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God of War details, in-depth RPG systems, No load screens, plus more
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Supermanisdead
Member
Where the hell is the hit counter??????????? I can't deal with the camera. I need my fixed camera and hit counter and nonstop combo mess.
GIANKRATOS
Member
Sure.
Looks like a fairy
Huh? Some regular sized grunt enemies also had optional kill finishers in GoW (at least in GoW3 and Ascension). What makes you think you can't kill enemies here without doing visceral kills? He only fights like 2 grunts and he did the cinematic kill finishers because it's cool looking.
I think you're taking this demo a bit too literal. That part was most likely just a demo thing or a specific cinematic finisher for that story section.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
GIANKRATOS
Member
Is there a gamersyde video to download?
I'm disappointed that they moved on from everything that I enjoyed about God of War, including the voice actor. They should have just started a new IP instead of keeping Dadtos around for the brand recognition if they wanted to go in the same direction as the rest of the industry.
More_Badass
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if the game just zooms in on the weapon rather than opening a separate menu
velociraptor
Junior Member
The camera should be like Darksiders 2, not 3rd person over the shoulder.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Yeah, It's still not perfect quality but it's pretty
All gone, at least the camera for sure.
Can't say I miss them after all I've seen. Love the GoW series but the gameplay was getting stale after so many games with the same mechanics. This looks like a certified epic refresh.
GIANKRATOS
Member
Yeah, fairies are very common in Norse Myth.
Can anyone gif the part where the boy uses the Lightning attack?
After someone suggested the Lightning was coming from the kid it got me thinking...This is the most common depiction of Thor in Norse Myth
The Lightning stuff "could" be coincidence and I'm just guessing since we have very little info but I also noticed that the Boy has red hair which is also a common trait of Thor in Norse mythology (not the blonde from Marvel stuff)
Kratos was made a God at the end of the first game, and while much of his powers were stripped he still would have been considered a God/Demi God through the series due to Zeus being his father.
If the kids mother was a goddess it's possible their child would be a god or Demi God also.
Callibretto
Member
yeah, in easy allies stream huber mention that you can explore the opening intro and discover material for crafting as well as weapon runes, which I assume is what used to upgrade your weapon.
it's not like Kratos is crafting hand grenades or medkits. I assume he's crafting weapon/armor. it's more like Witcher than TLOU that way.
Omnistalgic
Member
The heck? Crafting has been in a ton of games before and after TLoU. Balrog did say it will have RPG elements. Makes the weapons more personal for me. Despite so many other weapons on previous games, nothing ever felt as good as the blades. I think focusing on a small few weapons and upgrading them is the right way to go.
Man...can we get more info on this game!
We don't know this. I myself am making assumptions.
I mean, crafting weapons would be awesome, too! I'm just not feeling good about the direction of combat.
Omnistalgic
Member
That sounds dope...Cory take notes, you've just found a great design choice if the team wasn't already thinking of it.
So 2 project team now no?
SSM works on many different projects with many devs,
But they are only working on one major game.
Omnistalgic
Member
Hit counter might still be in I'm hoping for it, game seems to play kinda like a hybrid souls game. Countering actually seems like an easy way to make the combat more user focused with the current camera angle. Plus they should bring back that little time slowdown when you get a perfect counter.
Interested in seeing now the combat engine is detailed.
Interested in seeing now the combat engine is detailed.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but here is some info:
- Egypt and Norse were a tie, Norse won because it was less lively (in terms of civilization) and they wanted Kratos to live alone. It plays before Vikings.
- language is swedish and Kratos doesn't speak it, that's why he doesn't understand the troll
- Cory Balrog never liked QTE's, no QTE's beside pressing a button repeatedly
- 3 years in development
Edit: - son is being prepared for something.
- Egypt and Norse were a tie, Norse won because it was less lively (in terms of civilization) and they wanted Kratos to live alone. It plays before Vikings.
- language is swedish and Kratos doesn't speak it, that's why he doesn't understand the troll
- Cory Balrog never liked QTE's, no QTE's beside pressing a button repeatedly
- 3 years in development
Edit: - son is being prepared for something.
The worst kind of QTE though
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Well, if they look at Uncharted 4 there should be an option to just hold the button.
Source?
As a swede even I can't really make out what the troll says lol
Sounds like there'll be less QTEs this time around which I don't mind as long as the kill finishers are still in.
NullPointer
Member
This game could end up taking control away from the player every bit as much. You can see plenty of that on-again off-again interactivity in the demo.
Watching through the demo again is selling me more on the game concept though. I just hope the narrative bits and walking don't dilute the action like some other games I can think of.
Cinematic kills were all over the trailer.
BewilderedDragoon
Member
That troll takedown looked pretty cinematic to me.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQalTDT5Yg it's german though. Maybe he misunderstood something and the folk there speak swedish but the troll didn't.
Great post! Really cool little details.
MegaSackman
Member
I watched the Play livestream last night and he said that the troll spoke ancient norse and Kratos couldn't understand him but the kid can. That's what I understood.
That makes more sense, Huber from Easy Allies said that Barlog told him that Trolls and other factions/tribes had their own language so.
GIANKRATOS
Member
Yeah, fairies are very common in Norse Myth.
Can anyone gif the part where the boy uses the Lightning attack?
After someone suggested the Lightning was coming from the kid it got me thinking...This is the most common depiction of Thor in Norse Myth
The Lightning stuff "could" be coincidence and I'm just guessing since we have very little info but I also noticed that the Boy has red hair which is also a common trait of Thor in Norse mythology (not the blonde from Marvel stuff)
Kratos was made a God at the end of the first game, and while much of his powers were stripped he still would have been considered a God/Demi God through the series due to Zeus being his father.
If the kids mother was a goddess it's possible their child would be a god or Demi God also.
Do we have the common depiction of other Norse God? Possibly female?
The Cretan
Member
Vikings appeared at the late 8th century AD, so the language the troll speaks must have been proto-norse language or old norse language.
edit: it could be proto-germanic, too.
Chris Metal
Member
Loved everything I saw, really enjoy the GoW series but after so many titles the same game formula has gotten really stale, especially coming from Ascension it needed evolution and changing up. This showed it has kept the key elements of combat while also introducing some interesting ideas and mechanics... At least Kratos doesn't seem so dull anymore as a character, we'll see where that goes however as it is a little too early to tell. I'm part Norwegian and Norse mythology has always hit home for me, so glad it went this way, Egyptian was my second choice though.
.Frigg- Goddess of Marriage and Motherhood. (Odin's wife) She is the one sitting.
Hlín- Goddess consolation and protection. She is also Frigg's protector. (She is the one standing.
Iðunn- Goddess of Youth
Jörð- Goddess of Earth
Elli- Goddess of old age
Gefjun- Goddess of Fertility and Plough
Ran-Goddess of the Sea
Mac the KNife
Member
But is there a button where, if pressed, Kratos yells "BY MY TROTH"?
Because, if not, huge missed opportunity.
Because, if not, huge missed opportunity.
Yes,
As some examples you have Freya which would be the goddess of love, sex, beauty. Equal to Aphrodite in Greek
You have Hel who is the goddess of the underworld and is also Lokis daughter and a giant. Akin to Hades
And Frigg who is Odins wife which would make her akin to Hera in Greek myth
I mentioned it before but I'm going to do a post after E3 is over about Norse Myth and how it might translate into the new setting for God of war.
GIANKRATOS
Member
Thanks to bothSo who do you think is the mother?
That's difficult to predict IF the boy is Thor because Thor is a son of Odin in Norse myth. The Norse god of hunting is a man unlike Greek which is female (Artemis) so Kratos asking if his mother taught him to hunt is probably not a clue.
Thors wife was named Sif who was the goddess of harvest
But with him (possibly) being the kid obviously he's not going to have a wife so it could be her.
If you don't fight Odin how will you get Gungnir? and you will...
