Well yeah, the graphics are amazing. It's just those effects, like I said.
He doesn't care mate...
Well yeah, the graphics are amazing. It's just those effects, like I said.
Eh I disagree, I think all of the visual effects in GOW3 look great.
And even if you count the lightning as a negative, it still eats every other console game for lunch. It's just not better, it fucking obliterates everything around it.
You're welcome to disagree, but let be perfectly clear: I don't care.
sheeit I just made myself hype for this game, if only for the visuals
Yeah... How can the gameplay be more epic than GOW3's when he's not supposed to be a God or as raged as he was in the trilogy.
What is this???
It looks like it'll be next to GOW1 based on the description though.Just so things are clear. Look like the order (chronologically) the games are set is this, from "oldest" to "newest":
GOW: Ascension
GOW: CoO
GOW 1
GOW: Betrayal
GOW: GoS
GOW 2
GOW 3
There is no such game. I assume he's predicting a sequel to Ascension.
There is no such game. I assume he's predicting a sequel to Ascension.
i asked this in the other thread but when is the official reveal? We might get a few screenshots and/or a dev interview on the psblog
i asked this in the other thread but when is the official reveal? We might get a few screenshots and/or a dev interview on the psblog
It looks like it'll be next to GOW1 based on the description though.
It looks like it'll be next to GOW1 based on the description though.
I'm not interested in the timeline of this GOW, it's a massive bummer for me.
If they don't go onto the Norse and Egyptian gods then they should end it..
Pretty sure this will be a sequel
A new character? Unless it's set in the same universe (and that would be hard given the story arc) then it may as well be a new IP called something else. GoW and kratos go hand in hand.
glad this got leaked. leaked hard.
thats what you get for announcing a fucking announcement. no more cock-teases like that, please.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=438369Didn't go through the pages so I didn't see it, wish I knew how to make gifs. Great work.
that means pm me and tell me how
It wouldn't, but imo I don't really take the GoW fiction too seriously so if it was done right it would be awesome.Explain how that would make sense please.
The trailer shows Kratos "breaking" the chains (which were bestowed upon him by Ares). It also mentions the "blood oath" (when he swore his loyalty to Ares, in order to defeat the Barbarian King) to an "Unjust God" (Ares).
Chains Of Olympus is set during his 10 years of service to the Gods, after he has killed his wife and daughter and forsaken Ares.
Ascension is probably gonna tell that story.
"Join Kratos as he seeks freedom, redemption, and the clarity to avenge his family in the most ambitious God of War adventure in the series so far."
Um excuse yourself, has Master Chief ever ripped the head off a god with his bare hands ... and proceed to use it as a HEAD LIGHT?
NO.
Didn't think so.
glad this got leaked. leaked hard.
thats what you get for announcing a fucking announcement. no more cock-teases like that, please.
Did you guys not read the Amazon description?
Unless Amazon fucked up, that sounds very God of War 1.
Then there's the whole "WILL VENGEANCE BRING REDEMPTION". Sounds like vengeance is another theme in this game.
Did you guys not read the Amazon description?
Unless Amazon fucked up, that sounds very God of War 1.
Then there's the whole "WILL VENGEANCE BRING REDEMPTION". Sounds like vengeance is another theme in this game.
They didn't announce anything, they teased it. An announcement would have been a sony press release stating that on the 19th they would reveal a big game.
glad this got leaked. leaked hard.
thats what you get for announcing a fucking announcement. no more cock-teases like that, please.
I dont get this argument, do you just want to wake up one day and see random news appear?
I dont get this argument, do you just want to wake up one day and see random news appear?
At least this way you know something is coming and hype is build
You don't get that people like surprises?
Ugh, I'm tired of this bullshit whining many people are doing over Kratos' character, Kratos still being the main character, and the setting still being greek mythology.
Spoilers may follow for GoW1-3:
Lets get something straight. Kratos was always, always a rage filled violent guy. He was born in a society where they throw babies away at the slightest detection of deformity. He was brought up as a warrior. And long before Ares, he was rampaging and conquering shit everywhere. He is not a nice guy, he is not meant to have popular redeeming qualities. He wants to win everything. He is just a rage filled killing machine, the ultimate badass. And that is how the developers designed him. From the very first game you could kill anything in your way, including killing innocent people for health orbs.
As Ares said, the only thing holding Kratos back from becoming even greater was his family. Then Ares took that away by placing his family in a village that Kratos was told to attack. At his point, when he looses his family, Kratos realizes the wrongs he had been doing, but by that time its too late for redemption/change in character. He already lost all he had to lose, his only chance to be a good person. Athena comes along and promises/implies that she can get rid of his misery over this loss, if he kills Ares. So Kratos focuses even greater rage and conviction against the god of war. He completes his mission, and Athena (being a dick) backtracks out of her promise. Kratos is still miserable, so he goes to kill himself. Athena, being a dick again, doesn't let him and places him on the throne as new god of war, at least playing to the side of him that loves power/conquest.
God of War 2 and Kratos is still miserable, the other gods don't welcome him well, and he's got nothing to do. So he goes back to his old ways, the one thing he's good at, waging war. Zeus comes along, takes away his power (denying him as a god), and then kills him. At this point Zeus was already being affected by fear released from Pandora's box. Enter Gaia, and she doesn't let Kratos die, and encourages him to fight back and seek revenge. Seems like good enough motivation to me. Remember, Zeus also raped his mother (probably). At this point Kratos isn't fighting for his family anymore, in fact I don't think they are mentioned in GoW 2 or 3 (except for when he mistakes Pandora for Caliope). So Kratos meets Zeus, can't win, gets the titans to help.
God of War 3 is just continuation of his revenge against Zeus. He doesn't care for the other people, but will kill them if they get in his way, which they do. I see nothing wrong with story or character here, both are consistent. Also to note is that if Kratos didn't take on the Gods at all, the infection of Pandora's box's evils would take over Olympus and screw everyone anyways, including mortals probably. And in the end, Kratos releases hope into the world, all good.
As for the setting, well no that wouldn't work. Greek mythology is one of the roots of the series, going anywhere else would be 'jumping the shark'. There would be a disconnect between setting and character. Make a different game for different mythology if need be. I'm not even sure that there is a notorious god of war in Egyptian mythos. The greek settings and creatures have been spectacular in every game.
Even though I love Greek mythology (I'm Greek), and will probably always be my favorite "arc" of this franchise, whatever happens, I still disagree. God of War isn't about the God of War anymore. It's a whole franchise that can explore different mythologies, and kind of intertwine them in a way. If Sony wants to keep the franchise going, they're going to have to bail out of the Greek boat, and go with something new. Look at every other franchise out there that finished their trilogies; they're all moving on.
Only Bioware is at a dead end with Mass Effect, because they fucked themselves over with that ending.