It was. As was its sequel. Two of the best games of their kind during that console generation (Although Jaffe only directed the first game). I'm not even usually into hack-and-slash action titles, but for God of War I make an exception. It's an outstanding series...if one allows that good non-RPG video games do in fact exist (A controversial notion among some on this board, perhaps.)

Anyhow, the guy who created God of War should not be dismissed out of hand, even if his personality is off-putting to some. His frenetic speaking style may be difficult to follow, but I found the discussion interesting, primarily because of his contributions to it. And I think he has a point when he says games shouldn't all try to emulate movies. That idea certainly shouldn't offend any TES fan--TES is the epitome of that aesthetic, IMO, because of its open-ended nature, which is as much player-driven as creator-driven. That's what Todd Howard was talking about when he mentioned relinquishing control over the player's experience.

Hang on a second. Skyrim is NOT like dues ex or whatever it's called. If it's like anything, it's like Oblivion, it's predecessor, which has 1 cutscene in the very beginning, and you don't even have to play the main quest to get nearly the full feel of the game. You can play the game for 300 hours total and still have that amulet to give to Jauffre. So I have no clue why that guy is picking on Skyrim, especially if he's never played Oblivion. I think Todd just ignored him on purpose.

Not what he said at all.
He's saying that when he is having an argument with a person that is an obnoxious arsehole that they use the 'It's just my opinion' as an excuse.
And no, some people aren't allowed to give their opinion when it consists of complete [censored].
When someone says that it's just their opinion they usually do so because they know they are going against social standards and will be mocked if they try to back up their argument. (Usually because they have nothing to back it up with)

+1 Guys just jealous he cant touch TES~ :toughninja:


Exactly! ^_^

Ah ok .. in that case I kind of agree with his point. It's very lame to be like "hey, just my opinion" without explaining, how this opinion was formed.
But to me it wasn't like that in this short discussion.

Another thing that bugs me is, well isn't God of War literally a movie? I didn't even play it I just watched a walkthrough for it (as I do with most great PS3 exclusives) so he's complaining... about himself?

Old for me :\

I take it that's the reason he doesn't want to do another GOW game...

I thought it was becusae Kratos

Well I never played the game so I wouldn't know. It's just that he brought something up about that I believe.

Lol srry, I'm relatively new here. Always wondered how to do that, thanks.

I only guessed and my first try was when telling you what to do I'm super new.

All my posts (addressed to you) have been deleted.
Not sure what mod did it because I've not had a message and there are no mods in this thread.
:supersadface:

I don't even know if it was a mod. What happened?
Maybe spoiler tags are a secret?

Ahh, looks like a cleanup.
While I'm not allowed to comment on moderator action if I was I'd say THANK YOU.

Any new info in this video? I can't watch it

Hahaha.
There was pretty much no info just a big argument over cutscenes.
There might be info in the two follow up videos but I wouldn't rely on this for information.

Yep. Thought the same

*watches video, looks for todd talking*
*skips foreward, idiot on the left is talking, skip foreward*
*skips foreward, idiot on the left is still talking, skip foreward*
*skips foreward, idiot on the left is still talking, now starting to sound like an [censored], skip foreward*
*skips foreward, idiot on the left is still talking, now starting to sound like a GIANT [censored], skip foreward*
*skips foreward, idiot on the left is still talking, now it's over*
._.

Seriously. How can anyone even pretend to support that raving loser? He's clearly jealous of the other two developers in the panel because he knows, deep down, his games svck and that he could never truly do cut-scenes and story elements correctly in his games, gets mad about it, then decides to bash other people for doing right what he failed to accomplish. Human beings are funny creatures...

I watched the whole thing. I wish I had your brains.
._.

I dunno about anyone else, but I couldn't finish listening to the video after coherent sentences went away and every other word became an F-bomb.

Great start but it stopped being an intellegent convo 2/3 of the way through and became a rant that was too offensive to listen to.

I think this puts backing behind the idea that some people should only be allowed out of the kennel to work on what they're good at (which is clearly not public speaking) and kept far away from microphones and cameras.

What an optimistic anolysis.

Hmm so after reading this thread I can conclude that I'm one of the few on these forums that actually enjoys Twisted Metal. I always get a laugh when people go "insert random game" doesn't hold a candle to Elder Scrolls blah blah. Twisted Metal & Elder Scrolls aren't anywhere near the same genre or target audience.

Completely different game so they can't be compared. (Agreeing with you)
I don't feel his hatred and mockery of cutscenes in other games was justified. (Just more hate on that man)

Oh I agree 100% he was an ass. I just find it funny that so many people are trying to compare two games that have absolutely nothing in common.

But it really did degrade into an unintelligent cuss-fest, lol.

I was with him til he started ranting about things he apparently hates (cutscenes) but are the crux of his defining franchise (GOW). Seriously? The guy should be unloading on a psychologist, not an internet gaming panel.

For the record I enjoy both Twisted Metal and GOW, btw.

I meant I felt it was nonsense well before 2/3 of the way into the video
Wasn't being sarcastic.