Topic: God of War OT

@themcnoisy Well, he's a god, kinda, what did you expect?

@Feena Glad your enjoying it.

I recommend completing the Dwarf favours as soon as you can. I left them to do until later in the game and regret it as I had already obtained better stuff. Some you won't be able to do until either you have gained a certain ability or something happens in the game allow you to continue.

@KratosMD I now see what you mean about the Lake of Nine, it really is brilliant level design especially later on.

Just popped the trophy for sorting the second lake. The one with the weird ghost elves. Amazing mechanics during that section it reminds me most like Zelda Windwaker puzzle wise with a touch of the original Halo architecturally with the light bridges. Im also finding the HDR to be the best outside of Infamous. Its not too bright to give you a headache yet some scenes really pop off the screen.

A couple of negatives are the amount of Armour, skills, weapon slots and extra abilities to choose from, feels like you are commiting to one type of fight style or armour set very early doors and there are tons to choose from. Also the explanation for being blocked on the mountain was really cumbersome and filled with jargon, hopefully there isnt more silly magic black fog later in the game.

Great days gaming! I need to play more grrrrrr.

@themcnoisy I've got two or three armour sets going at the moment for facing different enemies, all upgraded with stones slotted in.

You will get to a point when you have loads of money and xp, and not a great deal to spend it on.

@JohnnyShoulder cool. Ive gone with strength / defence. Yet I am jealous of cooldown buffs and what not. At least thats something to look forward to.

GoW is one of those games that once you put it on 3 hours just disappear. Awesome game. Easily the best Ive bought this year (I have bought 3x games released in 2018 lol)

@themcnoisy I am running around the Lake of Nine helping out dead people, despite saying no to my completist son.

@Feena Im about 2.5 hours ahead of you. It gets 👍.

Just beat the game!
Oh myy.........!!!!

Going to finish off the Valkyries and the trials, but I'll be very surprised if I'll play a better game this year. Time to head to that spoiler thread---->.

I have the same feeling after i finished the last of us and persona 4 golden. Sadness , as in i want more atreus and kratos. Now going for the sidequests such as the likr of Nine

Phew! Just completed stage 4 of the Muspelheim challenge for for defeating 100 enemies. And that was the easy stage. Eeek.

@JohnnyShoulder That was very time consuming but not that 'difficult'... I won't spoil what's to come...

@BAMozzy Yeah ya right it was more time consuming than difficult. I did get destroyed when i first tried but now I've got better armour etc it was much easier.

So I beat the game two weeks ago, and I went back and got the platinum last night(which I almost never do). My thoughts are basically the same as my previous post, Great game, good God of War game, my 3rd or 4th favorite in the franchise (nothing beats God of War 3). Last time I commented more on the gameplay which I thought was good though I do miss the faster pace combat, combos, and QTEs(especially during boss fights because boss fights).

As far as the story goes...It's weird. More effort obviously went into the story for this God of War game than previous installments, yet somehow I found Kratos and the story more interesting and myself more invested in the original trilogy than in this game(all of which I've replayed in the past 2 months) and I can't quite put my finger on the reason why. For me it almost felt like they were trying too hard to be better than the originals to the point where the story here almost feels like the video game equivalent of Oscar bait. Overall I still found this to be a good solid story and I'm looking forward to the next entry in the series especially to see what happened with Freya(who was the most interesting character in the game to me) but I just wasn't blown away by the story like a lot of other people. I'd rate this game as an 8.5 or 9 and something I'd definitely come back to play again down the line. Now it's time for me to find a new game to fill my time.

hey guys where can i find god of war stats ?

like how many players defeated by Valkyries globally in May ?
is there any app or website ?

anyone can help ?

Still better than Fallout 76

I might start God of War tomorrow. Anyone has any tips I should be aware of before I get into it? I've heard it can be quite a hard game, and I'm not the most seasoned or skilled player, so any tips regarding the combat especially would be appreciated. Just keep it non-spoilery, please!

@Tjuz Start on normal, if it's too easy, crank the difficulty up a notch. I found normal to be quite enjoyable, some of the end game stuff got really difficult, even on normal. Other than that, enjoy!

@Tjuz I found some of the earlier stuff tricker, as until you can upgrade and buy more moves you only have the basics. Learn how to parry and dodge, the game is good at teaching you these things naturally.

As you can spend your upgrade points as you wish, everyone will have their fave moves sets. I found the shield moves useful, especially the one that flings enemies projectiles back at em.

@Tjuz It took me a while to get to grips with the combat so I died plenty of times early on but the game does a brilliant job of allowing you to stick to basic moves and get through no problem, but also has some quite in depth techniques (like stance changes late on) that can take longer to master but are highly rewarding once you do.

Enjoy!

This is my first GoW and honestly I was expecting something à la Bayonetta while I feel more like I'm Lara Croft!