Topic: God of War OT

@CJD87 that’s really appreciated buddy, thanks a lot. Yeah seems the right call for sure. Draw a line under a tough time and try and get back into the day-to-day afterwards by having something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time on the horizon.

After wrapping up Trails of Cold Steel 2, I've decided to play through God of War again before Ragnarok releases. Currently just chasing down the boar that will lead to Freya. That opening fight still amazing, Really looking forward to seeing what they come up with for Ragnarok !

@Kairu Same here, Only thing I've seen is that CG trailer.

@Tasuki
@BaMozzy

man i really wonder what y’all two think of GoW now , after reading the first two posts in this thread

So just read that the Platinum will take 70 hours… which seems a little conflicting with previous reports but if true, I’m really happy with that.

@nomither6 I think its the best God of War game I have played - well polished and well made. I platinumed the game inside 4/5 days and in doing so, I have NEVER wanted to return to playing it. Certain aspects 'annoyed' and/or irritated me, I don't think the Story was anything remarkable and the script at points is just cringeworthy bad, couple that with annoying QTE's and some aspects that are grindy and/or repetitive, with backtracking through now 'empty' areas. Visually impressive, well polished and a decent game as a whole, an 8/10 at most in my opinion.

That being said, I have NO intention of pre-ordering or buying GoW:Ragnarok. I bought the 'collector's' edition on PS4 for 'less' money than the 'standard' edition costs on PS5 and for that price, it was a decent game. But I refuse to pay £70 for ANY game. I don't care how much it cost to make, it's still 'my' valuable leisure time. I would rather wait until it drops down to at 'least' a traditional 'console' price or pick up a used copy after someone blasts through the campaign in a week or two and then decides to cash in to recuperate some of the extortionate prices. Its not as if I don't have plenty of games in my backlog from 'several' generations of hardware as well as 'access' to new games (new to me at least) via PS+ and Game Pass, that I can 'easily' fill my Leisure time at 'zero' additional cost, so a game really needs to offer a LOT more to get me to spend more than £40-£50 on a 'standard' edition release. At least with Collector editions costing around £70, you got 'extras' - steel books, Art Books etc and the 'limited' status made it feel like you had something that may be worth paying a bit more for because maybe in 10yrs time, it could be worth more...

Anyway, the reboot turned an IP from a Genre I never liked, a button bashing, combo building QTE filled game into something I could actually play and in general, enjoyed. I'd certainly never of bought if it was another 'God of War' Combo building button bashing game like it used to be and it was one of the best games made by a Sony first party studio of the PS4 era...

@nomither6 My opinion still stands. Not a fan of the series and have no desire to play it.

@BAMozzy
@Tasuki

woah i was expecting praise across the board ! interesting responses

@Kairu I'm almost done with my play through of God of War, im in Tyr's temple heading to the final boss. Really glad I have done. So much stuff happens that I'd forgotten and the music and set pieces are great.

When I finished the game back in 2018 I really loved it, but thought is that it when it ended. Really looking forward to Ragnarok to see where the story goes and what new combat skills Kratos gets. Part of me is hoping we get to kill the fat dobber and wield Mjoilner!

I had a text from Game last week saying that they were preparing to start issuing the pre-orders… made it sound like it might be turning up early 🤞

@Kairu oh definitely, I can't wait.

@colonelkilgore ordered my copy from base, no idea what they are like for delivering but it saved me a tenner.

@Kairu might have to ditch the good old world wide web for a bit till I've played it.

@MightyDemon82 @Kairu We won't miss you for a week.

I haven't preordered yet but having paid out loads for various things this last few months I'm pretty skint. I'm close to just thinking to hell with it though and sticking it on the already quite full credit card as there's no way I'm going to avoid seeing spoilers 😅

Depending on timezones,you can download the game today.

@jdv95 I wish this was somehow also available for those who pre-ordered a physical edition. Like... download now, insert disc to play (or enter code to unlock) on launch day. That's probably asking too much though
Luckily my new internet connection isn't half bad

@Kairu Lol, but I guess things would be less active here for a bit since you do seem to post a lot. There's that.

@Voltan That is one nice thing you can do on Xbox. Even if you don't own the game or it's not on Game Pass, you can pre-load a game via the Xbox's phone app (and Remote Play) and then just pop-in the disc whenever you get it.

If the file size of Ragnarok is under 100 GB, we should be ok though since PS5 games are on UHD discs. Horizon Forbidden West was basically 90 GB at launch and it all installed from the disc (plus a small Day 1 patch of course).

@KilloWertz Yeah that is nice. I got the Jotnar edition so it will be a PS Store code for me this time, no disc (but I am getting a nice steel case, lol).

@Voltan Oh, well, then you'll obviously be downloading the game and my comment about the UHD discs doesn't matter.

I just went with the standard edition as I wasn't a big fan of the 2018 game. This looks like I will enjoy it more, so I had no problem pre-ordering it, but I'll be ok. The Jotnar Edition looks cool, but I still have my Kratos statue from God of War Ascension, so I'm also ok with God of War related statues.

@KilloWertz I’m taken the opposite approach — I really like the 2018 game but I chose to wait on getting Ragnarok until later because it looks so similar to the last game. 😅

It’s all in the eye of the beholder. I reckon the truth is somewhere in the middle. People saying that this sequel looks like it’s just DLC for the last game are probably underselling it, and yet those expecting a transcendent game that is completely different are also likely to be disappointed.

I think it will be really awesome, but feel very familiar. (Which for me will be a good thing)

I forget if you already said, but what was it about the 2018 game that you didn’t like?