God of War III

God of War III
Set in the realm of brutal Greek mythology, God of War III is a single-player game which allows players to take on the climatic role of the ex-Spartan warrior, Kratos, as he scales through the intimidating heights of Mt. Olympus and the dark depths of Hell to seek revenge on those who have betrayed him. Armed with double-chained blades, and an array of new weapons and magic for this iteration of the trilogy, Kratos must take on mythology’s darkest creatures while solving intricate puzzles throughout his merciless quest to destroy Olympus.

Reported on:
Cane and Rinse Podcast: Issue One (link) - October 2nd 2011

Panel: Leon Cox, Tony Atkins, Jay Taylor and Darren Forman

For the first show proper Leon, Tony & Jay are joined by Darren Forman to discuss Sony Santa Monica’s God of War III. We also turn our thoughts to other games in the God of War franchise and discuss Kratos’ future. As well as this we the investigate the respective design decisions made within the so-called ‘hack and slash’ genre by Western and Eastern developers: Are they really so different or is that a commonly perpetuated myth?

Chapters for this show (.m4a format only) are as follows; 0:00:00 — Intro 0:02:14 — Visuals 0:13:23 — Gameplay 0:34:43 — East vs West 0:43:09 — What’s a Hack ‘n Slash? 0:54:15 — Puzzles 0:58:55 — Story 1:12:03 — Greek mythology in games 1:26:45 — Final round-up 1:29:26 — Closing notes

Podcast References:
God of War III has been referenced on the following Cane and Rinse podcasts:

Issue One (link) - October 2nd 2011

Review:
God of War III remains unreviewed by Cane and Rinse