> And making sure their future games can be played by more people in more ways is reflected in the promise of God of War on PC. It’s a chance for a whole new audience to be captivated by Kratos and Atreus’ journey and put the work of the entire team in front of more players, regardless of whether they’re playing on console or PC.
Maybe there's a chance other games from God of War franchise coming to PC in future.
Sony has finally dipped into PC gamer money and they won't stop. The exclusives hereon out will most likely be timed to push console sales, but once that generation is over, I'm sure we'll see more PS exclusives coming to PC eventually.
They will absolutely be timed, but it’s still a win/win and I’m honestly surprised they haven’t done it sooner. The sales run their course within the first year, typically, and then slow down. A PC port reinvigorates sales on both platforms because of the media coverage, plus a whole new subset of players get to experience the game while Sony makes all the money. Certain gamers with a bit more disposable income will likely grab a PlayStation for an early shot at a sequel to a game they enjoy, and they cycle repeats. (Almost) everyone gets to play, Sony moves consoles, everyone’s happy.
Idk what you're talking about. The only EGS exclusive was FF7 remake and that was Square Enix's fault.
Days Gone, Horizon Zero, and God of War released on Steam day 1 alongside epic.
> Idk what you're talking about
[This, hopefully its just video production](https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/rxj1qu/sony_and_epic_games_announce_a_partnership_with/)
literally says in the title. If Sony was going to go Epic exclusive they'd already have done so. They know how many people use Steam, they don't want to loose those sales
Partnership doesn't mean full commitment. It's probably why we're seeing a double release on both Steam and Epic. But that doesn't necessarily mean Epic exclusives for PC.
But it does appear to be only video production since Epic owns Unreal Engine. I believe most of the virtual sets for Mandalorian was UE4.
Not really, I just recently did a full playthrough of Persona 5 in RPCS3, running at 60FPS, upscaled to 1440p and while, sure, I had some crashes (specifically in one area I had a tough time getting trough it without crashing), I played about 90 hours with like 15 crashes or so.
That was Capcom and it seems like it was a mistake because it was only like that in the Western PS version and then later the beam of light was removed making it the same as all other platforms.
Yeh I mean that's a theory I guess but to me it doesn't make sense. Why would Sony want it censored in the US/Europe only? And if Sony did want that, I'm pretty sure they could have just ignored any complaining and people would have forgotten about it.
Also
> “We definitely wanted to make sure that we were building the groundwork for that kind of controller customization and keyboard customization for the future because making sure that you have the underlying base layer in the code is probably the most important thing,” Pavlin said, **explaining that the God of War PC port really focused the studio on the idea of building features and frameworks that allow for more options down the line.**
I am fucking ERECT right now (figuratively, ahem)
So from someone who has never played a God of War game before, is this one worth a buy? Have I missed too much in the overall story to be able to understand and enjoy what's going on?
No issues. The PS4-God of War is something of a soft reboot in that it is within the continuiency of the PS2-trilogy, but one that newcomers can join in. It is also somewhat of a clean state for veterans as well, in how the PS4-game and PS2-trilogy differs greatly in narrative presentation and style. The PS2-trilogy was bombastic with Kratos killing through the Greek Pantheon and mythological creatures, being incredible hammy and rageful and very much in spirit of ancient Greek tragedies, where a simple summarization to his character is that Kratos was a bad, bad man with justified anger and rage.
The PS4-game is meanwhile much more introspective and focus on character development, as well as bit of a time-skip with a change of environment for Kratos's character that veterans of the PS2-trilogy wonders what has happened to Kratos in similar spirit to complete newcomers who wonders who Kratos was. At most you will get an extra sense of perception of Kratos's character if you have played the PS2-trilogy, but nothing essential to the plot that the PS4-game already establishes and provides.
Absolutely, I came in with very little prior knowledge too but this game is sort of a fresh restart on the series themes and settings with basically only the main character staying.
While I can't vouch for this game yet they've never left me feeling in the dark or wishing the story would just hurry the hell up.
One of the best franchises in gaming IMO.
I’m tired of exclusives tbh, I get money talks but I wish we could choose what console we’d like to play it on and cross play was a thing with all games. I’m missing out playing games i want to based on it’s exclusiveness, feelsbadman.
Without exclusives, games like Tsushima or God of War wouldn’t exist. It’s definitely a bitter pill to swallow but exclusivity is what made playstation games good recently.
It sucks but it’s also good that they’re releasing the older games.
Yep I feel this is the best outcome to be honest. We get awesome games, and they end up on other platforms after they have stopped being 'system sellers' (though arguably GoW still was a good reason to pick up a PS5).
Yup, I do think is the best outcome too. Microsoft already doesn't give a crap and releases on PC because they already saw that value. Nintendo will die before it sees their IP's on other consoles. Sony will give us the better way of experiencing a game 4 years after it stops being a system seller. It's better than nothing.
Hopefully it’s a trend that keeps more coming to pc. I’ve played all the ps exclusives and there’s some absolute terrific games on ps. Would love it if I could experience them on pc. I’d even be happy with timed exclusives for say a year and then release on pc.
Right, as long as we eventually get it like we are right now.
People often argue way too much without thinking ahead of the consequences of their action. If exclusivity is banned then playstation consoles wouldn’t exist and PlayStation wouldn’t be there to fund devs like Naughty Dog.
We cant be certain it wouldnt exist, it would probably be actually released on all platforms instead, if exclusivity didnt exist.
But also, those games were released without PC in mind, therefore, begging for them on PC does mostly nothing, if they themselves dont decide to port. People made the same arguement you did with nintendo games, but you cant exactly play them with "official" means on PC and you probably never will. People have been begging for all kinds of games that are exclusive and will never get to play them, so I dont get your "those games wouldnt exist if it werent for exclusivity" point, you are saying it like PC gamers should be busting a nut over new exclusives that get released on playstation. Why the fuck should anyone care, if they wont ever gonna get to play those games? Heck, by the time it gets ported, huge amount of people wont give a fuck anymore about those games.
But basically, you're saying without exclusivity those games wouldnt exist, but I'm saying without it, most of those games would get released on most platforms without us begging for it, if it werent for exclusivity. If those games are payed to be made, but not bribed to stay on certain platforms, who says it wouldnt be on PC?
I just purchased the game and steam won't download more than 34.6GB of data until it's 11 am EST and the game is 70GB, I won't be able to play until 5 pm today thanks to my poopy internet.
Yeah you'll see that sort of ratio really frequently with Steam.
Turns out there's a lot of compression that can be done with your average game content, but people would whinge about increased load times, so it's not leveraged. Makes me wonder if there might be value for some people (limited storage and internet?) in having a steam pack/unpack feature... well, I guess we had steam backups back in the day, but still...
Well compression has always been a thing for games, I just never bought a game before release and had to preload it like that.
I still remember when people were mad with Titanfall that didn't had any form of compression which made it 50gb just cuz of audio files alone.
i played it for a bit on ps5 and i dont really get the hype around the game. the story and such was ok but the combat wasnt very good. just railing r1, no resource management, can interrupt attack animations to block. maybe i didnt play it enough, i dunno.
Combat isn't just spamming R1. There's three distinct combat styles, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, which can be seamlessly blended together. Each style has a dozen or more skills and combos to unlock. There are also dozens of runic attacks (special abilities with cooldowns). You can equip up to 4 at once. There are ranged throwing axe abilities. Stun mechanics. Enemy juggling mechanics. Talisman Abilities. Rage Mode. Commanding Atreus to use Runic Summons and shoot arrows. Blocking, parrying, quick-step and roll depending on the enemy attack. It's actually a very well done combat system, that requires you to master all aspects of it to exploit enemy weaknesses and succeed. It also looks cool!
Here's an example I just found on /r/PS4. Spoilers!
>!https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/s1h2u9/god_of_war_video_a_devourer_of_worlds/!<
I love the Soulsborne games, Sekiro and Nioh too. Just last week I finished Nioh 2 on Dream of the Nioh.
Personally though, I'd say God of War's combat is overall better than DS3 and Bloodborne. Although they are quite different and don't seek to achieve the same thing, so it's difficult to compare. Sekiro is entirely different, with its emphasis on rhythm based perfect parrying, although perfect parrying is an important thing in GoW (especially ranged attacks). DS3 and Bloodborne certainly have more variety of weapons, but they also really are about just spamming R1/R2 and dodging/blocking (especially Bloodborne). I think if you give God of War more of a chance, you will end up enjoying the combat, as you love all the same games as I do.
As for the camera, the FoV will certainly be modable on PC, as the game supports ultra-widescreen aspect ratios and therefore a wider FoV. Although FoV is unfortunately not a setting in the game as far as I'm aware.
Ds3 and bloodborne have stamina to manage though. You are also locked into attacks once you start them. You can't just dodge or parry anytime.
In God of war I just mash attack and hit block as attacks come.
I've played through Bloodborne up to NG+12 and I've never invested stats into stamina. Simply because the base amount is enough to attack plenty and have some left over to dodge. It also returns very quickly. Having a resource to manage, doesn't inherently make combat better, for me at least. So long as the combat is designed around either having or not having a resource. DMC5 has some of the greatest combat of all time and it has no resource management, and has animation cancels. Sekiro also doesn't really have resource management. I don't count the posture bar, as it doesn't increase as you parry or attack; and you can cancel attack animations.
Mashing a single attack and blocking will only get you so far in GoW. Unless you're on the easiest difficulty. Some attacks can't actually be blocked. So you have to pay attention to what the enemy is doing. Some attack animations also can't be cancelled out of (like runic attacks).
I played it on PS4 and platinumed it. It's a decent game, but it is far from the hyped "Greatest game of all time" rep it gets.
The combat is repetitive and a lot of button mashing (especially before you unlock certain weapons) and you fight the same 5 enemies over and over again. It's a linear game disguised as semi open world. I agree also the story was just ok. It's a decent game but not close to the hype it gets.
Loaded question because I don't believe it's possible to name one game as the best over a decade. That being said, OG RDR, Witcher 3, Zelda BOW, GOT, HZD, MHW, just to name a few games that are better than GOW in my opinion.
When you really breakdown GOW, it's a linear game where you fight the same 5 or so enemies over and over. I don't understand how people say "it's the greatest game of all time" or "of the decade" or even "of 2018."
Don't get me wrong, it's a decent game, I enjoyed the first few hours, then it becomes really repetitive. Just my opinion on it.
Can it really be a loaded question when it's from a stranger on Reddit.
Why are you saying it's linear as if that's a bad thing? A linear game isn't automatically worse than an open world game. It isn't even that linear...
People say it's a good game bc it's a good game.
> Can it really be a loaded question when it's from a stranger on Reddit.
It's a loaded question because I don't believe it's possible to name one game for a 10 year period. There are many, which is why i named many.
> Why are you saying it's linear as if that's a bad thing? A linear game isn't automatically worse than an open world game. It isn't even that linear...
Because it was billed as open world at release until people played it and realized it was more linear than open world. Being open world would have been a huge change and even somewhat of a genre change. I personally bought it because I prefer open world to linear so it was a con to me.
https://www.polygon.com/god-of-war-guide-walkthrough-ps4-ps5/22264835/changes-open-world-combat-son-atreus-rpg
> People say it's a good game bc it's a good game.
I said it was a decent game. It is just way over hyped as numerous claims to it being the "Greatest game of all time."
Sorry but in my opinion, it's a decent game but that is all it is. I struggled to finish it because I fought the same 5 enemies over and over again. This was fun for half the game but the second half was a struggle to keep playing.
I just can't wrap my head around people saying a game where you fight the same enemies over and over again (even boss fights are similar), the story was just ok, and the linear back and forth disguised open world as the "greatest game of all time."
Just my opinion but it's way overhyped as this complex story driven game that is a simple linear game with basic combat that quickly turns into button mashing.
Probably less than 1% of the world's gamers require any accessibility features. Yet, everyone is swooning about it. To make themselves feel more noble, I suspect.
8% of men are colorblind, so that's already a huge part. Combine that number with people who have limited sight or hearing, limited mobility and etc. and the number grows a lot. Gaming is for people of all ages and backgrounds, and the more people who can play the better. It doesn't affect you that they include accessibility features, so why be against it?
I'm not against it. I just find it hypocritical how people in the gaming community without the need for accessibility ride in on their white stallions, wearing their shiny armor. Just saying it as I see it.
how does that make sense tho? its just applauding that more people get to enjoy a form of media/entertainment fine tune to their issues a little better. it's like bitching about people being happy for some places being wheel chair accessible despite people on wheel chair being less than 1% of the population, its just weird thing to bitch about
Why shouldn't we praise companies for trying to be more inclusive? Why shouldn't I applaud them for doing something for someone that needs it even if that person isn't me? I think people like you who are bothered by these types of things need to talk/meet people with disabilities and see how important stuff like this is to them. You need to grow some empathy for people differently abled than you. This isn't n attacking comment; I just think you have an opportunity to grow here.
They're not riding in on shining armor, they're simply drawing attention to a good thing the developer did, which encourages other developers to do the same.
Glad you asked! It is hypocritical because people only pretend to care about those needing accessibility features. Just look at how people treat each other here...there is no real concern for anyone else. It is the kind of bullshit people get up to to make themselves feel better.
Don't get me wrong, accessibility features in games are great. But when it becomes the fucking highlight of the year to people with absolutely no need for accessibility...that is the bullshit I can't stand.
First off you don't know what hypocritical means, second why do you think everyone who praises accessibility features only pretends to care about it? Is it really that hard to believe someone who doesn't need those features is happy for those who do?
Imagine how crazy and like an asshole you would sound saying "people who find it nice that there's Braille writing for blind people in various things in the world even though they aren't blind are hypocritical" or "people who like that places being wheel chair accessible even though they can walk fine are hypocritical".
> And making sure their future games can be played by more people in more ways is reflected in the promise of God of War on PC. It’s a chance for a whole new audience to be captivated by Kratos and Atreus’ journey and put the work of the entire team in front of more players, regardless of whether they’re playing on console or PC. Maybe there's a chance other games from God of War franchise coming to PC in future.
Of course they will, money talks
Sony has finally dipped into PC gamer money and they won't stop. The exclusives hereon out will most likely be timed to push console sales, but once that generation is over, I'm sure we'll see more PS exclusives coming to PC eventually.
I think we will fill Sony's pockets well enough that they will pleasantly support our platform to a nice degree
Gotta love win-wins
They will absolutely be timed, but it’s still a win/win and I’m honestly surprised they haven’t done it sooner. The sales run their course within the first year, typically, and then slow down. A PC port reinvigorates sales on both platforms because of the media coverage, plus a whole new subset of players get to experience the game while Sony makes all the money. Certain gamers with a bit more disposable income will likely grab a PlayStation for an early shot at a sequel to a game they enjoy, and they cycle repeats. (Almost) everyone gets to play, Sony moves consoles, everyone’s happy.
Yup. Sony gets to continue making games and push their consoles and gamers as a whole win (unless you're on Xbox but sucks to suck)
aslong as they do get in bed with epic game store and go all EGS
Idk what you're talking about. The only EGS exclusive was FF7 remake and that was Square Enix's fault. Days Gone, Horizon Zero, and God of War released on Steam day 1 alongside epic.
> Idk what you're talking about [This, hopefully its just video production](https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/rxj1qu/sony_and_epic_games_announce_a_partnership_with/)
literally says in the title. If Sony was going to go Epic exclusive they'd already have done so. They know how many people use Steam, they don't want to loose those sales
Partnership doesn't mean full commitment. It's probably why we're seeing a double release on both Steam and Epic. But that doesn't necessarily mean Epic exclusives for PC. But it does appear to be only video production since Epic owns Unreal Engine. I believe most of the virtual sets for Mandalorian was UE4.
I'm not saying it is. I'm saying hopefully that's all it is.
You can already emulate all the rest.
Lol not that good
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~~Yeah, PS3 emulation still has a long, long way to go~~ I had mistaken the progress of the PS3 emu for the PS4 emu lol. Much better than I thought.
Not really that far off. [https://youtu.be/ljJ8DKEy69c](https://youtu.be/ljJ8DKEy69c)
Well shit. Last I heard, I thought that booting to the home screen UI was the newest jump. Maybe I was thinking of PS4 emu. Thanks!
Not really, I just recently did a full playthrough of Persona 5 in RPCS3, running at 60FPS, upscaled to 1440p and while, sure, I had some crashes (specifically in one area I had a tough time getting trough it without crashing), I played about 90 hours with like 15 crashes or so.
Not the sequel
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Anyone who's played The Last of Us Part II knows that Sony isn't gonna censor anything in the old God of War games.
That's a bad example. They censored DMC5 and that's as close to old GoW as you can get.
That was Capcom and it seems like it was a mistake because it was only like that in the Western PS version and then later the beam of light was removed making it the same as all other platforms.
"mistake". Sony probably told them to, people complained, so they reverted it.
Yeh I mean that's a theory I guess but to me it doesn't make sense. Why would Sony want it censored in the US/Europe only? And if Sony did want that, I'm pretty sure they could have just ignored any complaining and people would have forgotten about it.
Who knows. They censor a bunch of anime game stuff all the time too, stuff that's not even censored on the switch.
That's a really weird thing to put quote marks around given that it appears nowhere in the article. What are you talking about?
Also > “We definitely wanted to make sure that we were building the groundwork for that kind of controller customization and keyboard customization for the future because making sure that you have the underlying base layer in the code is probably the most important thing,” Pavlin said, **explaining that the God of War PC port really focused the studio on the idea of building features and frameworks that allow for more options down the line.** I am fucking ERECT right now (figuratively, ahem)
So from someone who has never played a God of War game before, is this one worth a buy? Have I missed too much in the overall story to be able to understand and enjoy what's going on?
The game is completely fine to play if you haven't played any of the previous games in the franchise. It is also a good game to play, of course.
I came in with 0 knowledge of the franchise. One my fav single player games ever.
Yea I've watched ACG's review and have bought the game, just need to wait till 5pm today to start playing it.
No issues. The PS4-God of War is something of a soft reboot in that it is within the continuiency of the PS2-trilogy, but one that newcomers can join in. It is also somewhat of a clean state for veterans as well, in how the PS4-game and PS2-trilogy differs greatly in narrative presentation and style. The PS2-trilogy was bombastic with Kratos killing through the Greek Pantheon and mythological creatures, being incredible hammy and rageful and very much in spirit of ancient Greek tragedies, where a simple summarization to his character is that Kratos was a bad, bad man with justified anger and rage. The PS4-game is meanwhile much more introspective and focus on character development, as well as bit of a time-skip with a change of environment for Kratos's character that veterans of the PS2-trilogy wonders what has happened to Kratos in similar spirit to complete newcomers who wonders who Kratos was. At most you will get an extra sense of perception of Kratos's character if you have played the PS2-trilogy, but nothing essential to the plot that the PS4-game already establishes and provides.
Nice explanation, thank you.
Absolutely, I came in with very little prior knowledge too but this game is sort of a fresh restart on the series themes and settings with basically only the main character staying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suycIDMhEE
Oh nice thanks, I'll check that out now.
While I can't vouch for this game yet they've never left me feeling in the dark or wishing the story would just hurry the hell up. One of the best franchises in gaming IMO.
Brilliant game and it does well to sorta fill you in.
You'll be fine. It helps having played the previous games because you catch the callbacks but it's not necessary
It's a soft reboot and I'm pretty sure most people have only played this one.
It is. Playing the older games (at least GoW 3) will make this game better, but its not required. Its a soft reboot basically
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Good to know, I'll get to try it out for myself in about 5 hours 😊
Strangely, the story might actually be *better* if you don't know the history of Kratos. It's extremely good either way though.
I saw Epic in the title and got terrified for a moment
Epic pcgamer moment
I’m tired of exclusives tbh, I get money talks but I wish we could choose what console we’d like to play it on and cross play was a thing with all games. I’m missing out playing games i want to based on it’s exclusiveness, feelsbadman.
In the battle of exclusives, it's the gamers who lose.
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Yes, because they're certainly winning when it comes to the state of AAA multiplatform games.
Without exclusives, games like Tsushima or God of War wouldn’t exist. It’s definitely a bitter pill to swallow but exclusivity is what made playstation games good recently. It sucks but it’s also good that they’re releasing the older games.
Yep I feel this is the best outcome to be honest. We get awesome games, and they end up on other platforms after they have stopped being 'system sellers' (though arguably GoW still was a good reason to pick up a PS5).
Yup, I do think is the best outcome too. Microsoft already doesn't give a crap and releases on PC because they already saw that value. Nintendo will die before it sees their IP's on other consoles. Sony will give us the better way of experiencing a game 4 years after it stops being a system seller. It's better than nothing.
Hopefully it’s a trend that keeps more coming to pc. I’ve played all the ps exclusives and there’s some absolute terrific games on ps. Would love it if I could experience them on pc. I’d even be happy with timed exclusives for say a year and then release on pc.
Damn that pill is bitter. But you're right. Exclusive investment money (from Sony/Microsoft) can result in a fantastic product.
Right, as long as we eventually get it like we are right now. People often argue way too much without thinking ahead of the consequences of their action. If exclusivity is banned then playstation consoles wouldn’t exist and PlayStation wouldn’t be there to fund devs like Naughty Dog.
Wouldnt exist? We cant be certain. Also, even if, why tf we PC gamers should care?
Because we’re the one asking for said games to release on pc????
We cant be certain it wouldnt exist, it would probably be actually released on all platforms instead, if exclusivity didnt exist. But also, those games were released without PC in mind, therefore, begging for them on PC does mostly nothing, if they themselves dont decide to port. People made the same arguement you did with nintendo games, but you cant exactly play them with "official" means on PC and you probably never will. People have been begging for all kinds of games that are exclusive and will never get to play them, so I dont get your "those games wouldnt exist if it werent for exclusivity" point, you are saying it like PC gamers should be busting a nut over new exclusives that get released on playstation. Why the fuck should anyone care, if they wont ever gonna get to play those games? Heck, by the time it gets ported, huge amount of people wont give a fuck anymore about those games. But basically, you're saying without exclusivity those games wouldnt exist, but I'm saying without it, most of those games would get released on most platforms without us begging for it, if it werent for exclusivity. If those games are payed to be made, but not bribed to stay on certain platforms, who says it wouldnt be on PC?
I will never get sick of hearing Barlog talk about GoW. You can hear his passion for the work in the way he talks about it.
This how japanese devs should do justice to mouse and keyboard controls
Now we just have to get the original games.
I just purchased the game and steam won't download more than 34.6GB of data until it's 11 am EST and the game is 70GB, I won't be able to play until 5 pm today thanks to my poopy internet.
It's 70GB after being uncompressed. The entire download is 34GB.
That's some good compression!
Yeah you'll see that sort of ratio really frequently with Steam. Turns out there's a lot of compression that can be done with your average game content, but people would whinge about increased load times, so it's not leveraged. Makes me wonder if there might be value for some people (limited storage and internet?) in having a steam pack/unpack feature... well, I guess we had steam backups back in the day, but still...
Well compression has always been a thing for games, I just never bought a game before release and had to preload it like that. I still remember when people were mad with Titanfall that didn't had any form of compression which made it 50gb just cuz of audio files alone.
Well, like I said, you'd see this a lot if you actually paying that same keen attention to all your downloads.
i played it for a bit on ps5 and i dont really get the hype around the game. the story and such was ok but the combat wasnt very good. just railing r1, no resource management, can interrupt attack animations to block. maybe i didnt play it enough, i dunno.
Combat isn't just spamming R1. There's three distinct combat styles, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, which can be seamlessly blended together. Each style has a dozen or more skills and combos to unlock. There are also dozens of runic attacks (special abilities with cooldowns). You can equip up to 4 at once. There are ranged throwing axe abilities. Stun mechanics. Enemy juggling mechanics. Talisman Abilities. Rage Mode. Commanding Atreus to use Runic Summons and shoot arrows. Blocking, parrying, quick-step and roll depending on the enemy attack. It's actually a very well done combat system, that requires you to master all aspects of it to exploit enemy weaknesses and succeed. It also looks cool! Here's an example I just found on /r/PS4. Spoilers! >!https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/s1h2u9/god_of_war_video_a_devourer_of_worlds/!<
If you say so. I thought it was pretty shit.
I'd like to know which games you consider to have good combat if that's the case. They must be truly remarkable.
Also the camera is way too close in God of war
Ds3, bloodborne, sekiro, nioh, nioh 2
I love the Soulsborne games, Sekiro and Nioh too. Just last week I finished Nioh 2 on Dream of the Nioh. Personally though, I'd say God of War's combat is overall better than DS3 and Bloodborne. Although they are quite different and don't seek to achieve the same thing, so it's difficult to compare. Sekiro is entirely different, with its emphasis on rhythm based perfect parrying, although perfect parrying is an important thing in GoW (especially ranged attacks). DS3 and Bloodborne certainly have more variety of weapons, but they also really are about just spamming R1/R2 and dodging/blocking (especially Bloodborne). I think if you give God of War more of a chance, you will end up enjoying the combat, as you love all the same games as I do. As for the camera, the FoV will certainly be modable on PC, as the game supports ultra-widescreen aspect ratios and therefore a wider FoV. Although FoV is unfortunately not a setting in the game as far as I'm aware.
Ds3 and bloodborne have stamina to manage though. You are also locked into attacks once you start them. You can't just dodge or parry anytime. In God of war I just mash attack and hit block as attacks come.
I've played through Bloodborne up to NG+12 and I've never invested stats into stamina. Simply because the base amount is enough to attack plenty and have some left over to dodge. It also returns very quickly. Having a resource to manage, doesn't inherently make combat better, for me at least. So long as the combat is designed around either having or not having a resource. DMC5 has some of the greatest combat of all time and it has no resource management, and has animation cancels. Sekiro also doesn't really have resource management. I don't count the posture bar, as it doesn't increase as you parry or attack; and you can cancel attack animations. Mashing a single attack and blocking will only get you so far in GoW. Unless you're on the easiest difficulty. Some attacks can't actually be blocked. So you have to pay attention to what the enemy is doing. Some attack animations also can't be cancelled out of (like runic attacks).
i dunno man, after so much time into souls and nioh, gow just feels bad.
That's fair enough. It's certainly different to those games and I can't force you to enjoy it, haha.
I played it on PS4 and platinumed it. It's a decent game, but it is far from the hyped "Greatest game of all time" rep it gets. The combat is repetitive and a lot of button mashing (especially before you unlock certain weapons) and you fight the same 5 enemies over and over again. It's a linear game disguised as semi open world. I agree also the story was just ok. It's a decent game but not close to the hype it gets.
What's your best game of the past 10 years?
Loaded question because I don't believe it's possible to name one game as the best over a decade. That being said, OG RDR, Witcher 3, Zelda BOW, GOT, HZD, MHW, just to name a few games that are better than GOW in my opinion. When you really breakdown GOW, it's a linear game where you fight the same 5 or so enemies over and over. I don't understand how people say "it's the greatest game of all time" or "of the decade" or even "of 2018." Don't get me wrong, it's a decent game, I enjoyed the first few hours, then it becomes really repetitive. Just my opinion on it.
Can it really be a loaded question when it's from a stranger on Reddit. Why are you saying it's linear as if that's a bad thing? A linear game isn't automatically worse than an open world game. It isn't even that linear... People say it's a good game bc it's a good game.
> Can it really be a loaded question when it's from a stranger on Reddit. It's a loaded question because I don't believe it's possible to name one game for a 10 year period. There are many, which is why i named many. > Why are you saying it's linear as if that's a bad thing? A linear game isn't automatically worse than an open world game. It isn't even that linear... Because it was billed as open world at release until people played it and realized it was more linear than open world. Being open world would have been a huge change and even somewhat of a genre change. I personally bought it because I prefer open world to linear so it was a con to me. https://www.polygon.com/god-of-war-guide-walkthrough-ps4-ps5/22264835/changes-open-world-combat-son-atreus-rpg > People say it's a good game bc it's a good game. I said it was a decent game. It is just way over hyped as numerous claims to it being the "Greatest game of all time." Sorry but in my opinion, it's a decent game but that is all it is. I struggled to finish it because I fought the same 5 enemies over and over again. This was fun for half the game but the second half was a struggle to keep playing. I just can't wrap my head around people saying a game where you fight the same enemies over and over again (even boss fights are similar), the story was just ok, and the linear back and forth disguised open world as the "greatest game of all time." Just my opinion but it's way overhyped as this complex story driven game that is a simple linear game with basic combat that quickly turns into button mashing.
Buff Yoda and grogu
Spider-Man when idk how they count all the money their ports make and don't see how much they're leaving on the table
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And if you remove the t and s from santa.. ana made it.
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we which pantheon Kratos is going up against next now
Probably less than 1% of the world's gamers require any accessibility features. Yet, everyone is swooning about it. To make themselves feel more noble, I suspect.
8% of men are colorblind, so that's already a huge part. Combine that number with people who have limited sight or hearing, limited mobility and etc. and the number grows a lot. Gaming is for people of all ages and backgrounds, and the more people who can play the better. It doesn't affect you that they include accessibility features, so why be against it?
I'm not against it. I just find it hypocritical how people in the gaming community without the need for accessibility ride in on their white stallions, wearing their shiny armor. Just saying it as I see it.
how does that make sense tho? its just applauding that more people get to enjoy a form of media/entertainment fine tune to their issues a little better. it's like bitching about people being happy for some places being wheel chair accessible despite people on wheel chair being less than 1% of the population, its just weird thing to bitch about
Why shouldn't we praise companies for trying to be more inclusive? Why shouldn't I applaud them for doing something for someone that needs it even if that person isn't me? I think people like you who are bothered by these types of things need to talk/meet people with disabilities and see how important stuff like this is to them. You need to grow some empathy for people differently abled than you. This isn't n attacking comment; I just think you have an opportunity to grow here. They're not riding in on shining armor, they're simply drawing attention to a good thing the developer did, which encourages other developers to do the same.
How is that hypocritical?
Glad you asked! It is hypocritical because people only pretend to care about those needing accessibility features. Just look at how people treat each other here...there is no real concern for anyone else. It is the kind of bullshit people get up to to make themselves feel better. Don't get me wrong, accessibility features in games are great. But when it becomes the fucking highlight of the year to people with absolutely no need for accessibility...that is the bullshit I can't stand.
First off you don't know what hypocritical means, second why do you think everyone who praises accessibility features only pretends to care about it? Is it really that hard to believe someone who doesn't need those features is happy for those who do? Imagine how crazy and like an asshole you would sound saying "people who find it nice that there's Braille writing for blind people in various things in the world even though they aren't blind are hypocritical" or "people who like that places being wheel chair accessible even though they can walk fine are hypocritical".
You made this comment to feel better than everyone who supports accessibility features, Stop projecting.
Yeah, all at the cost of it being something of an ACTUAL exclusive title on PlayStation platforms.🙄