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Badassgamer Comic-Con Hands On: God of War III, Darksiders and Dante's Inferno

Badassgamer Said: "Here It is, the 17 min video I promised - sit back, relax and enjoy the video. Sorry guys, no captured footage from Comic-Con, but later in the day I'll bring you more pics from the conferences and whatnot."

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Donga5407d ago

And I agree with his points on Dante's Inferno, looks far too similar to God of War, like they copied virtually all they could.

glad to hear Darksiders played well, I'm getting that and Castlevania alongside GOW3

AntMad5407d ago

Why all the fuss over this post? people clamouring to report and that? I don't visit N4G all the time, but far, far worse stuff gets put up here and nobody says anything about it, but someone putting up actual game related content gets so much stick, why?

On topic: I think Dante's Inferno "borrows" a lot from GOW series, that's not necessarily a bad thing, remember guys imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

PS360DS5407d ago

that's just how N4F(News 4 flamers) works, post up an article about PS3 selling like crap in the USA(the only nation in the world by the way) and you'll get approved in minutes and reach 1080degrees in 12 mins, post actual game content/videos/podcasts and people fight over it like they are preserving some holy grail, N4G had turned to crap long ago anyway.

nycredude5407d ago

I don't mind a game borrowing some ideas from another but Dante's Inferno, although being developed by a good studio with a really good previous game (deadspace), seems to be a 1:1 clone of GOW and is a calculated atempt by EA to capitalize on the popularity of GOW. Why would I buy GOW 3 twice? I was really looking forward to Dante's Inferno before but after seeing the latest video form Comic-con I must wait to see how it turns out.

bmatthews5407d ago

The game does look very similar, and it's ok to copy other ideas for games, but when you seem to just copy everything the other game does, well that's just sad.

@nycredude: I too was very keen on DI, until I saw the latest videos, however it doesn't come as a surprise to me, considering all the first previews of Dante's Inferno had the word 'God of War' more times in the article than 'Dante's Inferno'

Ubuntula5407d ago

Very true, agreed. I think they shouldn't have used the source material either, if all they intended to do was create a GOW-clone, I mean they are butchering that epic poem

lyvon5407d ago

They copied a formula that works how SHOCKING!!! /sarcasm

Donga5407d ago

It's not just that, I'd be fine with them using GOW as their base material or taking inspiration from it, but completely copying the game, and changing the character models and environements, just doesn't cut it.

EDIT: looks like most agree with me :)

Ravage275407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

i think there wouldn't be such a big fuss had VG copied only 50-75% of GOW gameplay, added their own style and touch to it,some innovations here and there, under a different setting&atmosphere....just like how Deadspace turned out.

The problem here is..well it's obvious isn't it? DI is a blatant rip-off/carbon copy of GOW, you just can't help but notice the signature GOW-style everywhere in the game.

Milky5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

ZOMG God Of War III looks and sounds incredible. In JJ's words, 'THE game of 2010.'

Darksiders is looking great too, definitely gonna watch it closely.

Agreed, Dante's Inferno is looking like a cheap rip-off right now, I expected more from Visceral Games, but no less from EA. Sigh.

Traveler5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

I agree with you guys. I don't mind if a game takes inspiration from another game or borrows certain elements, but Dante's Inferno has crossed the line in becoming a complete rip-off. Anybody who has played through the God of War games can instantly see that Dante's Inferno has copied virtually everything.

Even the setting really isn't all that unique. Both games have you fighting through nightmarish landscapes and fiendish enemies. One might be set in a mythical ancient Greece and the other in Hell, but the end effect is basically the same.

It looks good, but I wish they would have done something a bit more original, instead of simply ripping off another successful game.

nycredude5407d ago

This won't end well for this game. I mean, how do you follow GOW, pretty much THE definitive action hack and slash game of last and thi gen? All the reviews will compare this game to GOW and unless it can surpass GOW (ummm won't happen), then it is set up for failure.

IMO, after having play all three GOW games so far, I can honestly say I don't think any game in the genre can ever match up to it in terms of sheer scale, and the amount of jaw dropping experienc those games brought to the table!

When I first played GOW1 I literally had to pick my jaw off the ground over and over again. I played the whole game with a huge grin, thinking this game can't get any better than this, then shortly after it does! Just epic!

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bmatthews5407d ago

I especially like the part were the screenshot of Kratos transitioned into the video....was a nice touch.

iNetWatch5407d ago

yeah that was cool, and I didn't see it coming...

OperationFlashpoint25407d ago

So it seems to me like Darksiders and GOW3 really impressed...hmmm

and yes Joe Madureira is a legend

Ubuntula5407d ago

"and yes Joe Madureira is a legend"

Who dat? forgive my ignorance...

iNetWatch5407d ago

*GASP*

I can't believe you don't know who Joe Madureira is...

The Wood5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

http://www.joemadfan.com/#

You may not know of him but Im positive you've played chracters drawn by him, seen posters drawn by him or read a comic drawn by him. Some of his darkstalkers and streetfighter pics have been removed......thats a shame

No need to bust his nuts ;)

HeavyInfamous5407d ago

He's the creative director behind Darksiders, and a well known comic artist.

lyvon5407d ago

Oh, that's why Darksiders has this sort of comic book style look to it...well, you learn something new everyday.

Ubuntula5407d ago

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I seen some of his comics, just didn't realise.

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CestusGOWIII5407d ago

Did you get to see any other levels/environements from God of War III?

I should probably be asking this at his site.

Etseix5407d ago

LMAO

say it!* lol, GOW = God Of War ;)

n yea, Kratos will bring the best adventure/action game ever.

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The Best Video Game Opening Levels In Gaming History

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Ranking Every God of War Game From Worst to Best

Cultured Vultures: Let’s delve into Kratos’ long and rampageous history and find out which games are worth the hype and which are better left buried under the weight of Kratos’s might.

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JL2930191d ago

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

Snookies12191d ago

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.

Monstieur191d ago (Edited 191d ago )

I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.

solideagle190d ago

lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...

Golfcoachh190d ago

Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.

Crows90190d ago

It's not that youre old school. They're different genres

JL2930189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.

Fluke_Skywalker190d ago

I'd put the two psp games over 3 in terms of story any day. But not over 2.

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TheEnigma313191d ago (Edited 191d ago )

My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.

Shane Kim191d ago

The newer games are better imo.

ravens52191d ago

There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.

Snookies12191d ago

Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.

Crows90190d ago

I like ascension. It was different and some interesting combat additions.

darthv72190d ago

If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.

ravens52190d ago

Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.

Fluke_Skywalker190d ago

Ascension is the only GOW game I never finished. Hated it.

Inverno191d ago

Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.

Crows90190d ago (Edited 190d ago )

If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.

Inverno190d ago

Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.

Crows90189d ago

@Inverno

Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.

But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.

And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.

Inverno189d ago

The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar228d ago (Edited 228d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake228d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga228d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx228d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga228d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9228d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler228d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666228d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52228d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott227d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52227d ago (Edited 227d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara217d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher228d ago (Edited 228d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52228d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner228d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52227d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster228d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot228d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster227d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned228d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9228d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1228d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake228d ago (Edited 228d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster227d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake228d ago (Edited 228d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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