Lots of us have played and loved Santa Monica Studio's excellent God of War on PS4. While it's a generously sized game with plenty to see and do aside from the core story, many fans were left wondering whether any DLC would follow later down the line. Obviously, no extra content was released, aside from the Photo Mode and New Game Plus. It's great that Sony was able to release a game that was complete from day one, but we couldn't help but feel an expansion of some kind wouldn't have gone amiss.
As it turns out, the game's creative director, Cory Barlog, did have some kind of plan in mind for DLC, but it would've been too much. Speaking on the GameOverGreggy Show, Barlog said he had a "really fun" idea for DLC, but that it was ultimately "too ambitious". He stated that it would've been on a similar level to The Last of Us: Left Behind or Uncharted: The Lost Legacy -- in other words, enough to be its own standalone product.
"It would end up being its own thing," Barlog said. "Rightfully so, everybody had said to me, 'Dude, this is crazy. This isn't DLC, it's a little too big.'"
It'd be fascinating to know what it was that the director was cooking up, but it's possible it'll wind up in a future sequel if it's a strong enough concept. Were you disappointed at the lack of DLC for God of War, or did you appreciate the one-and-done approach? Sharpen your axe in the comments below.
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a sequel is coming for ps5.its all good word up son
"It would end up being its own thing," Barlog said. "Rightfully so, everybody had said to me, 'Dude, this is crazy. This isn't DLC, it's a little too big.'"
Karting spin-off
i was fine with God of War not having DLC, there was more than enough there anyway
God of War 2 plz.
I would much rather they continue on to the next big thing vs doing a small stand-alone.
It takes much more time for the big games to come out this gen.
God of war is great as it is.
They can do it the Nintendo way: keep all their great ideas and include them in a sequel (looking at you Ura Zelda).
@Gremio108 I think you meant Krating. š
Fixed that for you lol
The amount of bull*** commentary coming from Cory Barlog lately is surprising.
Around the time of GoW's release, he said they never planned any DLC because they always wanted to deliver a complete game from day 1. Now he claims he did have DLC in mind... And stating it was too ambitious after the massively successful launch, is absolute rubbish. Sony would definitely give the go-ahead for an expansion because everyone would buy it.
Language, please! - Quintumply
@clvr Ha, yeah. They could rename him Kartos.
I'm sort of in two minds. On the one hand, I thoroughly enjoyed God of War and felt like it was a very good length. However, if they had released an expansion or something, I'd have definitely been up for it.
@Dubya75 but when does a really ambitious expansion take away from work on the sequel? Iād rather have a sequel sooner (early-mid PS5) than an expansion and sequel much later (end of life PS5)
I think i'ts better to continue the game story with sequel rather than dlc.
I'd have eaten up a TLOU type dlc following what happened to Artreus while Kratos was in the light of Alfheim but replaying the game recently it doesn't seem worthwhile. I'm very happy with the game and will wait patiently for 2 more equally well polished sequels.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
We hear nothing but whining about games being released "incomplete" and whole sections released later as DLC, or how season passes are the work of the devil, etc.
Then a great game (apparently... haven't played it myself yet) gets released, and we get articles querying why there was no DLC.
40 years of gaming, and I don't recall ever feeling quite so disheartened about the state of things - on all sides, gamers, devs, publishers, and media - as I've felt in recent months.
I'd rather have a complete experience, and as much as I wanted GoW to never end, it wrapped everything up perfectly and left enough room for a proper sequel, which I'll take over an expansion any day of the week.
And I'm perfectly fine with that. You don't need DLC to make a good game. And to be honest, especially with God of War, I'd rather have the sequel a year sooner than a side story DLC in between.
I kinda wished they would have done it to be honest. I'd be okay with a standalone game like the Lost Legacy to tide me over while they prototype the full sequel.
Truth be told I felt cheated,what is the since of having the other realms on the tree if you can never access them. It just made me feel like there would be a DLC to unlock.
Ok, I actually made an account just to leave my opinion:
Of course a full game is the best way to go. I'm looking forward to the sequel as well. But, as they took so much time creating this new world, gameplay, lore and etc... And specially since they left 2 world beyond reach in the game, O think a dlc would be awesome. Not in the sense that it needs one to complement the story. But waiting what? 4 years for another full game to come out? And then we get to go to the other realms? They could do a decent size dlc, tell more story, give us some fun and make some money. While they still develop the next big thing. Probably the next GoW is gonna be for ps5, right? Doesn't seem quite fair to have to wait and then buy the next gen to b able to get back to this amazing story
Seriously don't get the praise.
DLC just annoys me. Either it's day one DLC which means it could have been shipped with the game without the extra price tag, or it comes months later once you've finished the game and you've moved on to something else. Honestly, I prefer the day one stuff - which I know totally riles people up, and understandably so - but at least it means I can just play the whole thing in one sitting. That's why I skip a lot of DLC. I'm like three games later by the time it comes out and I just can't try and remember how to play the game again. I much prefer the God of War approach of here's your game see ya.
Always leave them wanting more; Iām happy they didnāt do anything more.
@get2sammyb
Hell, even if it wasn't as big as something like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, I would've liked to have seen something similar to Horizon's Frozen Wilds expansion. Still, it was refreshing to see a game get released these days that was complete from day one.
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