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God of War: Ascension (PS3, Series Prequel) - Live stream 8AM PST 4/30

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Loudninja

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Meisadragon said:
I think I'm pretty much desensitized to gore in video games. I don't really think what we're seeing here is extreme or anything, but I can understand if people find it gross. It's going to get an A rating anyway so I feel they should go all out with the gore. I'd even go as far as to say that it defines this franchise.
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What are you talking about?
 
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Irish

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Akainu said:
The more I look at it the more I wonder if it even has a skull. It mouth shouldn't flap around like that even if the jaw was cut if half should it? And it's lip is really flappy.
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Now that you mention it, the actual bone-looking part doesn't move nearly as much as the more fleshy stuff. Nice little detail.
 
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demigod

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Meisadragon said:
I think I'm pretty much desensitized to gore in video games. I don't really think what we're seeing here is extreme or anything, but I can understand if people find it gross. It's going to get an A rating anyway so I feel they should go all out with the gore. I'd even go as far as to say that it defines this franchise.
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If you knew anything about REMEMBER CITADEL, you'd know that he's trolling. Let's just say he likes Milo.
 
PLASTICA-MAN

PLASTICA-MAN

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They should have released the entire demo video that lured the journalists into thinking that the multiplayer character is Kratos but wasn't. In the live Stream, he played a full video, Sony should release it.
 
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rdrr gnr

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KingK said:
Why don't they ever release entire, uncut gameplay demos? I want to see how an entire match plays out.
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Most people find those boring; they function as bad marketing. I personally love uncut videos like those, but I make due with what I can get.
 
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Loudninja

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single player
"Kratos will not be yelling this whole game," Papy laughs. "I mean, he's not going to be Emo Kratos or go and give everyone a hug or flowers. He's still an anti-hero in many ways, but it was one of those things where we give people a look at his human side so fans can relate to him better and understand some of the stuff he went through when he was younger."

But will Kratos eventually find himself covered in the ash of his past, a look he was cursed to wear after selling his soul in the first God of War? Papy and Co. shrug their shoulders when I ask, donning devilish smirks.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/god-of-war-ascension-multiplayer/

I think we going to see flashback gameplay.
 
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Himself

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gibration said:
What a shitty multiplayer reveal. We only get one video with gameplay footage which doesn't even show how it plays.
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Basically. So a teaser MP trailer released a couple weeks after a teaser trailer. Hype deflated. All I needed to see was like 2 uninterrupted minutes of gameplay from the SP as the initial reveal and my head would have exploded.
 
mckmas8808

mckmas8808

Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
jett said:
I'm not gonna say I agree with you but you're an example of why this multiplayer reveal was really the wrong move. A lot of the fanbase was already down on the game because of the news that it's yet again another prequel in the series and will be retreading a lot of the same old-ass themes we know. And the next announcement is multiplayer? Shoulda shown single-player footage.
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Disagree. SP footage for E3 is best.
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

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MuseManMike said:
Oh, without a doubt. Only Sony could fumble the marketing of such a beloved franchise in such a manner. I'm a huge fan of the series and even I'm put off.
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I'm not completely pessimistic about it, but everything about this reveal diminishes my confidence rather than increases it. It seems like they were well aware of the possible reception, but instead of acting more outwardly confident about the game to compensate, they let that uncertainty show.

mckmas8808 said:
Disagree. SP footage for E3 is best.
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Some of us don't care anymore about who "wins E3" because it's irrelevant at this point in the console cycle. We just want to see what we want to see, now. There's no rational reason to want E3 to be more exciting at the cost of having a poor game reveal right now.
 
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Chuck Norris

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Host Samurai said:
This is pretty meh to me. I feel if they wanted to make a MP GoW game they should have just made it a downloadable PSN game and sell it for $15/20.
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Why? It's not like you're going to be paying any extra for it on the disc, why would you want to have to pay for it as a separate product?
 
Robot Pants

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Himself said:
Basically. So a teaser MP trailer released a couple weeks after a teaser trailer. Hype deflated. All I needed to see was like 2 uninterrupted minutes of gameplay from the SP as the initial reveal and my head would have exploded.
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Exactly. I was pretty interested to see what this game was going to be about, and all I got was 30 seconds of MP footage on loop. I'm never going to touch this mode (MP will be baren in 3 months after release. You heard it here first), and with this game I'm sure it's just a way for them to sell an online pass. So my hype is deflated too.

When they show this before anything else, it says to me this is what they are most concerned about; getting MP into God of War somehow. I'm sure the SP will be above average and look great. I mean with the GoW formula, it takes effort to make a bad campaign, but I'm not as interested.
 
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PerZona

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SunhiLegend said:
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Oh my this gif is :O
 
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Endo Punk

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hey_it's_that_dog said:
Some of us don't care anymore about who "wins E3" because it's irrelevant at this point in the console cycle. We just want to see what we want to see, now. There's no rational reason to want E3 to be more exciting at the cost of having a poor game reveal right now.
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Its not even about E3 the information you should trickle out to keep the momentum going, that's what good marketing is. Im glad they decided to show the more experimental gameplay first because it will only get better from here on. And Im not saying the MP will be half arsed, I trust SSM to put 100% into everything in this game.
 
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Seventy_X_Seven

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If you count it as a new gameplay feature, I like how he said they're doing away with the buttons popping up over the monsters and finding a way to better visually communicate that with the player that blends in with the rest of the world.
 
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Loudninja

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Seventy_X_Seven said:
If you count it as a new gameplay feature, I like how he said they're doing away with the buttons popping up over the monsters and finding a way to better visually communicate that with the player that blends in with the rest of the world.
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That and new climbing system,revamped combat and weapon system we are looking at some big changes for this game.

Its odd to see people ignore this stuff.
 
mckmas8808

mckmas8808

Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
kuroshiki said:
I don't know about others,

but I don't give a shit what game developers think. It doesn't matter how much talk they do, it is end product that will speak for themselves.
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I care A LOT about what they think. Maybe listen to devs speak about their profession isn't for you.
 
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-viper-

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Loudninja said:
That and new climbing system,revamped combat and weapon system we are looking at some big changes for this game.

Its odd to see people ignore this stuff.
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QTEs are awesome. If they remove them then I'll be bitterly disappointed. God Of War games made the best use of the QTEs.

I don't want 'revamped' combat. I want 'improved combat'. But we'll see if the game is as fluid as Gow1/2/3.

I wonder how many clowns have complained about the Call Of Duty formula over the past 4 years? Every COD game has the exact same basic gameplay. Every Halo game has the exact same basic gameplay. Every FIFA game has the exact same basic gameplay.
 
mckmas8808

mckmas8808

Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
hey_it's_that_dog said:
Some of us don't care anymore about who "wins E3" because it's irrelevant at this point in the console cycle. We just want to see what we want to see, now. There's no rational reason to want E3 to be more exciting at the cost of having a poor game reveal right now.
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And you will see the game that you want to see at E3 more than likely. I mean really what's the big deal if you seen the SP portion today or at E3? And the MP reveal was poor in your mind. I think it was fine. I'd give it a C+.

Seriously are you now thinking about not buying the game when/if it comes out next March due to this reveal?
 
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Irish

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Honestly, I hope they keep the old climbing system for the SP portion. I personally believe it is much faster and feels a heck of whole lot better than the typical point to point system.
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
Loudninja said:
That and new climbing system,revamped combat and weapon system we are looking at some big changes for this game.

Its odd to see people ignore this stuff.
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People are ignoring this stuff because there's nothing to back it up yet. Devs will always talk about changes to games as though they are a big deal. Often they aren't very substantial. It's rational to be cautious and wait for more information before bothering to try discussing it.
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
mckmas8808 said:
And you will see the game that you want to see at E3 more than likely. I mean really what's the big deal if you seen the SP portion today or at E3? And the MP reveal was poor in your mind. I think it was fine. I'd give it a C+.

Seriously are you now thinking about not buying the game when/if it comes out next March due to this reveal?
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Wow a C+, what a great grade. A C+ is poor for a blockbuster tentpole franchise.

The big deal is that they teased the reveal, twice, over a few weeks, and then they didn't show anything I was interested in. I'm slightly annoyed. That's all.

I'll probably be buying this game no matter what, so my concern about the reveal has nothing to do with purchase intentions. I just want to see how much they're evolving the SP game so I know where to peg my enthusiasm.
 
Nizz

Nizz

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Loudninja said:
That and new climbing system,revamped combat and weapon system we are looking at some big changes for this game.

Its odd to see people ignore this stuff.
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This stuff sounds really good. I liked how speedy Kratos climbed in prior games but being that he's not the full blown Kratos yet in Ascension it seems like the new climbing system makes some sense.

I really wish we had gotten some SP footage, no matter how minimal. I was super excited when the game was announced. The first trailer was cool but I was anticipating seeing some footage of the game itself. While the MP footage still looked impressive to me I was expecting something else.

I'm still excited for the game though. I guess E3 it is...
 
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Loudninja

Member
-viper- said:
QTEs are awesome. If they remove them then I'll be bitterly disappointed. God Of War games made the best use of the QTEs.

I don't want 'revamped' combat. I want 'improved combat'. But we'll see if the game is as fluid as Gow1/2/3.

I wonder how many clowns have complained about the Call Of Duty formula over the past 4 years? Every COD game has the exact same basic gameplay. Every Halo game has the exact same basic gameplay. Every FIFA game has the exact same basic gameplay.
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They didn't say they removed them. :p
 
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Seventy_X_Seven

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Loudninja said:
Todd confirmed that their will be bigger creatures than the Cyclops in SP
https://twitter.com/#!/ToddPapy
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Didn't he already say the megaclops is like a baby brother to the biggest guys in the game during the live stream? Anyways good to get further confirmation, though I never suspected otherwise. Why would they want to reveal their biggest enemy first? They'll probably leave that one as a secret throughout the entire marketing stretch.
 
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Loudninja

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Seventy_X_Seven said:
Didn't he already say the megaclops is like a baby brother to the biggest guys in the game during the live stream? Anyways good to get further confirmation, though I never suspected otherwise. Why would they want to reveal their biggest enemy first? They'll probably leave that one as a secret throughout the entire marketing stretch.
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Yeah you right, i also like the fact that the cyclops in multiplayer wont be in sp.

I keep forgetting its name :p

Its going to be more colorful than Gow 3,cant wait for Color of War!
 
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CorrisD

badchoiceboobies
Tom Penny said:
Really wish they didn't make the game gimmicky with MP and gore for shock value.
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Doesn't look like something we haven't seen in a GoW before, as games improve graphically so will the gore, especially one like GoW that really shoves it in your face.
I don't see a reason why when the SP is the same that they would leave such things out of MP.
 
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