it; he'd take the triangle and square buttons and I'd do the circle and X. It took several tries but we were finally able to do it.

I'm on vacation in two weeks. I'm thinking about digging my PS2 out of the basement and picking up GOW and GOW II. I should probably play them both before GOW III comes out, right?

Yes Highly recommended.

 

[Kratos]

The Helios Head Rip was bound to surface on the Net after the Demo became playable at E3

 

[Karma]

https://www.gamersyde.com/news_8017_en.html

 

[BadMoon]

https://www.gamersyde.com/news_8017_en.html

 

[Karma]

there is no embed option ^^^^^

it just video footage of the entire e3 demo (more than was shown at the conference)

 

[Karma]

https://www.gamersyde.com/news_8017_en.html

having watched that....this games looks ^^^^in sick

i mean, ripping off helios head nd using it to illuminate your way through a dark cave

 

[Kratos]

I thought the Helios Head rip would of been a lot more disturbing but its not as bad as I thought

 

[Karma]

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