God Of War new exclusive gameplay footage!
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Simply the best. Plz plz let it be this one whoever is making the thread.
Is it possible only to get the steelbook?
I see the Europe version has the limited edition, which is what I want. Do they have it in US?
I see the Europe version has the limited edition, which is what I want. Do they have it in US?
Kratos was humanized in every game except 2. Maybe slightly more effectively in GOS, but I didn't feel it was anything to write home about. Asension's story was forgettable but it was impressive that half of Santa Monica made it (the other half was working on the cancelled game), and it featured a fairly robust new multiplayer mode and a campaign just a hair shorter than GOW 3. It had better art direction, pacing, puzzles, and level design than 3. The only thing 3 had on it were boss fights, and even then, Ascension I feel had even better boss fights than GOW 2. It also features some of the best moments in the series like the Snake ride. I also feel it had the strongest opening of any GOW game besides maybe the first one (Gaia/Poseidon never impressed me that much, and the giant Statue at the beginning of GOW II I found pretty boring actually). The statue of Apollo is my favorite location in a GOW game after the lower levels of Pandora's Temple. Wayyyy too many damn goat men though, and I didn't like certain moves being locked behind the rage meter.
It's a matter of opinion though for sure, and thats fine.
I also instantly though "this combat looks like Ryse" and mean it as a positive. I loved the combat in Ryse. Yes, there is probably more variation in the combat in this GoW video but, at a base level, the viewpoint, the impact, the parries etc all instantly reminded my of the Ryse combat. I 100% don't mean that as a slur. I played over 30 hours of Ryse (20 of that in the co-op combat arenas!).
Yes, this is the most obvious choice just above, Dad of War, IMO.
I agree with everything you've said about Kratos. They should've just rebooted the franchise with Norse mythology and a Norwegian character rather than continuing to follow Kratos and continue his story but I'm willing to give them the opportunity to attempt to create a believably changed Kratos but we;ll see.
I'm glad I'm not going crazy haha. Exclusives threads are the worst. Don't know why I bother lol...
pretty sure this is the wrong way around
1 and 3 both have hubs you return to repeatedly, I recall 2 being pretty linear
its been a while though
God of War 2 - Best sense of an adventure
God of War 3 - Best boss battles by far, sense of scale
God of War: Ascension - Best puzzles and probably best combat
God of War: GoS - Best story and character development
God of War 1 - Foundations for an epic journey
God of War: CoO - Ifrit
God of War 3 - Best boss battles by far, sense of scale
God of War: Ascension - Best puzzles and probably best combat
God of War: GoS - Best story and character development
God of War 1 - Foundations for an epic journey
God of War: CoO - Ifrit
It should be The Godfather though.
Oh damn. I really like that lol.
Sorry, came to the thread late and saw the patch where everyone was comparing it to everything else ad absurdum til it gets to the point where it's basically saying 'it looks like a videogame'.
What the hell are you talking about? You say "stuff like that" was half of The Last of Us, and then you say it added two hours. The Last of Us is a 15-plus hour game.
Furthermore, "slow walking and talking for cinematic purposes" is one of the most ridiculous reductive descriptors I have ever seen for The Last of Us. It is not for "cinematic purposes". The core of The Last of Us is the relationship between Joel and Ellie. If you don't like that, then I guess the game just wasn't for you. Personally, it was my favorite game of all time.
I just realized commanding Atreus consumes an arrow.I love the father/son dynamic in combat. I think i'st very well done.
Atreus <3
It should be The Godfather though.
Agreed. I like it a lot!
Well, at the time he could control his own fate, not that of others.
This is factually wrong.
It makes sense in regards to Greek mythology.
First of all; What you actually think of the story in GoW is subjective and I am in no way trying to persuade you to think that it's great. I just have a problem with what ends up being a simplification of something that isn't complicated to begin with.
The rest of this post is from the top of my head. Feel free to correct me.
God of war: A story about a man that seeks the help of the gods to overcome his imminent defeat. Tricked/blinded by Ares Kratos kills his family. He comes to realise what he has done and sets out on a quest to kill the God of War. The gods aid him and with the help of Pandoras Box Kratos takes the life of a god. He is then offered a place among the gods and ends up as The god of war himself. What should be noted is that the "stupid" Pandoras box "shit" in Gow III is because of Kratos' actions in the first game.
God of war II: Kratos is the God of war. He is seen on the battlefield, inspires people/soldiers and becomes more and more powerful. The gods, influenced by whatever is released from Pandoras Box, grows more and more paranoid and fears Kratos as he grows in power (the more people that pray to you the stronger you become). Zeus tricks Kratos to give up his powers and kills him. Kratos climbs out of Hades and sets out to find the Fates. And, yes, I can understand that time travel may seem out of place, but the Fates basically controls the fate of every human (and god). The only one the fates seem to answer to is Zeus himself (this is debatable). By defeating the sisters Kratos can control his own fate, not that of others. He is therefore granted the ability to save himself from being killed, but not his family. It may seem strange, but the writing in GoW II is pretty close to Greek mythology, and in that sense it makes, well, sense. I can agree that they could have conveyed how it happened in a different way, but that seems more like a design choice than actual writing. The problem (for Kratos) is that his fate is sealed the moment he is born, wich explains why we can hear the Fates speaking to him again towards the end of Gow III.
GoWIII: The gods have gone mad and so has Kratos. Kratos is an imminent threat to the whole of Olympus. In the end Kratos is freed from the madness (a moment of clarity) and may actually have changed his fate after all. GoW III really seems like the one that was the easiest to write, since it seems like you are traveling from boss to boss and are just mopping up the pantheon. It really feels like a last chapter.
God of war II: Kratos is the God of war. He is seen on the battlefield, inspires people/soldiers and becomes more and more powerful. The gods, influenced by whatever is released from Pandoras Box, grows more and more paranoid and fears Kratos as he grows in power (the more people that pray to you the stronger you become). Zeus tricks Kratos to give up his powers and kills him. Kratos climbs out of Hades and sets out to find the Fates. And, yes, I can understand that time travel may seem out of place, but the Fates basically controls the fate of every human (and god). The only one the fates seem to answer to is Zeus himself (this is debatable). By defeating the sisters Kratos can control his own fate, not that of others. He is therefore granted the ability to save himself from being killed, but not his family. It may seem strange, but the writing in GoW II is pretty close to Greek mythology, and in that sense it makes, well, sense. I can agree that they could have conveyed how it happened in a different way, but that seems more like a design choice than actual writing. The problem (for Kratos) is that his fate is sealed the moment he is born, wich explains why we can hear the Fates speaking to him again towards the end of Gow III.
GoWIII: The gods have gone mad and so has Kratos. Kratos is an imminent threat to the whole of Olympus. In the end Kratos is freed from the madness (a moment of clarity) and may actually have changed his fate after all. GoW III really seems like the one that was the easiest to write, since it seems like you are traveling from boss to boss and are just mopping up the pantheon. It really feels like a last chapter.
I think it's OK for you to think the story is stupid, but it suits a game based on Greek mythology and makes sense in the context of it. A lot of what you guys found stupid seems to come down to how they visualized things like the time travels.
I would like to add that I think Kratos as a character is justified. I can also understand that some don't like him.
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I love the father/son dynamic in combat. I think i'st very well done.
Atreus <3
Really love the little run and sweep animation there for Atreus in gif 2.
All this GOW3 hate :(
It's weird but I feel like it had kind of a unique "Metroid-y" vibe for a lot of it. It was always dark and moody because Kratos was either in the underworld or it was storming on Olympus, it also became increasingly isolated as he killed more gods. That, and it had backtracking to old areas with new abilities. I got kind of giddy when I got those Metroid like moments like where I was able to fix the bridge I had went to earlier in the game with the newly acquired Nemesis Whip.
The comparison doesn't go that far but Metroid is my favorite series so I really dug that stuff. Also, the combat is the best in the series from what I've played (1-3 and Chains)
It's weird but I feel like it had kind of a unique "Metroid-y" vibe for a lot of it. It was always dark and moody because Kratos was either in the underworld or it was storming on Olympus, it also became increasingly isolated as he killed more gods. That, and it had backtracking to old areas with new abilities. I got kind of giddy when I got those Metroid like moments like where I was able to fix the bridge I had went to earlier in the game with the newly acquired Nemesis Whip.
The comparison doesn't go that far but Metroid is my favorite series so I really dug that stuff. Also, the combat is the best in the series from what I've played (1-3 and Chains)
More than 10 people have said that it looks like Ryse, i'm surprised that many people actually played Ryse.
Good write up. I didn't think you God Of War II in that way. That fits nicely with how Greeks viewed themselves.
I tend to finish a game then sell it while it still has a decent price then put the money towards the next one. Usually works out at about the price of a rental.
Means my game collection is pretty poor though. Right now I only own Yakuza 0, Kiwami and Witcher 3 this far into the generation!
Wait, the real one does this? Or did someone make a custom one with lights for themselves?
I think the stand can make it glow/light up. Im not 100% sure
There is a fiber optic panel in the front of it. Needless to say, I want that panel, lol.
Haha, I posted the same tweet in Sony first party thread. This looks gorgeous :O
If you liked that aspect in GOW III you'd probably dig Ascension. It does that and kicks it up several degrees.
You can like it all you want but the game has next to 0 replayability because of all that nonsense. They were smart with uncharted 4 at least and added not just a level select but an encounter select so you can really skip all that BS that exists to only pad the game's time. Hopefully god of war does this too if they really went and added all that crap or it'll be good for 1 playthrough and a quick return only.
We are now at the point of the thread, where 'replay ability' has entered the discourse in single player adventures. Passed off as objectivity in a subjective medium.
Fitting that GoW had an ad with Football, with all the goalposts being shifted around.
Still haven't decided, had a game for PS2 but never really played it.
One of the few times I'll have to rely on reviews I guess.
One of the few times I'll have to rely on reviews I guess.
Wow 25 min? 9 min took this page to 64 pages, 25 min will kill ERAs servers