Ka-pow, ka-blammo: God of War III Q&A 5 packs a mighty punch of combat info and inspiration from fighting games

Posted Mar 27, 2009 at 1:40PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Kratos, Tekken, Zeus
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Concluding the week-long run of God of War III Q&A sessions, we now have the final interview with combat director Adam Poole. Being the last (and definitely not the least), this one's probably the juiciest of all. I mean, dude, we get info from the combat director - how cool of job is that?

Here, Poole elaborates more on battle details. Pretty exciting, the way he describes it all. They talk a lot about the Cestus towards the beginning. It's one of the coolest weapons in GoW Chains after all, in the form of the Gauntlet of Zeus - and man, it actually helped me a lot to finish off the last boss (ka-pow, you over-sized bird-brain!)! Here in GoW3, Kratos can actually throw the Cestus around, while they're still attached to his arms via the chains - get momentum enough and you can clap together the Cestus for a big boom!

Then there's the fact that you can use your environment to your advantage - throw an enemy against a wall and smash its skull in (ka-blamo!). As we heard before, they're even upping the AI in this game and sometimes tactics will come into play - especially when dealing with a horde of grunts and their master centaur.

Another interesting part in the interview involves Poole discussing how they take some inspiration fighting games. For one, he mentions Tekken and how they brought in combos for GoW3.



Thanks again to Santhiel!



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Comments [refresh]

by Santhiel - 2009-03-27 08:25
» First!

I'm on fire these days, right GJ ? ;)



Again, can't wait for this game, man but I need a working PS3 first... :'(

by ihool - 2009-03-27 10:40
» LOL

EVERY SINGLE TIME i watch these videos i ALWAYS go and play Gow 1 & 2



The "lion heads" are going to be F*CKING AWESOME!!!!!!!! !! (the entire game will be also :P)

by IIVIIOJICA - 2009-03-27 12:47
» cant wait

this is my #1 game im waiting for this year.:)

by Stealth! - 2009-03-30 01:52
» It's a good interview

Although the first time I saw it the video was choppy. At any rate, I just hope this doesn't get overhyped. :(

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