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[Laplasakos]

Let's hope not. I want them to fill us in whatever happened in between in this game. I do not want to see another game with Kratos.

I really can't understand people who say that they don't want God of War with Kratos. It's like saying they don't want a Mario game with Mario in it. If they remove Kratos they might as well kill the franchise. You can't really appreciate the God of War games if you don't like Kratos considering that his character not only drives the gameplay but also the story.

 

[velociraptor]

I really can't understand people who say that they don't want God of War with Kratos. It's like saying they don't want a Mario game with Mario in it. If they remove Kratos they might as well kill the franchise. You can't really appreciate the God of War games if you don't like Kratos considering that his character not only drives the gameplay but also the story.

I like Kratos, but we've seen far too many games with him as the protagonist.

I'd be fine if the next God of War game is Kratos' son but all grown up.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Question GAF........In the trailer Kratos looks at a vase with an image of old Kratos:

Then you hear in the trailer someone telling him he is a long way from home.

Is this a full reboot? Or did somehow greek mythology Kratos get sent here?

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Quickly thrown together idea for the OT banner to go with my subtitle suggestion

EDIT: Take 2 (man, I missed doing hands-on design work)

Yes!

 

[Mosse]

Question GAF........In the trailer Kratos looks at a vase with an image of old Kratos:



Then you hear in the trailer someone telling him he is a long way from home.

Is this a full reboot? Or did somehow greek mythology Kratos get sent here?

It's the same Kratos. The game is set many years after gow3

 

[ActWan]

EDIT: Take 2 (man, I missed doing hands-on design work)

Haha this is awesome!

 

[FalsettoVibe]

It's the same Kratos. The game is set many years after gow3

Sweet.....that should be interesting.

 

[jayu26]

God of War |OT| The Godfather

Quickly thrown together idea for the OT banner to go with my subtitle suggestion

EDIT: Take 2 (man, I missed doing hands-on design work)

This game is still 8-9 months away but I think we have important things about OT down.

 

[LightofRohan]

Quickly thrown together idea for the OT banner to go with my subtitle suggestion

EDIT: Take 2 (man, I missed doing hands-on design work)

I need a wallpaper of this! Awesome!

 

[Corpsepyre]

DEFINING THE NORSE DIRECTION: THE PROMISE OF ADVENTURE

Excellent article here. Thought of making a new thread, but we have a lot of GoW threads already. If someone wants to, go ahead. Great read here.

 

[strafer]

incredible banner

:

 

[Omnistalgic]

DEFINING THE NORSE DIRECTION: THE PROMISE OF ADVENTURE

Excellent article here. Thought of making a new thread, but we have a lot of GoW threads already. If someone wants to, go ahead. Great read here.

pretty dope stuff...I like the kids hair white in the original concept too. Hope it changes into that during the game.

 

[Mubrik]

i dont know if its been discussed to death but there's a helio's style head in the trailer,
hints that a lot of brutality from previous game might still remain

link is good but the image isn't showing up for some reason

 

[Shin-Ra]

They're still rendering some internal organs for beasts you can split open.

 

[ScaryShark]

i dont know if its been discussed to death but there's a helio's style head in the trailer,
hints that a lot of brutality from previous game might still remain

link is good but the image isn't showing up for some reason

One would only need to see the video they've released to see that the brutality is very much still there. To me it looks more brutal because of the way the camera is following the action.

 

[Mubrik]

They're still rendering some internal organs for beasts you can split open.

wooow.
i'm getting hyped again, so good.

if anyone could make a gif of the combo with his son at 2:17.
the camera angle makes the combat looks soooo good and visceral.

i really have no problem with the camera angle some people are having and as someone who has played GOW 1-3 even the psp version except gow ascension i am very excited for the story here.
and again i really think the camera angle gives them flexibility, they could draw it back a bit when fighting against multiple enemies (cant recall i think like 10 to 20 enemies on screen?), and also pull it close when fighting against a single strong enemy.
i mean come on, these are the guys that made GOW 1-3 and you couldn't even move the camera! and yet it was perfectly fine, i think its fair to trust em on this one.

i think the only thing that might suffer might be the speed/pacing (not sure how to word it) there's this speed in GOW games like during traversal and such where you could just get shit done quickly and stuff (might be cause of the one take vision barlog has) but not enough of the game has been shown so i wont judge yet.

there are already gif of it in the thread.

Here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=240574500&postcount=1054

so good.gif

 

[vivekTO]

wooow.
i'm getting hyped again, so good.

if anyone could make a gif of the combo with his son at 2:17.
the camera angle makes the combat looks soooo good and visceral

there are already gif of it in the thread.

Here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=240574500&postcount=1054

 

[adamsapple]

Do you guys think the Axe+shield is the only weapon in the game or will we get more ?

Axe looks cool and all but really slow, I prefer faster weapons with quicker mobility options in action games personally.

 

[Loudninja]

The merchant PS store ads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKpb_h13R4

https://www.facebook.com/PlayStation/videos/10212429966838261/

The Merchant has collected a few more #GodofWar items. Did you find all of them in the latest @PlayStation video? http://bit.ly/GoWMerch2

https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/887748365227704320

 

[Drencrom]

God of War |OT| The Godfather

This has to be the OT subtitle, I will lose all faith in GAF if isn't.

 

[fatherKratos]

I really can't understand people who say that they don't want God of War with Kratos. It's like saying they don't want a Mario game with Mario in it. If they remove Kratos they might as well kill the franchise. You can't really appreciate the God of War games if you don't like Kratos considering that his character not only drives the gameplay but also the story.

+1, can't imagine God of War without him or would not be much interested in something like GOW: The Lost Legacy(+ I love my avatar )

 

[bitbydeath]

This has to be the OT subtitle, I will lose all faith in GAF if isn't.

Agreed, I also look forward to the second OP, 'The Godfather Part II', we all know it's better.

 

[borges]

For me, God of war is BY FAAAR the best Playstation exclusive. Nothing comes even close. This games is going to be a masterpiece.

 

[manfestival]

here is to hoping that they dont try to make him too likable. I loved the old kratos cause he was a huge douchebag and catering to the whiners aint the way to go

 

[Loudninja]

First official Kratos figure for the game
https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/889177197780418561

 

[13ruce]

The box art looks pretty meh imo. But honestly game will probably make up for it.

 

[shockthrill]

I assume the kid doesn't know that Kratos killed his previous family

I can see that being a big reveal in the story where Loki spouts it out, causing a friction between Kratos and Atreus

 

[shockthrill]

 

[Shin-Ra]

Facially it actually looks like Nu-Kratos, which is a good start not always taken for granted.

I don't know how well NECA's pre-production samples usually compare to the final product, or even what price range they're in, though.

 

[shockthrill]

Do you guys think Athena will be scheming in this game against Kratos in some way?

 

[FelipeMGM]

Has this been shared before?

Cory talking how he already has the vision for multiple games in this new GoW saga:

Q - ''The way you talk about Kratos now, it's like the beginning of something. And clearly, the work that's gone into this game, to create such a bold new chapter for the character, presumably this can't be a one-shot deal for you and the game?''

CORY - ''For me, I am just trying to get this game done. But I will say that when I chose this story, I had chosen it because I already outlined and mapped out stories for multiple games. I have an arc in my head that goes well beyond this game and everything that we are doing in God of War, to me, is very much building towards that.

Like, you see the second God of War game and it ends with Kratos going up to Olympus. Everybody said that it was the stupidest decision like why are you doing this, nobody wants a cliffhanger ending. But I was like, whatever, this is awesome. This is telling people more to come, this is great.

And with this game, I think people know that we're going to be here for a while. Me personally, I know I've got a couple more of these in me.''

taken from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gam...og-Interview-Kratos-Atreus-future-games-Norse

 

[black070]

Has this been shared before?

Cory talking how he already has a vision for multiple games in this new GoW saga:



taken from: http://www.playstationlifestyle.net...-i-know-ive-got-a-couple-more-of-these-in-me/

Sounds good to me, keep em coming.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Do you guys think the Axe+shield is the only weapon in the game or will we get more ?

Axe looks cool and all but really slow, I prefer faster weapons with quicker mobility options in action games personally.

I'd guess we'll get some more weapons in the game eventually.

I know this is a big departure from the past games, but they've all had other weapons that you get at certain points of the story.

Doing a quick Google of Norse weapons they don't seem to have a huge amount of variety, but I could see getting to use dual swords (fast weapon), or a mace (slow weapon) at some point.

 

[Shin]

Has this been shared before?

It needs it's own thread because it's a rather lengthily interview, here's the actual article.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gam...og-Interview-Kratos-Atreus-future-games-Norse

Someone should make it after reading through everything and fine some good material for the OP.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Has this been shared before?

Cory talking how he already the vision for multiple games in this new GoW saga:



taken from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gam...og-Interview-Kratos-Atreus-future-games-Norse

I'm down.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Man, I really hope he sticks around after this game. Don't want some art director coming in and taking helms for the next game. This should, in every sense of the word, be Cory's franchise now moving forward.

 

[shockthrill]

One aspect that I'm excited about this game, that hasn't been talked about that much is the potential for the story

It's being written by Richard Gaubert and Matt Sophos, these guys wrote Lost Planet 3 which had one of the best narratives of last gen, and Gaubert specifically wrote the story Anachronox

I think the story will be amazing

 

[Jedi2016]

Dammit... every time this thread gets bumped all I can see in the title is "God of War Launches Early" and get all excited.

 

[kikiribu]

God of War |OT| The Godfather

Quickly thrown together idea for the OT banner to go with my subtitle suggestion

EDIT: Take 2 (man, I missed doing hands-on design work)

This better become a reality.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

This better become a reality.

It must be. Nothing else is acceptable.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

Man, I really hope he sticks around after this game. Don't want some art director coming in and taking helms for the next game. This should, in every sense of the word, be Cory's franchise now moving forward.

Well, thats the thing. It would have been if he hadn't dipped partway into the development of III.

 

[fatherKratos]

Has this been shared before?

Cory talking how he already the vision for multiple games in this new GoW saga

I'm good with this, but also hoping that it will not be dragged to the point where Ascension 2 happens.
Regarding the decision of cliffhanger ending for GOW 2, well, we'll never know how many PS3s were sold bcoz of that

 

[OléGunner]

It needs it's own thread because it's a rather lengthily interview, here's the actual article.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gam...og-Interview-Kratos-Atreus-future-games-Norse

Someone should make it after reading through everything and fine some good material for the OP.

Thanks for posting this interview.
This part stuck out to me quite a bit:

For me, I think it’s interesting to take this guy who is dark and very much the iconic representation of the anti-hero and then in some ways treat it like okay what would it be like if he wanted to change.

How difficult would it be for him just to have a moment, a single moment in which he went like there I can feel something.

The example I would give is Wilson Fisk, in Daredevil season one. Now, King Pin is not a character you would think, if he had relationship troubles I’d be bummed for him. But honestly, when I watched season one of Daredevil I felt for Fisk. I related to him a little bit. Obviously, they make him really dark in the end and it’s really bad where he goes, but that sort of interpretation, there is some vulnerability there that is just unheard of for the character.

Again, some people will say ‘oh you’ve changed King Pin’ but it’s like no man human beings are complicated, very complicated and nobody is ever just one thing

If Cory can fuse Kratos patented rage with the right amount of willingness to change on Kratos part for his son, we seriously could be getting an awesome narrative out of this.

Also good on Cory watching DD haha

 

[strafer]

Has this been shared before?

Cory talking how he already the vision for multiple games in this new GoW saga:



taken from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gam...og-Interview-Kratos-Atreus-future-games-Norse

Good, give me all the God of War.

 

[piccio_ssl]

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/903030629566214144

Up for a challenge?

New God of War concept art awaits those that can translate these ancient runes...

edit.
https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/903032911003308037

The Riddle of Runes has begun...Translate this passage from Elder Futhark to reveal chilling #LostPages from the Prose Edda

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Get on it, Gaf!

 

[Jigolo]

That says HAXRE PICCMX BITM

 

[FelipeMGM]

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/903030629566214144

Hodr's Wikked Bite?

Hodr (or Hoor) is one of Odin's son's

 

[Wamb0wneD]

there are already gif of it in the thread.

Here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=240574500&postcount=1054

Is it me or is his head almost doing a 360 in that gif. Looks kinda weird the way he looks towards the camera while swinging, his head doing some real gymnastics.

That says HAXRE PICCMX BITM

I'm in awe.

 

[Sygma]

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/903030629566214144

Its the name of Kratos's axe. neat