God of War VS Ninja Gaiden VS Devil May Cry
Three familiar faces. Three games that stand at the very top of all 3D action games. Kratos the Spartan, Ryu the Ninja, and Dante the devil-hunter.So who truely is the greatest of all action games, I made a comparison of the 3 games in different catageries, I have played all 3 games, I've finished God of War and played a bit of God of War 2, I've played devil may cry 3 for more than50 hours, and I've finished Ninja Gaiden and played several missions, and I've pretty much got a basic idea about all 3 games,but I'll still need more info for the comparison to be fair, so I collected information from websites, and other friends. These comparisons are my opinions only, if anyone begs it differ, I'm happy to listen. So, let the battle commence!
Round 1:Graphics-GOW=NG>DMC
At first it's clear that Ninja Gaiden comes up at the top, with really smooth frame rate, detailed textures, and great animations. But then I realized that NG is on the Xbox while the other 2 games are on the ps2. By default, the xbox is more powerful than ps2 when it comes to engine. Then look at GOW, man, it truely is the best ps2 graphics I've ever seen (except Okami), especially when you stand below tall buildings or looking down upon city of Athen. So considering the console difference, GOW and NG is drawed on the graphics round.Well...DMC is not a BAD looking game, it's done pretty well, but clearly not as good as the other two. Occasional clippings here and there, and the texture is not as detailed. Maybe Capcom should do an Okami style action game sometime... :)
Round 2:Sound-GOW>NG>DMC
No arguements here right? Cinematic action with one of the best orchestral background music I've ever heard, that's what god of war offers, sometimes you in the middle of a puzzle and everything is quiet, when puzzle is solved and the gate opens suddenly this really grand orchestral music starts playing and feels so satisfying. It's always good to hear the god of war soundtrack occasionally.Ninja Gaiden has a great variety of music. from traditional japanese music to heavy metal, of course a bit of orchestrals,so the music changes as the story progresses.Well, devil may cry's music is usually just hardcore heavy-metal mixed with some chantings here and there and crazy sound effects, still good to hear when performing crazy combos to kick demons' asses, but because the action gets a bit too wild andsword slashing effects goes so loudsometimes, it's easy to ignore the music all together. and the battle song is pretty repetitive.
Round 3:Story-GOW>DMC>NG
Com'on, we all know how good god of war's plot is, it's got twists here and there, secrets about Kratos past, about the Gods.How Kratos escapes from death...twice! About Zeus' betrayal,the Titan's history,I was shouting "God that's just awesome!" when I see Kratos pick up the huge sword that he used as a bridge before to fight Ares in the first game, and meeting with all those cool Greece gods is also great. the game also quite long, so getting to know Kratos is a big thing about the god of war, no doubt, not many action games really cared so much about the story-line, but god of war did, and it worked. Devil May Cry series tend to have a theme for each of the games' story-line, the first game is "Love" and the third one is "Family"(never cared for the second), works pretty well, gives you an excuse to beat up tons of demons, and because the charactors are quite connected, not too repetetive, a few not-so-surprising surprises, generally it's nice. Ninja Gaiden on the other hand, is just abusing the old revenge plot over and over and over. The original game's about revenge(I believe....), and now in the 21st century,ninjas arestill going on revenge. It's just not funny...can't Team Ninja think of any other possible ways to get Ryu to go out and cut dudes??
The first stage of the battle is over now, I have to go to bed, the second stage will come out within a week for I shall be going travelling for the next few days. Bye now!
