Is God of War the new Soulsborne?

[ViviOggi]

I've been thinking and, while the game certainly stands tall on its own, with the right strategy SSM could really spin this into the next big ARPG phenomenon.
The sense of exploration, looping level design and varied locales are just exquisite, secrets and environmental storytelling can be found in every nook and cranny and to be honest the combat is overall better than Soulsborne's already. I'm not sure that certain features such as a PvP component would work as well in the GoW context, singular protagonist and all, but then again the expertly crafted narrative could make up for that.

What do you think?

 

[Deleted member 25108]

No.

 

[Poutine Runner 2049]

Yes

 

[Deleted member 39587]

No.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

okay we gotta stop now

 

[EnricoMcPortland]

Nope

 

[Cybersai]

So God of War is now the new Resident Evil 4, Zelda, and now Soulsborne?

Man, so many God of War threads. What's next, God of War is the new Final Fantasy?

 

[ABK281]

No.

 

[Myopinionssuck]

It's better

 

[Deleted member 29682]

What is even going on tonight?

 

[Deleted member 34788]

No.

God no.

 

[sinonobu]

okay we gotta stop now

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I agree

 

[Ploid 6.0]

It's the new God of War.

 

[Escalario]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA holy shit my poor sides.

 

[Linus815]

God of War is the new Forza

 

[Charamiwa]

Aaaaand we're done

 

[Bran Van]

Sure why not

Not everyone needs their own thread :)

 

[Loveless]

No.

 

[Raonak]

GOW is Darksiders perfected.

 

[KillLaCam]

Noooo oh God no. I've never winced from reading text before now.

 

[Deleted member 39587]

Is God of War the new Godus?
Is God of War the new Metroid?
Is God of War the new Halo?
Is God of War the Dark Souls of videogames?

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Not even close.

 

[More Human than Human]

Its much better.

 

[Deleted member 8196]

What.

Just no and stop with this nonsense.
GoW didnt create a new subgenre, it's still an action/adventure.

 

[Kevers]

okay we gotta stop now

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[BossAttack]

No.

 

[Phendrift]

A screenshot of ERA's first page right now could be a meme

 

[Shelbyville Milhouse]

I AM THE ONLY SOULSBORNE

 

[Based0ne]

It's God of War with refined elements from many games.

 

[echoshifting]

It is its own thing, it feels like its own thing, and we can only hope it stays that way.

 

[sambills]

No, once you get deeper into the progression

Spoiler: MAJOR SPOILER

get the blades of chaos

you realize how different it is from a soulsbourne game

 

[Spiderman]

Pls stop

 

[Deleted member 198]

You mean by people making constant threads begging for every game to copy it in an obnoxious manner? Yeah.

 

[ghostcrew]

Is God of War the new Dota 2?

Fans of Space Station Silicon Valley should check out God of War

Etc
Etc
Etc

Can we stahhhp

 

[KarmaCow]

It hasn't even been a full three days. Chill.

 

[Crayon]

God of War poisoning.

 

[Puffy]

I do like the combat better than bloodborne. I didn't want to say anything. Thought it may have been perceived as blasphemous.

 

[Hong]

Hell no.

 

[Charamiwa]

A screenshot of ERA's first page right now could be a meme

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Cltrl+f gives me 10 results.

 

[Kouriozan]

The God of War of Dark Soul, I want to see it.

 

[LightKiosk]

okay we gotta stop now

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[Dullahan]

 

[echoshifting]

God of War poisoning.

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od of War

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

lmao

 

[III-V]

WTH is happening here

 

[Deleted member 11262]

LMAO

Ok, this is getting silly now. How long will this go on?

 

[Revolsin]

Souls games are a lot more than their individual elements.

Stuff like the very unique method of storytelling where they tell you basically nothing, the very brutal nature of gameplay in general where it feels like you could die at a moment's notice from the smallest error, and that death is a constant fear, a world that feels dead and yet full of despair at every corner.

Stuff like that, and quite a bit more combines together to make a cohesive whole that's a 'Souls' game. Hard to say GoW really fits the category.

 

[Nameless]

I enjoy the combat but let's not go crazy here.

 

[Ploid 6.0]

They just seem like different games. I want to play GOW, watching Angry Joe and Grimmz try a challenge room for 1hr+ made me want to play it even more. Both different challenge rooms, Angry Joe was the hour +, don't know how long Grimmz took. Both displayed high end skill at the end, though Angry Joe more. Grimmz felt it had to cheese due to the circumstance.

 

[Kevers]

There's a line and we have crossed it.