Will there be side quests in GoW:A? I dunno why, I was thinking with this being a prequel it could have been a bit similar to KoA:R...in terms of length in gameplay? Another element from KoA:Reckoning, making choices (options) would have been a nice feature.
This is neither here nor there, but I'm currently playing the heck out of God of War: Chains of Olympus (first time ever) on my Vita and I really like it! A lot more than I thought I would, considering it's a portable game. Thought it would've been a much inferior game, but it holds its own.
I'd appreciate your input since you were part of the team. My theory is that after seeing how desperate Athena had become to rule over mankind, Kratos stabbed himself and released hope not so much to free mankind, but as a last **** you to the gods before he finally ended his torture. I saw a documentary (I think it came with GoWIII) where all the directors of all the games discuss the plot and the ending, and they all made it sound like Kratos did this heroic deed and released hope to mankind for their sake. Is that true to you? Or do you think he did it because it was his way of forever defeating the gods? The heroic part of it had nothing to do with it for him (it was just a by-product), but if mankind had hope, Athena or any other god would never be able to rule again (hence ending their reign forever). He didn't care how other humans lived afterward. That was the point of his smile at the end when Athena tells him she's so disappointed.
Also, the end where his body was gone I felt as kind of unnecessary. It's fun to add and keep everything ambiguous and keep the fans talking, but irrelevant to the point that there was never any finality when Kratos had died before that anyway. Each time he was killed, he escaped hades. In God of War III, he kills the domains ruler and steals his soul. If Kratos couldn't be stopped in leaving the underworld before Hades was killed, there sure is hell isn't no stopping him now even if Kratos killed himself.
These statues that are coming out with games these days are becoming more and more impressive. I have high expectations for this Kratos statue. I don't know why...but each figure that has come out has had a major drawback (NECA's had relatively no articulation, Sideshow's statue has a dumb looking face and condensed body imo, and Play Arts as that botched face paint). A simple statue in a dynamic pose may just be what I'm looking for.
Although, saw this at NYCC, and nothing compares. I want it. Now.
God of War games may seem all "bad-ass" and breathless action and blood and everything (which they are also) but actually they have one (the main core that runs throughout the trilogy) among the most allegorical scripts and scenarios that I 've seen in a video game ever.
Agreed. And the music, scope, and cinematic presentation really make it feel a level up on all of its most-similar competitors. Games like "Devil May Cry", "Ninja Gaiden", and "Darksiders" I enjoyed in a arcade-like giddy asskicking kind of way, but the "God of War" games truly immersed me into the world of greek mythology. And for such a brutal game, at times the series had its moments where it was nothing short of beautiful.
"Kratos" has a dual meaning in Greek. It means "power", but also "state". I think the rise of the "states" as communities structured by law and order begun to slightly decrease the "mighty God power", superstitions, priesthood and the eternal "fear of Gods".
I don't know if they wanted to spread that hidden meaning but this is what I understood while playing the trilogy and I think that this is a very accomplished view. Nobody can ever defeat or kill a God except a perfect standalone state that doesn't really need one.
Apparently, one of GameStop's pre-order bonuses is Gerard Butler's King Leonidas character from 300 for multiplayer; I'm not joking.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/201...clusive-god-of-war-ascension-pre-order-items/
Apparently, one of GameStop's pre-order bonuses is Gerard Butler's King Leonidas character from 300 for multiplayer; I'm not joking.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/201...clusive-god-of-war-ascension-pre-order-items/
Im sick of seeing this multiplayer crap. I couldn't give two *****s about multiplayer. I wanna see the game!