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I’ve seen the sentiment elsewhere, how is Norse mythology played out exactly? I mean outside of Thor, where are all these viking games?
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Apr 19, 2018 21:52
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Bust Rodd posted:I’ve seen the sentiment elsewhere, how is Norse mythology played out exactly? I mean outside of Thor, where are all these viking games? It’s not played out at all honestly and I’m glad GoW might usher in a wave of developers playing around in the mythology.
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Apr 19, 2018 21:55
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The only recent Viking games I can think of are Hellblade and the latest wave of Skyrim overhauls. e: Aw man, now I'm thinking about Too Human for the first time in years haveblue fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Apr 19, 2018 |
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Apr 19, 2018 21:58
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Hellblade is one good-rear end viking themed game, although completely different from God of War.
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Apr 19, 2018 22:02
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WoW has a lot of norse stuff goin on too it just gets more play than most mythologies, maybe any? You don't see a lot of christian mythology games really
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Apr 19, 2018 22:35
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Here's a good thematically appropriate browser game to play while you wait for God of War to release: http://www.pippinbarr.com/games/letsplayancientgreekpunishment/LetsPlayAncientGreekPunishment.html
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Apr 19, 2018 22:37
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I wound up pre ordering this because I've been watching a lot of Vikings lately, it seemed like the thing to do.
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Apr 19, 2018 22:59
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Kilometers Davis posted:It’s not played out at all honestly and I’m glad GoW might usher in a wave of developers playing around in the mythology. I'd love for this to result in a Rune remake.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:05
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Capn Beeb posted:I'd love for this to result in a Rune remake. Now there’s a blast from the past! I don’t even remember if that game was good or not but I was all about it at the time.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:11
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so we're all just gonna pretend Ascension didn't exist, right good.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:37
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Snatched the game early from a local retailer, I played the first hour of the game until the first story trophy, looks cool so far gameplay wise. I can't comment a lot on the fighting itself since it's very early in the game and I believe a lot of moves are locked, it's ok, not as much fun as the previous games though. Throw axe, get it back while slashing dudes in the way, light hit, heavy hit, rinse and repeat etc. Kratos looks like a terrible dad, his relationship with the boy should be interesting to see how it develops. Now the graphics, remember all those times you saw a CGI cutscene with very high poly characters and crisp textures and said "Man I wish the game was like this but realtime" ? Wish fullfilled. It's definitely impressive, even more that Horizon Zero Dawn so far (for Uncharted lovers, I never played the game). Art style is probably a hit or miss but I like it. Performance looks good, 30 fps on a day one regular PS4, no drops noticed.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:54
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Bust Rodd posted:I’ve seen the sentiment elsewhere, how is Norse mythology played out exactly? I mean outside of Thor, where are all these viking games?
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Apr 20, 2018 00:55
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I picked the game up but it seems to take something like ten years to install, so that's good.
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Apr 20, 2018 00:58
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Bust Rodd posted:I’ve seen the sentiment elsewhere, how is Norse mythology played out exactly? I mean outside of Thor, where are all these viking games? Presumably there are shitloads of smaller titles that are viking/norse mythology themed, but yeah outside of Hellblade and Marvel Thor idk what people are talking about. I'd welcome a deluge of major releases dealing with bits and pieces of Norse or other mythology to be honest.
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Apr 20, 2018 01:05
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JBP posted:Presumably there are shitloads of smaller titles that are viking/norse mythology themed, but yeah outside of Hellblade and Marvel Thor idk what people are talking about. I'd welcome a deluge of major releases dealing with bits and pieces of Norse or other mythology to be honest. I, for one, played waaaaaay too much Skyrim.
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Apr 20, 2018 01:14
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played for a couple hours... im kinda meh on it so far combat is okay, everything else is insanely typical AAA adventure with highlighted climbing walls, linear levels and enforced slow walking sequences
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Apr 20, 2018 02:12
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nopantsjack posted:played for a couple hours... im kinda meh on it so far On the one hand, what did you expect? On the other hand, do you have a realistic option for something better? Except the slow walking sequences part, that's a pretty easy thing to not have/avoid.
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Apr 20, 2018 02:32
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nopantsjack posted:played for a couple hours... im kinda meh on it so far I'm loving it. The first major plot point fight is off the hook.
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Apr 20, 2018 02:35
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The slow walking is almost certainly covering up loading times because of the "whole game in one cut" thing
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Apr 20, 2018 02:35
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I love walking sims, unironically
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Apr 20, 2018 02:41
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You all know that the reason we can't have Norse mythology games is cause the God damned Nazis are still around.
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Apr 20, 2018 03:57
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nessin posted:On the one hand, what did you expect? So far for me its just heavy-heavy-light attack string is the optimal combo for everything. I do like that some enemies you gotta punch until they're stunned but then the kill animation seems to repeat a lot, possibly there is only one animation per enemy type? Story is pretty standard gruff dad stuff, nothing super intriguing so far generally but especially compared to the old games which would usually open with you like throwing the collosus of rhodes head at zeus while surfing poseidon or whatever. First plot fight was a cool cutscene but the fighting was still just mashing the same combo and dodge rolling for me. oh i like the dwarf too, he seems cool. i dunno, i hope i'll warm to it, i didnt like HZD at first and loved it by the end. I stopped playing this after 2 hours and went and played something else though cause id been doing exactly the same thing for 2 hours, which seemed like a bad sign
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Apr 20, 2018 04:00
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as for slow walking its not really GoW's problem, i just don't like Enforced Slow Movement sequences and they turn up in like every big budget game, I wouldn't mind a cutscene but it bugs me when games are like "now press/hold a single button in order to progress our great cinematic so you remember you're playing a game"
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Apr 20, 2018 04:01
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is that what the subtitles say???
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Apr 20, 2018 04:12
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Game director Cory Barlog gets emotional seeing the reviews (week old, but only now uploaded) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7IX5RTPPA nopantsjack posted:I stopped playing this after 2 hours and went and played something else though cause id been doing exactly the same thing for 2 hours, which seemed like a bad sign A number of people have said the start is slow to the point of them almost giving up on the game (but ended up loving the game in the end).
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Apr 20, 2018 04:18
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I’m going to unbookmark for a while since I want to avoid spoilers and not let others skew my feelings on the game. Have fun everyone!  be nice to your good son!!!
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Apr 20, 2018 04:22
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Grem posted:You all know that the reason we can't have Norse mythology games is cause the God damned Nazis are still around. That's a good point. Kratos mitigates it for this one by being an anarchist in a previous life.
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Apr 20, 2018 04:26
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I am fully alert and prepared to bring down the Norse pantheon in t-minus 20 minutes.
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Apr 20, 2018 04:42
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Just played it for half an hour before heading off for work, I haven't been given this much of a positive first impression in a long time. I started off on 'give me a challenge' and oh boy this game does not gently caress around. I tell you one thing, the animation is phenomenal right from the first second. Kratos is just... whoa.
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Apr 20, 2018 05:18
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Just played it for half an hour before heading off for work, I haven't been given this much of a positive first impression in a long time. Yeah this game is loving hard what the hell...
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Apr 20, 2018 05:43
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Hell yea a hard game let's start the Dark Souls comparisons.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:20
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I just bit the bullet and downloaded it, I have the day off work too! I’ve never played the rest of the series (I know) but got on the hype train. Even though I hear this isn’t true to form of the previous games as an idiot outsider I will by happy with the lovechild of HZD and TLOU wearing a Norse mythology skin. On the ‘games with strong mythology’ chat I think HZD did a great job building one from scratch.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:25
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The “give me god of war” difficulty is just ridiculous
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Apr 20, 2018 06:28
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ZZZorcerer posted:The “give me god of war” difficulty is just ridiculous Can't wait to watch someone far better than me play through on this difficulty.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:28
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I hear on the hardest setting, the first time you refer to Atreus as “boy”, he just turns around and puts his mother’s knife in your neck.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:32
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I picked whatever normal is and I'm generally fine but a couple of fights killed me and taught me that I need to use my skills. Beating the poo poo out of things with your bare hand is an excellent superpower. I'm hoping to see a few more grab kills though. Ripping the wings off the harpy things in the old games always brought a smile to my dial.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:33
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Everything I’ve heard is the game is very slow and linear for the first 3-4 hours before something happens and it blows wide open so probably something to keep in mind if anybody is bored
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Apr 20, 2018 06:37
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Some.of these boat conversations are hilarious. This game has some good writing.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:39
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God of War is (even more) anime now, and I am here for it.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:58
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How far off would it be to say this game is like The Last of Us, but with the zombie survival shooter aspects replaced by fighting game combat and god of war's local pantheon and monster murdering?
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