FYI - 20 minutes+ of God of War III to be demoed on X-Play tonight

[Queasy]

G4TV

In case you were wondering where you're going to be tomorrow night, June 18th, at 6:30PM ET and then again at 8PM ET, I?m here to tell you. You will be watching X-Play on G4. That is of course unless you don?t want to watch game director Stig Asmussen demo the mythical brutality-fest that is God of War III live just for you.

With over 20 minutes of gameplay footage, this God of War III special is the biggest demo X-Play has ever done! Adam and Morgan will be revealing more hands-on gameplay than ever before and this, PlayStation 3 fans, is going to be huge. Huge, I say! HUGE!

Now, if for some inexcusable reason you miss the show, not to worry. You?ll be able to watch the entire demo in glorious HD right here on G4tv.com mere minutes after X-Play starts. However, our demo here on G4tv.com won't include Mr. Asmussen's insightful commentary, so to catch what the game director has to say, you'll have to tune in to X-Play.

Read more: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/p...g_g4tv#ixzz0InO4nFJG&C

 

[R Nilla]

Cool, must be the E3 demo that was playable on the show floor.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Cool, must be the E3 demo that was playable on the show floor.

Probably. I'm hoping it's different just to give us another view of the game.

 

[biggestmuff]

Yawn. Serious. These console button mashers are so boring. Flame away!


On a side note, I really enjoyed the GoW:CoO demo for my PSP. These button mashers are perfect for a portable. I'll end up buying it on my next trip to Gamestop.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Yawn. Serious. These console button mashers are so boring. Flame away!


On a side note, I really enjoyed the GoW:CoO demo for my PSP. These button mashers are perfect for a portable. I'll end up buying it on my next trip to Gamestop.

Are we thinking of the same game series? GoW is pretty far from a button masher. Maybe the combos don't matter on the lower difficulties, but when you play it at a decent difficulty you better know your combos.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Yawn. Serious. These console button mashers are so boring. Flame away!


On a side note, I really enjoyed the GoW:CoO demo for my PSP. These button mashers are perfect for a portable. I'll end up buying it on my next trip to Gamestop.

Are we thinking of the same game series? GoW is pretty far from a button masher. Maybe the combos don't matter on the lower difficulties, but when you play it at a decent difficulty you better know your combos.

And the combos are...

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Yawn. Serious. These console button mashers are so boring. Flame away!


On a side note, I really enjoyed the GoW:CoO demo for my PSP. These button mashers are perfect for a portable. I'll end up buying it on my next trip to Gamestop.

Are we thinking of the same game series? GoW is pretty far from a button masher. Maybe the combos don't matter on the lower difficulties, but when you play it at a decent difficulty you better know your combos.

And the combos are...

OMG YOU HAVE TO PRESS BUTTONS TO DO MOVES!

GAME IS SUCH A BUTTON MASHER!

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Yawn. Serious. These console button mashers are so boring. Flame away!


On a side note, I really enjoyed the GoW:CoO demo for my PSP. These button mashers are perfect for a portable. I'll end up buying it on my next trip to Gamestop.

Are we thinking of the same game series? GoW is pretty far from a button masher. Maybe the combos don't matter on the lower difficulties, but when you play it at a decent difficulty you better know your combos.

And the combos are...

OMG YOU HAVE TO PRESS BUTTONS TO DO MOVES!

GAME IS SUCH A BUTTON MASHER!

Thank you! :thumbsup:

 

[blurredvision]

I think I'll pass. I'd rather not see half the game before I play it. I've already watched enough footage.

 

[Krazy4Real]

That's retarded. Why would anyone want to sit and watch somebody else play the game for 20 minutes? The 5 minutes or so I saw from E3 was more than enough. They need to drop a demo on PSN or just finish the game so I can go buy it already.

 

[warcrow]

Hi Queasy :laugh:

I got to play it hands on, with my own two thumbs, with n'gai croal and the project lead spilling the deepest secrets of the game to us for 30 mintues.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Hi Queasy :laugh:

I got to play it hands on, with my own two thumbs, with n'gai croal and the project lead spilling the deepest secrets of the game to us for 30 mintues.

and now you're gonna spill the beans on AT.. or else.

 

[warcrow]

How about this.

I'm sure the people visiting this thread have already seen the GoW3 gameplay video that was shown at the Sony's E3 press conf.? Well that demo/video was cut short of what we actually got to play on the showroom floor. If I recall correctly the video ends right after Kratos rips Helio's head off and uses it to find a secret passage and illuminate the newly revealed passage.

Well we got to play that portion of it, but here is the part I'd like to elaborate on: After navigating said cave with Helios' head--which both illuminates the dark cave and sort of burns the approaching demons, stunning them--Kratos turns a corner revealing a gigantic vertical air shaft. In the game a double-jump (hitting the X button twice) brings out Icarus's wings to assist in farther travel, or to fly in some situations! One of this situations is in the air shaft which allows Kratos to travel at an extremely high speed to different parts of the game world. I asked one of the devs if this means there is going to be a sort of open world aspect to GoW3 and he shook his head saying, "No GoW3 will be just like the previous games--linear".

Back to the gameplay.

So I began to control Kratos as he traveled through the shaft at an insane speed. The gameplay here definitely harkens backed to a simpler, older gameplay style. As you travel down the shaft you will be dodging debris and flying through narrow spaces. It might sound boring in description but it was totally fun! When I asked the dev the purpose of this segment he simply stated they were going for a small break from the raw, visceral gameplay of the previous segment--something with an arcade type of feel. It lasted maybe 30 seconds.

After dying twice I reached the end of the air shaft and was abruptly greeted by a colossal titan who was noticeably very displeased with Kratos as he ROOOOOAAAARED. Stopping at once Kratos swooped down to dodge the Titan?s swatting hand, and then immediately maneuvered to his head to put an end to the Titan and BOOM the demo ended.

It was amazing. It was immense, grandiose and intense in that God of War fashion and I just loved it.

How?s that?


edit: Here is a screenshot of the event in the air shaft: http://blog.wired.com/games/im.../02/12/pressannc06.jpg

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

I wouldn't say it is a button masher but it really pales in comparison to the combat in Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry. That said, I like all 3.(Devil may cry the most though)