I don't understand why this game garners so much hate. It's getting shat on for copying GoW to a tee and ripped apart for it. I know that in a month the same complaints about the exact same issues will not be levied against GoW III. GoW didn't create the 3rd person action genre, though some claim it perfected it.

Plenty of RPGs will come out every year and nobody will complain that they are stealing and copying the same stats, weapons and battle of other RPGs though they essentially are.

Even more to the point, have you looked at shooters lately?
1. Space Marines vs. Aliens
2. WW II Allied vs. Nazis
3. Modern Combatants vs. Terrorists

The critics aren't ripping every one of these games a new a**hole as they come out just because they are essentially copying mechanics from another game.



Attack DI on the plot, on the inspiration, on the religiosity, on the tastelessness, on terrible gameplay, but do not attack it because it's too much like GoW.

When GoW came out everyone thought, "I wish there were more games like this" and here we have DI and people getting pissed. Sometimes there's no reason to reinvent the wheel. If you're going to say that GoW is amazing and that DI is an exact copy, then there's no reason that DI shouldn't be classed the same in the same areas.