[quote=@Dynamo Frokane]
I would like to ask, what is the appeal of God Of War? It cant just be the deep voice protagonist and the b-movie sex stuff can it? The combat is awful, and for some reason it gets a pass on really obnoxious QTEs.
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When it first debuted, god of war was a state of the art action game and everyone was copying its combat system. You can even see elements of it in Castlevania. However, you could accuse it of not keeping up with the times. This is probably why the upcoming god of war is taking such a drastically different approach to the game as a whole.

While the gruff protagonist and sex are certainly enough to get the blood pumping in any teenage boy, I think the excellent narration by Linda Hunt kept the rest of us interested. as the story telling started to take a back seat in later installments, I think it's popularity suffered.

Basically, God of war was a great game for it's time. But each subsequent game provided more of the same or actually took away to the point that the appeal is starting to go away. That's probably why the newest installation is completely overhauling every aspect of god of war.  

EDIT: Dayum, big cat beat me to it, and did a better job.