This is merely one man's opinon, but I hated God of War. Not just III, the entire trilogy.
It was only earlier this year that I bought the Collection and then later III, but I couldn't force myself to like them. I played them on hard mode, even got the platinum in the second game and damn close in the first game, but by the end of the third game I just had to wake up and admit that, despite the critical success, they weren't my cup of tea.
As far a gameplay goes, you'll basically just jam on the attack button, and occasionally roll out of the way. If you die, just restart and jam on the attack button, but roll a bit more than before. It's very button-mashy.
But I think it goes a little deeper than that for me. Whenever I play a game like Fallout or something similar with choice, I almost always take the good path, helping people and sticking up for the little guy... I dunno, that's just how I like to play my games. Well, in God of War, whether it's justified or not, Kratos (the so-called "protagonist"), is a jerk. He kills everyone and everything in his path with almost complete disregard, and even recognizes and verbalizes that his anger is somewhat unfounded, yet just continues to kill, kill, kill. By the end of the trilogy, I'm serious, freaking everyone but Kratos is DEAD. I didn't feel good playing the game at all. There weren't any triumphant moments, because I felt like I was the villian.
I would suggest Demon's Souls. It's got a reputation for being balls-to-the-wall hard, but it's all hype. The game is pretty easy-going, and it's epic; one of the best games I've ever played. I'd strongly suggest it.
If not that, maybe Ratchet & Clank or the Uncharted games. Those are great.
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