God of War PS4's E3 2016 Reveal Has Had a Crazy Positive Reception

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by Sammy Barker Mon 20th Jun 2016

Fun observation: God of War's E3 2016 reveal has been watched almost eight million times on YouTube, making it the second most watched video of the show – and the 12th most popular video on the official PlayStation channel of all time. Battlefield 1 has a few more views than Santa Monica's latest, but they're pretty neck and neck right now.

There are some disclaimers that we need to add here: content creators can pay to promote certain videos, and it's not unusual for publishers to do this in order to advertise their latest wares. However, the long-form format of the God of War video means that it's unlikely that Sony has boosted this 10 minute clip, and the ratio of likes certainly suggest that most of the views have been organic.

Either way, Sony will certainly be happy to see the title resonate so strongly – especially given the change of direction. Last year it was Final Fantasy VII Remake's reveal that brought the views for PlayStation's YouTube channel, so the new bearded Kratos is in good company. We wonder what next year's major reveal will be?

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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Splat
Mon 20th Jun 2016

We wonder what next year's major reveal will be?

The Last of Us 2.

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DarkKirby
Mon 20th Jun 2016

For me, the trailer seems to show that the new direction for the God of War reboot fixes some of the problems I had with God of War 1-3, namely, the button mashy combat system, and that Kratos was such a donkey hole that I didn't care about him or his cause.

The other issue I had was the retconning that kept happening in the story between the games, but that's not something that's really addressable in a trailer.

But really, the trailer itself is just really enjoyable to watch, that may be why it has so many views, even if some are artificial.

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Nikolaidas
Mon 20th Jun 2016

@DarkKirby Indeed. Kratos was one of the most unlikable protagonists I ever had the displeasure to control. A cringe-fest at every single cutscene. This Kratos however? I can get on board with.

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playstation1995
Mon 20th Jun 2016

@DarkKirby God of war 3 to me was the best ps3 exclusive game

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playstation1995
Mon 20th Jun 2016

@Nickolaidas @playstation1995 kratos is the best.and God of war is the best playstation franchise of all times

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playstation1995
Mon 20th Jun 2016

@JoeBlogs yeah I love better than the last of us.God of war is my favorite playstation franchise of all times

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playstation1995
Mon 20th Jun 2016

@JoeBlogs I like it.I am surprised.but it's great.what was your favorite playstation 1 game.mine was syphon filter

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Stude
Mon 20th Jun 2016

As a person who only ever kinda enjoyed the GoW games in passing, that ridiculous beard alone is enough to keep me from playing this one. No shave, no sale. Get it together, dude. It's not like you don't have blades around.

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banacheck
Mon 20th Jun 2016

@DarkKirby
God Of Wars combat was excellent which you could easily chain combos together, people mashing buttons obviously didn't know how to play it just like DMC also.