Zero Punctuation: God of War III

[Irridium]

So I wasn't the only one who thought the story wasn't so good. Sweetness.

Also, was anyone else royally pissed off at the cutscene after the credits?

Spoiler: epic spoilers in here

When after he killed himself for the good of everyone, after the credits it showed he lived and crawled away, completely undermining the whole "kill yourself for the greater good" aspect. Seriously, that pissed me off so much...

 

[George Palmer]

Set Rumor Mill to 'on' position:

I've heard they replaced Yahtzee and that voice is someone trying to do an impression of him. Not sayin' its true, just what I heard.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Wow, great review but that sore throat of his really killed the funny factor this time. Hope you get better soon Yahtzee.

 

[Withard]

Actually a good review

The BEST bit for me was the comment about the balloon with a face on it as I pictured it and just prolapsed.

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

This isn't one I expected Yahtzee to hate, after all he even liked Chains of Olympus.

Also, the taxi cab driven by a balloon with a face drawn on, priceless!

 

[Casual Shinji]

The problem with GoW3 is that it's basically the ending of GoW2 only stretched out over 8 hours. Not a lot happens and the game just feels somewhat smaller, even if it does have epic scale.

Still an awesome game, though. Hooking onto the enemies and smashing into them like a battering ram was pretty sweet.

 

[A1]

What's the revenge for?

Well first of all Kratos wanted to be free of his horrible memories. And that's something that the Gods consistently refused to give him. There's also the fact that Aries tricked him into killing his family and none of the other Gods did anything to stop it. But let's not forget that Zeus destroyed Kratos's home and killed his people in God of War II. That certainly pissed him off.

 

[Flame Rider]

Kratos is insociable I see.
Killing Gods does that to you, of course.

I was never into the God of War series, and I certainly don't plan to start.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

I was really expecting him to say something that starts with "It's like God of War, but..."
Still, it was funny...

 

[Daniel Lazell]

POSSIBLE SPOILER






still could get over how kratos killed poseidens princess she didnt do anything wrong

 

[toapat]

Im like "This is 2 weeks late"

and then i noticed that Yahtzee seems to be overwhelmed by his bar.

 

[JokerCrowe]

I'm guessing "the Voice" is because -like the last time- he's sick and he had to use his Xbox microphone... can we please stop commenting on this now? prettyy please?

Very funny, and sharp as always. I like the fact that Kratos trips and falls of the mountain... seems a bit incongruous.
[sub]|I just had to use that word |[/sub]

EDIT: 99th comment!! (it looks like someone getting bum-f**ked!)
[sub]/not the hammer![/sub]

 

[Distorted Stu]

Ahhhh1! Spoilers.. kind of. Great episode.

 

[Fox242]

I've been waiting for a while for this review and I wasn't disappointed. Well, his sore throat did dampen things, but he never ceases to make great views week after week. I absolutely love God of War and I especially love God of War III. It is was everything I expected it to be and much more. I did find a few criticisms along the lines of what Yahtzee found, but they did little to dampen the experience

This isn't one I expected Yahtzee to hate, after all he even liked Chains of Olympus.

Also, the taxi cab driven by a balloon with a face drawn on, priceless!

I don't believe that Yahtzee said that he hated it, he just didn't know why it existed. Look for him to possibly give it his Game of the Year stamp at the end of the year or at least acknowledge it as one of the best games of the year. I also loved the part about the balloon face as well as the thing about Cronos being a big as a pregnant aircraft carrier.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Funny review and I'm surprised to see that Mr.Croshaw actually liked this game,or did I understood it wrongly,my bad if so.

Other than that I can say that I laughed quite hard during most of it.Regarding the criticism I can agree with God of War 3 feeling like a "streched" GoW2 due to the cliffhanger at the end.

My 2 cents.

 

[Plurralbles]

this is the closest he's come to an actual review ever.


Anyway, yeah, pretty much hit the nail on the head.

 

[Pontus Hashis]

Nice Video...

 

[esperandote]

Most boring tone of voice ever.

 

[A1]

Seems a tad unenthusiastic. Almost as though opening a bar in a major Australian metropolitan area may somehow be draining.

Anywho, at the risk of attracting replies from kneejerking GoW fans, personally I was bored of GoW when I was bored of Devil May Cry. GoW-III may be "fun," but (from the other 3 1/2 minutes Yahtzee was talking) sounds like it's lacking in worthwhile substance.

Lacking in worthwhile substance? I hope you realize that that particular charge can be plausibly leveled at most video games in existence.

If you haven't already seen it this video points out a number of interesting things but what I'm referring to specifically this time around is when he says "right now about 95% of the video games in the world......" near the beginning of the video.

http://www.destructoid.com/rev-rant-fun-isn-t-enough-142052.phtml


But of course Yahtzee probably wouldn't be one to agree with the video as a whole. In his review of Saints Row 2 Yahtzee strongly implies that fun is all that's needed in a game. Of course this also makes his petty God of War 3 nitpicking all the more odd. But then again I've said it before and I'll say it again. Consistency certainly doesn't seem to be Yahtzee's strong point.

 

[Haloperidol]

hrmm..sounds like yahtzee's got the flu again