Install Raid for Free ✅ IOS/ANDROID/PC: clcr.me/AustinEruption_Dec22 and get a special starter pack 💥 Available only for the next 30 days! God of War Clones aren't something you NORMALLY think about... but I do cause I'm a freak. I kept reading that Asura's Wrath is one but anytime I'd look at the gameplay it just didn't feel right. HOWEVER if I'm wrong, lemme know. Also if there's any others, would love to check em out in the future! I've got a few more videos coming out before the year is up! I hope you enjoy this AND what I've got coming.

@jakobfountain5635

Жыл бұрын

I may Austin I may

@taipolar333

Жыл бұрын

Ronda Rousey in that ho?! shiiiiiiiit

@lonewolffang

Жыл бұрын

For me, Vampire Hunter D on the PS1 predates Devil May Cry.

@Greendayisthebest1

Жыл бұрын

I would rather remove my testicles with a rusty ice cream scooper than play raid.

@Catkeeper

Жыл бұрын

You got the wrong Robotnik! The pingas one is Long John Baldry

X-Men Origins: Wolverine was way better than expected, the terrible movie almost kept me from playing it. I also enjoyed playing Dante's Inferno. I'll have to give Marlow Briggs a try and I already own it as it was an Xbox Games With Gold titles a few years back and it's backwards compatible. I think Heavenly Sword is a bit underrated, I liked it so much I gave it a second run-through.

@austineruption

Жыл бұрын

Marlow Briggs rules, it's extremely enjoyable.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

Heavenly sword definitely has that jank. It's a shame we never not got the sequel which basically sounded like a version of Dante's inferno where you're fighting through the "underworld" afterlife whatever. That sounded so awesome.

@MrLachapell

Жыл бұрын

I got X-Men origins wolverine as soon as I realized it was the same people who developed X-Men Legends 1 + 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1

@MrLachapell

Жыл бұрын

I got X-Men origins wolverine as soon as I realized it was the same people who developed X-Men Legends 1 + 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLachapell The gore and damage not only to enemies but especially to Logan and his ability to regenerate is so cool and well represented in this game. It's not long but it is short and sweet. The only sadness comes knowing will never get another one nor likely a re-release of this one of any kind. (although fingers crossed the wolverine game coming up could be the new king.)

Played through Dante's Inferno for the first time this year and was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was. Would definitely love a remake, remaster, or a natural pc port

@ddjsoyenby

Жыл бұрын

agreed.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

Years ago I'd have said there's no chance but with dead space getting a remake I guess anything's possible.

@OddCryptid

Жыл бұрын

omg me too, I played it on XSX via BC, it still looks decent and plays so well

@ShatteredGlass916

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu the thing is, Dead Space still get hyped after all this years. Something that Dante's Inferno probably didn't have. There's more potential for it to sell well. Hell, that's why they still remastered older GoW games EXCEPT for GoW Ascension, the only GoW that some might considered as 'failed' Edit: changed remake to remastered

@cajs9964

Жыл бұрын

"sniff again"

I loved the Ghost Rider game (though it’s definitely more similar to Devil May Cry). It also has Blade in the story and you can unlock him as a playable character, who even has his own moveset and UI. I’d love to see a modern hack n slash game starring Ghost Rider and Blade

@scarecrow1019

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@mr.goblin6039

Жыл бұрын

@terminally-online Midnight Suns is surprisingly fun. I enjoyed it.

@notproductiveproductions3504

Жыл бұрын

The problem is you need to specify what sub genre or else people will think you said “soulsborne” when you said “character action”

Even tho God of War didn't win GotY last night, I am glad that the award was so graciously dedicated to reformed rabbi Bill Clinton.

@Gatorade69

Жыл бұрын

What did win ? Elden Ring ?

@proto6948

Жыл бұрын

@@Gatorade69 yup

@Gatorade69

Жыл бұрын

@@proto6948 Thought so. I don't really care to watch the game awards but figured it would be Ragnarok or Elden Ring. Was hoping for some stupid game like Sonic Frontiers to win, lol.

@typicalfella

Жыл бұрын

@@Gatorade69 bro it was obvious that sonic wouldn't win,it doesn't even deserve it

@Gatorade69

Жыл бұрын

@@typicalfella It's like you didn't read what I said or you are unable to infer tone. "I figured it would be Ragarok or Elden Ring." "I was hoping for some STUPID game like Sonic Frontiers." "I Dont really care about watching the game awards." I think the game awards are stupid. Hence why I said I wish something STUPID would win and just threw out Frontiers because I know it isn't GOTY material. Maybe take some reading lessons or just chill out and don't take everything so seriously.

Speaking as a specialized Castlevania content creator in Brazil, I can definitely say that Lords of Shadow 2 is a better hack and slash than LoS1 if you just focus on the combat side of the game. You have air combos, more subitems, more weapons (and characters), and more enemy variety. LoS2 is really fun, but the story and some stealth sections can be a little frustrating. It's a very competent (and absolutely visually stunning) game with some bad parts, but it was and it still is WAY overhated by the Castlevania community. You could do a lot worse with the franchise, and hey. Konami already did.

A type of clone that's hard to describe but you know on sight.

@SPFLDAngler

Жыл бұрын

They’re called Hack N Slash Adventure games.

@Novicearms

Жыл бұрын

@@SPFLDAnglerhe literally described 4 different schools of hack n slash and GoW clones being one of the four, less than 2 mins into the video.

@nyxranobody3690

Жыл бұрын

Character action games

@BP-dn9nv

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same about zelda clones.

Rygar on PS2 I grew up with. I would watch my dad play it so many nights and of course he’d let me play on my own save. Fast forward to 2009 and my dad asked me if we should buy a PS3 for God of War III and he did because I had GoW 2 and fallen in love with it and told him how good it was and that it reminded me of Rygar. He couldn’t get past Poseidon and let me play even though I was grounded. I lost my dad last year and honestly after everything I have been through talking video games with people I l don’t think I have ever ran into someone that actually know Rygar. And you bringing it up and just this whole connection just ahh. Idk how to explain it. Just thank you Austin. I really loved it. You’re great.

@wow13rocks

Жыл бұрын

Also love The Cabin Theme from Friday The 13th NES in this video! Such a good song

@fieldsofglass3945

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like he was a great and fun Father

@AnotherGameNerd5

Жыл бұрын

Except he mentioned it in the wrong way. GOW is a Rygar clone

@Slunked

Жыл бұрын

Reading your comment gave me chills. I loved playing Rygar on ps2 late into the night with my dad back in the day, as he grew up with Rygar on the NES and was a big fan himself. I’ll always remember those days fondly. May your dad rest in peace.

@MrEgofreak

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like an excellent use of father-son time. Here's hoping you have your own son you can share experiences like this one day!

Honestly surprised Darksiders wasn't on this list; but I guess it did differentiate itself a bit more than others on this list.

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

Same here. It might have featured on the DmC clones video, but i'm not sure.

@shawnpatterson2230

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Also, Ninja Gaiden, but I guess that fits more into a "Devil May Cry" clone.

@rob4222

Жыл бұрын

Darksiders is a Zelda clone. At least the first one

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

@@rob4222 In terms of the dungeon and world structure, yeah. Bosses too. The combat system is kind of DMC-like on the other hand.

@Dannyheal

Жыл бұрын

@Rob Amen, I was sitting here on a rebuttal, but it is essentially a LoZ style game, the later interactions were fantastic as well, until it became an isometric shooter.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was an incredible game. The only thing I really felt they did poorly was the DLC, which ramped up the difficulty of the encounters ridiculously and had a ton of tedious puzzles that overstayed their welcome three times over. But the base game was incredibly fun. It made you feel good for using your abilities creatively, was beautiful, and just felt good to play once you fell into the rhythm of it.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

Then the sequel came along and yikes. Wowee did that game fall off the rails.

@Melkac

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know about incredible game…

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

I had a lot of fun with it personally -good enemy variety and great environments- as well as LoS 2 in spite of the issues. Went as far as exploring past areas to find all health, Void Sword and Chaos Claws upgrades. The Toymaker still stands out strongly to me thanks to the preceding puzzle, the concept of the boss fight in his area, and the fact he is allowed to walk away alive. The Riders of the Storm were a tough but cool battle as well. Riot Police with their shields and long-distance attacks, as well as the skull head demons that roamed the streets were among the more annoying enemies, however.

@Mintcar923

Жыл бұрын

I was late to the party on Castlevania LOS.. I played the demo and kind of forgot about it.. However last year I finally remembered and sprung for the whole duology.. I can’t say it was free of GOW influence but Castlevania in essence while the majority are in 2d basically is the same idea.. Hack n slash level up and traverse.. LOS really isn’t all that much different than OG Castlevania imo.. Funny I also revisited Mark of Kri as of fairly recently.. It basically is very much like GOW tho a little less polished.. I just love that style whatever it’s called.. We also gotta give Sands of Time some credit too.. I mean any legit GOW fan would love this essential classic.. So happy it’s being remade albeit delayed..

@Soapy_Papoose

Жыл бұрын

It's even better the second playthrough once you know about the twist. LoS1 on PS3 was also one of the first few games that had built in screenshots in the art gallery before that feature became ubiquitous.

Great showcase. Would love to see some coverage of the Darksiders series in the future. I saw a brief Darksiders 1 clip in there and I was surprised it wasn’t really talked about. For me, Darksiders 1 and 2 are truly emblematic of the 7th generation of consoles and surprisingly fun middle budget games.

@PacificNight888

Жыл бұрын

" middle budget games" LOL Darksiders 2 had a budget of 50 million dollars thats around 65m dollars in todays value and in spite all that money the game flopped :D Darksiders 1 remains the better one

@KarmikCykle

Жыл бұрын

@@PacificNight888 1 had a much tighter gameplay design and no cluttered gear system to slow it down.

Dante's Inferno holds up so well still. Absolutely the best GoW clone imo.

@l33_generic37

Жыл бұрын

FACTS.

I always noticed alot of the gow clones were actually pretty good. Ghost rider, x men, castlevania, Dantes inferno, heavenly sword, etc

@RusticRonnie

Жыл бұрын

Its a pretty easy game to clone, thats not a bad thing btw

@Easy420skate

Жыл бұрын

they arent clones, theyre just hack and slash games what is wrong with yall

@chunky_mustard5312

Жыл бұрын

@@Easy420skate ik they are hack n slash games but the ones I listed were very clearly gow clones. Devil may cry, lollipop chainsaw, and Bayonetta are also hack n slash but they don't play anything like GOW. The games I said were clones literally take so much from the series. To the weapons, the puzzles, level designs etc. Just look at the gameplay of the ones I listed and compare it to gow and its clear as day what they're trying to emulate.

@Easy420skate

Жыл бұрын

@@chunky_mustard5312 you're right but some of these games play more like the ones you mentioned than GOW. -And how does DMC play nothing like GOW???? They're both stages with puzzles, collecting orbs, like just visualizing the two side by side they play very similarly but with different aesthetics.

@keskes1338

Жыл бұрын

@@Easy420skate Did you see there was a new Street Fighter clone coming out soon? 'Tekken' something or other.

God of War clones are easy to spot, if the game has a emphasis on wide sweeping long reaching attacks that are meant to deal with multiple enemies at once, then your a god of war clone, as apposed to a game where the combat emphasizes targeting a foe to combo off of them while dealing with the others attacking you, thats your Devil May Cry-likes

I remember that asura's wrath was thought to be a God of war clone when it was in initial development. Oh how we were wrong

@Tetsuito

Жыл бұрын

Just like Brutal Legend.

@THED4RKPHARA0H

Жыл бұрын

Although...their stories are extremely similar...both were played by gods,both have climbed out hell,both have divine anger issues...and even the goal to get revenge on the gods are the same...Asura is just Kratos in Hindu

@Hecatom

Жыл бұрын

@@THED4RKPHARA0H I mean, if you do a reductive description of both characters and plots, then yeah, but looking beyond that, it is far from the truth. For starters Asura was betrayed by the other gods that wanted to use his daughter to harness power, and killed him because they knew Asura wouldn't allow them to kill people as sacrifice for power. Of all the devas he is the most noble, which is shown in character design and lore. Asura never attacks civilians, and his halo is the biggest and more intricate of all of them. His anger is not only born from him, but is the anger of everyone that is suffering, the humans, the world, making him an avatar of their suffering. His feats are never played as triumphs, since they always happen on his moments of most anguish, hence why they always play In Your Belief as his theme. His most powerful forms are form that cause equal or greater damage to him than his opponent (Wrath and Vajira iirc) It is why when he gets the manthra reactor from the fortress that atunes for all manthras that he becomes both more powerful but more stable (Also when Mithra channeled all the manthra from the karma fortress) His tale is meant to be like a myth of creation where a god goes against all odds to liberate humankind and the devas of the cycle, making the ultimate sacrifice. I love both characters, but Asura is on a different ballpark in terms of what is presenting

@chunky_mustard5312

Жыл бұрын

@@Tetsuito brutal legend is so fucking good. Some of those tower defense type segments got annoying but man I would love a remaster ,sequel, or remake.

Man, nanobreaker....digs up some feels. My late best friend used to sit and play that for hours. Something I wish I could do, one more time.

You mentioned Genji and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, sir. It may be a small thing but it made my day. Those games were my entire childhoods!

@brokenbond2012

Жыл бұрын

Definitely, went out of my way to get my hands on the ultimate ed. Of force unleashed just bc i missed it so mucj

Actually, Jim Cummings voiced the more serious Dr. Robotnik in the Sonic SatAM series.

@austineruption

Жыл бұрын

I am not smart

@SalaComMander

Жыл бұрын

Technically, he did also voice the silly, AoSTH Robotnik, but only in the pilot episode.

Dante’s Inferno is an underrated gem for sure. I should play through that game again.

Devil May Cry & God of War get their dues for popularizing hack'n'slash games, but not Ninja Gaiden? Those games deserve some spotlight.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you can still play black and the first and second game on Xbox with BC at high frame rates/ better graphics on series X. Those games are absolute classics.

@exocolt15

2 ай бұрын

Ninja Gaiden is like the janky B version of GoW lol

X-men origins wolverine, ghost rider and Dante's inferno were awesome man

I was just about to comment about the Hellboy announcement from last night and then you yourself brought it up in the video. Here's hoping it shakes off the less-than-stellar legacy and proves to be a solid game.

@brokenbond2012

Жыл бұрын

I already dont like the voice for hellboy, it just doesn't fit him at all and is very jarring with the dark horse art style

@noahdavis7406

Жыл бұрын

I really do worry, as the animations seemed REALLY jank

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

It certainly looks good. I'm sure I probably won't like the voice work though as anything that isn't Ron Perlman usually sounds awful.

The Castlevania example is a little disingenuous since Castlevania: Lament of Innocence came out years before God of War was even announced and had its own 3D combat system with a longer range weapon (whip) that would be a better precedent to the Lords of Shadow combat. Though yeah there are God of War/Shadow of the Colossus influences in how you traverse mega-sized bosses. Also, calling it "not super original" really devalues the amount of love and care the devs clearly put into the game. If you want to name its biggest influence, I'd look outside of video games entirely and say its visuals were greatly inspired by the aesthetics of Guillermo Del Toro.

You thought we wouldn't notice the Legend of Dragoon pause menu music at 4:13 but we did.

Marlow Briggs walked so Nier Automata can run.

I fancy side scrollers as my Castlevania entries but I LOVED Lords of Shadow. It definitely goes on a tangent regarding the story and the QTEs get a bit redundant but I think Mercury Steam did Castlevania a huge service in the 3D space. LoS 2 is a little wacky but the first one was an all-around good time for me.

@bargaintuesday812

Жыл бұрын

My problem with it was it should have been an action game with light puzzle elements. Instead it was a puzzle game with light action elements. Just waaaay too much time messing around with tedious puzzles and not nearly enough action.

@konversion

Жыл бұрын

I don't disagree. They could've done way more with LoS and 3D Castlevania as a whole but I still think it was hella rad.

I’ll never forget Darksiders and Dante’s Inferno. They were my God of War since I never owned a PlayStation

Respectfully Splatterhouse is a great game. The blood system encouraged you to be really aggressive so you can use that blood meter to regenerate health and stun enemies or later perform op attacks and enter a powered up state. Its dodge was not optional though and the game expected you to use it and the game had a great variety of enemies. The classic splatterhouse games alone justified picking it up.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I do wish there was some way to get fixes to that game but it looks pretty obvious that namco bandai or whoever they are these days (I usually just refer to them as bamco) has no intention of resurrecting that game or really that franchise probably. Which is sad because splatterhouse is awesome.

@frankbasile3662

Жыл бұрын

Splatterhouse was excellent, great world and art design,story, and combat.,replayed it a few months ago,it holds up well,from the boss fights to the banter with Rick and the mask,truly a great game

I miss God of War clones so much. Not even God of War is a GoW clone anymore. I played Dante's Inferno earlier this year and really enjoyed it.

@Paulafan5

Жыл бұрын

I wanted a Conan sequel where they fixed the issues from the first game. The original GoW wasn't perfect and the sequel fixed those minor issues.

@jonathanreiher5851

Жыл бұрын

Actually GoW is a clone of Rygar The Legendary Adventure, which was released in 2001 and GoW in 2005 so yeah GOW IS A CLONE

@elijahtthayer

9 ай бұрын

​@jonathanreiher5851 you prob know this but just in case(2months later) they were mentioning the rebranded current generation of god of war games not the originsl hack n slash series

Also. Satan Johnson has a hitbox, and it DOES DAMAGE IF YOU GET SMACKED WITH IT. Visceral is some legends for that tbh

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

Visceral really did live up to their name no doubt about that. I surely do miss them.

@mondayadams8166

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu yeaaaaah. Them and raven both. Hell I even liked singularity if I'm being honest. Blizzard might be worse inwardly with sex scandles and shit. But like. EA has ground so many great studios to dust or worse. Truly miss visceral, raven, high moon. Gods high moon had their hands in dark watch and that's literally the best ps2 game ever made to me lmao

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

@@mondayadams8166 I mean it's not hard to find a reason to hate EA these days but the developer graveyard they have is still my absolute biggest reason why I hate their guts as a company. They've killed and destroyed so many good (and in the case of visceral and Raven great) developers and I don't think I can ever forgive them for that.

@mondayadams8166

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu same with Activision if we're being honest

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

@@mondayadams8166 Absolutely. Activision is just as bad though I have to admit the EA ones hurt a lot more personally.

I remember both Heavenly Sword and Golden Axe Beast Rider. I also remember playing them back to back long after they released, and thinking they were about the same in overall quality (despite HS having a notably better reception). Also: you didn't have to remind us all of "nappy time with Edgy"...and I curse you for it, Austin Eruption!

loved Wolverine. I was really big into World of Warcraft at the time and there’s a cave in Wolverine with Frostmourne stuck in the ice with a ! from WoW over it, that was the coolest thing 16 year old me had ever seen

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters for PS3/360 is one of my favorite games. It’s nice to hear you mention it. The fact that such a great game was only made to bank on the disappointing 2011 Green Lantern movie is crazy to me (though the game has pretty much nothing to do with the movie aside from Ryan Reynolds reprising his role). If you still have access to one of those old consoles, I highly recommend checking it out.

Rise of the Argonauts could count as one too. It was set in Greek mythology, more adventure than hack n slash but still very cool.

Lords of Shadow 1 is a masterpiece.

Austin using Legend of Dragoon music for a backdrop is why I love this essayist so much

Key thing with bamco taking the splatterhouse reboot away from bottle rocket was that the lead developer from BR insisted on using his original combat gameplay style, that he used in his two most well known creations: mark of kri and the sequel, rise of the kasai. Thing is, Namco thought that it wouldn't work after a bit into development and told them to do it differently. What bottle rocket did? they kept developing it with the combat style that namco didn't want without telling namco itself and the rest, when namco found out what was going on, is history. Like respect to bottle rocket for their conviction on their original creation, but at the same time they kinda brought down the house upon themselves and also hurt the final product a lot too.

People have called my knowledge of gaming “encyclopedic” but whenever I watch an Austin Eruption video, theres usually a game ive never heard of! This time it was demon stone.

I think 'Dante's Inferno' is a hidden gem TBH 🤔

I thoroughly loved lords of shadow, splatterhouse, and Dante’s inferno. Sad splaterhouse and Dante didn’t make it. I really wanted to see where splatterhouse would go. And Dante got me into researching and reading about it just god of war made me do Greek mythology.

@bigismacks

Жыл бұрын

Must didn’t finish the video because they were both mentioned

@Spider_Mike023

Жыл бұрын

@@bigismacks if u think I meant wanted to see where they’d go in context to this video I alctually meant in just general cause the splatterhouse reboot and Dante’s inferno both teased sequels at the end of there games that never got made lol.

Love them heavenly sword was so underrated tbf as you said if it wasn’t for the Hank and motion sense where it wasn’t needed I reckon they’d have a sequel

@Yup712

Жыл бұрын

Once I discovered you could turn-off the motion controls it became one of my favorite games. Could have really shined with a sequel.

@SeeNo3vil98

Жыл бұрын

@@Yup712 it really could of. I played it years ago so I don’t remember if I did figure that out 😂

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

Turning off the motion controls was the first thing I did. The motion aiming stuff was terrible.

@ElTequilla

Жыл бұрын

I think Sony themselves did it few favors by rushing it out right next to GoW 2, which at the time of release would have been readily playable on a first edition PS3. When Heavenly Sword ran and played as intended it was easily the most impressive and spectacular thing on the console until Uncharted 2.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

@@ElTequilla I think the issue was the original PS3 at launch was so expensive for so few exclusives or must have games and the forced in motion controls and lack of rumble hurt it bad. I know I didn't play the game until well after lunch and by then a lot of it's initial wow factor had been lost to like you said uncharted 2. It was just an unfortunate casualty of the many mistakes of the PS3.

i really wish that more Dmc likes and old fashioned gow likes still got made...its literally the gamers game. the gameplay is its showcase and is unbelievably fun with so much potential

I enjoyed the 'Splatterhouse' reboot. Flawed, but fun 🤷

@sozaj

Жыл бұрын

I would love to see another go at a Splatterhouse game! Make kind of a cross between an arcade game and a survival horror game! Maybe tone down the bulky character design, lose the metal, and definitely scrap the unnecessary nudie pinups.

@Hatsworthful

Жыл бұрын

Its really sad how the whole thing was pretty much dragged down by ONE GUY's insistence. I'd need to re-read deeper on the details, but long story short, the original team was led by the guy who created the mark of kri and rise of the kasai (both very good and unique games too), and he was incredibly insistent on using those two's style of combat control which was his unique approach. Bamco on the other hand didn't want them to use it as they thought it wasn't going to fit the game's style of aggressive combat, and the guy had the brilliant idea to convince bamco to use his style.... by continuing developing the game with his style of combat without telling bamco despite the higher ups telling him to knock it off. Long story short when they found that out they fired him and the team as fast as a vulcan minigun fires bullets and really had to rush the rest of the game with less resources which caused a lot of the issues we do know about the game. Which is a damn shame

@oscarpinillacastro5893

11 ай бұрын

I absolutely loved that game. I even got the platinum.

Hi Austin I love your videos I’m so surprised you don’t have more subs. Also been watching some of your old vids and I gotta say you have become a gigachad it’s awesome, absolute rizz master.

New god of war is like an adult zelda clone. Temples, treasure chests, back tracking when you get new skills to find secret areas

I remember playing Marlow Briggs after hearing about it from Totalbiscuit (rest in peace) and it's one of those games that stuck in my mind as being solid. Definitely a good pick up since it looks like they dropped the base price to $5 these days.

I always associate this king of games with Devil May Cry, even God of War.

I love that you say about the ps3 "your gonna need to dig out some old hardware" when I have 2 different PS3s set up in 2 different rooms in my house at all time... but I'm sure I'm the odd one here

Heavenly Sword is one game that I haven’t heard in a long time,and nobody has ever talked about it. Even I’ve forgotten that this game existed. This and Lords of Shadows.

I always hear about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow being ragged on by fans of Castlevania for how different it is from the usual games and its obvious referencing to God Of War....But admittedly that's kind of what made me like it so much (At least the first one, I wouldn't be able to tell you about the sequel). A lot of god of war clones are hit-or-miss, but I feel like LoS1 managed to capture it well enough to make it an enjoyable experience. Plus I just enjoyed its visual aesthetic mixed with the god of war formula.

I’m surprised you didn’t touch upon any of the Darksiders games (Specifically the first one, with 2 being more Zelda like, and 3 being like a Platinum game)

Your camera is so fuckin good dude like.... I watch other peoples vids and it's very obvious I'm watching a KZread vid, but you have such high fidelity it's almost uncanny! Keep killing it King

Nice job popping off Austin, seems like people are really enjoying your stuff.

Lords of Shadow has an absolutely fire soundtrack. Too bad it’s not streaming on Spotify

just because something is a hack and slash type game doesn’t mean it’s a god of war clone

Just started watching this, but major props for using the Legend of Dragoon menu music at the start. 😊

Great video!

Damn thanks for summoning Rygar back into my mind, I totally forgot about that game from my childhood!

@Mintcar923

Жыл бұрын

I was the freak that paid full attention to this on NES even before Zelda.. I absolutely loved it finishing it multiple times.. So I had to get the sequel on ps2 and do the same thing.. In my eyes all these cinematic action adventures are actually Rygar likes👍

Would Darksiders, at least the first one, count as a GoW clone? I always called the original a mix of GoW combat and LoZ dungeons when I played it way back when

Nice video! I just finished Wolverine last night and I think it's tied with Lords of Shadow as the best God of War-like I've played. Such a blast and I will definitely be replaying it for years to come.

Gonna be honest, I’ve seen a few videos before but you definitely earned my sub with the Legend of Dragoon music

Just played through Lords Of Shadow 2 recently and the reason nobody can agree on what the biggest problem with it is probably because it has so many problems, a lot of them coming directly from LoS1, too.

@dansc86

Жыл бұрын

Não. Os problemas principais de LoS 2 foram as partes de stealth e inconsistências no level design e narrativa.

@GeminiTasiri

Жыл бұрын

​@@dansc86 You can't just say "No" and then list 3 different problems and counting them all as the main issues I mean, I agree with you, all three are issues with the game but you can see why people are not coming to a consensus of what the main problem is, right? I could add to your list that the world absolutely sucks to get around in, thanks to forced climbing sections, respawning enemies and "loading time airlocks" which really kills the 3D exploration aspect of the game, especially when you go for 100% collectibles, and then we'd have 4 problems everyone would weigh differently.

@dansc86

Жыл бұрын

@@GeminiTasiri the "NO" is for the "...lot of them coming directly from LoS1". LoS1 was awesome, a difenret game. And I agree with you too hehehe: the world absolutely sucks! As it turns out, it was a poorly designed game. It should have been grand.

Xmen origins was one of my fave clones as well, and anytime I see heavenly sword it reminds me of the time I forced my friends to watch that tie in movie that reused the same models despite coming out years later

thanks for the hydration reminder, very much did need it

Gauntlet seven sorrows!!! Man what a throwback, I played that with my friends all the time

Another GoW precrusor I keep coming back to was Spartan, Total Warrior. Made by the guys behind the Total War series. Boy did I put way too many hours into it back in the day!

@owlobsidian6965

Жыл бұрын

That thing was so much fun!

I'm playing Dante's Inferno for the 1st time now and I do regret overlooking this game for years! and Heavenly Sword never coming back only makes me sad, could've been a banger with modern tech and proper treatment. but I guess Aloy firmly took the Nariko's spot of being a PS "female mascot" for any foreseeable future

Great vid!

I'm super excited for the Suikoden remasters! Your not alone!

I didn't wake up today expecting to see Conan the Barbarian T-posing for dominance, but hey, today is full of surprises.

I always look forward to these videos. And I frequently feel I’m the only one who enjoyed Dante’s Inferno. I also grabbed it on release.

@frankbasile3662

Жыл бұрын

Dantes Inferno was excellent, still replay it every few months,..bought on release day with Bioshock 2..,I've always loved action adventure, hack and slash,..from God of war 3,Dantes Inferno,Splatterhouse,Lord's of Shadow 1 and 2,xmen Wolverine,Heavenly Sword and the Darksiders series,loved all of them..,my favorite genre of games,..wish they still made more like these great classics...

@SamuelTrademarked

Жыл бұрын

Dante's Inferno is epic, I picked it up one day last year and have loved it ever since. Beaten the game, what was it, 14-15 times now, and I still don't understand how being a GOW clone made so many people throw Dante's Inferno into the dump. A remake that nerfs the Holy Cross and makes the Scythe feel more impactful would be really nice though.

Till this day I remember how thrilled I am when I started playing Wolverine for the very first time. A great game for the movie it is based on.

That's why I have the physical copies of X Men Wolverine and Bayonetta for the Xbox 360. It really wasn't till the end of 7th gen did Developers realize that it was much better to develop for the PS3 than port it to the PC360. But the PS3 being custom, cell processor and how you can use its "cores," and split 512MB of RAM 256/256 made it rather difficult for developers always on crunch to learn. Vs working on a Custom IBM Processor (Ala Macbook) with off the shelf ATi X1800/1900 GPU?

Have you considered a Dynasty Warriors / Musou clones list? I just want to hear your thoughts on Ninety Nine Nights. I loved that game.

@TeruteruBozusama

Жыл бұрын

Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave is stupid fun, especially the parody paths..!

I still remember when I saw that heavenly sword had options for six axis aiming, I thought it was the first case of modern day gyro aiming. I was very wrong and disappointed. Turns out it controls the bolt itself when you shoot it

@KarmikCykle

Жыл бұрын

Those sections were actually my favorite part of the game. Incidentally my favorite Unreal Tournament weapon is the Redeemer, my favorite Perfect Dark weapon is the Slayer, and I really enjoyed the sniping sections of Bulletstorm.

Wooo new video!!!

As someone that grew up playing most of these and had forgotten about most of them too. I just wanted to say great video

Raygar reminds me a lot of Hades, I'd really like to see Kratos as a boss in Hades 2.

Can't say much about the arcade version of Rygar, but I'd say the NES version was memorable. Also, don't forget the original Splatterhouse was an arcade game that was ported to the TurboGrafx-16.

@whosaidthat84

Жыл бұрын

Yeup. I was about the say the same thing. I first heard of Splatterhouse as a TurboGrafx game. I was so jealous that it wasn't on Genesis until it finally came out.

That Legend of Dragoon menu music at the beginning… Let there be justice for that PS1 gem!

Heavenly Sword was super fun. I still remember the six axis controls to this day

what about Darksiders? First one was really good for its time and they managed to publish 4 different games. They definitly deserved a mention

Truthfully, as much as I had fun with the combat of Dante's Inferno, I could only stand being in Hell for so long. The entire game is so grimy, disgusting and dour that I was getting depressed playing it. I had to put it down and walk away. If I could damn the game (heh) with faint praise, I think the designers and artists did too good of a job in designing Hell.

14:41 why does dude look like bennadict comberbatch playing the undertaker in a biopic lmao

Austin! I had Rygar back in the day and totally thought it was like a PG-13 God of War. Nice to know I wasn't alone.

What a nice way to celebrate the release of ragnarock.

@mickeymickey9914

Жыл бұрын

The worst game in the series. The PSP games are better than that crying simulator.

@lolcat

Жыл бұрын

​@@mickeymickey9914did a single tear drop out of his eye

@mickeymickey9914

Жыл бұрын

@@lolcat the whole game is female whining, slow walking, and re used fights. It's a 6/10

@fatmetalheadnerd4376

Жыл бұрын

​@@mickeymickey9914 There's not enough preparation H in the world for all the butthurt that you're displaying right now.

Tactical Bacon Productions?

Huh, no Darksiders on neither this video, nor the DMC Clones video (that I can remember). The titles mentioned here are interesting and i'm partial to Lords of Shadow 1 and 2, Marlow Briggs, Heavenly Sword and Dante's Inferno, but i wonder what would be required to have them featured (hopefully positively) on this channel. I wonder in which ballpark Knight's Contract would fall-- DmC or more GoW? Regardless, these videos are pretty fun-- and so, thank you for taking the time to make them.

@g2.a6

Жыл бұрын

Maybe Darksider will feature on the inevitable Zelda clones video lol

Bro!! Lol. I was watching this vid clicking my fingernails on the table being like is this fool going to talk about Dantes Inferno or what!! Lol. Great vid dude. CAstelvainia, dante, heavenly sword are my favorite clones. Good jon!

A lot of the clones are actually bretty good. I mean the formula isn't that complex. Dante's Inferno has really good lore behind it Did you not cover Darksiders? How?

@GSainto

Жыл бұрын

Tactical Bacon Productions has a GOW clone video that covers Darksiders, it's got chapters so you skip straight to it since some of the same games are covered in this video too

@spencerstevens2175

Жыл бұрын

@@GSainto I just thought that was the most well known clone. And a good game

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

MayorHairBear has made a pretty great series covering all of the Darksiders games thus far! Would definitely recommend him, he's quite chill and fair in his takes.

I literally spent the last 2 days replaying X-Men origis Wolverine for the pc and psp version and they both still SLAP. Fantastic movie tie ins and GOW clones. The green lantern game is pretty good too. Along with Ghost Rider Spider-Man Shattered Dimenions, Web of Shadows if you wanna stick to the CB realm of GOW clones. And thank you for speaking about Rygar. Just started a few months ago and its dope. WIll be playing a ton of these game from this video to relive and experience new ones.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

I remember renting rygar back in the day and getting all the way to the end and being stuck on the final boss. I have a copy of it somewhere I need to finish it. Also do not get the Wii version unless you can get it dirt cheap.

@ItsOver9000Productions

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@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I've been playing it on pcsx2 via steamdeck and it runs great.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

@@ItsOver9000Productions Believe me I would if I could. I've really gotta start getting my rig together.

@mickeymouse7726

Жыл бұрын

Is Spider-Man shattered dimensions considered a clone

@ItsOver9000Productions

Жыл бұрын

@@mickeymouse7726 I would. Light and Heavy/ close and far range. Grab, dodge system, combos and linear.

Gotta love the the use of Legend of Dragoon's menu music

I just love that you mentioned Garshasp and Marlow Briggs, back then I was looking for every hack and slash I could find and one of those was good, while the other was...not

Aren't the original God of War games clones of Devil May Cry?

Video actually starts at 3:53. No offense Austin.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

Жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed exactly one ad read for RAID and it was wavywebsurf. How he was allowed to do what he did is beyond me but holy sh*t did he burn that bridge down with beautiful magnificence and sarcastic delivery.

Great video

Loved it! Castlevania: Lords was incredible and one of my all time GOATS. Had its own feel and I have very fond memories of the epic opening. Great feature. I’ve subb’d

Dante’s inferno is actually one of my top 5 favorite games it was just a guilty pleasure game

I really hope that Dante’s inferno gets a re-release

Wow, thanks to this vid I finally knows the title of the first game I played years back on PC !