God of War Official Thread

**Yoshi** · 09 Apr 2006, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Revoltor

I'm 6 hours into this and can't help but wonder why this game got so much hype while Rygar just fizzled away.

(Well, it's a lot more polished and the story kicks way more ass of course.)

You answered your own question. The line for must-play and not runs somewhere between GoW and Rygar.

**Shin Johnpv** · 09 Apr 2006, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Revoltor

I'm 6 hours into this and can't help but wonder why this game got so much hype while Rygar just fizzled away.

(Well, it's a lot more polished and the story kicks way more ass of course.)

Cause God of War was extremely violent and bloody

I just started playing GoW again after not touching for a year and Im about 7 - 8 hours into it getting close to the end of the game

There are things I like about it and things I find really annoying about the game overall it's good though

But I do think I liked Rygar better gameplay wise but GoW definitely has a much more engaging story, it's just more developed more thought out, much much more fleshed out than Rygar was

I really hope in GoW 2 they give you control over the camera thats one thing that really really annoyed me in GoW

**Glass Joe** · 10 Apr 2006, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

I really hope in GoW 2 they give you control over the camera thats one thing that really really annoyed me in GoW

Didn't the camera in Rygar bother you? I thought the Rygar camera was brutal. At least GoW's fixed camera didn't really get in the way.

**Revoltor** · 10 Apr 2006, 11:11 PM

The only reason I can see for camera control is to spot hidden chests easier. It might've helped a little during the hades level too.

**Diff-chan** · 10 Apr 2006, 11:13 PM

I think way more people would've complained if you had to control a camera too. Has there ever been a good controllable camera? I've rarely, if ever, complained about fixed cameras. For high-octane games it just makes more sense to leave it fixed so the gamer can focus on the on-screen action.

**Cowutopia** · 11 Apr 2006, 03:37 AM

I just finished the game on Hard and I swear to god those spinning blade towers are probably the easiest bit of platforming in the game.

**Shin Johnpv** · 11 Apr 2006, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Glass Joe

Didn't the camera in Rygar bother you? I thought the Rygar camera was brutal. At least GoW's fixed camera didn't really get in the way.

Ohh man no way GoWs fixed camera drove me crazy at times, for the same reason alot of fixed cameras drive me crazy, when you're fighitng a bunch of enemies or doing something right by where the fixed position changes and one second up is one way and you move a little to the left and now up is another way, I mean yeah I can adjust just fine to it but it still annoys me. Plus there were times for certain jumps or levels, and like revoltor said when looking for hidden chests, when being able to move the camera even a little bit would have been a wonderful thing.

I don't know I don't find controlable cameras as annoying as the rest of the world does *shrug*

**Diff-chan** · 11 Apr 2006, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

Ohh man no way GoWs fixed camera drove me crazy at times, for the same reason alot of fixed cameras drive me crazy, when you're fighitng a bunch of enemies or doing something right by where the fixed position changes and one second up is one way and you move a little to the left and now up is another way, I mean yeah I can adjust just fine to it but it still annoys me. Plus there were times for certain jumps or levels, and like revoltor said when looking for hidden chests, when being able to move the camera even a little bit would have been a wonderful thing.

I don't know I don't find controlable cameras as annoying as the rest of the world does *shrug*

I had that problem a lot more in Devil May Cry than I did God of War, but even then it didn't drive me nuts... just sayin. By contrast I've played Ratchet & Clank for about 45 minutes and been inconvenienced by the camera about 10 times.

Different strokes.