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[equippedwithtowel]

people slagging off the bros before hoes achievement obviously don't have a sense of humour

Or feel that you can't have it both ways. There's nothing wrong with ultraviolence in the service of narrative, but A Clockwork Orange didn't turn around and make jokes a scene later. Also it's not funny.

 

[Loudninja]

So Kratos is too nice now apparently.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

The trophy thing will blow up, I can just see it coming.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Who cares? It's God of War.

Think about it for a second.

Kratos violently ripping the heads off of men, women, and beasts = Okay.
Decapitating Medusa after beating the shit out of her = Great fun.
Burning an innocent man alive in order to open a door = Cool.
First person beatdown and kill of Posieden complete with interactive eye gouging = AWESOME

Use of term "bros before hoes" in a trophy notification that pops up for less than 5 seconds = "WTF misogynistic garbage!"

Are you people serious? Get over yourselves.

Don't forget has sex with woman in each game and then discards them like a service after expelling a shower of EXP.

 

[Cartman86]

Good to know. Please tell her I found it hilarious. And please ignore all of this political correctness. Free thinkers will realize it's a joke.

You must be a riot.

 

[zroid]

As usual, you could pretty much see these scores coming. There's been a palpable lack of hype for Ascension compared with other console Gods of War, and 8/10 is what you expect for a solid but not excessively hyped AAA game.

 

[nofi]

I think you get it after you stomp the head in of a female fury. Yeah...

I can remember getting the trophy but I don't think it's during that section.

So...

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Lol we can have sex minigames, but one trophy and the world falls apart.

 

[Paches]

Who cares? It's God of War.

Think about it for a second.

Kratos violently ripping the heads off of men, women, and beasts = Okay.
Decapitating Medusa after beating the shit out of her = Great fun.
Burning an innocent man alive in order to open a door = Cool.
First person beatdown and kill of Posieden complete with interactive eye gouging = AWESOME

Use of term "bros before hoes" in a trophy notification that pops up for less than 5 seconds = "WTF misogynistic garbage!"

Are you people serious? Get over yourselves.

You forgot interactive leg dismemberment

Spoiler

It's awesome

 

[maverick40]

The trophy thing will blow up, I can just see it coming.

Thisisneogaf.gif

 

[Vire]

Listen, the whole trophy thing isn't enough for me to not get the game.

But if SSM wants to be respected for their craft (which they are immensely talented) they should refrain from that kind of garbage.

 

[Baconsammy]

FYI, one of our female producers came up with the name of the trophy.

That doesn't make it ok. One would assume you'd have more clear-thinking individuals around that would have pointed out how incredibly idiotic that choice was.

 

[Demon Ice]

Holy shit people are offended by "Bros before hoes" now?

What the actual fuck? The God of War series has had fucking SEX MINIGAMES before, and nobody got offended, but "Bros before hoes" suddenly crosses the bullshit politically correct line?

What a joke. Come on.

 

[Acquiescence]

Nothing wrong with putting your bro before a hoe. Especially if your bro is blindfolded.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

The trophy thing will blow up, I can just see it coming.

Of course it will.

People love to be outraged.

 

[Biggzy]

Or feel that you can't have it both ways. There's nothing wrong with ultraviolence in the service of narrative, but A Clockwork Orange didn't turn around and make jokes a scene later. Also it's not funny.

This is my only problem with the trophy name.

 

[schwabdizzle]

I don't see why people over react to the "bros before hoes" trophy.....its a game that is rate M and its referring to something that everyone has heard at one time or another. I think its great.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Lol we can have sex minigames, but one trophy and the world falls apart.

Craziness, too much of it from some people these days.

 

[Loudninja]

Holy shit people are offended by "Bros before hoes" now?

What the actual fuck? The God of War series has had fucking SEX MINIGAMES before, and nobody got offended, but "Bros before hoes" suddenly crosses the bullshit politically correct line?

What a joke. Come on.

It is a complete utter joke.

 

[Fezan]

IF reviewers are really using scale of 1-10 then these scores are good and if the review scale is 7-10 then this is bad...hopefully if its more of the same i wouldn't mind as i love the combat vistas gore and puzzles of GOW

 

[Cartman86]

Holy shit people are offended by "Bros before hoes" now?

What the actual fuck? The God of War series has had fucking SEX MINIGAMES before, and nobody got offended, but "Bros before hoes" suddenly crosses the bullshit politically correct line?

What a joke. Come on.

You realize the context here right?

 

[jaaz]

You must be a riot.

Thanks, but not nearly as funny as Cartman, right Cartman86?

 

[WolfForager]

First no women in the Sony's PS4 conference and now a sexist comment in a Sony game? This is unacceptable....

 

[beast786]

Listen, the whole trophy thing isn't enough for me to not get the game.

But if SSM wants to be respected for their craft (which they are immensely talented) they should refrain from that kind of garbage.

What kind of garbage?

 

[hastethedav]

Trophies and achievements have always been stupid humor to me. Although this trophy is something i would expect to see in a gears of war game that doesn't change the fact that its supposed to be taken lightly.

 

[maverick40]

Who cares? It's God of War.

Think about it for a second.

Kratos violently ripping the heads off of men, women, and beasts = Okay.
Decapitating Medusa after beating the shit out of her = Great fun.
Burning an innocent man alive in order to open a door = Cool.
First person beatdown and kill of Posieden complete with interactive eye gouging = AWESOME

Use of term "bros before hoes" in a trophy notification that pops up for less than 5 seconds = "WTF misogynistic garbage!"

Are you people serious? Get over yourselves.

Too much truth in this one post.

 

[Baconsammy]

Its is really ridiculous.

No, it isn't that ridiculous. Show me the Cooper movie in which he murders a woman and then yells "Bros before Hos!!!!! LOL!"

 

[1st Course]

WTF?! Apparently this guy is already streaming the game:

http://www.twitch.tv/aychwani

 

[IHaveCandy]

Sessler should know that the other GOW games do not allow you to change difficulty mid-game. The trophy is a bit silly and unnecessary, but I think he went overboard. There have been other GOW games with trophies that are on the riskier side. It's a stupid joke, not a political statement from SSM.

I think I'll like this game from what I've seen with the reviews. Complaining about difficulties or the story not being as epic as 3 isn't a problem.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

But that kind of devalues videogames. Why take movies and books seriously, and not videogames? I do agree the reaction might be exaggerated though, because it's a trophy title and that itself is kind of meaningless.

If that phase was in a movie or book that was done by a female no one would give a fuck .
Video games will never be taken seriously if people make big deal about every small thing .

 

[Marleyman]

Poorly named trophy, bottom line.

 

[Artanisix]

Are they seriously knocking the game for not having big scale titans and for having an "inessential story"? What a joke.

Seems like legitimate complaints to me.

 

[Cartman86]

Thanks, but not nearly as funny as Cartman, right Cartman86?

Yep my name is stupid. I'm well aware of that.

 

[Speevy]

Uh oh it didn't get 10/10 from most sites.


You know what that means...underrated classic.

 

[StuBurns]

Sessler should know that the other GOW games do not allow you to change difficulty mid-game.

They let you go from normal to easy.

 

[Tookay]

Rising has a fraction of the depth of Ascension and sure Rising is very fun, but it's no God of War, or even what a Rising 2 will be.

You're defending a series whose seven installments haven't introduced a hitstun into its combat mechanics, making every hit and damage output feel arbitrary and meaningless.

 

[darkwing]

can't believe it's a minus that Kratos is 'kinder'

or is it?

 

[AOC83]

murders a woman and then yells "Bros before Hos!!!!! LOL!"

Day 1.

 

[jaaz]

Yep my name is stupid. I'm well aware of that.

Well, when your named after a cartoon character whose Mom is well... a German porn star (to put it MILDLY). It's hard to take you seriously when you are defending the treatment of women in video games.

 

[meta4]

Instead of talking about the design choices in GOW : A SP why are ppl are talking about some shitty trophy.

 

[1st Course]

PlaystationCommunity.hu - 8/10

 

[Vire]

There is nothing inherently wrong with the excessive violence displayed in the God Of War series.

Making a misogynistic comment after mutilating a woman's face = not funny.

There's the difference.

It's not the end of the world, it's just crass and uncalled for. That's all.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

I FOR ONE AM OFFENDED. BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!

 

[Liamario]

The scores seem to reflect the demo.
Can't win them all.

 

[Audioboxer]

Holy shit people are offended by "Bros before hoes" now?

What the actual fuck? The God of War series has had fucking SEX MINIGAMES before, and nobody got offended, but "Bros before hoes" suddenly crosses the bullshit politically correct line?

What a joke. Come on.

It's because it's a female character.

If a male character got his or her penis ripped off in GoW and a trophy popped up saying "This is why you don't cheat", "Size matters", "It's how you use it... or don't", "I thought you were a Jew?" or any other satire surrounding a dick joke, classed as hilarious or simply distasteful, not an outrage.

 

[Fezan]

Instead of talking about the design choices in GOW : A SP why are ppl are talking about some shitty trophy.

trophies before bro

 

[Adam Blue]

No, it isn't that ridiculous. Show me the Cooper movie in which he murders a woman and then yells "Bros before Hos!!!!! LOL!"

But this is a killing-spree game based in Greek Mythology. There are men and WOMEN gods who are downright awful. That trophy is based on that enemy in particular. Not women of the free, modern world, nor does it represent the views of the designers.

We need to relax and let the extremes of art flourish and affect us in an emotional way. We can't let expression stagnate.

 

[Baconsammy]

Sessler should know that the other GOW games do not allow you to change difficulty mid-game.

Perhaps he's played the other ones and did notice that you can. Because you can.

But this is a killing-spree game based in Greek Mythology. There are men and WOMEN gods who are downright awful. That trophy is based on that enemy in particular. Not women of the free, modern world, nor does it represent the views of the designers.

We need to relax and let the extremes of art flourish and affect us in an emotional way. We can't let expression stagnate.

"Bros before Hos" is the example you want to use for "letting art flourish"? Nice.

 

[abadguy]

Who cares? It's God of War.

Think about it for a second.

Kratos violently ripping the heads off of men, women, and beasts = Okay.
Decapitating Medusa after beating the shit out of her = Great fun.
Burning an innocent man alive in order to open a door = Cool.
First person beatdown and kill of Posieden complete with interactive eye gouging = AWESOME

Use of term "bros before hoes" in a trophy notification that pops up for less than 5 seconds = "WTF misogynistic garbage!"

Are you people serious? Get over yourselves.

This. So much this.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the excessive violence displayed in the God Of War series.

Making a misogynistic comment after mutilating a woman's face = not funny.

There's the difference.

It's not the end of the world, it's just crass and uncalled for. That's all.

So would be with the mutilating of a woman's face, so long as a misogynistic comment isn't made after the fact?

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

I FOR ONE AM OFFENDED. BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!

Can I be offended that you are offended?