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zswordsman

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Nov 5, 2017
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Not really feeling it. It just kind of looks like a fan made AMV where the song doesn't really flow with the action being shown. The complete opposite would be the .2 Aqua Intro, the music just fits and works with whats being shown on screen. This video just doesn't do it for me :/

Waiting on some fan nerd to edit out the song with an old one.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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I started watching this and stopped after like 10 seconds.

The game comes out in like 1.5 months. The opening video should be experienced the first time you play the game. I'm not sure why they would release this ahead of time.
Yeah who the fuck releases promotional material for a high budget video game

On that note why do games have cover art that's anything but the title logo

God of War was ruined for me when I was told against my will that there is a snowy environment at some point in the game. I'll never live it down.
 

Lakuza

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Oct 25, 2017
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Really weird opening to me.
The music doesn't really hit a peak or the energy that previous songs did, but worse than that the actual animations were not in sync at all. usually the openings are really well edited with the song itself, this felt like the animation was done way before even a prototype of the song was available.

If the editing and animation was in sync with the music, I would probably have been open to the music choice but nothing here mixes together.

A real shame, I can still go back to old openings and enjoy both the song and the animation+editing, I probably won't ever watch this one again besides watching it when starting the game :(
 

The Last One

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Oct 25, 2017
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Really weird opening to me.
The music doesn't really hit a peak or the energy that previous songs did, but worse than that the actual animations were not in sync at all. usually the openings are really well edited with the song itself, this felt like the animation was done way before even a prototype of the song was available.

If the editing and animation was in sync with the music, I would probably have been open to the music choice but nothing here mixes together.

A real shame, I can still go back to old openings and enjoy both the song and the animation+editing, I probably won't ever watch this one again besides watching it when starting the game :(

This is an edited portion of the opening. Not the whole thing.
 

sigma722

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Oct 26, 2017
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Really weird opening to me.
The music doesn't really hit a peak or the energy that previous songs did, but worse than that the actual animations were not in sync at all. usually the openings are really well edited with the song itself, this felt like the animation was done way before even a prototype of the song was available.

It's probably because this isn't the opening, but the trailer for the opening.
 

Eintopf

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Jul 8, 2018
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Really weird opening to me.
The music doesn't really hit a peak or the energy that previous songs did, but worse than that the actual animations were not in sync at all. usually the openings are really well edited with the song itself, this felt like the animation was done way before even a prototype of the song was available.

If the editing and animation was in sync with the music, I would probably have been open to the music choice but nothing here mixes together.

A real shame, I can still go back to old openings and enjoy both the song and the animation+editing, I probably won't ever watch this one again besides watching it when starting the game :(
It's not in sync with the music because it's not the full opening; it's just a trailer for the opening.
 

Lakuza

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Oct 25, 2017
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It's not in sync with the music because it's not the full opening; it's just a trailer for the opening.
ah ok, that makes a lot of sense then. Thanks for the correction.

EDIT: oh, only get an alert for the last reply, thanks to all the above replies too on the correction XD
 

DarKaoZ

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Oct 25, 2017
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Really weird opening to me.
The music doesn't really hit a peak or the energy that previous songs did, but worse than that the actual animations were not in sync at all. usually the openings are really well edited with the song itself, this felt like the animation was done way before even a prototype of the song was available.

If the editing and animation was in sync with the music, I would probably have been open to the music choice but nothing here mixes together.

A real shame, I can still go back to old openings and enjoy both the song and the animation+editing, I probably won't ever watch this one again besides watching it when starting the game :(

I understand this perfectly, it felt weird and the funny thing is that the solution was really simple, just move the track a few seconds after and everything starts to sync better. That is what I did in my edit:


Like others said, its a Trailer of the OP, but they could have done better IMO lol
 

ZeroDS

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Oct 29, 2017
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Why does it seem people think this is the whole thing? This is a cut down version of the full opening for the game.
 

Saad

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Oct 27, 2017
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What a lovely song! i listened to the extra 5 seconds from utada's website and it sounds like a banger.
2 original utada hikaru's songs! who would've imagined lmao
 

Nax

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Oct 10, 2018
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Yeah who the fuck releases promotional material for a high budget video game

On that note why do games have cover art that's anything but the title logo

God of War was ruined for me when I was told against my will that there is a snowy environment at some point in the game. I'll never live it down.
Thanks for the pointless sarcastic response. Plenty of other ways to advertise the game.
 

Viale

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Oct 25, 2017
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Man, every time I listen to the song, I like it notably more. Just listened to the extra five second version, and it sounds like it's gonna be great. I just want to hear the full version dang it.
 

Xenosaga

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Oct 27, 2017
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Man, every time I listen to the song, I like it notably more. Just listened to the extra five second version, and it sounds like it's gonna be great. I just want to hear the full version dang it.
yeah that extra few seconds makes huge impression on the overall song. I can't wait to listen to the full version.
 

CrazyAznKT

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Nov 8, 2017
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Man, every time I listen to the song, I like it notably more. Just listened to the extra five second version, and it sounds like it's gonna be great. I just want to hear the full version dang it.
I'm sorry if this has been asked a bunch but I skimmed back a few pages and couldn't find it, where's this version that's five seconds longer?
 

Lakuza

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Oct 25, 2017
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I understand this perfectly, it felt weird and the funny thing is that the solution was really simple, just move the track a few seconds after and everything starts to sync better. That is what I did in my edit:


Like others said, its a Trailer of the OP, but they could have done better IMO lol

oh that works a ton better :O
 

DarkChronic

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Oct 27, 2017
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What is everyone using a lore recap? Yeah, yeah, I know, spare me the jokes, I know the lore is silly, I still have fun with it.

I'm thinking of watching that massive "timeline" project on Youtube but that could take a while. Anyone been watching that?
 
Oct 25, 2017
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I'm sorry if this has been asked a bunch but I skimmed back a few pages and couldn't find it, where's this version that's five seconds longer?

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Lakuza

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Listen to this on repeat with headphones.
Two hours later come here and tell as how you feel :P
The editing done on the video plays a huge role on the quality of the song

I listened to this version with good headphones for an hour straight...
I'm starting to like it XD
Without the context of kh, no visuals etc and just listening to the song whilst working its definitely growing on me now.
The Japanese lyrics flow so well.

this page pretty much has my entire journey of seeing the trailer for the first time and hating it, to now likng it a bit lol