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Fantasy Authors Are Not Playing: Creators Increasingly Call Out “Unfaithful” Adaptations (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The article isn't about people hating things, but specifically creators hating things. In the case of God of War, the creator of the original PS2 games has hated everything about the Norse games because he's got the mentality of a 15 year-old who just wants to see tits and gore. He hasn't been involved in a GoW game in almost 20 years now.

He jumped all over the first image that got released so he could get clicks and feel relevant.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, it is weird to completely switch up the tone and gameplay of a series like that, and not lost on me that it was to something more mainstream. And you really can't blame character action fans for being offended they called the old gameplay "outdated" (luckily, DMC5 came out a year later and disproved the notion.)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    God Of War was always kind of dated next to Devil May Cry though. It was quite typical of western studios trying to get in on a Japanese game style but only really getting the superficial elements.

    e.g. you can pretty much complete the entire first game by spamming Prometheus Plume.

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