Lol thank youThe old God of War games were macho sexist garbage. God of War 2018 is better than them in every conceivable way. It's got better combat, real characters, and an excellent mature story. It's the Citizen Kane of video games. It's a shining city on a hill as to what games can achieve as a medium.
It's an ok game. The bosses are awful and the story is nothing spectacular.
The combat is really good and the art direction is impressive.
In many ways its like some old Hollywood movies which upon release were praised for their production values (like Around the world in 80 days or Cleopatra): a couple of years later everyone says they were really dumb and boring.
The slavering over what amounts to a tutorial boss encounter as some kind of high water mark in all videogames is really bizarre. I picture these kinds of people as cargo-short-wearing comic-book superfans whooping and hollering their way through the latest Avengers at the movie theater. The kind who stand up and loudly applause the spectacle of a CGI city being blown up while their favorite hero lays the smack down. Crazy shit.
How come ur name is Nintendo?
Gameplay-wise it's not that good, you need to repeat your moves and dodges constantly until his helath bar is over.
Well he exaggerated a lot but the point remains.It was mechanically shallow as in you don't have much control over the fight lacking any abilities and all.
But it's the same with gow 3 Poseidon fight too.You are thrown right into the fight with no new abilities but at least it had more combos from the start.I think people would much enjoy the baldur fight in the new game+.
The slavering over what amounts to a tutorial boss encounter as some kind of high water mark in all videogames is really bizarre. I picture these kinds of people as cargo-short-wearing comic-book superfans whooping and hollering their way through the latest Avengers at the movie theater. The kind who stand up and loudly applause the spectacle of a CGI city being blown up while their favorite hero lays the smack down. Crazy shit.
Pretty sure threads like 'Does so and so big and popular game that a lot of people liked on the forum, get any better?' are there to get a raise out of everyone.
But yes, all it does is keep getting better and better.
I think that's OK for an early game boss fight. It's your first boss encounter, you're stuck with your base abilities, and there's a lot of dialogue you're supposed to pay attention to. Plenty of action games have early skill gate bosses to confirm that the player understands a key mechanic.This is my problem. Presentation was great, but it wasnt a good bossfight, it's basically a "did the player understand how to parry?"
Doesn't look that defensive to me. It's an accurate observation.
I didn't feel like i was lacking in any combos or attacks. That fight did its job, and that was to wow people, and it did it for me. Not sure how improved it would be with all your upgrades since its a set-piece battle that goes in a particular direction from the outset, unlike, let's say, the Valkyrie fights, where your upgrades and more would matter a whole lot.
Yeah I guess it's a hard point to contend since the fight is introductory and you cant be given abilities at the outset but the fight peaked for me in terms of epicness. For gow 3 you had Poseidon at first and only improves from that point.The new GOW just has these real boss fights(non troll) quite uncommon and it wears you with tedious troll fights which feels really cheap.I understand it took them years to complete certain boss fights but I prefer quality over quantity.
I really would prefer if they make the sequel with even at least like 5 main boss fights and make the troll fights completely optional.
Nah, it's just negativity always gets more reaction, you will see when GOTY votes are in and it will rank 1 or 2.
But that's just it! It's just spectacle, you barely even play your way through that fight. That's why I said it's like watching a CGI-fest at the movies. Pretension's got nothing to do with it, I'm just bored of spectacle. It doesn't do anything for me. I want to play.I've never seen such a pretentious post on this site as this one and that's an accomplishment. Everything from the cinematography, the acting to the actual fight were either great or amazing.
Yeah I guess it's a hard point to contend since the fight is introductory and you cant be given abilities at the outset but the fight peaked for me in terms of epicness. For gow 3 you had Poseidon at first and only improves from that point.The new GOW just has these real boss fights(non troll) quite uncommon and it wears you out with tedious troll fights which feels really cheap.I understand it took them years to complete certain boss fights but I prefer quality over quantity.
I really would prefer if they make the sequel with even at least like 5 main boss fights and make the troll fights completely optional.
And not about you OP, but some of posters here: Don't worry people, that goty for RDR2 is safe enough. No need to overact your hate, thank you.
lol what?!
The old God of War games were macho sexist garbage. God of War 2018 is better than them in every conceivable way. It's got better combat, real characters, and an excellent mature story. It's the Citizen Kane of video games. It's a shining city on a hill as to what games can achieve as a medium.
The slavering over what amounts to a tutorial boss encounter as some kind of high water mark in all videogames is really bizarre. I picture these kinds of people as cargo-short-wearing comic-book superfans whooping and hollering their way through the latest Avengers at the movie theater. The kind who stand up and loudly applause the spectacle of a CGI city being blown up while their favorite hero lays the smack down. Crazy shit.
It's really not... it's basically all spectacle with little in the way of interactivity. I'm not even going to go into games like Bloodborne or Monster Hunter, since that's unfair, but even from WWS games, something like Horizon has actual challenge to its "bosses" versus that Stranger fight.lol what?!
The first boss fight is one of the best fights in the last decade.
As if calling the game "stupidly overrated" any better, come on.Jesus Christ, two of the worst and most pretentious posts I've ever seen within ten posts of each other. Has to be a record.
Good, no reason to waste valuable space in your brain for it.
Good parody!The old God of War games were macho sexist garbage. God of War 2018 is better than them in every conceivable way. It's got better combat, real characters, and an excellent mature story. It's the Citizen Kane of video games. It's a shining city on a hill as to what games can achieve as a medium.
I think that me saying I think a game is "stupidly overrated" is in fact not as bad as:As if calling the game "stupidly overrated" any better, come on.
Agreed. "Overrated" is a horseshit observation that implies that everyone else has somehow been hoodwinked into liking something that the "enlightened" poster did not.As if calling the game "stupidly overrated" any better, come on.
Jfc, I think it's overrated. It's not a reflection on anyone else. It's my opinion that the praise for the game doesn't match what I got from it. Quit being so defensive and pick your battles.Agreed. "Overrated" is a horseshit observation that implies that everyone else has somehow been hoodwinked into liking something that the "enlightened" poster did not.
So for people saying to drop it, is it safe to assume the story doesn't really get more interesting? Not worth seeing that aspect to the end?
I like the magical stuff like the turtle and giant snake and the head of that dude that I have. If there's more of that I might like it
The slavering over what amounts to a tutorial boss encounter as some kind of high water mark in all videogames is really bizarre. I picture these kinds of people as cargo-short-wearing comic-book superfans whooping and hollering their way through the latest Avengers at the movie theater. The kind who stand up and loudly applause the spectacle of a CGI city being blown up while their favorite hero lays the smack down. Crazy shit.
If you base your decision on resetera threads and opinions i have very bad news for you.Based on what I'm reading in this thread, I made the right decision to skip this game.
Nah. You need to play it. Flaws and all, it's a significant title you should experience. It's on sale now too, so I suggest it.Based on what I'm reading in this thread, I made the right decision to skip this game.
If you re-read my comment you would see that I'm talking specifically about people who say the Stranger boss fight is one of the best there is in all videogames. I'm not talking about the quality of the game at all. I actually really liked the game and consider it one of the best I've played this year.I think that me saying I think a game is "stupidly overrated" is in fact not as bad as:
I'm shocked you would even suggest that comparison.
- A poster saying GoW is the Citizen Kane of gaming, and what every game should aspire to, or
- A poster denigrating anyone who enjoys the game as mindless sheeple who enjoy popular things, and lack the intellectual capacity to know any better