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Title: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 02:26 AM
Figured this might be fun.  

Been a while since I played so much on PS3. Only a few hours into the first one.

Graphics:
There are two types of cutscenes: okay and really bad.  
The really bad ones look like they were rendered on a PS2.
The okay ones look great except they look like it's being watched on a SDTV.  But they look like they are using a full res Kratos' model and stuff.  

Gameplay looks pretty consistent and looks substantially better than the cutscenes.  
There's some weird things like Kratos' standing in front of the lights to save causes him to lose his AA or something.  That's how it looks at least.  

Gameplay:

Stunning.  Ridiculously fluid.  Kratos' has a ridiculous number of combos and it's all done so fluidly.  
It's not perfect.  There are a few games I would say control better, but it's pretty dang great.  
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 04:40 AM
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Good cutscene<br>(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1729/27704338807_e261701461_o.jpg)<br>Gameplay:<br><br>(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1753/41851902234_14a261da06_o.jpg)<br><br>Good cutscene<br>(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1744/27704345907_819f5fb094_o.jpg)<br><br>Bad cutscene:<br>(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/42574125171_a0e47d039d_o.jpg)<br><br>


There are some bad cutscenes that look way worse than that. That one looks pretty good actually. 

Gameplay tends to look better than in that image. 

But that's the kind of quality difference. 
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 09:29 AM
I need to join you on playing Gow 1 & 2. I loved 3.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Kerotan on Jun 05, 2018, 10:45 AM
Hey just found out you're not actually ka Pi. My mind is blown!

Anyway the god of war trilogy is great. Graphical master pieces on the ps2 and ps3. Chains of Olympus is just alright but ghost of sparta was epic especially considering it was a psp game. Ascension again was decent.

Have you played god of war ps4?
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 12:57 PM
Hey just found out you're not actually ka Pi. My mind is blown!

Anyway the god of war trilogy is great. Graphical master pieces on the ps2 and ps3. Chains of Olympus is just alright but ghost of sparta was epic especially considering it was a psp game. Ascension again was decent.

Have you played god of war ps4?
Did I seem like ka-Pi?  :o

Haven't played GoW PS4.  Just bought the first 3 games .
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 01:00 PM
Did I seem like ka-Pi?  :o

Haven't played GoW PS4.  Just bought the first 3 games .
Are you going to play them all in order?
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 01:12 PM
Are you going to play them all in order?
In order, but i don't know if I will play them all.  

Might not get the PSP games or Ascension.  We shall see.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Kerotan on Jun 05, 2018, 02:15 PM
Did I seem like ka-Pi?  :o

Haven't played GoW PS4.  Just bought the first 3 games .
No offence but yes!

Anyway it you aren't going to play them all I'd rank the others in this order

1. Ghost or sparta
2. Ascension
3. Chains of Olympus

Good news is, if you decide to play god of war ps4 after all of this you shouldn't feel burnt out. The ps4 game is dramatically different in a lot of ways and it almost feels like a different genre which imo is a good thing.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 02:31 PM
No offence but yes!
How?

Anyway it you aren't going to play them all I'd rank the others in this order

1. Ghost or sparta
2. Ascension
3. Chains of Olympus

Good news is, if you decide to play god of war ps4 after all of this you shouldn't feel burnt out. The ps4 game is dramatically different in a lot of ways and it almost feels like a different genre which imo is a good thing.
I'm not worried about burn out, but I'll keep the list in mind!
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jun 05, 2018, 09:29 PM
I need to join you on playing Gow 1 & 2. I loved 3.
Holy shame lol
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 09:31 PM
Holy shame lol
You're a holy shame
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jun 05, 2018, 09:32 PM
You're a holy shame
I'm holy, you're the shame for not having played gow12
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 09:36 PM
I'm holy, you're the shame for not having played gow12
Isn't my fault Sony only remastered #3 for PS4!
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jun 05, 2018, 09:52 PM
Isn't my fault Sony only remastered #3 for PS4!
But it kinda is
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 10:07 PM
But it kinda is
You're right, I should have pressured my Uncle who worked at Sony more.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jun 05, 2018, 10:07 PM
You're right, I should have pressured my Uncle who worked at Sony more.
Now you get it!
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 10:17 PM
You're right, I should have pressured my Uncle who worked at Sony more.
Do you have an uncle that works at Sony?
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 11:23 PM
Do you have an uncle that works at Sony?
Not anymore. He died from a severe case of notexistingitis.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 05, 2018, 11:27 PM
Not anymore. He died from a severe case of notexistingitis.
Sorry to hear that
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 05, 2018, 11:32 PM
Sorry to hear that
Thanks, it means a lot :'(
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jun 05, 2018, 11:45 PM
Not anymore. He died from a severe case of notexistingitis.
Sad!
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: darkknightkryta on Jun 06, 2018, 01:15 PM
Not anymore. He died from a severe case of notexistingitis.
My condolences
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 07, 2018, 02:13 PM
The game is a bit different than I was expecting.  

There are a lot more little puzzles and climbing sections than I expected.  

Some parts are pretty hard.  There are some timed segments that are pretty challenging under the time limit.  

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Kratos&#39; isn&#39;t this horrific monster that I expected him to be. &nbsp;So far at least. &nbsp;<br><br>The only part that was awful was when he drags the soldier in the cage all the way to be burnt alive as a sacrifice. &nbsp;<br>
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 07, 2018, 02:53 PM
The game is a bit different than I was expecting.  

There are a lot more little puzzles and climbing sections than I expected.  

Some parts are pretty hard.  There are some timed segments that are pretty challenging under the time limit.  

Spoiler for Hidden:

Kratos' isn't this horrific monster that I expected him to be.  So far at least.  

The only part that was awful was when he drags the soldier in the cage all the way to be burnt alive as a sacrifice.  


Yeah in the first game he's just a bad dude, and God of War is pretty famous for being full of platforming and puzzles, I'm surprised you didn't know.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 07, 2018, 03:28 PM
Yeah in the first game he's just a bad dude, and God of War is pretty famous for being full of platforming and puzzles, I'm surprised you didn't know.
All I knew was that Kratos' was supposed to be a bad dude and that it was an action game.

That's literally all I knew.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 07, 2018, 04:02 PM
All I knew was that Kratos' was supposed to be a bad dude and that it was an action game.

That's literally all I knew.
Have you been living under a rock?!
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 07, 2018, 04:06 PM
Have you been living under a rock?!
I just avoid conversations about games I haven't played.
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Xevross on Jun 07, 2018, 04:12 PM
I just avoid conversations about games I haven't played.
That's commendable actually. Because then you get the surprise of discovering these things while playing, which is always better :D
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jun 07, 2018, 05:45 PM
All I knew was that Kratos' was supposed to be a bad dude and that it was an action game.

That's literally all I knew.
They took it a lot further with the sequels, especially 3
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: darkknightkryta on Jun 08, 2018, 01:21 AM
It's not so much ratos is "bad", it's they wanted to drive home that his revenge is everything and nothing is going to stop him.  Makes his transition all the more powerful in God of War PS4
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 08, 2018, 04:25 PM
That's commendable actually. Because then you get the surprise of discovering these things while playing, which is always better :D
That's what I try to do.  
I know nothing about most games.  
Heavy Rain I was spoiled on, but mostly I've successfully avoided almost all details about games.  

The funny part about GoW is that the hardest parts of the game are things I didn't know were in it.  
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 08, 2018, 04:57 PM
GoW 1 completed
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 18, 2018, 07:22 PM
GoW 2 completed.  

Finished it, in like 2.5 days.  Like 11 hours of gameplay.

So cutscenes are way more consistent in GoW II.  They all seemed to be roughly the same quality, unlike the ones in GoW I.  Gameplay was pretty similar to GoW 1.  Really great stuff.  
Spoiler for Hidden:
Didn&#39;t really love that it ended on a cliff hanger, that seems like it&#39;ll take the entire 3rd game to finish...


Started GoW 3.  Holy crud this game looks good.  

I think I totally overestimated the remasters.  I thought that GoW 1 and 2 were awesome remasters that weren't too far off from being like an early PS3 game, but GoW 3 practically still looks a generation better.  The scale is monstrous, and the details are just as impressive.  This game is insane.

So far GoW 3 feels like the earlier games, with like a generation of improvement.  It's not just better detail, it's also a wealth more of special effects.  

GoW 3 is just a monstrous jump, even over the remasters.  
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jul 18, 2018, 08:01 PM
GoW 2 completed.  

Finished it, in like 2.5 days.  Like 11 hours of gameplay.

So cutscenes are way more consistent in GoW II.  They all seemed to be roughly the same quality, unlike the ones in GoW I.  Gameplay was pretty similar to GoW 1.  Really great stuff.  
Spoiler for Hidden:
Didn't really love that it ended on a cliff hanger, that seems like it'll take the entire 3rd game to finish...


Started GoW 3.  Holy crud this game looks good.  

I think I totally overestimated the remasters.  I thought that GoW 1 and 2 were awesome remasters that weren't too far off from being like an early PS3 game, but GoW 3 practically still looks a generation better.  The scale is monstrous, and the details are just as impressive.  This game is insane.

So far GoW 3 feels like the earlier games, with like a generation of improvement.  It's not just better detail, it's also a wealth more of special effects.  

GoW 3 is just a monstrous jump, even over the remasters.  
Indeed. Just wait for GoW4!
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Kerotan on Jul 18, 2018, 11:58 PM
My buddy played gow3 recently and he was very impressed with the graphics. Back in 2010 or whenever it released they were mind blowing.

Not sure if you plan on playing the other games. Chains of Olympus is alright, ascension and ghost of sparta are pretty good but not as good as the main trilogy.

But the good news is the ps4 game plays very different to them all so you will enjoy it without feeling burnout. I replayed gow3 to platinum it just before gow ps4 released and I didn't regret it at all. Felt zero series burnout playing them back to back.

BTW do you also know very little about gow ps4? Have you watched any trailers?
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 19, 2018, 12:11 AM
BTW do you also know very little about gow ps4? Have you watched any trailers?
I've only watched 2 trailers.  
So I don't know much .
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jul 19, 2018, 01:11 AM
I've only watched 2 trailers.  
So I don't know much .
Good. Keep it that way
Title: Re: LTTP: God of War trilogy
Post by: Kerotan on Jul 19, 2018, 01:17 AM
I only watched the reveal trailer and about 10 seconds from the subsequent ones. Not worth spoiling moments from the game.