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We promised it to you, we're keeping our word. Kratos has paid us a
visit, and we're not about to forget it. Discover why the final
chapter of the GoW saga will be sublime.
Only one will remain. Kratos awaits. Quietly established on his
throne. He is smiling... and is letting the others tear each other
apart, back down. He is not scared, on the contrary, it amuses him.
Bayonetta, War or Dante can go crazy, show off their muscles, they
are not in the same league. Kratos knows, and now so do we, that
players cannot imagine what GoW III will be like. They might have
played to Bayonetta, Darksider's or Dante's Inferno, but they won't
be prepared for what awaits them in March. Kratos takes his blades
and enters the arena, whithout fear. GoW II will be a slaughter.
You probably have played or seen the demo for the game. You have
certainly been blown away (ign.com)by the polish of the graphics,
the quality of the animations. Tell yourself that it is nothing
compared to what awaits you in the retail version. The GoW III
demo, as impressive as it was, dates back june 2009. Since then,
the team has enormously polished the graphics, in order to make of
GoW III a jewel made of blood. The textures are much sharper, the
details on Kratos' body incredible, the lightning effects
magnificent.
Upside down
A brief reminder of the basics of Gow III's story. Kratos has
forged a fragile alliance with the Titans. He has released them
from the imprisoning of the Gods so that they can help him satisfy
his lust for revenge. Gow III's begins where II ended. The team of
Santa Monica kept their promises when they were talking of "giant
levels". We've had the chance to see a few images of the beginning
of the game: Kratos is on the back of Gaia, mother of the earth.
This titan is covered of forests, streams and waterfalls. She is
twice the size of the Eiffel Tower (only point of reference as far
as height goes for the french )! Gaia is climbing Olympus when she
gets attacked by Poseidon. During this fierce fight, and depending
on her movements, the level changes completly. Kratos is therefore
on the arm of Gaia horizontaly. But because of its movements Kratos
finds himself at one point barely hanging from it. You must
constantly adapt to your environment. The power of the Ps3 (TM)
allows to reinvent the level design of the game and your
advancement in the world. Besides the "living" levels on the
titans, you will have to overcome moving puzzles. At one point in
the game, Kratos will find himself trapped in a rotating cube made
of wood and iron. The problem is, there are spikes springing from
the cube. Kratos will need to grapple on a harpy to avoid being
shredded. Later on in the game, he will need to find a way out of
the Olympus gardens, a mineral and vegetal maze in which he will
face the Talos, enormous and very tough statues. Here, every time
he activates a lever, the configuration of the maze will change.
Gateways move, closing and revealing passageways.
And now, chaos. [Uninteresting stuff] With the Hermes boots, the
ghost of Sparta will be able to run on walls. Finally, Kratos will
have new impressive attacks. One of them will be to plant a giant
sword in the floor to make a giant cyclone appear. [...]
The engine of the game is based on the one of GoW II. But it has
been remade and boosted. As a result, there can now be up to 40
enemies on the same screen, against 10 for the previous
installments.
[...]
From Olypus to Hell Another sequence we've seen starts where the
demo ended: after a brief flying sequence, Kratos rushes towards
the titan of fire. Once again, you have to avoid the fragments and
fire balls coming from the giant. Kratos can not only move up/down
and left/right, but he can also make a quick dash. Our hero
searches a refuge in a cavern. But the walls of the cave begin to
tremble, the roof to crumble, the cave to collapse... Kratos cannot
fly here, he must escape by climbing the walls and avoiding the
falling rocks. At the last moment, he jumps into another
underground gallery and spreads his wings. This time, he is not
flying towards the sky but falling at an alarming speed. At the
bottom of the pitt, Kratos eventually finds himself in a huge room,
the Court of the Judges. In this Court, men are judged by the three
Judges of Hades. The purest are given the right to access the
Elysium the least pure will go directly in the inferno of the
Tartarus. In this room, three giant statues are placed side by
side. Each one is as big as the Colossus in Gow II... Here you will
have to use your brain. Beams of red light come out of the eyes of
the Judges. Kratos must move in the room while avoiding their
lethal gaze. To find your way out, you must find a way to turn
their murdering gaze against each other. Not sure Hades will like
this...
You probably realize it, Gow III not only satisfied the fans'
expecations, it obliterated them. Get ready. Because in March 2010,
Olympus will tremble, the Gods will pay, and you will discover one
of the most memorable gaming experiences of your life...
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Neither God, nor master
For his final adventure, Kratos will have to face an amazing
bestiary. Here is a foretaste.
Talos:
Talos are statues made of wood, stone or iron, to which the Gods
have given life in order to hunt Kratos without mercy. Think of
them as the hero's nemesis. They fight with huge hammers or
fractions of pillars. They might move slowly, but only one single
blow can be lethal. The more Kratos will hit them, the more they
will crumble. The right strategy will be to take their hammer and
use it against them.
Satyre:
The Satyres are half-man half-goat creatures. Those are very fast
enemies, who are constantly moving. Thanks to the blade on their
scepter, the Satyres can use devastating circular attacks.
Cerberus:
The Cerberus is coming back in GoW III, but this time he will be
much harder to overcome. To do that Kratos will have to kill his
three heads , while staying away fom the inflamed puppies he spits
and which explode when close to the hero. Hot!
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Hades
Hades is one of the bosses of GoW III. The fight against him will
be an epic one. Not only is Hades moving very fast to try to spill
yout guts with his giant hooks but he is also throwing damned souls
at you. Even worse, he will try to suck your soul. To prevent him
from doing so you will have to rappidly press L1 and R1. And when
you will damage him by tearing some of his organs apart, they will
try to get back to him, meandering on the floor ( ). You will need
to be patient to figure out the good strategy.
Centaur:
Centaurs are like the generals on a battlefield. They give
indications to the foot soldiers. Those soldiers then use better
strategies, for example by circling Kratos. You will have to defeat
the Centaur to disorganize the enemy troops.
Minotaur:
The Minotaur is one of the most famous enemies of the GoW
franchise. He will obviously be back in this new installment,
tougher and more powerful. You will need to avoid his devastating
blows. It seems that Kratos will encounter different types of
minotaurs, more and more powerful.
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