Ph3N0M

I had played God of War 1 and 2 earlier, and enjoyed both of them immensely. Had GOW3 in my backlog for too long, and decided I should play it now, in time to be hyped for Ascension. But, it somehow manages to let me down(despite the universal positive reviews). It has a much larger number of QTE than previous two entries, and everything seems to have been dumbed down(except 1 or 2 puzzles). Playing this game makes me remember the times of Ninja Gaiden, and how it had so much better combat. I...

Oh, I guess the forum software doesn't allow larger comments than this in Status Updates. They should have at leas warned me about that instead of cutting my comments like that. now I'll have to write it all again.

I was saying that it's not that the previous GOW games had better combat than the Ninja Gaiden series. But they somehow managed to overcome that in other departments like puzzles, atmosphere, etc., unlike GOW3, which just doesn't gel to me. I'm about 2 hours away from finishing it. Will finish it, and cancel my pre-order. I guess I also don't want to spend 3k+ for a 10-hour experience.