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tote up a bags posted:scores are now in and everyone seems to love the game, more or less perfect scores across the boa- you’ll get the name feminine tendencies and you’ll like it.
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Hmm, Im going to ignore my own son for a whole weekend to play dad simulator 
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Apr 20, 2018 15:00
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Spoilers for first non tutorial boss: I don't think I have ever played a game where I instantly knew who the mocap and voice actor was for a character until now. When I saw The Stranger and his facial expressions I immediately knew it was Jeremy Davies. That's some pretty incredible work on the part of the artists.
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Apr 20, 2018 15:01
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I NEED them to add a horse/survival mode to this asap. The combat is too satisfying. e: not fixing that typo. I’ll take a horse survival mode any day. e v2.0: just read they’re adding a photo mode soon yesssss Kilometers Davis fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Apr 20, 2018 |
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Apr 20, 2018 15:13
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drat this game is good. It’s managed to recapture that feeling when I started my first play of the original GOW. Edit: Also, Kratos boat stories.
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Apr 20, 2018 15:25
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The animation in this game is really good. Everything moves so goddamn well. In particular, (spoilers for the first boss) when Kratos puts The Stranger into a submission hold is the most brutal thing I've seen in a while.
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Apr 20, 2018 15:31
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Kilometers Davis posted:I NEED them to add a horse/survival mode to this asap. The combat is too satisfying. That doesn't sound that fun, horses love to kill themselves in horrible ways.
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Apr 20, 2018 15:40
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the first plot boss distracted me cause his animations and dialogue is so clearly meant to be floki from vikings but he has a british accent and sounds nothin like him just played another couple hours and they're much better than the first couple, it opens up quite widely still not 100% convinced the combat is gonna get good enough to steal the show but I'm liking the game now which I wasn't last night ...im still not very interested in norse mythology though, just a buncha elves and dwarves even if they're different depictions, that said the dwarves are the best bit so far. I still maintain norse mythology is the most common real life mythology to be portrayed in games, maybe because its the most honkey-based mythology that isnt "real" like christianity the story is still kinda rote AAA murder-dad stuff but I do kinda like kratos being shoehorned into the role of adventure-dad and obviously hating every moment of it, he's so furious about being in a modern AAA game lmao. kinda sucks that they big up Faye as this big cool warrior but shes fridged offscreen before the game even begins, hope she comes back or something but they've already introduced Competent Lady so I kinda doubt theres room enough for two
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Apr 20, 2018 15:49
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Can you do the thing from the 2016 trailer and throw the axe at a guy to pin him against an object while you punch out a different enemy?
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Apr 20, 2018 15:59
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C-Euro posted:Can you do the thing from the 2016 trailer and throw the axe at a guy to pin him against an object while you punch out a different enemy? Yes.
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Apr 20, 2018 16:00
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excuse me when did god of war become a gat dang anime
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Apr 20, 2018 16:01
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1stGear posted:excuse me when did god of war become a gat dang anime Since Theseus in God of War 2?
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Apr 20, 2018 16:05
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Abisteen posted:Spoilers for first non tutorial boss: I don't think I have ever played a game where I instantly knew who the mocap and voice actor was for a character until now. When I saw The Stranger and his facial expressions I immediately knew it was Jeremy Davies. That's some pretty incredible work on the part of the artists. I thought that guy looked familiar! It didn't click right away but that's because I haven't seen him in anything since Lost.
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Apr 20, 2018 16:10
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What’s up with the second boss? As a Hard Nosed GOW Vet  the first boss is always impressive. Hopefully there a few more that are funEdit: looks like it was answered right above me 
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Apr 20, 2018 16:11
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the_american_dream posted:What’s up with the second boss? As a Hard Nosed GOW Vet its pretty slow starting for a GoW game, iirc GoW 3 starts with you scaling olympus and killing like 2 titans and a god before the tutorial is over i hope it manages to match that kinda spectacle eventually
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Apr 20, 2018 16:16
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C-Euro posted:Can you do the thing from the 2016 trailer and throw the axe at a guy to pin him against an object while you punch out a different enemy? Yeah and you can proceed to line up a few enemies between you and the axed enemy, kick them into each other, and call it back to you ripping through their bodies  I really have to get good at the parrying system and axe stuff. It adds up for a lot of great combos. I’m getting the hang of the iframe rolls at least.
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Apr 20, 2018 16:59
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My only complaint so far is the lack of custom button mapping. I want to map R3 to the 180 turn rather then press down on the d-pad. Moving to the d-pad feels really awkward in the middle of combat. The alternative controls don't look much better.
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Apr 20, 2018 17:05
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Holy gently caress, I just got to the part where you're hunting the boar, and you follow the witch to her house, which is an enormous turtle with a huge tree on it's back. That set piece may be one of the most gorgeous settings I've ever seen in a game. And this is loving God of War. Goddamn, turn your speakers and subwoofer up really loud when the World Serpent speaks to you. My windows shook. Sneeing Emu fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Apr 20, 2018 |
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Apr 20, 2018 17:09
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I woke up at 5am and played until I got to the hub area. Then I left for work, 2 hours late. No regrets this game is amazing.
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Apr 20, 2018 17:19
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1stGear posted:excuse me when did god of war become a gat dang anime This is pretty goddamn anime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP7YPRR0oA4
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Apr 20, 2018 17:38
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Lid posted:Since Theseus in God of War 2? Nail Rat posted:This is pretty goddamn anime Yeah, but the first proper boss fight is kind of on another level. In other news, I regret getting the Reaver Tunic instead of the shoulderguard. Kratos' pecs were never meant to be contained.
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Apr 20, 2018 17:41
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It was closer to a Marvel Universe movie action sequence, Kratos literally uses a couple of the Hulks moves in places.
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Apr 20, 2018 17:49
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At first I had reservations, but Kratos with an axe is just so gratifying.
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Apr 20, 2018 17:59
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SettingSun posted:I think it would be really cool if we got a SotC style remaster of the original GoW and especially GoW II. They should re-release the first three games as God of War 5, 6, and 7. The only change would be to replace the Greek god names with their Roman equivalents. "Raah! I'm going to kill you, Jupiter! Click R3 to activate Praetorian Rage
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Apr 20, 2018 18:00
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That world serpent scene was spectacular, even having already seen it in a trailer. The single tracking shot really pays off with the set pieces. Seamlessly transitioning from gameplay to stuff of that scale while keeping Kratos' perspective helps make it feel so much larger and more fantastic than it did in past games.
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Apr 20, 2018 18:32
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The puzzles in this game are so fun. I know they’re nothing crazy complex but they nailed a perfect balance where I always feel accomplished when I find runes or navigate through a tricky setup.
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Apr 20, 2018 18:43
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NNick posted:My only complaint so far is the lack of custom button mapping. I want to map R3 to the 180 turn rather then press down on the d-pad. Moving to the d-pad feels really awkward in the middle of combat. The alternative controls don't look much better. The moment you get that ability, there is a tool tip that says you can remap that to whatever you want.
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Apr 20, 2018 18:43
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SettingSun posted:I'm playing on the balanced difficulty and I died twice to the first boss so I can only imagine what the game is like on the highest difficulty. Probably has similar vibes to the Titan difficulty in GoW II. it is extremely hard. i gave up and restarted on the challenging mode cause i rented it and didnt want to spend hours on one encounter dying in one hit over and over
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Apr 20, 2018 19:30
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gently caress I'm going to buy this and there goes the weekend and my responsibilities.
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Apr 20, 2018 19:38
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The highest difficulty is pretty miserable if for no reason other than the enemies that require your kid to help you and he's pretty much constantly knocked down.
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Apr 20, 2018 19:39
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Yeah, in the hardest difficulty you have to fight in the most boring way. Let the boy carry you, keep running and doing small attacks / throwing axe millions of times. How to make higher difficulties better: new enemy mechanics, better IA, new enemies compositions, .... They really need to rebalance, gonna have a try at the lower ones to see which one has the sweet spot.
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Apr 20, 2018 19:39
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How's do the normal and second-highest difficulties compare? Is it one of those situations where "Give Me a Balanced Experience" is too easy and "Give Me a Challenge" is too big of a leap above that, or is one of those a decent sweet spot?
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Apr 20, 2018 19:53
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I'm playing on Give me God of War or whatever difficulty. Game is fine but kind of just feels and plays (combatwise anyway) like Dark Souls but designed for normies.
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Apr 20, 2018 19:58
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It’s hard to say about the difficulty right now. On one hand the combat is punishingly hard, but as I’m getting the hang of the combos and combat flow it’s really starting to click.
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Apr 20, 2018 19:59
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Harrow posted:How's do the normal and second-highest difficulties compare? Is it one of those situations where "Give Me a Balanced Experience" is too easy and "Give Me a Challenge" is too big of a leap above that, or is one of those a decent sweet spot? I haven't tried Challenge, but Balanced seems fine. You can't just button-mash through enemies but you don't need to employ some Tier 1 Strats.
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Apr 20, 2018 20:00
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Random useful things I’ve found: Always be throwing that axe at weak points Learn the iframes and dodge a ton Don’t forget about the MY SON button Juggle everything you can juggle L1 shield parry whenever you can I’m finding that adopting a kill the adds mmo style approach helps a lot. Knock off the wimpy annoying enemies and then work on the bigs
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Apr 20, 2018 20:03
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im holding out hope there are other weapons than just the axe but i kinda doubt it
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Apr 20, 2018 20:03
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nopantsjack posted:im holding out hope there are other weapons than just the axe but i kinda doubt it Your fists
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Apr 20, 2018 20:06
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Harrow posted:How's do the normal and second-highest difficulties compare? Is it one of those situations where "Give Me a Balanced Experience" is too easy and "Give Me a Challenge" is too big of a leap above that, or is one of those a decent sweet spot? I'm playing on Challenge difficulty and it's pretty hard to my average gamer sensibilities. Definitely not like a Horizon or Uncharted situation where the Normal is a bit too easy. Kratos dies real fast and there is a learning curve as you come to blend more of your abilities together.
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Did I miss something in GoW 3 about how Kratos lost the Chaos Blades or is that just another mystery I'm sure we'll find out n this one?
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