Topic: God of War Ragnarök

I enjoyed the first game but by the time i got to the end wished i hadn't bothered playing this, did you enjoy it or feel the same way?

I found it really tedious and a complete slog to play through honestly.

@Walrus_Slapper Glad it wasn't just me

I loved it… but I guess that’s just me 😱

@Max_Headroom It most definitely wasn't just you - it was almost as much of a slog as the last "Horizon" game. Having said that, I'm currently wishing that "Alan Wake 2" would hurry up and finish so maybe I'm just getting impatient in my old age

I didn't mind the last horizon game and did finish it but it was my first game on the PS5 and the first game i had played in years.

@LN78 I’m currently playing through Alan Wake II. Have you not enjoyed the game overall or just find it’s overlong? So far I’m pretty enthralled.

@Max_Headroom I thought it was an excellent game but really didn’t like the direction they took with progression and customization. I just found it over complicated for no valid reason. That and the map drove me nuts on numerous occasions while hunting down collectables in the end game. Definitely not wishing I hadn’t played it though!

@Jimmer-jammer I was enjoying the story for a while - now I'm finding it more and more abstruse and the characters increasingly grating. I was hoping for some significant gameplay improvements over the first game but they're not there either. It's firmly in 4/10 country at the moment and I don't see that changing unless the ending is mind blowing .

@LN78 Interesting. I’m still in the early stages of being blown away by the presentation of it all but I was wondering how grating some of the mechanics (case wall…) might get by hour 20. Here’s hoping a mind blowing ending pulls it all together for you.

@Jimmer-jammer The presentation really is incredible. Unfortunately it's just a really shiny box with almost nothing inside. At this point I want nothing more than for Alan to STFU and for Saga's mind palace to be shut down permanently - they're both SO annoying after a while! Bloody digital only game means I can't even recoup a few quid on eBay, either.

WOW I may have just dodged a bullet as I was intending to buy Alan Wake 2 next, thanks for the warning.

@Max_Headroom Don't take my word for it - it got a ton of high mark reviews. I'd say borrow or rent a copy but you can't. Digital for the win, indeed.

I may wait until AW2 gets into the second hand market then its no big loss if i dont like it and a massive win if i do.

@Max_Headroom There's no second hand market for digital only games, mate!

@LN78 @Max_Headroom That’s a shame and the sad reality of a digital only release. I’m enjoying it very much up to the point I’m at, and still may love it by the end, time will tell. I’m just seeing some cracks that are already detracting from the experience. Specifically, while I initially thought the case wall was the coolest thing ever, it has, in short order, devolved into me just impatiently clicking around until I find where the piece of evidence fits. Wouldn’t be a big deal if it wasn’t such an integral part of the game.

Right, i didn't know its digital only oh well looks like i will give it a miss.

@Jimmer-jammer Yup. I thought the case board was going to involve actual deductive reasoning, too (it probably started out that way, mechanically) but it devolved into little more than a frustrating (and unnecessary) plot tracker incredibly quickly. Saga's banal and witless observations can get in the bin, too.

Thanks for the warning.

Interesting reading these comments re AW2, given the 10/10 reviews, perhaps some reviewers didn't see it out til the end....

Digital only means I'm far from purchasing it yet, not looking forward to the future of gaming. Wishful thinking but an online store where person A could transfer their digital code to person B for an agreed price (with Sony/devs taking a small cut) really doesn't seem too difficult to implement.

As for ragnarok, I did find it a bit of a slog compared to the first, and agree with an earlier comment about the map (on both games) being more than unhelpful. But got the platinum and glad to have played it.