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[dreamer3kx]

Game will be awesome like all of them, complaining about another great GOW game, Ill take even more.

 

[RockTurtle]

Even though I love GOW this feels underwhelming.

i felt just whelmed at this news

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

My hope is that you get to play Kratos and Deimos, having some epic co-op action!!

I have a feeling it would, especially the whole prequel and family business.

 

[Bebpo]

god of war is about being a raging, violent crazy person. kratos is quite honestly fairly extinguished as a character. i hope we get more media tomorrow becuz right now this teaser isn't getting me hyped at all.

And there's no reason why you couldn't have him reincarnated as an identical looking person in another place, another time.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Sounds like a prequel. Bummer

this

i was hopping something beyond Greek

 

[mysticwhip]

prequel? eeeeeeh hopefully the change shit up with the gameplay

 

[Huff]

Master Chief wasn't in Halo Reach actually.

You may not play as him, but John was at Reach. just sayin

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Kratos could very well be the single most unappealing, morally reprehensible character in all of videogaming.

and i honestly wouldn't have it any other way

 

[ultron87]

7) You'll fight a really cool very large boss, but when you actually break down it down, you're basically just hacking and slashing at his hand or some shit and some QTE's thrown in.

8) The first boss will be the best boss.

 

[Boogalogist]

Give us a cross play PS3/PSV multiplayer mode!!!

 

[Pachterballs]

trailer was very effective. I'm hyped. nice blood FX

 

[jett]

FWIW, they weren't mentioned in the GoW3 debut trailer.

They didn't have a logo of their own back then.

 

[Afrikan]

FWIW, they weren't mentioned in the GoW3 debut trailer.

besides the trailer does that blood spinning dropping bla bla thing....and SSM's logo intro does the same.....so yeah.

 

[AlphaTwo00]

very strange indeed

Don't want to jump the gun, but what if it's not Sony Santa Monica?

What if it's

Spoiler

Ninja Theory

?

OH MAN, THE LOLZ IN THE THREAD

 

[Mooreberg]

I haven't played Ghost of Sparta yet (still need to pick up the PS3 collection) but... well I guess anything that could be asked or told about Deimos would involve spoilers. I guess I can see them staying in the Greek mythology because of how much story has been built up at this point, but another perspective of it would have been good.

 

[MotionBlue]

Spoiler

Are you fucking kidding me? He kills the entire pantheon of Greek gods and throws the entire world into chaos and the devs think he should be rewarded? Bastard got what was coming to him.

Spoiler

He raged against the gods for what they did to him specifically, and in doing so killed a lot of people, yet freed them from the tyranny of the gods. "Rewarded" isn't necessary a good thing.

 

[crimzonflame]

You guys know nothing about the game and are already hating. lmao

 

[SmithnCo]

They had a perfect setup if he was supposed to turn into a Death-like character. Hopefully this has some fresh gameplay stuff.

 

[AAK]

A prequel huh? Well honestly that would be better than messing with the way GOW3 ended.

I'm interested solely because of the developer.

 

[jett]

And there's no reason why you couldn't have him reincarnated as an identical looking person in another place, another time.

Mhmmm.

 

[Papercuts]

How is it unnecessary? Does anyone care about the story in GoW? I'll just be glad that they don't have to tie up loose ends with this one.


The series is about savagery and spectacle, not story.

Well, GoW3 seemed to try and make you feel bad for Kratos with Pandora...it just failed terribly.

To me, God of War is playing someone with a ton of power while you rip all of the Gods a new asshole. They already milked the mythology, I really just wanted a new timeline and different gods to see. I feel like this is redundant either way, and my dislike for Kratos is just the cherry on top.

 

[Valnen]

Yes it could, but they'd just lose the face of the whole franchise.That's why they keep returning to Kratos. If fans would buy the game no matter what, I think they'd already move on.

It would be like if Nintendo decided to stop making Mario games with Mario in them. It just wouldn't work. Kratos is basically the Mario of Playstation.

 

[Kaako]

Owweeeeee dat leakage lol. Good stuff.

 

[Data West]

You guys know nothing about the game and are already hating. lmao

He's right. God of War 2 and 3 were drastically different from the first one. lmao

 

[Darknight]

Master Chief wasn't in Halo Reach actually.

Bad example I guess. Master Chief is a super soldier who has barely any personality and behind a mask. I'm sure their fans don't care who you play as since it doesn't matter.

GOW wouldn't be the same without the dramatic character we all know.

 

[Huff]

You guys know nothing about the game and are already hating. lmao

nerds. we're an angry bunch. like kratos

 

[Sidzed2]

The series is great, but could definitely use a shot in the arm to revitalise it; it appears that the story is taking the prequel route, so all that's left to hope for is that the game jazzes up the series' core gameplay in a meaningful way.

The prequel aspect doesn't really grab me, to be honest, but I will reserve judgment until more is known.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Kratos could very well be the single most unappealing, morally reprehensible character in all of videogaming.

I think you mean Nathan Drake

 

[injurai]

posted this in the other thread but after listening the that teaser again this is what I noticed.

A time before he become the monster "the ghost of sparta"... So pre GoW1...

A time before he was driven by rage, still driven by some form of madness...

A time when he breaks his promise?(couldn't make this one out) to an unjust god....

A time when he will no longer be bound in blood... Pre-deal with Ares? However he still has his blades.

 

[beast786]

And not one single fuck was given that day.

I'm so tired of GoW.

Enough fuck was given that you still clicked and posted o.


GOTY .

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

You guys know nothing about the game and are already hating. lmao

They are the minority. I can't wait for more GOW baby! Where is the trailer?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I'm wondering why they're calling it Ascension. Whose ascension is it?

 

[botty]

And here I was hoping for an epic Super Mario 4 vs God of War 4 vs Halo 4 @ e3.

 

[GameE]

I wonder if there will be screens tomorrow

 

[mjc]

I knew they'd be going with a prequel. It better be mind blowing or I'm out.

 

[- J - D -]

I'm still in, prequel or not.

 

[Deleted member 81567]

You see it's very hard where to go with Kratos next. Whatever happens will be a huge leap: forwards or backwards, depending on how they do it. They can switch mythologies, take on any religion (even though I find that silly) or even still focus on the Greeks.

That's why I think the next time we see Kratos "continuing" his storyline, it'll be a reboot. The prequel is just a last GOW game for the PS3's last hoorah.

 

[Haunted]

I liked GoW III. It had some really boring levels, but the highs that game hit were really high.


The whole first level and Kronos fight in particular were absolute standouts.

 

[Clevinger]

Bad example I guess. Master Chief is a super soldier who has barely any personality and behind a mask. I'm sure their fans don't care who you play as since it doesn't matter.

Kratos doesn't have any personality besides HULK SMASH. He doesn't have a mask and you see his actual face. I guess he has that going for him. He has a face.

 

[keltickennedy]

Don't want to jump the gun, but what if it's not Sony Santa Monica?

What if it's

Spoiler

Ninja Theory

?

OH MAN, THE LOLZ IN THE THREAD

I wouldn't bet on it. Kratos was still bald in the teaser. He didn't have a new stylish updated haircut.

HAHAHA!!

 

[Derrick01]

I'm wondering why they're calling it Ascension. Whose ascension is it?

Kratos. The trailer talks about before he became who he is so yeah...his "ascension".

Yeah it sounds boring I know.

 

[SweetTeddie]

I'm wondering why they're calling it Ascension. Whose ascension is it?

The ascension of Kratos' ANGER.

 

[matmanx1]

God of War 3 was awesome. It had some rough edges but the sheer spectacle of the game coupled with it's brutality and crazy high BA quotient makes it one of my favorite PS3 games. Of course I want another one. If you don't like it you don't have to buy it!

 

[Bebpo]

I'm wondering why they're calling it Ascension. Whose ascension is it?

To me ascension sounds like ascension to become a god, aka rise to become the god of war. But uh, that was GoW1. So who knows.

Maybe this is a remake of GoW1, lol.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

I really wish they introduced another main character.

Kratos' uber emo constant rage mode is starting to wear it's welcome.

All of his dialogue will include him yelling...at something. With rage. Having said that, gameplay should be fun as expected.

 

[Grymm]

The thing with prequels is you already know how they're gonna end.

 

[GeoramA]

Hope it actually has multiplayer, something like horde mode.

Never thought I'd say that, but it would be more interesting than the challenge stuff.

 

[thekonamicode]

Here's the idea I pitched to Sony.

Kratos wakes up in present day New York with no powers. He has to get part time jobs to earn enough money to buy them back, but he keeps getting fired from becoming outraged at customers.

Online pass enables access to the kart racing online multiplayer.

 

[Dr. Malik]

this is what I dont get, its after he kills his family? but isn't that GoW1?
I need footage

 

[apana]

Well the end of God of War 3 could be interpreted as a sort of

Spoiler

regeneration of the universe.