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God of War wins TGA's Game of the Year award!
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If you feel the game is worst for rushing it, then don't you(to some degree)think that the lengthier time spent then is for the better? I'll agree its a bit too much, but its also not without merit.
For reference, I'm not saying the entire game should have been cut down to only 5 hours. I'm only talking about cutscenes, characters talking etc. being cut to 5. If that wasn't doable, then we wouldn't have movies.
I wouldn't really say snakey or
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Which is inherintetly fine, the main point is a Boy and his Kratos, but we really couldn't have gotten anything about Faye beyond she was cool? 2 is clearly going to focus on her more, but she's still relevant enough to the current events that some time should been spent on her. On the other hand you have Alfheim which goes absolutely nowhere. To some degree their hands were tied as a result of content being cut, but if your doing that, also cut out the residual plot setups.
Similiary Boy's god arc didn't really end up mattering since he just ended up being the same after as he was before. A good chunk of it happened while other stuff was as well, but that stuff was Magni and Modi which were kind of filler outside the boss fight. If you take these ,Alfheim and random blatant filler like the elevator not working and do you see where my 5 hour comment comes in?
Full fledge fist/knuckle weapon a-la Cestus for more faster stun & combos.
Well Boy does actually say "watch out" and other helpful hints as enemies attack and you can turn the indicators off if you want, so.....
Juggling animation is pretty standard stuff, many games do exactly the same, so it's not like God of War is doing anything super lazy in that regard when most games do that too.
For me and many others, it was a non issue and felt and looked fine, it's a nit pick at best really.
but .. it .. does ...
including a hype-enducing post-credits style stinger teasing a sequel if you go back to the cabin.
Christopher Judge wasn't even the best performance in God of War. Sunny Suljic deserves an accolade for his performance as Atreus.
Playing it now and the game is a masterpiece. Well deserved! The change from previous god of war was needed and the developers of this game executed it perfectly. Looking at how halo, gears of war, Mario, and so on has stick to a same formula with little success. They can definitely learn from god of war directors!
That's my problem. There's so many cliffhangers with the whole prophecy that's introduced to you in the final 5 minutes. I felt like they spent too much time setting up the next games and not delivering on the first.
It's okay to set things off up and craft a world but it felt like I was playing Batman V Superman with how much they teased and never showed. I would rather have a game tell a complete story and then expand on it with the sequel.
Think Toy Story 1-2-3 and not LoTR.
Okay people need to start saying whether they're being sarcastic or not cause I can't tell anymore.
Edit: also if RDR2 influences gameplay in future games then I might have to change hobbies cause the gameplay in RDR2 was absolute dogshit.
Cory himself said he wanted it close but not as close as it was in the game because he thought the combat wouldn't work, yet the combat team themselves zoomed it even further than Cory wanted.
Game works perfectly with the camera and provides tons of cues if you pay attention.
I think the best point of comparison to another piece of media would be Better Call Saul. I think quality wise its pretty close to Breaking Bad, but I fully understand why some people don't. There's an undeniable removal of the "danger" and intensisty BB had and in a lot of ways, it feels like its just going through the motions. I enjoy it, but I wouldn't even blame somebody for feeling its bad. They're not at all wrong.
100% deserved. It's nice that the best game actually won this time. Not only is it clearly the best game of 2018, it may well be the best game of this generation.
What a legendary night yesterday was. I still haven't recovered from this.
So fucking happy for Santa Monica, Sony and everyone involved in this 5 year project.
Game of the Year, boy.
So fucking happy for Santa Monica, Sony and everyone involved in this 5 year project.
Game of the Year, boy.
These gifs are life.
Even if seeing Kratos smile still feels very wrong.
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Went to bed, woke up the next day and... man it still feels so good. Sony Santa Monica Studio deserved this so damn much!
Canceled AAA game, had to reboot the studio, Sony recommended them to make a new IP, Shannon had to search after a new creative director and got Cory back.....and at the end of 2018: Sony Santa Monica Studio is the Studio of the Year and won one Game of the Year award after another.
A true feel good story. Congrats again, SSM :) You deserves this. The better game won.
Canceled AAA game, had to reboot the studio, Sony recommended them to make a new IP, Shannon had to search after a new creative director and got Cory back.....and at the end of 2018: Sony Santa Monica Studio is the Studio of the Year and won one Game of the Year award after another.
A true feel good story. Congrats again, SSM :) You deserves this. The better game won.
Yep. It was the perfect happy ending for the show :)
Happy with this choice.
So far its my GotY, too. But I'm not done with RDR2 yet.
Either way, very deserved.
So far its my GotY, too. But I'm not done with RDR2 yet.
Either way, very deserved.
Oh man, old man Kratos NEEDS a beard. God damn. Scary looking!
I really need to finish GOW to see what the fuss is about, I got to past the lake but got pissed off with all the menus and options and have not played it since. The earlier God of wars has about as much weapon and combat customisation and stuff as I can handle.
But if it has won GOTY it must be fucking amazing the rest of it, or it better be, because apart from clumsy controls RDR2s story and everything was fucking amazing.
But if it has won GOTY it must be fucking amazing the rest of it, or it better be, because apart from clumsy controls RDR2s story and everything was fucking amazing.
It should have been Celeste!! But well done to SSM. I definitely had a fun time with GoW but I'll repeat myself and say I still prefer GoW 1/2/3.
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Right? :) Feel good story all around.What a legendary night yesterday was. I still haven't recovered from this.
So fucking happy for Santa Monica, Sony and everyone involved in this 5 year project.
Game of the Year, boy.
Haven't played neither RDR2 or GoW but reading the amount of issues that RDR2 has in terms of gameplay, I'm just glad that GoW ended up winning instead. Hope this serves as a sort of wake up call to the R* gameplay team so they can get their shit together on their next game with tighter and more intuitive controls.
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Arthur Morgan has some fucking amazing scenes in the last 2 chapters. Both the voice acting and what is shown on screen has so much incredible depth. This was not a category to say was robbed if Arthur's voice won.
To be fair, as good as God of War 3 was, it didn't really come close to OG Red Dead.
You're not alone. I never finished it for the same reason.
If you're looking for a boat then god of war is just the game for you. The lake of nine awaits!
I wish I was signed up when this happened! So jealous.Plenty of God of War hype ferries you can take. ;)
I'm glad RDR2 didn't win. It's impressive on a technical level, but I felt everything else was lacking. Story and missions don't get interesting until maybe halfway through the game. Even then, the controls, gameplay and lag suck ass. Arthur takes forever to do what I fucking tell him to do.
Great moment and great choice.
Its been another stellar gaming year....
I also love (still loving) RDR2, it's an amazing bar setting game in many, many ways...but GOW did something really special and imo put SSM back on top of the Sony studio throne.....
Its been another stellar gaming year....
I also love (still loving) RDR2, it's an amazing bar setting game in many, many ways...but GOW did something really special and imo put SSM back on top of the Sony studio throne.....
Not gonna happen. They sold a billion copies, so they don't give a shit.
Oh the salt XD
OT: Totally deserved. And againts RDR2 as well, people thought they didn't have a chance
