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God Of War 4 art leaks (Norse setting, Kratos w/ beard) [Up2: Polygon says real]
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Alligatorjandro
Banned
I hope you could go to all of them.
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Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Ah, fuck it, I'm hyped. BTW, are sure that's Kratos and not another character that's very similar to him (so people are not so angry it's not him)?
Sparrowhawk
Member
Should have a new protagonist, but whatever.
I mean they flat out admitted to hacking into an artist's website in their article. Theres no middle ground there.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
What other thread?
Sparrowhawk
Member
Holy shit, no wonder.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
I'm just joining in now, but are we talking about the part where the concept art was in the source of the site? That isn't hacking lol.
I would not even call it a leak. It was straight up robbery.
jukeboxzer0
Neo Member
I don't get why people don't like Kratos as a character. I mean I get it but the character is valid in the universe. Greek mythology characters are all very emotion based. A lot of the gods actually choices in the myths are usually fueled by emotion, most of it anger or revenge.
The site was password protected.
This is blowing my mind right now.
razoftblend
Member
Wait, they got these images through hacking? WTF? It's one thing when an insider leaks them putting his/her job on the line, but this is just not cool, and it's also invasion of private property.
Edit: ^ What the fuck am I am seeing?
Edit: ^ What the fuck am I am seeing?
Already Torn
Banned
Yeah, that's not bad at all if true. Remember when everyone "hacked" UMvC3? Event hubs is still around.
GuitarAtomik
Member
All for the Norse setting, but I'd rather they fully reboot with a new character than continue with Kratos.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
It sounds like a gallery was password protected but bringing up the source of the site (anyone can do this) had public front links to these images.
I'm just surmising from the information so far given.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
why have this Art on your website in the first place for an unannounced game
Still gotta make your character interesting, even if he's evil.
Hexa
Member
Eh. It was. But the password didn't actually do anything so I wouldn't really call it hacking. Like you don't need to bypass the password to get the images.
InsanerBrainer
Member
Norse is okay but I was really hoping for Egyptian. Egypt is fairly close to Greece so I could see Kratos washing up there and starting a new adventure.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Basically this. You could do it yourself by opening the dev tools in your browser and it won't take long if you have an idea what formats you're searching for.
Perhaps so but if there was no actual attack on the site then there's no real basis for anything to be done about it. It's the responsibility of the owners of the site to make sure the data can't be accessed this way, not the users to not exploit it.
I dunno. I think you can argue that since the intent was to protect that content behind a password, that to find an alternate way to acquire and distribute...
It'd be an interesting case.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
I hope Linda Hunt is still involved for GOW4K.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I think GOW1 Kratos is a pretty great character - he has an interesting story and he's very well realized through his animations and interactions with the world - but I also I think it's totally fair that people are tired of him at this point.
I don't think his character has much merit outside the context of the narrative arc that has already transpired. There's nothing about him that makes me interested in seeing his next endeavor. I don't care if he still wants his family back or still wants to kill all gods for the sake of human agency or whatever. He's run his course.
TheStruggler
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because his story should have ended with 3 and didnt need a prequel like ascension. we need a new character
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
The internet doesn't work the same way as the physical world.
He could try to atone for what he did in the previous trilogy, but that'd just be a farce because
1. He ended the world
2. It'd be a lie because the game exists to murder pantheons and thus the world.
He'll angrily punch his way into a new mythos.
7DollarHagane
Banned
I guess they have to keep making these because they sell but I only ever played the first one and one of the psp ones and that was well enough for me.
No they admitted that they bypassed the password protection on the artist's website
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Where do they say this? Bypass how?
Hexa
Member
They didn't admit to bypassing the password page. The explanation they gave was that the password protection page didn't really protect anything, and hence they were able to obtain the images.
The images were openly available in the source code. If you just loaded the password page it would automatically load the URLs of all the images without having to do anything. Though I guess the intention was you weren't supposed to look at them.
You'll have to wait a few more thousand years for Christianity to become one of the Myths of the ancient(our modern) world.
Pieman0920
Member
For a second there, I thought it looked like Kratos lost a hand/arm but I think it was that bandage messing with me/probably part of me thinking that they are making him ape Tyr.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Hahaha
Insumatposa
Member
Why no one is tired of Mario and Peach? Just give Kratos a chance.
You want to change the setting? We changed it.
You want to change the hero? Why not? Why not then change the storytelling? Why not then change the gameplay and make it an RPG or 3D isometric 'click a location to move' like Diablo?
Why not change even the title? Why not even change the devs and company? Why not even change the console or the platform? Why not even not releasing the game?
Answer: It won't be God Of War anymore and no one will buy it.
A good move is trying to to please some, a stupid move is to try to please everyone.
You want to change the setting? We changed it.
You want to change the hero? Why not? Why not then change the storytelling? Why not then change the gameplay and make it an RPG or 3D isometric 'click a location to move' like Diablo?
Why not change even the title? Why not even change the devs and company? Why not even change the console or the platform? Why not even not releasing the game?
Answer: It won't be God Of War anymore and no one will buy it.
A good move is trying to to please some, a stupid move is to try to please everyone.
LightOfTruth
Member
My guess is that'll it'll be sort of like Zelda. Same character design and name, but with different traits. It'll essentially be a new character.
SSM aren't idiots. They're aware of the common criticims that surround Kratos' character in GOW II and III.
SSM aren't idiots. They're aware of the common criticims that surround Kratos' character in GOW II and III.
Why would you want to change that? You might as well have it star Thor and be about saving kittens! God of War is about Kratos killing Zeus!