This is bad (GoW Collection)

[Perversion]

So I picked this up, and after about 5 minutes into the game, all I could think of was, "Oh...how quaint."


Yeah, it's remastered in high def, but there's no doubt it's still a PS2 game, and it seemed to be rapidly showing its age. Never really thought about this before, probably because the games I play on the PS2 (when I do play them) are mainly RPGs, which do not seem to age as quickly. FFXII still looks pretty good, and fighting games like Arcana Heart and especially Soul Calibur III do not really show their age as much. Soul Calibur III, in fact, being output in 720p (is this the only PS2 game that outputs in high def?) doesn't look that far off from a first gen PS3 game.


Anyone else notice how PS2 games already look dated? Which is funny, because the average Dreamcast game does not look nearly as dated as the average PS2 game.

[marcus]

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Nah, I just think it's you. I played God of War 2 for the first time last month and was impressed with some of the visuals like the giant horses. It doesn't hold a candle to God of War 3 but it's not bad. The early year PS2 games are pretty garish but that's because Sony, for whatever reason, can't build a machine that properly handles anti-aliasing.

My kingdom for a game without jaggies!

[Karim]

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Considering how the game prides itself on its architecture and landscapes I guess it could come off looking dated compared to newer games that try to be as cinematic.

For me though, uh, it's more incredibly annoying minigame-ish sections that come off as dated.
I played the Demo of GOW3, and between trying to shoot Helios with the crossbow and the flying section I'm pretty sure this game will have parts that are worse than the pillars of spikes from the first game.

[Kefka Jr.]

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I'm not in love with God of War, but I thought all the best parts were when you were just beating the **** out of a bunch of guys with Kratos' trademark hellish chain swords.

Now all of the crazy **** Kratos can do makes it feel a little less like God of War and more like Banjo-Kazooie.

[Perversion]

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Well, according to the developer notes in the manual, they added anti-aliasing to get rid of jaggies as much as possible.


And from the screenshots in the manual, I'm certain that GoW II looks pretty good. But the first game...ehhh. It's fun and all, don't get me wrong. But Kratos does not look all that menacing. In fact, from the small amount I've played thus far, he almost looks more bemused.

[marcus]

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They were testing the waters with the first game and the second one went all out with the set pieces. Kratos just mercilessly kicks the crap out of every single thing in his path and I can't recall a game that made me feel that powerful.

[josh]

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I picked this up about a month ago and played maybe two hours of the first game and just became super frustrated with the fixed camera angles and Kratos' voice acting (HE'S ALWAYS YELLING), so I sold it. but now, I find myself wanting to play God of War 3, so ARRRGGHHHHHH

[Kire]

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SPOILER: the next one will have more fixed camera angles and Kratos grunting a lot.

[josh]

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yes, I know, but I saw the review on GameTrailers and the part where you're riding on giants and then kicking the **** out of gods looks cool. is it possible to play this game with voiceovers muted and subtitles? :3

[Marc M.]

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Step 1. Turn on Subtitles
Step 2. Turn the sound all the way down
Step 3. Listen to the Battlestar Galactica soundtrack
And play~

[josh]

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I haven't ever seen that show ololol. but that sounds like a good idea.
every review I've read for God of War III praises the hell out of the voice acting. am I seriously the only one annoyed by Kratos?

[John Mora]

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If that's his real voice in the Gamestop commercials, yeah, he's a douche.

[josh]

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I KNOW RIGHT

why's he gotta sound like that? Gerard Butler was totally badass in 300, but he wasn't ALWAYS GROWLING