God of War III - PS3 - Demo - Review - very minor spoilers

[Ohio Joe]

OK Here we go :D

Main Menu - No options, does not lapse into any footage or video.

Start the game - WOW, straight into action, no opening video, no explanation of where you are or what the fuck is going on. Your on some road and people are there so you kill them and proceed down the road. Ahhh, some control instructions flash on screen, good because I was just button mashing, too bad I was busy killing and missed what they were, heh. Down the road and you find bad guys... is he trying to rape that woman... I kill him before I am sure, maybe he was just going to kill her. Ahhh, more instruction, green orbs restore health... I'll assume then that the green bar is my health... I wonder what the yellow one is... and the empty one. The downside of demo's, no manuals, heh. oop's, I killed the woman and a few other people, I hope there is no penalty. A big door... ummm, some birdman killing one of the guys you were killing. More info, seems I have a bow. I try to kill what they have now told me is a harpy but it only lets me shoot once, now I have to harpy ride by hold L1 and O, then X to jump off at the right time... ehhh, I like the killing part better then this kind of non-sense. A note here, once again we have no camera controls and the right thumb stick is dodge, bleh, I want my camera control! OK, double harpy ride. I have to ride one harpy and jump off onto another one to get to the other side... it's been twenty minutes and I'm rather pissed off... ok, forty minutes, fuck this game and whoever made it, I don't give two shits about anything else this game has to offer.

Bottom line - Complete waste of my time, fuck this game.

[lazarus]

1. I got stuck at the same point

I dunno if it's a glitch or what. The first two GoW games were brilliant.

My big complaint is that they took away the camera movement with the right stick and turned it into dodge, instead. Luckily, it's nigh impossible to jump off a cliff, but still, that's frustrating as hell. Why completely change a game control from one of the most popular series ever?

[Ohio Joe]

2. I loved the first two as well

I briefly considered giving it another try but decided, screw it and just deleted it.

[lazarus]

3. I'm going to give it a try again tomorrow

my power is being shut off for maintenance in an hour. I've been checking the news about this demo, and I've seen on mention that it's difficult at first to do the harpy thing. I'll let you know if I can figure it out, because I really want this to be good.

[lazarus]

4. okay, so I tried again

and it worked this time, no problem. The rest of the demo was really good, up until the power went out. I'll be finishing it after breakfast.

One thing I like about the new GoW is the new fatalities. I'm not a blood and guts kind of guy, but disemboweling a centaur is kinda cool.

[Evoman]

5. I just played the GOW collection. Right stick has always been roll.

GOW has never had camera control.

[lazarus]

6. you're right

I fired up the PS2. I guess I've played too much Assassin's Creed, and that messed with my control memory.

[Ohio Joe]

7. Holy crap

I distinctly remember it being camera control... damn getting old sucks, I hate being wrong :D