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THE END BEGINS - God of War 2 official thread

fabs115 said:
i called the eb where i preordered, and they said theyd have it after 4pm tuesday
where the hell is my cell phone, im calling again. this is madness.

edit: WOOOO :D , they said tuesday for me as well. ebgames sure loves to flip flop, atleast the one around here. SPARTANS, TOMMORROW WILL BE GLORIOUS! :D :lol :D
 
Bad_Boy said:
where the hell is my cell phone, im calling again. this is madness.

All because of 1 movie it's the new in thing. :lol

edit: WOOOO , they said tuesday for me as well. ebgames sure loves to flip flop, atleast the one around here. SPARTANS, TOMMORROW WILL BE GLORIOUS!

O shit, I may wait on Motorstorm and get this glory first. :D
 
Bad_Boy said:
where the hell is my cell phone, im calling again. this is madness.

edit: WOOOO :D , they said tuesday for me as well. ebgames sure loves to flip flop, atleast the one around here. SPARTANS, TOMMORROW WILL BE GLORIOUS! :D :lol :D

You give me hope. Calling me EB here in WS....

EDIT: Wooooohoooo! They will have it tomorrow between 4-6PM!!
 
djkimothy said:
All because of 1 movie it's the new in thing. :lol
Yeah, I just saw it the other day and all I could think about was god of war.

djkimothy said:
O shit, I may wait on Motorstorm and get this glory first. :D
Get both if you can. :) But if you can only get one at the moment, I would probably go for GOW2. Personally because I've been waiting for this game ever since I beat the first one, and it's finally here. But Motorstorm is fun too. Whatever you pick you should have a blast with I think.

DenogginizerOS said:
You give me hope. Calling me EB here in WS....

EDIT: Wooooohoooo! They will have it tomorrow between 4-6PM!!
/me high fives Denogg. :D Tomorrow will be glorious indeed. :D
 
I've now had the opportunity to play GoW II on my 46" Bravia using two different setups--with the final review build on a debug PS2 connected by component video, and with the retail version on a PS3 connected via HDMI...and while the game is still only in 420p, it looks way better on the HDMI PS3--the colors are much brighter, and there's a crispness to the image that makes the PS2/component combo look a little blurrier by comparison. Losing the rumble on the PS3 is a drag, but the tradeoff just might be worth it for the visual edge.

And I haven't seen it mentioned yet on any news sites, but the back cover of the manual confirms a GoW game for the PSP is scheduled to arrive by the end of the year...
 
andrewjnyc said:
I've now had the opportunity to play GoW II on my 46" Bravia using two different setups--with the final review build on a debug PS2 connected by component video, and with the retail version on a PS3 connected via HDMI...and while the game is still only in 420p, it looks way better on the HDMI PS3--the colors are much brighter, and there's a crispness to the image that makes the PS2/component combo look a little blurrier by comparison. Losing the rumble on the PS3 is a drag, but the tradeoff just might be worth it for the visual edge.

And I haven't seen it mentioned yet on any news sites, but the back cover of the manual confirms a GoW game for the PSP is scheduled to arrive by the end of the year...


is the screen tearing really that bad?
 
Just got the automated female robot gamestop call,instore tomorrow afternoon :D
 
God of War spoilers are blacked out. Read only if you beat God of War.

I shit you not. I was just about to
defeat Ares the second time and my game froze up!!!! I just spent the last two hours trying to complete the final epic battle and it freakin' froze on me just I was finishing him off!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
 
DenogginizerOS said:
God of War spoilers are blacked out. Read only if you beat God of War.

I shit you not. I was just about to
defeat Ares the second time and my game froze up!!!! I just spent the last two hours trying to complete the final epic battle and it freakin' froze on me just I was finishing him off!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

that's a known bug in the game, unfortunately :(
 
DenogginizerOS said:
God of War spoilers are blacked out. Read only if you beat God of War.

I shit you not. I was just about to
defeat Ares the second time and my game froze up!!!! I just spent the last two hours trying to complete the final epic battle and it freakin' froze on me just I was finishing him off!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I think the game is trying to tell you to just stop and give up since the superior version will be here soon.

Plus you can just watch the ending on youtube.
 
Forceatowulf said:
I think the game is trying to tell you to just stop and give up since the superior version will be here soon.

Plus you can just watch the ending on youtube.

What? Wait, I've been playing God of War again (6th time) because I wanted to see the ending again and my savegame got corrupted. And ur telling me it's on frigging YOUTUBE?!?!?!
 
neorej said:
What? Wait, I've been playing God of War again (6th time) because I wanted to see the ending again and my savegame got corrupted. And ur telling me it's on frigging YOUTUBE?!?!?!

what ISNT on youtube thats game related?
 
It's weird; 300 does absolutely nothing for me, but I'm massively psyched about GoWII for pretty much the same reasons everyone's gone gaga about 300 (mindless action). VG+ debited my card last night so hopefully it'll be shipping out today; I'll have about a week to wait, unlike the rest of you lucky sods in the States.

With that said, I do worry that it'll be a bit too much like more of the same; I haven't read the reviews yet, but as long as it builds on the first game it'll be awesome.
 
Sorry I didn't post this earlier, but I was able to make it to the midnight launch at the Playstation store in San Francisco. There was a long line outside and it took me over an hour b4 I could get into the store. Some of the folks that showed up for the launch were: Cory Barlog (Game Director), Tim Moss (Lead Programmer) and a bunch of other members of the GoW team whose names escape me right now (it's 5:30am, and I haven't slept a wink). T.C. Carson was also there (voice of Kratos, used to act in In Living Single).Unfortunately, David Jaffe couldn't make it. Anyway, the launch went well and I could see Cory was very excited cause he was running in and out of the store trying to talk to as many people as he could. Anyways, here's some pics...

The game...
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Just beat the Colossus and now I'm flying around with Pegasus
:D

GoW 2 T-Shirt

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Cory autographed my game :D :D :D

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And last, but not least, me and Cory...
Note: I look terrible in real life :(

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Well, that was my GoW2 midnight launch experience in a nutshell. I wish I could have gotten Tim Moss and the other team members to sign my game. Oh well, maybe on GoW3 ;)
 
I called Frys and they said it wasn't shipping until the 21st? WTF?

**** that. I cancelled and I'll pick it up from Target today or tomorrow.
 
hopefully the lame walmart-esque store next to my work has the game in. They tend to have new releases out by lunch time, plus im gonna see about grabbing their GoW2 cardboard standup. I want this so bad, especially since I heard about the new game + stuff.
 
DenogginizerOS said:
Is it a reoccurring bug? If I trudge through that battle again, is it likely to happen again?

Beat God mode yesterday, but I warn you...DO NOT PUSH START WHEN YOU BEAT THE GAME(in Olympus). After about 2 hours of dealing with the 3 boss fights in the hardest difficulty, I went to the upgrade screen after it was all over and got hit with a black screen of death. Had to reset the system and do all three fights all over again(which went very quickly thankfully).

So yea, make sure to save first to avoid this glitch.

Oh and the God Mode unlockable videos are awesome!
Though I was totally expecting Ares to be his unknown father, not Zeus.
 
How are you guys getting it today? My EB Games keeps telling me that they get it in tomorrow morning. Are those of you who are getting it today on the West Coast? Where do you guys live?!!
 
snack said:
How are you guys getting it today? My EB Games keeps telling me that they get it in tomorrow morning. Are those of you who are getting it today on the West Coast? Where do you guys live?!!

I am on the east coast near BadBoy in NC. My EB told me they were driving to pick it up for the stores in this area so they can have it tonight. Not all stores are doing this.
 
JB1981 said:
My EB will have the game around 5pm est. I won't be able to pick it up til tomorrow, though, cause I'll be at work :(



I'm stuck waiting until tomorrow too, so :|
 
Finished the game a over the weekend. Wathing the 300 and then playing this game in a mad crazy jam session of madness (this is). I was so "out-manned" I had to go and cook a steak and I felt like punching people in the face with it.

You guys are in for one hell of a ride. The game is in your face and doesn't relent for the entire thing.

My only piece of advice is to master the Parry early. It is your friend, and it makes everything that much easier.
 
Just for the local NYC GAffers, Bonus Stage (Last stop on the N/W train) will have it in 20 minutes. Gogogo.
 
SnakeXs said:
Just for the local NYC GAffers, Bonus Stage (Last stop on the N/W train) will have it in 20 minutes. Gogogo.

Umm...last stop in what borough? I pre-ordered at an EB and they said they won't get it until 7 pm tonight, so I'll probably just pick it up tomorrow because I don't have much time to play tonight anyway (MotorStorm here I come).
 
whatdidyousay said:
Umm...last stop in what borough? I pre-ordered at an EB and they said they won't get it until 7 pm tonight, so I'll probably just pick it up tomorrow because I don't have much time to play tonight anyway (MotorStorm here I come).

Queens. Coulda swore I put in Ditmars on my first post. :lol
 
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