Kal-El814 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 21 hours ago, SaysWho? said: BUT Hide contents Mimir! Spoiler The journal entries in this game being written from Kratos' POV instead of Atreus' is amusing; read the entry for the name you just dropped lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: The journal entries in this game being written from Kratos' POV instead of Atreus' is amusing; read the entry for the name you just dropped lol. I can't look them up yet. At least I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 10 hours ago, BloodyHell said: Its Opie from SoA. Ryan Hurst. He did a great job playing Lobo in the recent DTV Superman: Man of Tomorrow animated movie, and I liked him on SoA as well. Debating on purchase or an idea for Xmas gift. Also I’m hoping that they can knock off $20 or so for Black Friday sale soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, SaysWho? said: Muscles make you look realistic. In real life, The Rock looks more realistic than you, you know? This is actually a great insight, I feel like this is true! Also about to start playing (just for a bit), my body is ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I got the God of War controller for max theme, arrived today also. It's nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I’m not sure if I’ll do the opening tonight or not or wait until tomorrow after work for my 3 day weekend. Is it worth checking it out for an hour session or would I be better to wait until my first session can be longer? I don’t want to have to pull myself away in the middle of crazy stuff happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Just now, stepee said: I’m not sure if I’ll do the opening tonight or not or wait until tomorrow after work for my 3 day weekend. Is it worth checking it out for an hour session or would I be better to wait until my first session can be longer? I don’t want to have to pull myself away in the middle of crazy stuff happening. There's a decently clean break about an hour in. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Got my shiny new PS5 set up, game is downloading now. I almost signed back up for PS+ so I could download a bunch more games, but I realized I can hold off on that for a couple weeks, because this is probably all I’ll be playing. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: There's a decently clean break about an hour in. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 So I'm already in the first world you can visit using the gate. I'm saying that because I'm going to put in some spoilers prior to that, particularly the first hour/75 minutes: Spoiler I really dug everything about the Thor/Odin/Mimir/Atreus/Kratos scene. I didn't even know if/when we'd see Odin, so I was surprised he was part of that scene that was teased since the first God of War. Everything from the camera shots and the high-angle view from behind Thor, to the tension and silence at the beginning of the scene, to the fact that the scene was allowed to breathe and we stuck with the long-camera shot and didn't do a bunch of edits, it was just really good. I didn't even know I'd be excited to watch Mimir see Odin again. The boss fight started so simply -- you attack, you block/dodge Thor's tells, rinse lather repeat. But there's a new tier to each part of the battle expanded things a little more, and the shocker was dying after a button prompt I thought I won, just for Thor to say I can't die until he allows it. At that point, I'm thinking, "Okay, this isn't Baldur. I'm not gonna snap his neck and be shocked he returns later; he's fucking with me right now." By the end, I was really finding my combat groove. Maybe if I knew more about Norse mythology, there's some connection between a bear and Loki that would have cued me, but as it stood, I gasped when that seemingly normal mini-boss fight ended with the realization that it was Atreus. Again, I don't know much about Norse mythology compared to Greek, so it's possible plenty of people saw that coming. Fenrir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 did you guys take off work for this or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, stepee said: did you guys take off work for this or what I had this Wednesday off just because I've had a lot of Wednesdays off recently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 14 hours ago, SaysWho? said: So I'm already in the first world you can visit using the gate. I'm saying that because I'm going to put in some spoilers prior to that, pa rticularly the first hour/75 minutes: Hide contents I really dug everything about the Thor/Odin/Mimir/Atreus/Kratos scene. I didn't even know if/when we'd see Odin, so I was surprised he was part of that scene that was teased since the first God of War. Everything from the camera shots and the high-angle view from behind Thor, to the tension and silence at the beginning of the scene, to the fact that the scene was allowed to breathe and we stuck with the long-camera shot and didn't do a bunch of edits, it was just really good. I didn't even know I'd be excited to watch Mimir see Odin again. The boss fight started so simply -- you attack, you block/dodge Thor's tells, rinse lather repeat. But there's a new tier to each part of the battle expanded things a little more, and the shocker was dying after a button prompt I thought I won, just for Thor to say I can't die until he allows it. At that point, I'm thinking, "Okay, this isn't Baldur. I'm not gonna snap his neck and be shocked he returns later; he's fucking with me right now." By the end, I was really finding my combat groove. Maybe if I knew more about Norse mythology, there's some connection between a bear and Loki that would have cued me, but as it stood, I gasped when that seemingly normal mini-boss fight ended with the realization that it was Atreus. Again, I don't know much about Norse mythology compared to Greek, so it's possible plenty of people saw that coming. Fenrir Spoiler Loki in myths wears "animals suits" on multiple occasions. Freyas eagle suit, bears, even has kids with a wolf in norse mythology. Mythology spoilers, not game spoilers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 21 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: Spoiler The journal entries in this game being written from Kratos' POV instead of Atreus' is amusing; read the entry for the name you just dropped lol. That's a spoiler for me so awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, stepee said: did you guys take off work for this or what Tues/Weds is my “weekend”, so I always appreciate it when games come out on those days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eventide11 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, stepee said: did you guys take off work for this or what I inadvertently took off because of food poison🤢. I had a small window where I felt meh/ok and I played for a few. It's an amazingly good looking game but definitely God of War as far as actual game play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I'm off Friday because of veterans day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, best3444 said: I'm off Friday because of veterans day. Same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I re-downloaded the last GOW game and it feels like I'm playing the new one. Winning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Spoiler 20 minutes in: Didn’t expect for it to just open with a Freya fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 16 minutes ago, stepee said: Spoiler 20 minutes in: Hide contents Didn’t expect for it to just open with a Freya fight! Oh, it only gets crazier from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Biggie said: I re-downloaded the last GOW game and it feels like I'm playing the new one. Winning! If you haven't played it before, you definitely should. If you have, you're missing an incredible sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Damn hard to choose between quality and performance mode here with high frame rate on - both look phenomenal but fights look pretty crazy in performance at 90fps so it might actually have to be that. This looks better than I expected, my expectations graphically were kinda low from what I’ve read but it’s definitely way up there if not quite Horizon FW. You get a more polished out the gate iq and better frame rate in return for that though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, BloodyHell said: If you haven't played it before, you definitely should. If you have, you're missing an incredible sequel. Never played it. Giving it a whirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 17 hours ago, best3444 said: That's a spoiler for me so awesome. Spoiler I mean, how is a codex in any way a spoiler? It's not like he told you what's in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 3 hours ago, BloodyHell said: I mean, how is a codex in any way a spoiler? It's not like he told you what's in it. Spoiler Because I wanted to know nothing about the game going in. Having Kratos now doing the journal is very surprising to me and I would have liked to have seen that for myself. It's definitely a spoiler imo. Kal doesn't give a shit though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 minute ago, best3444 said: Because I wanted to know nothing about the game going in. Why are you in this thread post release? Tempting fate? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Spork3245 said: Why are you in this thread post release? Tempting fate? To read spoiler free impressions. I thought everyone here was going to mark spoilers like most threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, best3444 said: To read spoiler free impressions. I thought everyone here was going to mark spoilers like most threads. Spoiler I get it, but, if something like the POV of journal entries is a spoiler for you, then to me it sounds as if you truly want a complete-unknown going into the game, which is fine. However, being in a thread post-release isn’t the best place to hang if that’s the case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Spork3245 said: Spoiler I get it, but, if something like the POV of journal entries is a spoiler for you, then to me it sounds as if you truly want a complete-unknown going into the game, which is fine. However, being in a thread post-release isn’t the best place to hang if that’s the case. Meh. Spoilers should be marked. Next new game I get I'll just post anything I want with no spoiler tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, best3444 said: Meh. Spoilers should be marked. Next new game I get I'll just post anything I want with no spoiler tag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 God of War spoiler: The White House blows up at the end. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 16 hours ago, best3444 said: That's a spoiler for me so awesome. Never in a million years would I have considered this a spoiler, or I’d have marked it. Apologies. I’ll do that now. 1 hour ago, best3444 said: It's definitely a spoiler imo. Kal doesn't give a shit though. Right that’s it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Never in a million years would I have considered this a spoiler, or I’d have marked it. Apologies. I’ll do that now. Right that’s it. Best is just looking for reasons to get angry at this point. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 31 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Best is just looking for reasons to get angry at this point. Angry lol? I'm having a great day today. I was disappointed to read something that would have been a nice surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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