Comments on: God of War III gets 9 in world-first review in OPM UK

By: DaMan

DaMan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:42:54 +0000

I’d rather believe bdh’s review than OPM.

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:37:24 +0000

OPM dont do decimals. It was either a 9 or a 10. Them saying that its only “inches” away from 10/10 makes it sound like they would have probably given it a 9.7+ if they could.

By: ianbenoir

ianbenoir — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:22:52 +0000

i knew it… the guys from sta monica should make me their employee. I would never let that happen.

By: polygem

polygem — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:54:43 +0000

haha. owned. ps3 sucks haha……(just joking – expected a 9 – it´s a very good score – it probably got a 9 because the franchise is getting kind of old…same thing happened to rarchet and clank – it will still be an awesome game)

By: RGW1982

RGW1982 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:21:41 +0000

Dante’s Inferno Owns GoW 3

By: AHA-Lambda

AHA-Lambda — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:19:26 +0000

ONLY a 9!?!?! wha???! I’m cancelling my £110 trilogy edition after hearing this >___>

By: DaMan

DaMan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:05:58 +0000

does Metacritic have a link to the review?

By: Eregol

Eregol — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:28 +0000

Give me a link showing otherwise and I might believe you.

I’m trying to google it myself and am drawing a blank.

By: DaMan

DaMan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:57:28 +0000

apparently it’s a mistake. there’s no way OPM would give a GoW game a 6.

By: Eregol

Eregol — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:45:18 +0000

The demo was available through the GoW Collection and Sony also sent out codes to download the E3 demo.

And Johnny, according to Metacritic, OPM Uk gave GoW a 6/10.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:35:18 +0000

OPM UK never gave a 6/10 for the original.

It was an 8 for that and a 9 for GoW II.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:31:39 +0000

Mington, also you could have been involved in a promotional thing , if you are in the EU… Which we are right? Anyway I got a code emailed to me.

By: Bleak Harvest

Bleak Harvest — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:30:14 +0000

OMG A 9?! CANCELING MY NON-EXISTENT PRE-ORDER HYPHEN!

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:29:11 +0000

I got the demo from somewhere – maybe US PSN has it freely available. It’s a very old demo though – from E3 last year. Does the review mention if they fixed the framerate issues of the demo?

By: Dr.Ghettoblaster

Dr.Ghettoblaster — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:27:57 +0000

Wow. They gave the original 60/100??? Interesting.

By: erazor

erazor — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:17:47 +0000

OPM UK reviews god of war series:

(ps2)God of War : 60/100
(ps2)God of war 2: 80/100

By: mington

mington — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:03:46 +0000

this is the demo that came with the god of war collection, its not available on PSN

which sucks, i tried to blag a code off of sony through there customer support webpage, but i got an email asking for a photocopy of my god of war collection receipt :p

By: reask

reask — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:01:06 +0000

Is there a demo of it on PSN?

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:53:55 +0000

They are pretty great – great podcast too. If you don’t support their mag, atleast support what you don’t have to pay for.

Although this particular review must be factually wrong even on subjective points becuase of who reviewed it.

By: Dr.Ghettoblaster

Dr.Ghettoblaster — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:46:25 +0000

Plus GOW has cool puzzle elements as well. I look forward to those.

I wouldn’t dismiss review just cause it’s OPM. They’re pretty honest with all reviews and give crap scores to crap games as needed. (ie. Tony Hawk Ride, GH:VH, etc)

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:42:22 +0000

Having played the demo, I think it’s funny you say that Michael O’Connor.

I can think of many games that complicate mechanics by trying to extend them. Be it throguh levelling or extra gimmicks.

But not only does God of War do that (which I personally don’t like) it’s also an incredibly simple and yet complex design in it’s action. Much more complex than a shooter, or any other action game.

If I think about playing God of War top down, it’s a lot like a retro shooter, and the’ve designed it as such. It’s fantastic.

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:11:18 +0000

pretty much

By: mington

mington — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:09:38 +0000

kratos kills everyone

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:07:41 +0000

Lol how big are the spoilers Mington?

By: mington

mington — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:04:32 +0000

less then 1000 people on this planet have seen them scans, i feel privileged and i have a sore neck

(although i haven’t actually bothered reading it, i’m not even gonna watch that trailer, must remain spoiler free)

By: Dr.Ghettoblaster

Dr.Ghettoblaster — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:54:14 +0000

Good thing I saved em! Dang – thanks again Mington!!! THAT’S AWESOME! (hope your original link stays live as i emailed it to several friends

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:53:32 +0000

True Eregol a lot of the fanboyism would go away also and guys there is a summary on neogaf of the contents of the review. I wouldnt read though as its full of spoilers.

By: DaMan

DaMan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:52:49 +0000

^nonsense…

By: Eregol

Eregol — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:50:59 +0000

An Edge 7 is essentially an 8 to 9 in any other mag.
Not exactly a bad score from Edge at all if it did get it.
Does it matter what they think anyway?
Review scores are entirely subjective. If I read the review and I like the game then it doesn’t matter what the score is.

I think it’s time all reviews did away with scores. The whole furore surrounding them is getting ridiculous.

By: onlineatron

onlineatron — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:50:53 +0000

Pssst… Mington… Email me the scans

cnewby36000@hotmail.co.uk

/Runs from Pat