I'd be happy if this one isn't as gory. Some of those QTE boss fight finishers were just so cringey that it made me hate the game (only have played GOW3). I'm not usually bothered by graphic violence but the scenes that basically amounted to torture were stupid.
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God of War Launches Early 2018 (PS4)
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I'd be happy if this one isn't as gory. Some of those QTE boss fight finishers were just so cringey that it made me hate the game (only have played GOW3). I'm not usually bothered by graphic violence but the scenes that basically amounted to torture were stupid.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I hope the Greek gods stay out of this game.
The Artisan
Member
i've stated earlier in the thread that his absence is why i'm not that excited for the game. that's just me though, i don't mean to trample on anyone else's hype.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
That's where reading comprehension comes into play.
A bit does not mean identical nor is it a direct comparison.
OT.
Game looks fantastic, I'm in.
I've actually never played a God of War game before so I don't know lore - do we have any reason to believe that Kratos might not age like a normal human being at this point? If the end of the 3rd game actually made him immortal or something, that might explain why the entire world seems to have rebooted into Norse mythology between 2 games. It could've happened over the course of hundreds of years and he's just been trying to lay low this entire time before deciding to raise a son.
Miniature Kaiju
Member
I don't know, but I have a feeling that, whoever his mother was, she was probably someone important. One of the Vanir, maybe, or a valkyrie like Eir.
It's true. Stop putting things in boxes
Corpsepyre
Banned
I think Athena will definitely play a part in the game. She just has to. It will be awesome seeing them tie this mythology and story with her at the end of GoW3 being this new being existing on a higher plane of existence.
Ame
Member
I think the only time we'll see anything related to GoW3 is during the opening moments. I remember someone, I think it was Cory Barlog mentioning that the beginning of the game will explain what happens to Kratos after GoW3 and leading up to this game.
GIANKRATOS
Member
It makes sense.
fastford58
Member
I have a problem.
I have never played or felt the need to play this series.
Now this one has me piqued. Hopefully I can jump in without knowing too much about the lore.
I have never played or felt the need to play this series.
Now this one has me piqued. Hopefully I can jump in without knowing too much about the lore.
MegaSackman
Member
It was never addressed directly in the games but he's a demi god made god at some point but ultimately a demi god so it wouldn't be weird for him to have long age. He is mortal tho but he's very good at coming back from the dead.
Regarding the pantheons... I think it could be as simple as being a different land, it might sound ridiculous but myths are kinda like that and the greeks could conceive their land as "the world".while in reality there are other lands unknown for them. Just jumping into conclusions here.
DarthMasta
Member
Story's simple. There's a Spartan dude, Kratos. Dude starts working for Ares. Ares tricks dude into killing his family, dude kills Ares. Zeus upgrades dude to God of War. Kratos insists on butting in into human affairs, Zeus removes upgrade. Dude murders every Greek God with the exception of Athena I think.
Think that's the TLDR version...
Atreus will end up killing Kratos as his family tree is cursed
Kratos killed his father (Zeus) who had also killed his own father (Kronos)
I really hope they dont forget about this not that it has to happen in this game
Miniature Kaiju
Member
Since this is kind of a soft-reboot, I'm guessing it will have a "previously in God of War" recap that will touch the main points. I'll give them mad props if they make it interactive/playable. It'd be a nice opportunity to ease the players into the game and controls, as well, like young Aloy in HZD.
LookAtMeGo
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The head on his belt looks a lot like that giant in the background.
But I guess its the opposite eye thats glowing. All norse people look alike anyway. Probably nothing.
TheGameshark
Member
Very likely that they feed you the information you need to know from the previous games in this one.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
probably already beaten like the greek pantheon
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Schweinehund
Member
I wish we got a serpent as big as that, who knows though, maybe this one is just extremely long, not like we saw his tail.
I'd be down for the kid taking over for Kratos, I want them to wrap Kratos story up, he's really unlikable to me.
The head on his belt looks a lot like that giant in the background.
But I guess its the opposite eye thats glowing. All norse people look alike anyway. Probably nothing.
huh...Good looking out. I didn't notice that before
Ame
Member
This doesn't look like it is from the opening moments. This looks something he would find in second act.
Yeah, I noticed that in the trailer. They'll reference Kratos and his past in this game, but I'm talking about actually encountering gods or anything from the previous games.
Son Of Sparda
Member
I wonder if the camera is stuck to Kartos' back so if we rotate it, then Kratos will follow the camera and rotates with it.
I hope not. I like seeing main characters from different angles.
I hope not. I like seeing main characters from different angles.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
I can't stop watching the seconds of combat in this trailer, it looks fun as hell. It hits my sweet spot perfectly of faster than traditional Souls combat, but not character action. I wonder how switching up the combos work. I hope they release footage of just pure combat.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Are they planning to show a gameplay demonstration this E3? GOW3 had a full level pretty much in complete form at the E3 before its release. If they aren't ready to show and talk about some actual gameplay I'm going to have a hard time believing the game will be out next spring.
Omnistalgic
Member
if Drake was old and the entire tone of the game was changing, I'd imagine, people would just get used to it.
Carson's Kratos usefulness has worn out.
The Artisan
Member
I dunno about that man. North has proven to be versatile and so has Carson. Anyways, I don't want to derail the thread for the rest of you
Laplasakos
Member
Please. They have to put Athena in the game. I mean isn't she the only ''form of existence'' from Greece?
Sanctuary
Member
There hasn't been much in the way of innovation for a while now. Homogenization was really bad last gen, and too many genres now are returning to a similar glut. Regardless, I think this game looks fantastic. Anything has to be better than Ascension.
Vicetrailia
Banned
Bruh, this trailer blew me the fuck away and this game is why I will finally buy a PS4 when it launches. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!
Agreed. I hate when some games always forces me to see the protagonist back.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Nope,
he murders Athena, although by accident.
I also think this would actually read as a fairly convoluted story to someone unfamiliar with it lol
A certain pissed off daughter of Zues is still alive.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
The axe that Kratos throws at enemies freezes them and the charged attack freezes all enemies.
But not just them, even his son gets frozen too.
No one could have expected this.
But not just them, even his son gets frozen too.
No one could have expected this.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
It's basically a very dark take on Greek Mythology. IIRC David Jaffe even described it in that kind of way back when it launched.
When the first GoW was out, nothing was like it. It was a western DMC. The story is great because it combines all these mythology stories and makes it this struggle to fight a god.
I played the series from the original because I played the PS2 demo and it was so fluid and the hydra battle was awesome.
I'd say you'd be fine going in, but you'd get a whole lot more if you understood the plot. I tried explaining it to someone who never played it and they thought the take on mythology was spot on. Santa Monica really knew how to run with it.
I feel like GoW didn't have to apologize for being GoW.
I love how he can basically beat things down now. He looks like a tree cutter in the forest. I love that kinda pounding he's doing to the enemies.
Edit: maybe not the trophy that Ascension had that apparently got changed later on
Corpsepyre
Banned
Did anyone catch what was being drawn by that artist in the sands during that behind the curtain panel? Seemed like it could be significant to the backstory and what happened after 3.
Sword Of Doom
Member
There's something very odd and fascinating about that cover art.
Mr.Deadshot
Member
It really isn't that easy. There is lot's of story and lore in the God of War games.
But I think they will manage to make the new God of War safe for newcomers so that they can start with that one. They will probably miss out some references to the old games.
We saw Atreus use thunder magic in the first reveal trailer while they were fighting the giant so maybe
Chuck Norris
Banned
I always found there was so much gore I didn't even notice. Easily became desensitised to the shock value
I think the less is more approach, replacing slot of blood with flame or whatever is coming out of the monsters will be a good thing. Cause you know when that gore does happen it will leave an impression
Chuck Norris
Banned
Samus
nuttyevans
Member
Combat looks stiff as hell from what we've seen so far but everything else looks amazing.
Dunno what to think.
Dunno what to think.
nelsonroyale
Member
This is probably the best looking game I've seen coming out of E3, just shading Spiderman and Anthem for me. It is the attention to detail. It looks incredible.
Okay, after a few days of ruminating over this new trailer, I have to say that I'm shocked at how apathetic I am to this new game. Maybe I'll be more excited when it finally comes out.
But here's my position. I've always hated Kratos since game 1. I enjoy the games for the production values, but I thought the combat system was terrible until 3, and I loath Kratos more than just about any other fictional character.
And what this game is basically asking me to do is forget he existed....while still keeping Kratos in continuity. The game is called God of War, with no subtitle or marker. They have a new voice actor, and it's not just a voice change but an acting change. Kratos has a completely new demeanor. He's got noticably less energy. Where he used to kind of put his all his energy into everything he did, now he's just this menacing presence.
And I don't really see how he gets from there to here in a credible way. They never made me believe that Kratos was capable of having a genuine, loving attitude toward his family that his backstory says is the alleged case. I just don't believe that. I didn't believe he could do it then, I don't believe him capable of doing it now. And some of that is kinda showing through since apparently the only life lesson he has to give his brat is "Be a sociopath", but the way he changed his whole demeanor, it's...it's just not believable for me.
And I swear to god, regarding the world serpent, if they pull the same schtick as with the other games before, I am gonna lose it. If they really want to make me believe that Kratos actually matured, when it betrays him, have it actually, truly betray him, and not have it just be Kratos being a drama queen about it.
The combat certainly showed itself to be more alive than what the last trailer showed, but I need to see a lengthy gameplay sequence to be convinced that this has the legs. I notice that all the combat seems to be on the ground, with no more juggling. But more than anything, I'm frustrated they didn't further evolve the GoW3 system, since that was the best iteration of the game's combat system. The thing I always wanted to see from GoW is for it to have a combat system that was atleast approaching the level of the higher end action games, but just doesn't seem like they're interested in that, so I'm thinking it's gonna be more like 1/2 combat, which is simplistic and boring.
The main thing I can see myself playing is for the art design coupled with production values, but its kind of lost it's effect since now everyone is so graphically advanced, and we even have unique designs for mythological-fantasy looking creatures from Dark Souls. As such, actually seeing Jörmungandr was just less impactful than I anticipated it being.
Those are my thoughts. Just...blah. They're trying to take away what I hate about Kratos, but if you take that away, he's literally nothing to me, and they are going to have to pull a hat trick to make me think that Kratos is in character here because right now I don't. And while the combat definitely looks better, arguably on par with the past games, that's not a good thing. They got me hooked for the art, but that's it.
But here's my position. I've always hated Kratos since game 1. I enjoy the games for the production values, but I thought the combat system was terrible until 3, and I loath Kratos more than just about any other fictional character.
And what this game is basically asking me to do is forget he existed....while still keeping Kratos in continuity. The game is called God of War, with no subtitle or marker. They have a new voice actor, and it's not just a voice change but an acting change. Kratos has a completely new demeanor. He's got noticably less energy. Where he used to kind of put his all his energy into everything he did, now he's just this menacing presence.
And I don't really see how he gets from there to here in a credible way. They never made me believe that Kratos was capable of having a genuine, loving attitude toward his family that his backstory says is the alleged case. I just don't believe that. I didn't believe he could do it then, I don't believe him capable of doing it now. And some of that is kinda showing through since apparently the only life lesson he has to give his brat is "Be a sociopath", but the way he changed his whole demeanor, it's...it's just not believable for me.
And I swear to god, regarding the world serpent, if they pull the same schtick as with the other games before, I am gonna lose it. If they really want to make me believe that Kratos actually matured, when it betrays him, have it actually, truly betray him, and not have it just be Kratos being a drama queen about it.
The combat certainly showed itself to be more alive than what the last trailer showed, but I need to see a lengthy gameplay sequence to be convinced that this has the legs. I notice that all the combat seems to be on the ground, with no more juggling. But more than anything, I'm frustrated they didn't further evolve the GoW3 system, since that was the best iteration of the game's combat system. The thing I always wanted to see from GoW is for it to have a combat system that was atleast approaching the level of the higher end action games, but just doesn't seem like they're interested in that, so I'm thinking it's gonna be more like 1/2 combat, which is simplistic and boring.
The main thing I can see myself playing is for the art design coupled with production values, but its kind of lost it's effect since now everyone is so graphically advanced, and we even have unique designs for mythological-fantasy looking creatures from Dark Souls. As such, actually seeing Jörmungandr was just less impactful than I anticipated it being.
Those are my thoughts. Just...blah. They're trying to take away what I hate about Kratos, but if you take that away, he's literally nothing to me, and they are going to have to pull a hat trick to make me think that Kratos is in character here because right now I don't. And while the combat definitely looks better, arguably on par with the past games, that's not a good thing. They got me hooked for the art, but that's it.
Thought Cory made it clear in and interview that he is Kratos's biological son
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