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Title: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 31, 2021, 06:58 PM
(https://gmedia.playstation.com/is/image/SIEPDC/god-of-war-ragnarok-store-art-01-10sep21$en)


Release Date :November 9, 2022


Platforms : PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5


Developer : Sony Santa Monica


Publisher : Sony Interactive Entertainment
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT|
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 31, 2021, 07:01 PM
Strangely the game is already rated in Saudi Arabia:


And there was movement on the PlayStation db. Game is seemingly targeting July/August/September for a release date.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Dec 31, 2021, 10:38 PM
That's later than I expected. Wasn't it more like March?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 31, 2021, 10:40 PM
That's later than I expected. Wasn't it more like March?
It's never had a release date announced, other than "2021" and then "2022".
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Dec 31, 2021, 10:43 PM
It's never had a release date announced, other than "2021" and then "2022".
I guess I just wanted the delay to be a small one.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 31, 2021, 10:49 PM
I guess I just wanted the delay to be a small one.
I've been hoping for April/May.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: BananaKing on Dec 31, 2021, 11:26 PM
I feel it could have hit march or April. But with horizon being Feb. GT in March, and forespoken in May. It makes sense to have it in the July-sep window. At least it will give time for a lot of extra polish.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 26, 2022, 05:41 PM
90
93
96

this is the sequel to GoW,.. it's such a strong foundation that they literally cannot fudge this up.  i'm not sure where the story goes from here but i have faith it will be good.   all they really need to do is make more and more interesting bosses and this game will be amazing.   people may think its not as groundbreaking as the original but i cannot see it dropping below a 90.  
I shall put this here.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Feb 18, 2022, 02:10 PM
Anyone think that GOW Ragnarok might be delayed to 2023 (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/svi06z/not_a_leak_or_rumor_but_anyone_thinks_that_gow/)


Jason Schreier: Nope (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/svi06z/not_a_leak_or_rumor_but_anyone_thinks_that_gow/hxfzdmn/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)

You love to see it.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Feb 18, 2022, 04:29 PM
Anyone think that GOW Ragnarok might be delayed to 2023 (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/svi06z/not_a_leak_or_rumor_but_anyone_thinks_that_gow/)


Jason Schreier: Nope (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/svi06z/not_a_leak_or_rumor_but_anyone_thinks_that_gow/hxfzdmn/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)

You love to see it.
That might be true today, but tis the season for delays haha.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Feb 18, 2022, 05:03 PM
That might be true today, but tis the season for delays haha.
I don't think Jason would say this if he thought it were likely.
I have a feeling we are going to be hearing about GoW sooner than we ever could ever have dreamed.

That feeling is probably just hope, but I will hold onto it regardless.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Feb 18, 2022, 05:23 PM
I don't think Jason would say this if he thought it were likely.
I have a feeling we are going to be hearing about GoW sooner than we ever could ever have dreamed.

That feeling is probably just hope, but I will hold onto it regardless.
I think it's very likely that they'll start pushing it when Horizon hype is gone. Along with GT but that's a different audience really
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: kitler53 on Feb 18, 2022, 05:36 PM
i mean, one way or another GoW is the next big game after GT right?    regardless of 2022 or 2023 their marketing ought to be shifting focus to GoW right now with something to show off soonish.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Feb 18, 2022, 05:59 PM
i mean, one way or another GoW is the next big game after GT right?    regardless of 2022 or 2023 their marketing ought to be shifting focus to GoW right now with something to show off soonish.  
Well technically they just announced MLB The Show and it comes out in April.

But for real yes.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: kitler53 on Feb 18, 2022, 06:47 PM
i'll really hope that sony doesn't go from GT (March) to GoW and we find out that GoW doesn't ship until march 2023.   that would be a hell of a drought.   

i mean, i guess tokyo ghostwire is late march but i'll discredit this as  and "exclusive" since MS is making it now and will clearly come to xbox eventually.    ...and mlb is april but that's fully multiplat now and day-1 on gamepass.   ...and forspoken is may but i kind of doubt that stays exclusive either and regardless that's SE.

not bashing 3rd parties and multiplats but sony should have a true 1st party exclusive more than 1 in a year to keep excitement in the platform if they don't want to get killed by MS.   just a long way of saying GoW had better ship this year.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Feb 18, 2022, 07:19 PM
i'll really hope that sony doesn't go from GT (March) to GoW and we find out that GoW doesn't ship until march 2023.   that would be a hell of a drought.  

i mean, i guess tokyo ghostwire is late march but i'll discredit this as  and "exclusive" since MS is making it now and will clearly come to xbox eventually.    ...and mlb is april but that's fully multiplat now and day-1 on gamepass.   ...and forspoken is may but i kind of doubt that stays exclusive either and regardless that's SE.

not bashing 3rd parties and multiplats but sony should have a true 1st party exclusive more than 1 in a year to keep excitement in the platform if they don't want to get killed by MS.   just a long way of saying GoW had better ship this year.
I think it's a certainty it will make this year.

They still have PSVR2 later this year.  I assume we will see Astrobot, Horizon: cotf.

Might see Factions, and maybe a couple surprises. Although, might see a bit of a dry season for single player non-VR.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: kitler53 on Feb 18, 2022, 07:25 PM
I think it's a certainty it will make this year.

They still have PSVR2 later this year.  I assume we will see Astrobot, Horizon: cotf.

Might see Factions, and maybe a couple surprises. Although, might see a bit of a dry season for single player non-VR.
i mean, i'm not expecting GoW to miss 2022.   more like,.. how bad would it be for ps5 if it did.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: BananaKing on Feb 18, 2022, 08:22 PM
God of war was slated for 2021, and it got delayed because the actor had health issues. I doubt it will get delayed till 2023. From 2021 till 2023? No way will that happen. I can see them pushing it till September 2022 so they can have something for the "holidays". Since they have Horizon, gt7 and forespoken for the first half on 2022

Later this year I can see Sony pulling an Apex legends with factions and dropping it on the same day if its free to play
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Mar 24, 2022, 09:25 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: nnodley on Mar 24, 2022, 09:28 PM
This will be a pretty insane year for ps5 if it does.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Mar 24, 2022, 11:11 PM
I hope but I doubt.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Mar 24, 2022, 11:25 PM
I hope but I doubt.
She works at Santa Monica studio as a community coordinator.

Even Jason Schreier believes it's coming this year.   ;D
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Mar 25, 2022, 12:27 AM
She works at Santa Monica studio as a community coordinator.

Even Jason Schreier believes it's coming this year.   ;D
I believe they plan on it coming this year. I just doubt it'll avoid another delay.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: BananaKing on Mar 25, 2022, 03:29 AM
I believe they plan on it coming this year. I just doubt it'll avoid another delay.

You think it will be delayed for over a year?

We know the reason for the delay was the voice actors health issues, not development issues.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Mar 25, 2022, 04:32 AM
You think it will be delayed for over a year?

We know the reason for the delay was the voice actors health issues, not development issues.
Delays wouldn't be a thing if they were predictable.

It's also strange the game doesn't have a release window yet. Horizon was H2 2021 since November 2020.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: BananaKing on Mar 25, 2022, 05:07 AM
Delays wouldn't be a thing if they were predictable.

It's also strange the game doesn't have a release window yet. Horizon was H2 2021 since November 2020.
They are probably waiting till they make a state of play or have their big yearly show to announce the date.

Maybe they also want to know how the holiday period  is shaping up before they announce a release date. As big as these games are, having a smart release window is important, I dont think Sony was happy with how horizon ended up releasing so close to elden ring.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Mar 25, 2022, 05:55 AM
They are probably waiting till they make a state of play or have their big yearly show to announce the date.

Maybe they also want to know how the holiday period  is shaping up before they announce a release date. As big as these games are, having a smart release window is important, I dont think Sony was happy with how horizon ended up releasing so close to elden ring.
I can agree with that, but Elden Ring was delayed after Horizon was delayed and given a specific date. Anything set in stone months in advance will be a gamble.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 10, 2022, 12:47 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: kitler53 on Apr 10, 2022, 05:05 AM
GoW is not appropriate for a 4 year old...
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Apr 10, 2022, 04:11 PM
GoW is not appropriate for a 4 year old...
I doubt she even got into combat lol. Would be mighty impressive if a 4 year old could beat the game on easy though.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2022, 10:40 PM


Several animators have been leaving in the past month or so.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 18, 2022, 02:44 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on Apr 18, 2022, 04:18 PM

I found that one my own. Was a pretty fun discovery.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: kitler53 on Apr 18, 2022, 05:37 PM

even as i look directly at the "easter egg" i don't think i see it..

(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YKvFIAhHRJBMsw7o0y7BmRz6iRo=/1400x788/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10629643/gow_screens_review_02.jpg)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2022, 12:41 PM
PlayStation tweeted 3 times yesterday, and 2 of them were the Horizon GoW Easter egg.  

Super weird.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 20, 2022, 03:30 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: kitler53 on Apr 20, 2022, 05:03 PM
i wonder what's wrong with the graphics on level 3.   kind of weird that the sequel isn't "open world" like GoW was but level based like the original GoW trilogy...

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 20, 2022, 06:06 PM
i wonder what's wrong with the graphics on level 3.   kind of weird that the sequel isn't "open world" like GoW was but level based like the original GoW trilogy...


Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 24, 2022, 07:14 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 07, 2022, 10:56 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: Legend on May 08, 2022, 02:43 AM
Next Sony show will announce a September release.

Then it'll get delayed to 2023.  8)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 10, 2022, 01:55 AM


Another animator leaving SMS.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: BananaKing on May 10, 2022, 02:09 AM


Another animator leaving SMS.
Very normal in the industry, specially considering which part of the project you are working on. I might be wrong, but arent ND, insomniac and SSM all pretty much neighbours?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 14, 2022, 08:03 PM
Job Application for Brand Manager (Exclusive Games) at PlayStation Global (https://boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/4516833004)


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We're looking for a seasoned gaming brand manager to join the global brand marketing team overseeing The God of War franchise out of the esteemed PlayStation Studios. The Brand Manager will lead the development and execution of the brand and commercial strategy for the biggest release of the year and continued oversight of the storied franchise post release.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - coming sooner than we think?
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 19, 2022, 01:03 PM
God of War Ragnarök accessibility features revealed - PlayStation.Blog (https://blog.playstation.com/2022/05/19/god-of-war-ragnarok-accessibility-features-revealed/)

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 26, 2022, 10:18 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 26, 2022, 02:55 PM
Are they going to announce the release date in the show case or will they drop it in a blog post?

Horizon's release date was announced two weeks before the September 2021 showcase.  
GT7 was announced the same day as the showcase, I think in an extended trailer from the showcase.  

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Subtly me, assuming a showcase is happening. &nbsp;;) <br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: kitler53 on May 26, 2022, 04:48 PM
Are they going to announce the release date in the show case or will they drop it in a blog post?

Horizon's release date was announced two weeks before the September 2021 showcase.  
GT7 was announced the same day as the showcase, I think in an extended trailer from the showcase.  

Spoiler for Hidden:

Subtly me, assuming a showcase is happening.  ;)

nothing subtle about it.   ...and i don't know why you'd want to be.   i believe i'm the only one here that thinks it's not happening.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 26, 2022, 04:55 PM
nothing subtle about it.   ...and i don't know why you'd want to be.   i believe i'm the only one here that thinks it's not happening.
Why wouldn't you want a showcase?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: kitler53 on May 26, 2022, 05:08 PM
Why wouldn't you want a showcase?
where did i say anything about my "wants"?   i said i "think" there won't be one.   i don't see hour long presentations with trailer after trailer being a part of sony's plans anymore.

...and to comment on my wants.   honestly the more peicemeal approach isn't soo bad.   every E3 ever seems to disappoint people.   everyone judges these presentations though the lense of "i'm only impressed about the games i want to play".   an hour showcase could have 3-4 massive announcements and if there are 10 indie games they don't care for inbetween those announcements they'll shame on it anyways.  plus it's just information overload.

i really like the hogwarts legacy and gran turismo showcases sony did a while back.  1 game only so i can skip it if i have no interest.  but the show had depth and wasn't just a CGI trailer for a game that won't ship for 7 years as a way to put filler into a show that arbitrarily needs to be over an hour and have at least 20 announcement in order to be deem "not good but okay".

also i don't like the months inbetween where we get absolutely no news at all for 6 months.   

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 26, 2022, 05:17 PM
nothing subtle about it.   ...and i don't know why you'd want to be.   i believe i'm the only one here that thinks it's not happening.
Sorry I misunderstood this bit.  


But, I think it's currently part of their strategy:

- a couple 40-60 minute showcases a year for big announcements like God of War.

- State of Play a month or two prior to a release that focuses extensively on that release

- General State of Plays for smaller announcements

- various announcements through the year for continued engagement.

At least this was how they engaged in 2020/2021, and it seems to be working well for them.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: Legend on May 26, 2022, 05:58 PM

So September it is, judging off Horizon's timeline.

This secrecy is so weird.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 26, 2022, 06:19 PM
This secrecy is so weird.
There's been a weird divide with how game announcements have been.

Either waiting until it's basically gone gold to announce the release date/or in some cases the game itself. Like the GTA Trilogy (disaster that it was) was announced a month before launch.  Mass Effect trilogy was a more reasonable 6 months I think, and the release date was announced like 3 months prior to launch. And Demons Souls's release date was announced like a month and a half before it came out.

Or announcing way too early. Like this star wars game is coming out in like 2026 if you're lucky. Nothing else to share right now.  

It's very weird. On the one end they don't seem to be announcing stuff until they're 100% sure it'll hold, and on the other end some things are early to help with recruiting.

There's not as much normal middle ground as there used to be.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 08, 2022, 06:00 PM
So if I believe this person, seemingly GoW was delayed.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Still in 2022 though<br>


Quote from: Jason Schreier
It's hard to definitely prove a negative but Someone Who Would Know Firsthand just told me they haven't heard anything about a slip to 2023, as did Someone Else Who Might Know Secondhand.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Hype Phase - accessibility revealed
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 10, 2022, 02:27 PM


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God of War Ragnarok, the latest entry in the long-running series and a direct sequel to 2018's God of War, was announced in 2020 for PlayStation consoles. Sony has delayed the game several times since then, both publicly and internally, as its developers deal with the pandemic and other production challenges. Earlier this year it was planned for September, but it was recently bumped to November. A spokesman for Sony didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 10, 2022, 02:40 PM
Doubt that holds.

I've been team 2023 for so long. It's all coming together.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: BananaKing on Jun 10, 2022, 02:45 PM
I think its coming this year. They can even release it in December if they need some extra time.

But as of right now its

TLoU remake September
Forespoken October
GoW November

Thats not a bad line up at all.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jun 10, 2022, 04:02 PM
I think its coming this year. They can even release it in December if they need some extra time.

But as of right now its

TLoU remake September
Forespoken October
GoW November

Thats not a bad line up at all.
GoW is a fantastic line up all by itself.  

I'm not caring about the remaster of TloU.  now seeing it I'm even more down on it because it's looking to be just visuals and not something more akin to the "reimagination" of ratchet and clank".  

forespoken is a wild card.   can't decide if I'm excited or meh on it yet. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 10, 2022, 04:11 PM
GoW is a fantastic line up all by itself.  

I'm not caring about the remaster of TloU.  now seeing it I'm even more down on it because it's looking to be just visuals and not something more akin to the "reimagination" of ratchet and clank".  

forespoken is a wild card.   can't decide if I'm excited or meh on it yet.
TLOU is also bringing the gameplay improvements from the second game.

Doubt that holds.

I've been team 2023 for so long. It's all coming together.
It will come out November 11th.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Games launching November 11th:<br><del>Starfield</del><br>God of War Ragnarok<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 23, 2022, 12:46 PM
Some people think it'll get announced today.

Santa Monica tweeted out "it's not Thor's day yet"
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jun 23, 2022, 07:11 PM
it's going to be an expensive year in gaming for me.   all of last gen i only bought 2 games day-1.   uncharted and GoW.   you could probably through in infamous as i paid full price but that was the game i waited for and got me to buy a ps4.

this year i already paid full price for elden ring and i'll do it again for GoW2.  ratchet rift apart was the full price (but not day-1) game i got with my ps5.   plus i've been a bit generous with buying games for my son.   i'm tired of playing lego games so i've picked up quite a few titles trying to get him interested in a better variety of games.  according to playstation i've already spent $228.57 this year.  GoW will take me over $300.   definitely the most i've spent on games in a looong time.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 23, 2022, 08:53 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 23, 2022, 09:23 PM

Must be sooner!

(still thinking 2023)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 23, 2022, 09:57 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 23, 2022, 10:16 PM

11110 ?

November 30?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 23, 2022, 10:23 PM
11110 ?

November 30?
Wondering if it means an announcement on the 30th.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jun 23, 2022, 11:48 PM
Well the snitch has a 100% track record so far so I'm excited to see if this holds. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 24, 2022, 12:03 AM
Could be Ternary, 120 days from today which is October 21.

Could be December 6 if it's quaternary and the 340th day of the year.

Could be 4 or 9 if it's morse code. The zero does stay there much longer.


So many numbers they can claim they were referring to!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 24, 2022, 12:19 AM

Era insider:
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That's some A+ teasing by the Snitch if the binary aspect is correct
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 25, 2022, 10:58 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 27, 2022, 12:33 AM
What day do people predict we will see GoW?

All signs point to something this week.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 27, 2022, 12:34 AM
What day do people predict we will see GoW?

All signs point to something this week.
*day
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 29, 2022, 10:44 PM
https://kotaku.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-cory-barlog-sony-state-play-rumor-1849126137 (https://kotaku.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-cory-barlog-sony-state-play-rumor-1849126137)


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`When reached for comment, The Snitch told Kotaku over Twitter DMs that whatever announcement Sony had planned for June 30 was pushed back. They refused to provide deets on how they came about their info other than alluding to getting it from the same source as Bloomberg. As a result, The Snitch said the delay left them "more worried" about Ragnarök.
Delayed.  :'(

Quote from: Schreier
I can confirm that as of last week there was a release date/pre-order announcement planned for tomorrow. I've asked around to see if it was delayed, but haven't heard back yet. Not exactly putting all of my energy into that one. We'll find out for sure in less than 24 hours, and as far as I know the game is still on track for November.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 29, 2022, 11:41 PM



There's been speculation that the Snitch is a YouTube employee, due to the breadth of what they know and because their information always comes up a couple days beforehand.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 30, 2022, 12:45 AM
How would a youtube employee know anything?

If an employee is able to view uploads and other info before it goes public, that'd be huge news on its own.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 30, 2022, 12:57 AM
How would a youtube employee know anything?

If an employee is able to view uploads and other info before it goes public, that'd be huge news on its own.
No idea. I don't really buy it myself.

It's just the leading theory I've heard.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jun 30, 2022, 03:49 AM
It's just speculation.  People just trying to make sense of what we know:

1. The leaks have been just before they become official.
2. The leaks have been across many companies which isn't typical for leakers with industry contacts.
3. To date the leaks have been 100% accurate. Not just what is being announced but when the announcement is being made. 
4. The announcements being leaked have all been announced with a YouTube trailer.

Is it YouTube employee?   Maybe, maybe not.  Maybe a YouTube hacker would make more sense. The idea that the snitch can see when a company uploads a video for a scheduled release would explain the available evidence.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: nnodley on Jun 30, 2022, 02:19 PM
welp i guess we will see today.  I hope an announcement happens
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 30, 2022, 07:24 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 30, 2022, 08:11 PM
Anyone still expecting 2022 after this potential reveal delay?

Things are chaotic and game schedules are hard to predict even during the best of times.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jun 30, 2022, 08:27 PM
of course 2022 unless officially announced otherwise. 

i saw an article today that "confirmed" that today's announcement was delayed.   it's f'ing stupid that actual news sites report unverifiable rumors as facts.  nothing has changed here.   nintendo has yet to clarify their holiday line-up either.  have you decided to "confirm" nintendo has no line-up just because they haven't announced it yet?!? 

returnal didn't get a release date until january 28th 2021 a mere 3 months before it's april release.  ratchet and clank rift apart didn't get a release date until feburary 11th 2021 exactly 3 months before it's june release.    the rumored november release of GoW:R is 4 months away.  we are not "owed" an announcement.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: BananaKing on Jun 30, 2022, 08:28 PM
Anyone still expecting 2022 after this potential reveal delay?

Things are chaotic and game schedules are hard to predict even during the best of times.
I still think its 2022, unless Sony for some reason wants it to be 2023. I can see sony thinking that they know they will continue to sell out this year. But perhaps by march next year they will have the stock problem sorted out, and want GoW to help push additional consoles

Or they want GoW to have a bigger install base at launch to sell too.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jun 30, 2022, 08:43 PM
Anyone still expecting 2022 after this potential reveal delay?

Things are chaotic and game schedules are hard to predict even during the best of times.


Cory says it isn't delayed.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jun 30, 2022, 09:49 PM


Cory says it isn't delayed.
I don't think it's delayed yet. There is still a possibility of it releasing this year, it's just getting increasingly less likely as the days go on.

I'd compare it to NASA's "mega Moon rocket" the SLS. A year ago people in NASA were very confident it'd launch in December 2021. Every time rumors of a delay came up, NASA employees would get annoyed because internally it was still on track for December 2021. Yet here we are in the middle of 2022 and the rocket hasn't launched. Delays are practically inevitable even when using risk informed deadlines.

I love Barlog's joke!

I still think its 2022, unless Sony for some reason wants it to be 2023. I can see sony thinking that they know they will continue to sell out this year. But perhaps by march next year they will have the stock problem sorted out, and want GoW to help push additional consoles

Or they want GoW to have a bigger install base at launch to sell too.
GOW is cross gen so install base doesn't matter  :'(

of course 2022 unless officially announced otherwise.  

i saw an article today that "confirmed" that today's announcement was delayed.   it's f'ing stupid that actual news sites report unverifiable rumors as facts.  nothing has changed here.   nintendo has yet to clarify their holiday line-up either.  have you decided to "confirm" nintendo has no line-up just because they haven't announced it yet?!?  

returnal didn't get a release date until january 28th 2021 a mere 3 months before it's april release.  ratchet and clank rift apart didn't get a release date until feburary 11th 2021 exactly 3 months before it's june release.    the rumored november release of GoW:R is 4 months away.  we are not "owed" an announcement.
We're not owed anything and of course social media is mostly bottom feeders. I'm talking pure betting odds, just honest predictions of when you personally expect the game to release.

Horizon 2 got a date ~6 months before release, coinciding with a delay from late 2021. I think that game is more comparable since it's closer in scope.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jun 30, 2022, 11:41 PM
you've been Debbie downer for like a year now.   

I'm keeping my 100% confidence in 2022 until dec 12th is 3 months away. 

even at 6 months that's massively shorter than how Sony used to handle their games announcing things like holiday XXXX 18-24 months out.   Sony is becoming more Nintendo like with announcements only a few months out.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jul 01, 2022, 12:27 AM
you've been Debbie downer for like a year now.   

I'm keeping my 100% confidence in 2022 until dec 12th is 3 months away. 

even at 6 months that's massively shorter than how Sony used to handle their games announcing things like holiday XXXX 18-24 months out.   Sony is becoming more Nintendo like with announcements only a few months out.
I expected the game early this year. Go look at my very first post in this thread haha!

They've never done a release like this. Horizon and GT7 both had exact days announced 6 months early and every recent game has been at least given a generic time of year before that.


Would not describe Nintendo like that lol. BOTW 2, Splatoon 3, Metroid Prime 4, all announced years in advance.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 01, 2022, 01:20 AM
I expected the game early this year. Go look at my very first post in this thread haha!

They've never done a release like this. Horizon and GT7 both had exact days announced 6 months early and every recent game has been at least given a generic time of year before that.
God of War (2018) had a release date announced 3 months prior to launch.

Also let's be fair here, Sony has been a little weird with launch dates the past couple years.

They just announced TLOU Remake with less than 3 months till launch.
Demon's Souls they didn't announce that it was a launch game until less than 2 months prior.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 01, 2022, 01:30 AM
GoW is announced.  that's not the same as being dated to which botw2, Splatoon 3, and Metroid 4 are not.   dates are coming late now being announced only when hitting the date is a guarantee. 

GoW was given a generic time frame... 2022. 


and fudge off they've never done a release like this.  TLoU remake was literally announced on June 17th with a Sept 2 release date.  LESS THAN 3 MONTHS FROM ANNOUNCEMENT TO RELEASE.

this is just like how there was no showcase from Sony at not E3. there marketing strategy has changed. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: Legend on Jul 01, 2022, 05:07 AM
God of War (2018) had a release date announced 3 months prior to launch.

Also let's be fair here, Sony has been a little weird with launch dates the past couple years.

They just announced TLOU Remake with less than 3 months till launch.
Demon's Souls they didn't announce that it was a launch game until less than 2 months prior.
Early 2018 however was announced at E3 2017.

To be clear since people seem to be missing it, the weird thing is that we are 6 months into GOW 2's release window without any official updates. If they game had been officially H2 2022 since its delay last year, then it'd just be business as usual for Sony.

IMO I think most late 2022 games have a good chance of being delayed to 2023. The likelihood of GOW being delayed increases as its speculated release date gets later in the year, but that is not a reflection of how development is going.




Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 01, 2022, 01:07 PM
Early 2018 however was announced at E3 2017.

To be clear since people seem to be missing it, the weird thing is that we are 6 months into GOW 2's release window without any official updates. If they game had been officially H2 2022 since its delay last year, then it'd just be business as usual for Sony.

IMO I think most late 2022 games have a good chance of being delayed to 2023. The likelihood of GOW being delayed increases as its speculated release date gets later in the year, but that is not a reflection of how development is going.
I feel like that's not really the case anymore.

When was the last time Sony announced a launch window more specific than a year? I can't recall the last time they said "this game is coming first half of X"

Although that could be a sample size issue. They have only even announced a launch window of a year on a few specific occasions. (God of War, Spiderman 2).

Lately they seem to be waiting for a specific release date instead of providing the launch window.

Of course, anything could happen. But I haven't seen any indication for a delay.

Quote from: Schreier
After talking with more folks yesterday, I can definitively say that there was a release date/pre-order announcement planned for yesterday. It was bumped at some point last week. I don't know why. (Speculation is because of Roe v Wade.) Also, PlayStation has been trying to keep secrets so badly that most SSM employees weren't even told about it.

As of this week the game is still on track for November. People working on it say it's huge and seem to be pretty excited about it. Reminds me of the buzz I was hearing before the 2018 one
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 02, 2022, 01:23 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Bloomberg says November
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 06, 2022, 01:38 PM


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God of War Ragnarök is officially coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 9, 2022!

We're thrilled be able to share our release date and the brand-new God of War Ragnarök - Father and Son CG Trailer with all the God of War fans who have been eagerly awaiting news. We hope you've enjoyed a glimpse at some of the dangers Kratos and Atreus could find themselves up against as Ragnarök approaches.
Sauce (https://blog.playstation.com/2022/07/06/god-of-war-ragnarok-launches-november-9-new-cg-trailer-revealed/)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 06, 2022, 01:46 PM
you hear that legend?   that's the sound of all of VizionEck singing "I told you so". 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: nnodley on Jul 06, 2022, 02:08 PM
omg omg omg omg omg omg!!!!!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Jul 06, 2022, 04:11 PM
Why cg tho
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 06, 2022, 04:21 PM
Why cg tho
Because the team is busy working on the State of Play for next month, and didn't prioritize a trailer.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 13, 2022, 01:29 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: Legend on Jul 13, 2022, 03:26 AM

Kinda strange that Eric isn't as "marketed" as Cory. I had completely forgot Cory wasn't directing Ragnarok.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 13, 2022, 02:22 PM
Kinda strange that Eric isn't as "marketed" as Cory. I had completely forgot Cory wasn't directing Ragnarok.
who marketing cory?   he is just active on twitter with a fan following.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 13, 2022, 02:33 PM
Kinda strange that Eric isn't as "marketed" as Cory. I had completely forgot Cory wasn't directing Ragnarok.
Maybe Eric doesn't want the attention.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 13, 2022, 03:32 PM
i couldn't think of who "eric" was off the top of my head so i googled it.   now that i see his face i have to say i recognize him as being a part of playstation.  

(https://www.videogameschronicle.com/files/2021/09/god-of-war-director.jpg)

generally speaking people don't just instantly becomes a celebrity.   not when your claim to fame is "video game director" at least.   you have to do something really crazy to get instant fame.  eric's fame will grow if GoW:R is amazing and he keeps doing appearances.   but to be honest i couldn't name or even recognize so much as 1 person for a majority of my favorite studios.   ND has neil.  epic has tim.   AC/haven has jade.   MG has kojima.  nintendo has miyamoto.   and obviously i could name more if i felt compelled to...

...but like who is the face of sucker punch? of bend?  of MM? of team asobi?  of obsidian or 343 or turn 10 or the various CoD studios?     

these are large teams of people where no one person is in "control".  i don't think these studios really need a "face" as the studio name itself is the recognizable consumer facing branding.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: Legend on Jul 13, 2022, 03:44 PM
who marketing cory?   he is just active on twitter with a fan following.
Sony turned him into a well known name with God of War 2018's marketing. He deservedly got the Herman Hulst and Neil Druckmann treatment.

Maybe Eric doesn't want the attention.
Maybe and not a problem if that's the case, but even google is confused. Google "god of war ragnarok director" and Google will tell you it's Cory.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: Legend on Jul 13, 2022, 04:12 PM
...but like who is the face of sucker punch?
Nate Fox.
(https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/09/10/18zmoyztm8yh6gif.gif)

343
(https://www.interactive.org/images/news/19-bonnie-ross-hof.jpg)


That's not to take away from your point, but these two are well known!


(https://www.videogameschronicle.com/files/2021/09/god-of-war-director.jpg)
He reminds me a bit of Scott Rohde. Maybe that's confusing you too cause I don't think he's worked on anything besides God of War games at PlayStation.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Sony says November 9th
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 13, 2022, 04:26 PM
The game directors for Days Gone aren't at Sony Bend anymore.  

Some of these studios have not really taken off like the others. Like Nicolas Doucet would be the equivalent for Team Asobi I guess, but Astro hasn't sold 10 million copies at $60 or $70.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 15, 2022, 02:06 PM


(https://i.goopics.net/aio6xb.jpg)

Lol, looks like it was intended for the 11th.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 15, 2022, 02:26 PM
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/sDcfxFDozb3bO/200.gif)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 15, 2022, 02:26 PM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/3o6Mbb5RB1dpkNIZFK/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 15, 2022, 02:26 PM
(https://media1.giphy.com/media/xTiTnC6syZ9hJ2yTF6/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: nnodley on Jul 15, 2022, 02:49 PM
got me a collector's edition preordered.  I WANT THAT THOR'S HAMMER!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Jul 15, 2022, 05:01 PM
wtf?!?!

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/god-of-war-ragnarok/

has this every been a thing?   if you go to that page you'll see 2 weird requirements:
1. Vibration function required
2. trigger effect required

since when is that a thing?!?!?

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 16, 2022, 12:56 AM
Doubt that holds.

I've been team 2023 for so long. It's all coming together.
How about now?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Jul 16, 2022, 04:13 AM
How about now?
50 50. Either it gets delayed or it doesn't.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 16, 2022, 11:00 PM
Quote from: Schreier
I heard after the announcement that it was indeed planned for 11/11/22, and that the sudden release change to 11/9/22 was why they bumped back the announcement from June 30 to the week after. Not 100% sure why they moved it. I think it was more of a logistical thing rather than anything to do with Starfield.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 27, 2022, 07:10 PM
Someone on Era is claiming that there is an event soon.  

And Santa Monica's community manager:

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jul 28, 2022, 01:09 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Jul 28, 2022, 01:38 AM

I get that he's just doing a generic positive tweet, but wouldn't that imply he's not going to play any new games till Ragnarok releases?

Also road 96 was my last game too! 1/5 bleh
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 02, 2022, 02:15 PM


I imagine this has to be going gold in the next month and a half?  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 02, 2022, 03:11 PM
lol, in taipei on the eve of nancy's visit.   sony, you so sly.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Aug 03, 2022, 09:10 AM
I'm not sure they read dates like Americans lol

It reads like September 11
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 03, 2022, 02:05 PM
I'm not sure they read dates like Americans lol

It reads like September 11
They write dates descending:
YYYY/MM/DD.

It is correct.

US dates tend to be written mixed. MM/DD/YYYY
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 03, 2022, 03:02 PM
They write dates descending:
YYYY/MM/DD.

It is correct.

US dates tend to be written mixed. MM/DD/YYYY

i take offense to "mixed".  our dates are just written in a different standard.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 03, 2022, 04:16 PM
They write dates descending:
YYYY/MM/DD.

It is correct.

US dates tend to be written mixed. MM/DD/YYYY

Year month date is the best digital format. Sorting alphabetically also sorts by date.

i take offense to "mixed".  our dates are just written in a different standard.
Nope sorry our standard is wrong. Same with English being subject verb object. The correct order is SOV since that's what most languages use.

/s
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: BananaKing on Aug 03, 2022, 04:26 PM
i take offense to "mixed".  our dates are just written in a different standard.
I agree, one is set to a logical standard and the other is the American standard
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 03, 2022, 04:45 PM
i take offense to "mixed".  our dates are just written in a different standard.
It's a mix of ascending and descending.

Year month date is the best digital format. Sorting alphabetically also sorts by date.
I am a believer.

Nope sorry our standard is wrong. Same with English being subject verb object. The correct order is SOV since that's what most languages use.

/s
On this fun subject, they're very close.

 From what I recall, SOV tends to be the best for small sentences and SVO tends to be best for longer sentences. There was some kind of study with a number of SVO/SOV language speakers translating to something else, and across the board they tended to use word order that way.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 03, 2022, 09:14 PM
I agree, one is set to a logical standard and the other is the American standard
i'm going to have to disagree with you and agree with legend here...

YYYY/MM/DD is the only "logical" standard.   DD/MM/YYYY is almost as stupid as MM/DD/YYYY
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 03, 2022, 09:21 PM
fuk it,. i'm starting my own standard.

DM/YY/DMYY

today isn't:  08/03/2022.   it's: 00/20/3822.   couldn't be more obvious my standard is the best.  it condenses all the important information into the last 4 digits.  nobody actually cares about which "week" in the month we are and december is basically the same thing as feburary, fukting cold.   
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 03, 2022, 09:30 PM
december is basically the same thing as feburary, fukting cold.  
Spoken like a true Midwesterner.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 03, 2022, 10:58 PM
fuk it,. i'm starting my own standard.

DM/YY/DMYY

today isn't:  08/03/2022.   it's: 00/20/3822.   couldn't be more obvious my standard is the best.  it condenses all the important information into the last 4 digits.  nobody actually cares about which "week" in the month we are and december is basically the same thing as feburary, fukting cold.  
I wanted to make a joke and switch the server to that format, but I don't think it's possible to split days and months like that without custom code.

I propose a culturally agnostic solution of just counting the number of seconds since December 31st, 1969 midnight. Good enough for computers, good enough for humans.

Thus Ragnarok is set to release on 1667952000
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 03, 2022, 11:05 PM
I wanted to make a joke and switch the server to that format, but I don't think it's possible to split days and months like that without custom code.

I propose a culturally agnostic solution of just counting the number of seconds since December 31st, 1969 midnight. Good enough for computers, good enough for humans.

Thus Ragnarok is set to release on 1667952000
do it!  please do it!   i'll give you all the vizioneck cash i have!!!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Aug 03, 2022, 11:36 PM
They write dates descending:
YYYY/MM/DD.

It is correct.

US dates tend to be written mixed. MM/DD/YYYY

Oh really  :o
It's so weird to have the month before the day for me heh

As a game about nordic lore though, GoW should use DD/MM/YYYY  8)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 04, 2022, 03:21 AM
Oh really  :o
It's so weird to have the month before the day for me heh

As a game about nordic lore though, GoW should use DD/MM/YYYY  8)
Well then it shouldn't use the Julian calendar either.

do it!  please do it!   i'll give you all the vizioneck cash i have!!!

Nope. I'd really love to, but it'd take actual work and that's far too much for a joke.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Aug 04, 2022, 12:28 PM
Well then it shouldn't use the Julian calendar either.

Nope. I'd really love to, but it'd take actual work and that's far too much for a joke.
Hehe touché
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 10, 2022, 05:46 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 11, 2022, 12:35 AM
It's going to take more than a sandcastle to get me to preorder.   I need a real trailer or state of play. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 13, 2022, 02:58 PM
Some GOW stuff is leaking.

Sounds like a trailer soon.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 13, 2022, 03:37 PM
Dusk Golem has to be the most insecure leaker ever.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: BananaKing on Aug 13, 2022, 03:57 PM
Please don't post the leaked stuff here
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 13, 2022, 04:24 PM
Please don't post the leaked stuff here
Don't worry. It's not happening.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 13, 2022, 06:12 PM
Dusk Golem has to be the most insecure leaker ever.
How so?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 13, 2022, 06:26 PM
How so?
He leaked some concept art for GoW, while plastering his name on it.

And made some comments about how he posted part of the trailer, unlisted so he can share it after it goes live, so everyone knows he actually knew something.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 13, 2022, 06:51 PM
He leaked some concept art for GoW, while plastering his name on it.

And made some comments about how he posted part of the trailer, unlisted so he can share it after it goes live, so everyone knows he actually knew something.
Ouch.

At least better than sharing the trailer now.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 14, 2022, 12:50 AM
give me the trailer already sony.  I need some proof that a pre-order is necessary. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 14, 2022, 02:24 AM
give me the trailer already sony.  I need some proof that a pre-order is necessary.
Did you not love the first?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 14, 2022, 04:00 AM
Did you not love the first?
I did.  GotG.  doesn't mean the sequel is worth $70. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 15, 2022, 01:20 PM


Story recap.
Seems things are building.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 16, 2022, 06:15 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 29, 2022, 05:22 PM


Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: BananaKing on Aug 29, 2022, 05:38 PM
What do yall think it is?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 29, 2022, 05:47 PM
Its a weak dog answer by me but the "motion" bit makes me think psvr2 support. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: BananaKing on Aug 29, 2022, 05:53 PM
I was thinking of a new logo or something
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Aug 29, 2022, 05:55 PM
What do yall think it is?
Just miniatures for dnd.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Aug 29, 2022, 06:01 PM
probably a more reasonable results of this.

i see pictures behind the words.  i can make out mimir's tree in the middle one but can't quite make out the other two.  no doubt those serve as clues.  i'm done thinking about this already.  i'll check in for the reveal and no doubt be disappointed.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Aug 29, 2022, 08:19 PM
Ffs when will they show something  >:(
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 30, 2022, 05:15 PM
Lol a whole lot of nothing. :P



Ffs when will they show something  >:(
Soooon.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 30, 2022, 08:20 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Aug 30, 2022, 10:40 PM
Quote from: modiz, post: 92400976, member: 48439
new images from the combat article:
Spoiler for Hidden:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/629011347387973669/1014293649292542054/unknown.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/629011347387973669/1014293672730300526/unknown.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/629011347387973669/1014293712454553791/unknown.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/629011347387973669/1014293759833407518/unknown.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/629011347387973669/1014293793568202865/unknown.png)

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 02, 2022, 03:34 PM
A new minute of footage:

Spoiler for Video:
<br><br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/TOYUWyn.gif)<br><br><br><div style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;max-width:560px;"><div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:0px;height:0;overflow:hidden;" class="youtube _QZhk4w66_8"> <iframe style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QZhk4w66_8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></div><br>



Spoiler for Impressions:
<br><br>Kratos looks a lot faster and with a lot more verticality than in the first game.<br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Sep 02, 2022, 07:30 PM
(https://i.redd.it/f32tywl3dhl91.jpg)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: BananaKing on Sep 02, 2022, 07:41 PM
(https://i.redd.it/f32tywl3dhl91.jpg)
Can you photoshop me next to you in that picture. Because im on the same boat
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: nnodley on Sep 02, 2022, 07:56 PM
I watched it and really is no spoilers, but at this point i'm staying away from most any other videos.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 03, 2022, 05:08 PM
Edit was lied to, wasn't Dusk Golem who made the post.

(More leaks are happening, haven't seen them myself. Not sure if it's more concept art or something else.)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 05, 2022, 04:37 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Sep 05, 2022, 03:20 PM
Lol
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 09, 2022, 01:26 PM
God of War Ragnarok Family Portrait (https://blog.playstation.com/2022/09/09/god-of-war-ragnarok-family-portrait-series-featuring-guest-artists-announced/)

Quote
We're very happy to announce a new collaborative partnership that will feature five immensely talented artists capture a selection of the most prominent relationships in the story with their unique styles in the God of War Ragnarök Family Portrait Series.

Over the next five weeks, Santa Monica Studio will be releasing one of the portraits every Tuesday.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Sep 09, 2022, 02:56 PM
so who's pre-ordering?   i'm still torn between my love of GoW and my love of $70.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: nnodley on Sep 09, 2022, 03:04 PM
well i ordered the collectors edition so MEEEEEE!

i neeeeeeed that mjolnir!!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 09, 2022, 03:10 PM
so who's pre-ordering?   i'm still torn between my love of GoW and my love of $70.
I pre-ordered last month.

I've said it before but after GoW 2018, Santa Monica's projects are one of the few that I'd be willing to spend $70 on.

I mean as long as it's a game that I would like. If they started making racing games, I would not. :P

From Software (thankfully they're not $70 yet), Team Asobi, Santa Monica, Naughty Dog are pretty much the developers that I would be willing to spend $70 on, with little hesitation.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 09, 2022, 05:57 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: kitler53 on Sep 09, 2022, 06:30 PM
I pre-ordered last month.

I've said it before but after GoW 2018, Santa Monica's projects are one of the few that I'd be willing to spend $70 on.

I mean as long as it's a game that I would like. If they started making racing games, I would not. :P

From Software (thankfully they're not $70 yet), Team Asobi, Santa Monica, Naughty Dog are pretty much the developers that I would be willing to spend $70 on, with little hesitation.
that's pretty much my list too.  maybe add in media molecule when they make a game instead of a game engine and insomniac when it's ratchet and clank.  

...but $70 is still a high bar for me.  i have soooooo many games in my backlog that waiting for $40 doesn't feel like that long of a wait.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 03, 2022, 04:33 PM
God of War Ragnarok rated M by ESRB (https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1576969920243449856)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: Legend on Oct 03, 2022, 05:33 PM
God of War Ragnarok rated M by ESRB (https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1576969920243449856?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1576969920243449856|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=)
It broke your link. Any rating info beyond violence?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Preorders Live
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 03, 2022, 06:06 PM
It broke your link. Any rating info beyond violence?
Just a bit of summary of the game. Fairly spoiler free.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 07, 2022, 04:07 PM


Valkyrie Entertainment, Bluepoint Games, Redhot, Super Alloy, Jetpack, Super Genius, Original Force, PS Creative Arts.

Surprised Bluepoint was helping with GoW. :o
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 07, 2022, 04:20 PM


Valkyrie Entertainment, Bluepoint Games, Redhot, Super Alloy, Jetpack, Super Genius, Original Force, PS Creative Arts.

Surprised Bluepoint was helping with GoW. :o
Pretty cool that they listed all their support studios. The industry has an issue with often not giving them enough credit.

Maybe bluepoint worked on the PS4 version, like how they made the 360 version of Titanfall.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 07, 2022, 04:46 PM
i'm pretty sure bluepoint was just there to get started on the GoW:Ragnarok remake coming out in 2024...
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 13, 2022, 01:35 PM


With a God of War bundle
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 13, 2022, 03:36 PM


With a God of War bundle
Just a regular ps5  :'(

Should have put a custom skin on it.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 14, 2022, 02:36 PM
Just a regular ps5  :'(

Should have put a custom skin on it.
Don't worry they'll sell you a custom plate later.  8)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/2a3bd389bdea83248845612c1bfc332c/tumblr_pewvjkThgv1s0xbzi_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 15, 2022, 02:53 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 15, 2022, 03:18 PM
oh boy.  a big day-1 patch.  can't wait to hear about how anti-consumer sony is.  ..again.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 15, 2022, 04:11 PM
oh boy.  a bit day-1 patch.  can't wait to hear about how anti-consumer sony is.  ..again.
I bet it gets another patch before release. Might be even bigger by day 1!

PS5 also has a new patch system compared to ps4 so it might be a lot smaller :'(

#FastInternetGang
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 15, 2022, 04:44 PM
I bet it gets another patch before release. Might be even bigger by day 1!

PS5 also has a new patch system compared to ps4 so it might be a lot smaller :'(

#FastInternetGang

who knows.  maybe version 1.01 is already on the disc and this patch is just for reviewers.  

i'll buy digital so i don't really care.  i'll never see it.  i just love (hate) how absolutely anything and everything is anti consumer these days.  i thread about how "timed demos" the other day that made my brain hurt soo badly.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 17, 2022, 01:43 PM
Quote
Preview on Friday, October 21, 2022, at 6:00AM PDT / 9:00AM EDT / 2:00PM BST / 3:00PM CEST too btw.
per Jordan Middler (http://"https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot31-ot32-can-have-me-when-it-earns-me-possibly-cross-gen-with-ot31.629323/page-336#post-95002314")

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 17, 2022, 01:48 PM
per Jordan Middler (http://"https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot31-ot32-can-have-me-when-it-earns-me-possibly-cross-gen-with-ot31.629323/page-336#post-95002314")


Good. I love reviews far before release.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 18, 2022, 05:21 PM


Behind the scenes stuff.

More about GoW 2018 and how it leads into Ragnarok, than it is about Ragnarok itself.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 19, 2022, 03:13 AM
It's cool how little of they game they've shown. I've been on media blackout so would it be accurate to say they have shown less than 10 minutes of gameplay total?

That'd be less than the previous game's reveal!

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 19, 2022, 03:42 AM
It's cool how little of they game they've shown. I've been on media blackout so would it be accurate to say they have shown less than 10 minutes of gameplay total?

That'd be less than the previous game's reveal!
Let's see:
- Original Reveal: 3:17
- Story trailer: 3:01
- GameInformer coverage: 3:03 ?

So about 9:21.

Pretty crazy for a game we're three or so weeks away from.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: BananaKing on Oct 19, 2022, 10:33 AM
The original trailer showed a lot of the story though. So after that I was like... yeah media black out.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 20, 2022, 04:31 PM


The original trailer showed a lot of the story though. So after that I was like... yeah media black out.
I felt like the original trailer mostly showed parts of the story that the first game set up.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 20, 2022, 10:01 PM
Some screenshots that spoil some locations.
Spoiler for Location Spoilers:
<br><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GodOfWarRagnar%C3%B6k?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GodOfWarRagnarök</a> <a href="https://t.co/pA5z59dyAX">pic.twitter.com/pA5z59dyAX</a></p>&mdash; Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) <a href="https://twitter.com/rafagrassetti/status/1583197660160221184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 21, 2022, 01:08 PM
Previews dropped.

Let's just say it's good, very good.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 21, 2022, 01:19 PM
Comes with a 40Hz mode and a 120hz mode.  :o


(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/629011347387973669/1033003015004758066/unknown.png)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 21, 2022, 03:54 PM
Comes with a 40Hz mode and a 120hz mode.  :o


(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/629011347387973669/1033003015004758066/unknown.png)
120 FPS target is crazy. Really surprised they could manage that with stuff that doesn't scale with graphics. Maybe it's from ragnarok starting out as a ps4 title?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 21, 2022, 04:25 PM
120 FPS target is crazy. Really surprised they could manage that with stuff that doesn't scale with graphics. Maybe it's from ragnarok starting out as a ps4 title?
It sounds like for the most part, it's hitting more like ~90 fps.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 21, 2022, 07:03 PM
Jist goes to show how much the cross-gen/pc port thing is hurting ps5 gamers.   Instead of getting full use out of the console we are instead making less impressive games that prioritize multiple hardwares.  

We're never going to get that "uncharted 2" moment again.  I knew we wouldn't get it from MS but now I'm convinced sony won't do ot either.  

Disappointed. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: Legend on Oct 21, 2022, 07:50 PM
Jist goes to show how much the cross-gen/pc port thing is hurting ps5 gamers.   Instead of getting full use out of the console we are instead making less impressive games that prioritize multiple hardwares.  

We're never going to get that "uncharted 2" moment again.  I knew we wouldn't get it from MS but now I'm convinced sony won't do ot either.  

Disappointed.
Wouldn't we get an "uncharted 2" moment from the second game on next gen? U2 was 3 years after PS3 launched.

Ragnarok and Forbidden West being cross gen is lame but not horrible imo.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| November 9th: Gone GOLD!!!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 21, 2022, 10:36 PM
Same rules as the GOW thread. (http://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6155.0) Give a high, medium, and low prediction.

IE you expect it to get a 95 so you set that as your middle. Then you set 97 as your high because you don't think the game has a good chance of scoring above that. Then you set 88 as your low because you don't expect the game to score lower than that.

RESULTS WILL NOW BE SCORED SO THAT AN OVERALL WINNER CAN BE DETERMINED AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IF YOU HAVE THE CLOSEST PREDICTION, YOU EARN POINTS: SCORE +=100-(high prediction-low prediction)*2. IF THE FINAL MC FALLS OUTSIDE YOUR HIGH AND LOW PREDICTIONS, YOU LOSE POINTS: SCORE -=50.

Review embargo ends when the countdown ends. Feel free to post predictions and edit them up till that time.

100:
99:
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 21, 2022, 10:39 PM
Reviews go live November 3rd. Less than two weeks.

High: 98
Med: 94
Low: 90
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 21, 2022, 10:55 PM
96
93
92
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 21, 2022, 10:58 PM

Same rules as the GOW thread. (http://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6155.0) Give a high, medium, and low prediction.
I feel like we have come full circle.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 21, 2022, 11:10 PM
I feel like we have come full circle.
Thanks for keeping it going strong!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: nnodley on Oct 21, 2022, 11:21 PM
Bein real optimistic

98
96
92
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: SWORDF1SH on Oct 22, 2022, 12:43 AM
91
91
91
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 22, 2022, 12:47 AM
91
91
91
Worst mainline GoW confirmed.  :'(
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: BananaKing on Oct 22, 2022, 04:06 PM
96
93
87
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 23, 2022, 12:39 AM
I'm going to be overly careful about sharing things here, and specify without spoiling what the spoilers are. Would appreciate it others did the same.


Spoiler for Game Mechanics retained from the first game explained:
<br><br><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We used squeeze-throughs to valve the player in to prevent them from going backwards, and boosts are for preventing you from leaving the combat space before everyone is dead. Buddy can’t boost if they’re busy shootin.</p>&mdash; Kurt Margenau (@kurtmargenau) <a href="https://twitter.com/kurtmargenau/status/1583973153470001152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 25, 2022, 12:54 AM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 25, 2022, 12:58 AM
I'm on blackout.  

I tend to enjoy games more when I don't have much in terms of expectations. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 25, 2022, 02:08 AM
I'm on blackout.  

I tend to enjoy games more when I don't have much in terms of expectations.
Me too, but I wonder how much has changed since the first. I'd be happy with a direct round 2.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 25, 2022, 04:36 AM
Me too, but I wonder how much has changed since the first. I'd be happy with a direct round 2.
I'll go in expecting nothings changed.  Pretty sure that will be accurate.  Pretty much has to be true since they have a 120 fps mode proving they aren't pushing the hardware at all.  I'll just hope for more bosses and goon variety. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Oct 25, 2022, 08:30 PM
96
94
91
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 27, 2022, 02:05 PM
Launch trailer (no new footage)

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: nnodley on Oct 27, 2022, 02:15 PM
I can't believe we are so close to launch. My collectors edition is gonna be so good!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 27, 2022, 03:13 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 27, 2022, 03:22 PM
i'm all for accessibility but i also hate targeting "the least common denominator".  

in my software platform the UiUx team hates that i use color to try and communicate anything.  they say it's not friendly to those that are color blind.   they show me the mock-ups of their version and i tell them,... it's not friendly to anyone.   

i want games to do things that are cool and novel.  what's the point of supporting 3D audio if your not allowed to utilize 3D audio for gameplay.  i don't know how to solve that for people that are deaf but please don't take away novel experiences for everyone else just because some people can't experience it as intended.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 27, 2022, 09:46 PM

What desert, what audio puzzle? I don't remember this at all.


i'm all for accessibility but i also hate targeting "the least common denominator".  

in my software platform the UiUx team hates that i use color to try and communicate anything.  they say it's not friendly to those that are color blind.   they show me the mock-ups of their version and i tell them,... it's not friendly to anyone.  

i want games to do things that are cool and novel.  what's the point of supporting 3D audio if your not allowed to utilize 3D audio for gameplay.  i don't know how to solve that for people that are deaf but please don't take away novel experiences for everyone else just because some people can't experience it as intended.  
It's really awesome when accessibility improvements help everyone. For example all audio only puzzles should be removed from games because they're universally hated.


Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 27, 2022, 09:49 PM
What desert, what audio puzzle? I don't remember this at all.
The article says God of War 2018, but they were actually talking about God of War 1 (2005).
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 27, 2022, 10:22 PM
The article says God of War 2018, but they were actually talking about God of War 1 (2005).
I assumed that before reading the article. I spent a lot of time in that desert too  :P
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 27, 2022, 11:54 PM
What desert, what audio puzzle? I don't remember this at all.


It's really awesome when accessibility improvements help everyone. For example all audio only puzzles should be removed from games because they're universally hated.
universally hated?!?

I loved the witness.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 28, 2022, 05:54 AM
universally hated?!?

I loved the witness.  
I tried every single combo for the later sound ones and cheated the boat door.

I've never seen someone love them until now.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: kitler53 on Oct 28, 2022, 01:35 PM
I tried every single combo for the later sound ones and cheated the boat door.

I've never seen someone love them until now.
really?  i loved EVERY aspect of the witness.  ...including the sound puzzle area.  such an amazing game.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: nnodley on Oct 28, 2022, 01:35 PM
Feel like i vaguely remember that.  i should go back and replay the first couple again.  Been a while.  I've replayed the third multiple.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 28, 2022, 10:58 PM
No idea if this is true.
Spoiler for game length rumor:
[/size]<br>There are a few people that have supposedly finished the game. <br>It kind of sounds like ~20 hours to see the story, and potentially ~70 hours to see everything.<br><br>I have no idea if this person replayed some content though (NG+?) <br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: Legend on Oct 28, 2022, 11:38 PM
No idea if this is true.
Spoiler for game length rumor:
[/size]<br>There are a few people that have supposedly finished the game. <br>It kind of sounds like ~20 hours to see the story, and potentially ~70 hours to see everything.<br><br>I have no idea if this person replayed some content though (NG+?) <br><br>

Sounds like bloat ;)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 30, 2022, 01:18 AM
Be careful out there.  


Spoilers appearing on YouTube and others.

Target apparently sold some copies early.




Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 30, 2022, 09:06 PM
Don't worry it's not a delay.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 31, 2022, 11:48 AM
Reviews go live November 3rd. Less than two weeks.
Coming up soon.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 01, 2022, 01:27 PM
Ben Stiller as Kratos doing therapy.

Not sure why this is a thing. Some GoW 2018 spoilers, nothing for Ragnarok (except the last 5 seconds)







I guess this was a similar ad for 2018?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Metacritic voting!
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 01, 2022, 03:04 PM
Not going to watch this one.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 02, 2022, 03:29 PM
It's mostly just a 10 second logo, but there are like 4 frames from the game.



So is anyone playing this next week?

Reviews tomorrow.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 02, 2022, 03:32 PM
The past 24 hours have been a little bit of a roller coaster.

Read one thing and got worried. Was  thinking oh this'll be like a 91

Read another thing, and very excited. Now I'm like oh this will be like a 95.
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Post by: Legend on Nov 02, 2022, 06:38 PM
My brother is buying it so I'll wait for him to finish. Might be a few days or might be next year 8)
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Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 02, 2022, 07:48 PM
Seems like a review leaked on Google?

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br><br>JeuxVideo - 5/5<br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 02, 2022, 08:44 PM
~19 hours until reviews.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 02, 2022, 08:56 PM
It's mostly just a 10 second logo, but there are like 4 frames from the game.



So is anyone playing this next week?

Reviews tomorrow.
I expect i will but waiting on reviews to commit to a pre-order.   I know it will be fun but i also want to know it is worth a day-1 buy and not a wait for the first price drop. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 02, 2022, 09:36 PM
I expect i will but waiting on reviews to commit to a pre-order.   I know it will be fun but i also want to know it is worth a day-1 buy and not a wait for the first price drop.
How fast do big Sony games drop? I think horizon 2 is still full priced.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 02, 2022, 09:43 PM
How fast do big Sony games drop? I think horizon 2 is still full priced.
That's the neat part, they don't.

They go on PS+ Extra and have sales now. (Think Horizon was like $30 during a recent sale).
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 02, 2022, 10:02 PM
How fast do big Sony games drop? I think horizon 2 is still full priced.
like Pi said, there have been sale.  ..but i still haven't bought it.  

i have such a massive backlog that i don't really care if i don't get any new games for another year.  i'll play horizon 100% but i'm in no rush.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 01:33 PM
2.5 hours from reviews.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 02:30 PM

"Official" Score gifs decided by me:
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>100:<br>(https://media.giphy.com/media/jrhv2bFO7feLWaAKoZ/giphy.gif)<br><br>99:<br>(https://media.tenor.com/images/2959fe2cfc1e672027c3a613a83a1481/tenor.gif)<br><br>98:<br>(https://media.tenor.com/images/3397087246d1c11a0c28a4f11802fba2/tenor.gif)<br><br>97:<br><br>(https://media.tenor.com/images/3a2e3354cbed5fc41c25bb6a75484d35/tenor.gif)<br><br>96:<br><br>(https://media.giphy.com/media/jQKF3pNJO28BN5PJ3v/giphy.gif)<br><br>95:<br><br>(https://media.giphy.com/media/iDynnVCJGyImh5BhKV/giphy.gif)<br><br>94:<br><br>(https://media.giphy.com/media/XfVN2tGStyyULbILem/giphy.gif)<br><br>93:<br><br>(https://media.tenor.com/images/cf54bfff016322f906ff6b2fb8644db8/tenor.gif)<br><br>Under 93:<br><br>(https://media.tenor.com/images/e78cd523dd9594325f026790324f67af/tenor.gif)<br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 02:35 PM
Gonna be a 92 :'(

Worst game ever
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 02:52 PM
About an hour away.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 03:58 PM
Man I haven't felt this kind of anticipation for a review ever.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 03:58 PM
I don't think I'm usually following reviews this closely.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 03:59 PM
Well we don't have a big game like this too often
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 03:59 PM
Open critic has a live stream where they'll post the reviews (https://www.twitch.tv/opencritic)

So that's different.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 04:00 PM
Perhaps the real showcase this year was God of War Ragnarok reviews.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:00 PM
That's funny
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:00 PM
87
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:00 PM
oops
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:00 PM
wow horrible
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:01 PM
ok 91 on their website
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:01 PM
why have a stream that has the wrong score lol
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:01 PM
94!!!!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:02 PM
93 at 41 reviews, nice
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:03 PM
back to 94 with 46 reviews
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 04:03 PM
lol. Start off the reviews with a 6, so it starts low. Then go up from there.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 04:03 PM
Solid trolling.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:04 PM
I doubt they did that on purpose lol
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 04:04 PM
I was going to say the universe trolled.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, Reviews coming soon
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:07 PM
Meta is 94 with 63 reviews. Just needs to drop one point and I'll win this prediction round.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| Preload, 87 on opencritic
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:08 PM
God of War: Ragnarok for PlayStation 5 Reviews - Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/god-of-war-ragnarok)

God of War Ragnarök Reviews - OpenCritic (https://opencritic.com/game/12919/god-of-war-ragnar-k)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 04:19 PM
Think you'll get your wish. MC doesn't have the 6/10 yet.

87
Man this really made my heart sink.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:24 PM
Think you'll get your wish. MC doesn't have the 6/10 yet.
Man this really made my heart sink.
mine too. 87 with a 6/10 saying "nothing changed" was really disheartening!

not watching any reviews but here is easy allies

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 03, 2022, 04:46 PM
94 after 96 reviews on meta. Another huge hit from SMS. I cant wait for Cory's new IP
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:50 PM
94 after 96 reviews on meta. Another huge hit from SMS. I cant wait for Cory's new IP
Hopefully it releases this time. I was so hyped when SMS was trying something new last time.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 04:51 PM
Hopefully it releases this time. I was so hyped when SMS was trying something new last time.
Unlike last time, Sony has actually talked about this one.

94 after 96 reviews on meta. Another huge hit from SMS. I cant wait for Cory's new IP
Not many devs pull off 94/94 back to back.
Not even ND
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 04:57 PM
Unlike last time, Sony has actually talked about this one.
Not many devs pull off 94/94 back to back.
Not even ND
There's still time for it to drop to 93, never give up hope!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 05:02 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 03, 2022, 05:10 PM
Hopefully it releases this time. I was so hyped when SMS was trying something new last time.
Yeah I was super bummed when it was cancelled. It hurt a lot more since it was a sci-fi space game.

But I trust cory, he managed to pick up the pieces of SMS and deliver GoW.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: nnodley on Nov 03, 2022, 05:22 PM
dang guess my 96 is not gonna happen.  But dang I'm stoked it's close. Hope my order gets delivered from fedex early in the morning.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 06:01 PM
Yeah I was super bummed when it was cancelled. It hurt a lot more since it was a sci-fi space game.

But I trust cory, he managed to pick up the pieces of SMS and deliver GoW.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Nov 03, 2022, 07:16 PM
God of War: Ragnarok for PlayStation 5 Reviews - Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/god-of-war-ragnarok)

God of War Ragnarök Reviews - OpenCritic (https://opencritic.com/game/12919/god-of-war-ragnar-k)
I like Opencritic's spelling!

Oh and wow 94 with over 110 reviews already!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 03, 2022, 07:18 PM
I can see it now in a few weeks. Edge review scores 7/10
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 03, 2022, 09:34 PM
Quote from: VGC Reviewer
I'm not saying that there's no way on earth someone could achieve one of the scores in this thread, but there's either been a translation issue or someone admitting they barely played the game.
He almost sounds mad about it.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Legend on Nov 03, 2022, 09:55 PM
He almost sounds mad about it.
Hard to judge until the game is out. I've definitely noticed "artificial" reviews from time to time that absolutely should not belong in aggregate scores, but equally likely it could just be a person that values things differently. Far too often a mega hyped AAA gets a "less positive" review that fans jump on pre-launch, e.g. the infamous 8/10 for Uncharted 3.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: SWORDF1SH on Nov 04, 2022, 01:25 PM
Really positive reviews, I need to finish the first one before I get this.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 04, 2022, 01:47 PM
so skimmed the reviews.   seems like my biggest worry is kind of there.   the game is amazing because GoW 2018 was also amazing.  ...but this sequel doesn't do much to go above and beyond the "formula" put forth in it's prequel.   it's good to see that for the most part people are saying the story is still good.

i think i'll still preorder this though.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: nnodley on Nov 04, 2022, 02:59 PM
The first remixed the god of war formula so much that I couldn't imagine something like that again. Such a high bar it's no surprise it's just as epic and more of the same

Bigger and more boss fights with more enemy variations is all I wanted. Plus an epic story
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 04, 2022, 04:26 PM
The first remixed the god of war formula so much that I couldn't imagine something like that again. Such a high bar it's no surprise it's just as epic and more of the same

Bigger and more boss fights with more enemy variations is all I wanted. Plus an epic story
i didn't read enough to confirm or deny but i wanted a GoW 3 moment.  like,.. it was mostly "more of the same" but there was some individual moments specifically in the boss fights where it was just like,..  "wow".

i don't just want more boss fights i want special boss fights.   i think that was my biggest complaint about GoW 2018 was not only was there not soo many boss fights most of them just didn't feel that special.  they felt very much like bosses i've fought before in other adventure games.  that was a thing i hoped this particular game would do was get back to that "set piece boss" that made GoW 3 so special.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 04, 2022, 04:32 PM
i didn't read enough to confirm or deny but i wanted a GoW 3 moment.  like,.. it was mostly "more of the same" but there was some individual moments specifically in the boss fights where it was just like,..  "wow".

i don't just want more boss fights i want special boss fights.   i think that was my biggest complaint about GoW 2018 was not only was there not soo many boss fights most of them just didn't feel that special.  they felt very much like bosses i've fought before in other adventure games.  that was a thing i hoped this particular game would do was get back to that "set piece boss" that made GoW 3 so special.  
I got the impression from what people were saying, that this game fixes that issue.

More variety with enemies, better bosses.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: nnodley on Nov 04, 2022, 04:53 PM
i didn't read enough to confirm or deny but i wanted a GoW 3 moment.  like,.. it was mostly "more of the same" but there was some individual moments specifically in the boss fights where it was just like,..  "wow".

i don't just want more boss fights i want special boss fights.   i think that was my biggest complaint about GoW 2018 was not only was there not soo many boss fights most of them just didn't feel that special.  they felt very much like bosses i've fought before in other adventure games.  that was a thing i hoped this particular game would do was get back to that "set piece boss" that made GoW 3 so special.  
Oh no doubt.  Those GoW 3 fights were awesome.  Those are still some of the best boss fights in any games.  

Let's hope theres even just 1 amazing fight like that.

yeah in one of the interviews i watch of Ragnarok, one of the leads said that was the complaint from GoW that they took to heart the most and wanted to fix it.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Nov 04, 2022, 05:01 PM
In the IGN review they talked about great bosses and also the fights feeling a bit like in Doom, very fast paced and arena like
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 04, 2022, 06:14 PM
The first remixed the god of war formula so much that I couldn't imagine something like that again. Such a high bar it's no surprise it's just as epic and more of the same

Bigger and more boss fights with more enemy variations is all I wanted. Plus an epic story
Id be upset if they jumped away from the forums of 2018 a lot. It was fantastic, and I just want a few upgrades and tweaks to make it even better.

A complete overhaul doesn't make sense. Nor should it be expected
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 04, 2022, 06:44 PM
to those talking to me above,...

....like i said, i didn't read any reviews closely.   i only skimmed summary sections so to best avoid even minor spoilers.  if the bosses are indeed upgraded that didn't seem to make any summary sections when things like "more of the same" did.   glad to hear i'm wrong.  ..i'll judge for myself soon.  xD

in other news:
https://kotaku.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-ps4-ps5-boss-fights-sant-monica-1849743193


Quote
Within God Of War: Ragnarök's accessibility settings is an option to give miniboss fights a midway checkpoint.
i won't be using it.  but also,.. i kind of feel like this is a cop-out of an accessibility feature.   basically this is just a "cut life bar in half" cheat.  seems to me if you can't beat a boss than excepting to beat half a boss isn't a guarantee either.  in flattening the difficulty curve i would think you could do something more subtle like every time you die debuff the boss 10%.  yes you have to replay the boss in it's entirety again" but you'd also leave the boss with a feeling of "i won" with the debuffing of the boss not being soo obvious that you cheated.

...there's probably better ideas than this too.

all in all though,.. i do like the focus on accessibility going into games these days.   i definitely quit hollow knight when i couldn't get past a boss and i was tired of playing the game after the 30th failed attempt where i couldn't even get to the mid point of the boss.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 05, 2022, 03:58 PM
well,. I guess it's official.  I gave into the hype and pre-ordered.  now just a short wait until I can play.  I really hope the jumping falafel turbo is worth full price....
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 08, 2022, 03:27 PM
Finished GoW 2018's story. (My second playthrough).

Ready for this now. (Although won't play it tonight.)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 08, 2022, 04:10 PM
Got to the last chapter of shadow of the tomb raider last night.  i should be able to finish the game off with maybe another hour of play.  i'm basically headed for a buzzer beater but i should be able to finish just in time to start GoW tonight when it unlocks at 11pm here.  i might just go to bed and play tomorrow but at least i won't have tomb raider lingering.  ...the game's really not that long if you stopped trying to find every artifact and side quest.   
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 08, 2022, 09:08 PM
This shows a character that was teased in the first game, and teased in the first trailer.

Hiding it, in case anyone is in a complete black out.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Day before <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GodofWarRagnarok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GodofWarRagnarok</a> launches and we’re feeling both <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/calm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#calm</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reasonable?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#reasonable</a> ????<br><br>How y’all doing? <a href="https://t.co/TWCarhnaCW">pic.twitter.com/TWCarhnaCW</a></p>&mdash; Santa Monica Studio – God of War Ragnarök (@SonySantaMonica) <a href="https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/1590080241703456796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br><br><br>


(But basically Santa Monica is working on memes with their characters)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: nnodley on Nov 09, 2022, 12:32 AM
aayyyyyy, my collectors edition shipped!  Literally shipping from 45 minutes away from me.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 09, 2022, 02:25 PM
Played like 15 minutes before leaving for work.
Wow.

Spoiler for Hidden:
[/size]<br>I bet no one is going to read this.<br><br>Santa Monica put out like 8 minutes of the game, and there&#39;s a solid minute or so of those trailers that&#39;s already within the first 10 minutes of the game.<br><br>They have been holding their cards real close.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: Legend on Nov 09, 2022, 02:57 PM
Horizon Forbidden West had a real time cutscene that felt like CGI. Bet GOW tops that.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 all around
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 09, 2022, 03:39 PM
i was going to start the game last night but then i went to bed instead.  

tonight!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 09, 2022, 03:53 PM
Gotta wait for UPS. Good thing I'm doing a couple hours at a part time job so hopefully it gets there after I get home

I wish since the collectors edition comes with a digital code that they would just email the code instead of having to wait for the card in the box

Looking at the meta scores for the series. Is this one of the most consistent series in terms of critical reception?  Especially the main line games all being 90 and above. Even Ascension wasn't terrible at an 80
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 09, 2022, 04:55 PM
Grand theft auto is probably one of the best. But having 5 main line games above 90 is really good
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 09, 2022, 07:27 PM
Grand theft auto is probably one of the best. But having 5 main line games above 90 is really good
Yeah pretty amazing. Naughty Dog as a studio isn't even that good.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 09, 2022, 07:39 PM
Yeah pretty amazing. Naughty Dog as a studio isn't even that good.
They do have 5 recent games above 90 since the PS3 came out, but not quite as consistent as Santa Monica.

They're a tad underestimated as a studio I think.

Quite a few people on Era didn't seem to think that GoW 1-3 were as critically acclaimed as they were.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 09, 2022, 08:59 PM
Man mjolnir in the collectors edition is so sick. The detail is incredible. And has a good weight to it
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 09, 2022, 09:04 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Kdn65ET.jpg)

I also got the ragnarok dual sense which is so sick
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 09, 2022, 09:45 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Kdn65ET.jpg)

I also got the ragnarok dual sense which is so sick
That is the most epic thing I ever seen in my life
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 09, 2022, 10:08 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Nov 09, 2022, 11:16 PM


This is one epic song  :o
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 10, 2022, 02:05 AM
Holy crud this game is amazing
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 10, 2022, 05:35 AM
after 1 nights play,.. so far my fears feel like they were realized. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 10, 2022, 05:53 AM
I'll go in expecting nothings changed.  Pretty sure that will be accurate.  Pretty much has to be true since they have a 120 fps mode proving they aren't pushing the hardware at all.  I'll just hope for more bosses and goon variety.
I prob need to avoid this thread till I play, but uh oh based off your impressions and old post.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Nov 10, 2022, 07:11 AM
Well we know they targeted ps4 and upscaled everything for ps5. See digital foundry video
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 10, 2022, 12:20 PM
Lol.

Well we know they targeted ps4 and upscaled everything for ps5. See digital foundry video
Nah don't see.

Spoilers.

after 1 nights play,.. so far my fears feel like they were realized.
How much did you play?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 10, 2022, 03:00 PM
I prob need to avoid this thread till I play, but uh oh based off your impressions and old post.
i mean, i was trying to mindful of others and not say anything spoilery.    ...hadn't considered that my old post might qualify as a spoiler.

How much did you play?
somewhere around 3-4 hours.   i've said many times before that i'm slow at playing games.   i spent at least 20 minutes just going though the accessibility options.   

Progression spoiler:
Spoiler for Hidden:
i&#39;m a bit after the thor fight.&nbsp; &nbsp;i forget what it was called by i just beat some deer/human hybrid mini-boss that pulled me off the cliff side


so like i don't want to be an dog about anything so:
1. clearly i'm early in the game.  too early to make any definitive statements.  this is just a hottake on what i've played so far.
2. GoW 2018 was probably the best game on ps4.  So like,.. GoW:R is still a good game.  I'm not saying i didn't have fun last night.   i had fun.


Well we know they targeted ps4 and upscaled everything for ps5. See digital foundry video
3. this is spot on...


so like,.. if you could search the forum enough you'll find a post i made ages ago complaining about xbox.  The gist is that MS cross-platform strategy is a big reason i liked playstation better.  when you target multiple platforms you build for "the lowest common denominator" and thus cannot make anything truly great.  i think that's fine for 3rd parties but i think it's 1st parties duty to push the limits and give us the "system sellers".  that's a big part of why i have loved consoles.  they way ND coded "to the metal" is how we got wondrously "ahead of it's time" games like U2. 

My impression is,.. this game should not qualify as a ps5 game.  it's a ps4 game that is BC on ps5.  in 2020 i would have been fine with that.  in 2022 i'm starting to think it wasn't even worth upgrading to a ps5.  playstation is pursuing the same cross-platform strategy (with more announcements for PC than for console) that I complained about with xbox.  it's hard to play GoW:R and not feel like my experience was degraded because of ps4/PC.  the priority is cross-platform at the expense pushing the limits of the console.


not that sony is the only bad actor here.  at this point for games both released and announced i think i can only think of 1 or 2 game that really qualifies as targeting "next gen": demon's souls remake and maybe R&C rift apart.   so i guess sony is at least the worst at being terrible...
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 10, 2022, 03:04 PM
At least I can hear the game on ps5 instead of the loudest jet engine that was my PS4. lol

There isn't anything so far making it a massive upgrade over the first and thats fine for me.  I didn't expect as much really. Just give me epic boss fights and more enemy variation along with a killer story and i'm all good.  Enemy variation is so far better and i'm only 5 hours in.  I'm a little farther in than kitler though.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 10, 2022, 04:10 PM
PS4 game
Will be really strange if Horizon Forbidden West feels more next gen than GOW Ragnarok, once the dust has settled.

Forbidden West is also a PS4 game but they did a lot of new things for the sequel. Plus again, it has a real time cutscene near the end that blew me away. Only time this gen I've had that "how the heck is this possible" feeling.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 10, 2022, 05:40 PM
Will be really strange if Horizon Forbidden West feels more next gen than GOW Ragnarok, once the dust has settled.

Forbidden West is also a PS4 game but they did a lot of new things for the sequel. Plus again, it has a real time cutscene near the end that blew me away. Only time this gen I've had that "how the heck is this possible" feeling.
for the moment i've skipped horizon.  i will play but i have other games higher on my list so i'll wait for a better price.

without saying anything specific there was a few places where i felt like GoW felt noticeably like a last gen title.  like,.. things where like a lot of the screen looked nice but then something else really didn't look nice as if the asset was intentionally low quality in order to fit into the limitations of last gen hardware.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 10, 2022, 06:07 PM
Honestly the first bit of the game is all snow and I never think snow looks all that impressive. Now going further. The first realm which I won't name looks amazing

Most of the time snow level are just bleh

Not sure if you've made it to the first realm or not
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 10, 2022, 06:29 PM
Honestly the first bit of the game is all snow and I never think snow looks all that impressive. Now going further. The first realm which I won't name looks amazing

Most of the time snow level are just bleh

Not sure if you've made it to the first realm or not
still snowy in my game. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 10, 2022, 10:58 PM
The whole spoiler stuff bugs me.

You either have to miss out on the conversation or miss out on the discovery aspect of games, or you have to hope that people are deliberate enough to tell you what's in a spoiler without actually spoiling things.

Someone says up front that they're so many hours into the game, that might be good because then if you're that far too, you can feel confident that you're not going to get spoiled.

But a lot of people don't do that.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 10, 2022, 11:15 PM
The whole spoiler stuff bugs me.

You either have to miss out on the conversation or miss out on the discovery aspect of games, or you have to hope that people are deliberate enough to tell you what's in a spoiler without actually spoiling things.

Someone says up front that they're so many hours into the game, that might be good because then if you're that far too, you can feel confident that you're not going to get spoiled.

But a lot of people don't do that.
It's kinda hard even once you've beat a game. For example I beat Ghost Song the other day and didn't even know it had multiple endings till I jumped online and got other endings spoiled.

Not sure how to improve it without a massive upgrade in AI or a dedicated effort by game communities.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 11, 2022, 01:16 AM


Seems like they're having a very big party
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 11, 2022, 01:22 AM
The whole spoiler stuff bugs me.

You either have to miss out on the conversation or miss out on the discovery aspect of games, or you have to hope that people are deliberate enough to tell you what's in a spoiler without actually spoiling things.

Someone says up front that they're so many hours into the game, that might be good because then if you're that far too, you can feel confident that you're not going to get spoiled.

But a lot of people don't do that.
not sure what could be done about this..


movies is easy.  either you watched it or not.

shows is mostly easy.  state which season/episode your on.

the key to those is everyone has the same experience in the same amount of time.

with games everyone gets their own experience. nothing to standardize on no way to discuss with out risk of spoilers.


btw.  GoW:R ends with kratos ordering a happy meal from McDonald's.  worst. ending. ever.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 11, 2022, 02:10 PM
This is one epic song  :o
Just got around to listening to it on spotify.  Its real good. I love hozier
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 11, 2022, 06:35 PM
Santa Monica really wanted to make sure people weren't spoiled on this game.

Edit, experience spoilers here:
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>A large chunk of the announcement trailer are from within an hour of the start of the game.<br>I think all of the Gameinformer footage are from within the first few hours.<br><br>


An actual spoiler here:

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>I think the only kind of a complaint I would make, and I wouldn&#39;t say it is affecting my experience. It&#39;s not much of a complaint.<br><br>It feels like the game is overly eager to get you to the next area. The characters will comment a lot on stuff. &quot;I think this way is a good way to go.&quot;<br>It sometimes feels like before you&#39;ve even looked at a &quot;puzzle&quot;, Atreus will suggest some hints. (I wouldn&#39;t exactly call some of these things puzzles, so I&#39;m using that loosely)<br><br>It doesn&#39;t particularly bother me, but there have been a few times, where I felt like I could understand this bothering someone.<br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 11, 2022, 07:41 PM
Sorry that first spoiler tag should have been tagged better.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 11, 2022, 07:47 PM
Yep I agree with that second spoiler. Its rather odd, but it is what it is
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Horizon on Nov 12, 2022, 04:03 PM
About 15 hours in. It's my GOTY. The game so far constantly changes up things and keeps things fresh.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 12, 2022, 04:54 PM
okay, here's my status update. 

I've played more.  like 3 nights now. 

progression spoiler:
Spoiler for Hidden:
I&#39;ve reached the mines and entered the cave.&nbsp; I did the flume ride cut scene then called it a night. before going in this direction I did all of the side questing I could wrt to the forges/whale


so like,.. it still has rough edges that make it feel like it is a PS4 game from the technical perspective.  ...but I'm kind of not caring as much because iterative or not it's really fun and engaging. 

my main complaint right now is I wish I could increase kratos's turning speed.  I looked for an option to do so and couldn't find one.  I feel like this is a thing I did in the original but maybe I'm just mixing up games.  

About 15 hours in. It's my GOTY. The game so far constantly changes up things and keeps things fresh.
I'll add this,..  GoW is definitely better than eldin ring. 

I've never been one to champion difficulty settings in from software games but I gotta say,.. accessibility options make a game better not worse.   getting invaded literally every ten minutes is utter BS and I just can't bring myself back to this game when progression is such a ducking chore. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Horizon on Nov 12, 2022, 09:00 PM
Game keeps getting better and better. Constantly surprising you in new ways whether that's through story beats, new enemy types or locations. You guys are in for a real treat. Art direction is outstanding. Combat really flows and has lots of depth the further you go.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 13, 2022, 01:07 AM
well fudge my wife.  

she went on a vacation with her friends and came home with covid.  she's now isolating in the area that has my PS5 so I guess I'm not playing GoW for another week. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 13, 2022, 05:21 AM
Just set the ps5 outside the area and blast disinfectant all around and clean it all up
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 13, 2022, 03:12 PM
Ok so I just got to another realm.  Holy crud it's so goooood

I'll say no more. heh
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 13, 2022, 03:34 PM
Just set the ps5 outside the area and blast disinfectant all around and clean it all up
Not worth it.  Shes watching netflix on it so i'd need to pass here the ps4. Too much effort for a week of isolation. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 13, 2022, 11:01 PM
Just keeps getting better
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 16, 2022, 10:53 PM
I'm only like 7 hours in I think?

Nothing surprising in the first spoiler tag for anyone who has played like an hour of the game. Some real and minor spoilers in the second tag.
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br><br>I feel like this game has an insane amount of dialogue for a linear game.<br>Someone will comment on like most &quot;puzzles&quot; it seems like. Letting you know whether you&#39;re on the right track, letting you know if you can&#39;t do the puzzle right now.<br><br>Characters will have conversations based on just all kinds of things.<br><br>


Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Tyr and Atreus have like a full conversation based on Kratos going exploring. Not actual dialogue but:<br><br>&quot;Where are you going&quot;<br>&quot;he likes to explore&quot;<br>&quot;ah inquisitive mind, fair enough&quot;<br><br>&quot;Where are you going now?&quot;<br>&quot;Oh another chest over there&quot;<br><br>


Absolutely jam packed.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 17, 2022, 01:06 AM
the first game was like that too.  most of it was in the canoe I suppose but still.  this game evolves the concept but really does amp it up. 

having read the other thread about Cory talking about telling stories in new ways not defined by books/movies it's not hard to imagine he's got a third evolution in store.  a story told entirely in-game without cut scenes.   the next step in the GoW "seemless integration of cut scenes without cuts" concept where they ditch the cut scenes entirety. 

I'd say more but it might qualify as a spoiler.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 17, 2022, 03:06 PM
Man I absolutely loved when I was hearing that in the second spoiler.  Was pretty funny.

I'm 21 hours in playtime but i have no idea how far i really am into the game.  I'm doing literally everything so i'm hoping i'm only like 50% through the main story. Idk.

But i will say the one shot transitions in this one are insanely cool.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 24, 2022, 07:31 PM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/lz6T3bKdcKD60R9rPT/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 24, 2022, 07:33 PM
Edge apparently gave it a 6/10.
So likely to drop down to a 93.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 24, 2022, 08:37 PM
I called it. I said edge would give it a low score. But 6/10 is just trolling at this point.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Nov 24, 2022, 11:00 PM
Edge apparently gave it a 6/10.
So likely to drop down to a 93.
Lulz
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 24, 2022, 11:03 PM
Sony should remaster Gow 1, 2, 3 and Ascension, and the 2 vita games and release them on PS5. I think a lot of people would buy them and enjoy them.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 24, 2022, 11:07 PM
Sony should remaster Gow 1, 2, 3 and Ascension, and the 2 vita games and release them on PS5. I think a lot of people would buy them and enjoy them.
Isn't 3 already of ps4/5?

But i would take a port of the gow collection currently stuck on ps3. I'd take a lot of simple ports of games stuck on ps3.  That should be the priorty for justifying ps premium. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 25, 2022, 12:27 AM
Isn't 3 already of ps4/5?

But i would take a port of the gow collection currently stuck on ps3. I'd take a lot of simple ports of games stuck on ps3.  That should be the priorty for justifying ps premium.
Yeah I know its a pain in the dog to port these games. But they should dedicate a team to porting their library and having it run natively on PS4 and PS5.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 25, 2022, 01:24 PM
Edge apparently gave it a 6/10.
So likely to drop down to a 93.
Person on Era got banned for posting a fake Edge review.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: BananaKing on Nov 25, 2022, 02:21 PM
Lol so the 6/10 was fake?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 25, 2022, 02:38 PM
Lol so the 6/10 was fake?

the pessimist in me reads that tweet and thinks he contests the summary and not the score....
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 25, 2022, 02:56 PM
the pessimist in me reads that tweet and thinks he contests the summary and not the score....
Maybe. He later said he can't talk about the score.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 26, 2022, 03:06 AM
Starting! Won't read any responses till I at least get a few hours deep.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 26, 2022, 04:17 AM
I'm about 40 hours play time. So good. And there is so much amazing side content. I just got to a new area, that I won't say anymore about, that is full of side quests and more. And it's an insanely well designed environment that's for sure
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 26, 2022, 06:06 AM
Played a bit. Graphics were pretty underwhelming but in direct lighting they look amazing. That hair with the closeup during the cutscene looked like ps3 hair.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>The wolf hair/fur while it was being comforted.<br>


Not feeling the gameplay but I think it's just early. The tutorial popups are annoying and a combat one glitched for me, staying on screen. Also had a glitch where I was inside an npc during their animation.

Really cool revisiting the same world. I remember these places! Some lame invisible walls that kratos could vault.

Spoilers for the first major story fight.
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Did not expect that so early! It is cool how fast the game is gowing past the stuff that was teased.<br><br>Not really liking the power balance. Balder&#39;s first fight was great because neither person thought they were in danger. Both kratos and baulder were cocky. With thor though, kratos is a wimp! Thor is having fun while kratos literally dies (fake game over was cool but out of place, kinda love it and hate it)<br><br>They have a line about winter decreasing his powers, but it wasn&#39;t enough. Every other gow imo did a better job with kratos&#39;s power reset.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 26, 2022, 02:12 PM
Played a bit. Graphics were pretty underwhelming but in direct lighting they look amazing. That hair with the closeup during the cutscene looked like ps3 hair.

Spoiler for Hidden:

The wolf hair/fur while it was being comforted.


Not feeling the gameplay but I think it's just early. The tutorial popups are annoying and a combat one glitched for me, staying on screen. Also had a glitch where I was inside an npc during their animation.

Really cool revisiting the same world. I remember these places! Some lame invisible walls that kratos could vault.

Spoilers for the first major story fight.
Spoiler for Hidden:

Did not expect that so early! It is cool how fast the game is gowing past the stuff that was teased.

Not really liking the power balance. Balder's first fight was great because neither person thought they were in danger. Both kratos and baulder were cocky. With thor though, kratos is a wimp! Thor is having fun while kratos literally dies (fake game over was cool but out of place, kinda love it and hate it)

They have a line about winter decreasing his powers, but it wasn't enough. Every other gow imo did a better job with kratos's power reset.

Spoiler for Hidden:
I really liked the fake death thing.&nbsp; I found it hilarious. <br><br>baulder was great but Thor was great in a different way.&nbsp; it was like the first boss in demon&#39;s souls where you are supposed to die.&nbsp; here I think it adds to the narrative that kratos has weaken.&nbsp; but mechanically it&#39;s a way to have an epic boss fight early in the game before you have even finished the tutorial.&nbsp;


with respect to graphics,.. now you can contextualize all my early complaints.  pc/PS4 degraded my experience...    ...but then I just forgot about it and loved the game anyways.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 27, 2022, 09:12 AM
Played more, just reached the area after the second world.

Feels a lot like DLC. I'm enjoying it since I loved the first, but I really hope the rest is more than that. The thing that just occurred sure teases an expanded game.

Also I've had more bugs. Couldn't pick up a rage stone, boy was phasing in and out of the background, an arrow missed a puzzle piece and disabled it till I reloaded, a hammer was floating, dialogue dropped out for a second during a cutscene, and lighting popped in after that cutscene. Feels less polished than the first.

Spoilers up till the end of the second world
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>It feels like brain dead DLC when going around in the boat. It&#39;s fun, but not smart like the first game. For example every dock just magically has a boat when you&#39;re on land but is empty when you&#39;re in the water. There was even one area where you can see the boat on the dock pop in and out. Pretty sure the first game made sure there was only ever one boat you used per body of water.<br><br>Also I the 3 forges/mines weren&#39;t the best thematically imo. Dwarves are famous for their forges and mines so it was confusing how the game wanted us to destroy them. Felt like the game just wanted easy &quot;odin so bad&quot; points that could resonate with players. IMO it should have been about liberating the mines so that the dwarves would be the ones profiting off them, or it should have done a lot more to convince us that these dwarves have a non traditional way of life.<br><br>The city was really cool with all the people running away, until I realized that was it. The one trailer teased this city with NPCs and it really made me hopeful, but now it feels like a downgrade over the first game. After gow 2018 I really wanted cities and more NPCs like the original trilogy yet now I&#39;m worried ragnarok will just provide enough to feel uncanny.<br><br>The splash mountain boat ride and railway were pretty fun. I enjoyed them. The minigame for aligning the cart was really silly. Now that ragnarok has had two awkward meta jokes and an uncanny lack of people, it&#39;s really feeling like Death Stranding to me.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 27, 2022, 01:06 PM
I have only had two notable bugs. One was a graphical glitch where a lot of stuff noticably loaded in.

The other was that I opened a door, accidentally closed the door and Boy thought it was still open and tried going through the closed door.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 27, 2022, 02:29 PM
Played more, just reached the area after the second world.

Feels a lot like DLC. I'm enjoying it since I loved the first, but I really hope the rest is more than that. The thing that just occurred sure teases an expanded game.

Also I've had more bugs. Couldn't pick up a rage stone, boy was phasing in and out of the background, an arrow missed a puzzle piece and disabled it till I reloaded, a hammer was floating, dialogue dropped out for a second during a cutscene, and lighting popped in after that cutscene. Feels less polished than the first.

Spoilers up till the end of the second world
Spoiler for Hidden:

It feels like brain dead DLC when going around in the boat. It's fun, but not smart like the first game. For example every dock just magically has a boat when you're on land but is empty when you're in the water. There was even one area where you can see the boat on the dock pop in and out. Pretty sure the first game made sure there was only ever one boat you used per body of water.

your wrong here. The original game had this same thing.  Maybe your right that it was less obvious but i definitely noticed it in the first game too.  In this area there was one forge that had two landing really close to each other that was a little weird. But the first still had plenty of places where you'd land in one spot and leave via another and a boat was alwyas magically there.  Especially in the end game when all the progression blocks were unlockable.



Also I the 3 forges/mines weren't the best thematically imo. Dwarves are famous for their forges and mines so it was confusing how the game wanted us to destroy them. Felt like the game just wanted easy "odin so bad" points that could resonate with players. IMO it should have been about liberating the mines so that the dwarves would be the ones profiting off them, or it should have done a lot more to convince us that these dwarves have a non traditional way of life.

The city was really cool with all the people running away, until I realized that was it. The one trailer teased this city with NPCs and it really made me hopeful, but now it feels like a downgrade over the first game. After gow 2018 I really wanted cities and more NPCs like the original trilogy yet now I'm worried ragnarok will just provide enough to feel uncanny.

The splash mountain boat ride and railway were pretty fun. I enjoyed them. The minigame for aligning the cart was really silly. Now that ragnarok has had two awkward meta jokes and an uncanny lack of people, it's really feeling like Death Stranding to me.


I put a reply into your spoiler.

I haven't had any glitches.  Are you sure your ps5 is working right?

Anyways,.. you have basically reached my same progression so i guess i'm done reading your spoilers.  xD
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 27, 2022, 11:57 PM
I put a reply into your spoiler.

I haven't had any glitches.  Are you sure your ps5 is working right?

Anyways,.. you have basically reached my same progression so i guess i'm done reading your spoilers.  xD
Guess I forgot that about the first.

A lot of my glitches are probably from me trying to 100% it. I'd love to get the platinum without a guide so I'm running back and forth probably messing with level streaming.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 28, 2022, 12:49 AM
Guess I forgot that about the first.
I do feel like the first game hides it better.

I think the quest progression frequently points you in the same direction you came from.

If you do more exploring you do notice it more.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 28, 2022, 01:14 AM
I hath finished the main story. About 45 hours or so. The last 4 or 5 main missions are awesome.

I will say as good as these games are there is just something about the main trilogy that was so much better.  The epicness of the environments and bosses was so much better.

If they would have done the new combat but kept the epic world and boss battles these would have been 10x better
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 28, 2022, 04:35 AM
 :o :o :o :o :o

That's all I'm going to say.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 28, 2022, 06:00 AM
I think I'm unlucky with glitches.

They're all small but keep adding up. Had a main npc get stuck running into a wall for example.


Also I've been enjoying the combat a lot but aim assist was so broken in the third unique world. I loved throwing my ax behind people when it worked.

Edt: I just got stuck in an animation loop in a mini cutscene, had to restart the checkpoint.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 28, 2022, 02:07 PM
I think I'm unlucky with glitches.

They're all small but keep adding up. Had a main npc get stuck running into a wall for example.


Also I've been enjoying the combat a lot but aim assist was so broken in the third unique world. I loved throwing my ax behind people when it worked.

Edt: I just got stuck in an animation loop in a mini cutscene, had to restart the checkpoint.
yeah somethings wrong. I encountered maybe 1 glitch where I was able to go through a hole in a wall without unblocking it.

:o :o :o :o :o

That's all I'm going to say.
I think i know what your talking about. lol
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 28, 2022, 02:12 PM
so I started stray last night...
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 29, 2022, 05:20 AM
The story is done. It is time to explore.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 29, 2022, 08:12 AM
I love the boss I fought tonight. Was small in scale but really worked. Name was...
Spoiler for Hidden:
Nidhogg
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 29, 2022, 12:35 PM
I had a funny situation where the narrative dialogue pretty much matched up with some situational dialogue.

Near the end of the game spoilers
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<div style="margin:20px; margin-top:5px"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px"><b>Spoiler</b> for <i>Hidden</i>: <input type="button" value="Show" style="width:60px;font-size:10px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" onClick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.value = 'Hide'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.value = 'Show'; }"></div><div class="alt2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px; border: 1px inset;"><div style="display: none;"><br>*talking about Thor*<br>Thrud: sorry he&#39;s not...<br>Atreus: right side!<br></div></div></div>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 29, 2022, 02:21 PM
A lot to think about.

But I feel like it's rare that I enjoy a sequel this much.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 29, 2022, 02:55 PM
A lot to think about.

But I feel like it's rare that I enjoy a sequel this much.  
TOTAL END GAME SPOILERS so don't click if you haven't finished

Spoiler for Hidden:
One of the only things that I&#39;m disappointed in is the mask story not going anywhere. It was such a big push for Odin and it just goes nowhere. In a game with this much lore i felt that was a total cop out. &nbsp;But the mask isn&#39;t really in Norse myths so sure maybe it didn&#39;t have to go anywhere, but it was a potential big twist or surprise they could have went with.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 29, 2022, 03:39 PM
dang guys,.. you all have reached the ending and it will take me another month before i do.  probably longer.   this is part of why i don't bother with day-1 games,... i can't participate in the conversation anyways even when i do buy a game day 1.  xD
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 29, 2022, 03:41 PM
dang guys,.. you all have reached the ending and it will take me another month before i do.  probably longer.   this is part of why i don't bother with day-1 games,... i can't participate in the conversation anyways even when i do buy a game day 1.  xD
Didn't you make a point some years ago that you play like an hour or two every day?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 29, 2022, 03:52 PM
Didn't you make a point some years ago that you play like an hour or two every day?

i do.

yesterday my schedule was:
- put the kids to bed at ~8
- take care of the trash/cat liter and recycling.  8-9.  i know an hour sounds long but i've got a bunch of boxes in the basement that i've been breaking down for months to get them all in the recycling and I needed to remove the packing tape and cut them up.  other nights it would be dishes or something else.  basically i do 1 hour of household chores a night to keep my house in order.
- eat xmas cookies 9-9:15
- play stray 9:15 to 10:15
- play multiversus 10:15-10:45
- watch an episode of wednesday 10:45 - 11:45
- check on stock futures 11:45 to 12:00
- go to bed

that's like 1.5 hours of gaming in there.   but like,.. i play a lot of services games i guess.  it used to be rocket league but now it is multiversus.   for a story game i typically get in about 1 hour a night.   ...but also i'm one of those gamers that likes to "do everything" so i look down every nook and cranny and do every side mission and break every box (when applicable).  i feel like 1 hour of my game play it more like 15-30 minutes of a "typical" gamer's gameplay.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 29, 2022, 04:05 PM
Fair enough.
I just put in an hour to two of God of War. I guess overall I average about an hour 10 minutes a day.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 29, 2022, 05:20 PM
I feel like animations are worse than expected.

I would say Santa Monica used to be pretty close to Naughty Dog visually. But I think The Last of Us Part II is still on another level visually.

(Don't get me wrong, I still think God of War is gorgeous overall. But there are a surprising number of rough edges. )
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 29, 2022, 06:25 PM
I feel like animations are worse than expected.

I would say Santa Monica used to be pretty close to Naughty Dog visually. But I think The Last of Us Part II is still on another level visually.

(Don't get me wrong, I still think God of War is gorgeous overall. But there are a surprising number of rough edges. )
True. Downgrade from tlou2 during gameplay and downgrade from horizon 2 during cutscenes.

But I just saw some pretty good climbing animations, so that's nice.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 29, 2022, 06:43 PM
There are some truly amazing looking sections in ragnarok. Then there are some that are still amazing, but should have been way better.  The amount of detail in the game though is pretty stunning.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 30, 2022, 06:34 AM
I have no idea how my game is so glitchy compared to you guys.

Had one minor boss randomly die while its health was near full. Saved it to a clip since it was so funky. Also got my dog cart stuck on the wrong side of a barrier. Had to walk everywhere.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 30, 2022, 12:57 PM
I have no idea how my game is so glitchy compared to you guys.
Do you have the patches downloaded?

Maybe you're physical copy is busted.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 30, 2022, 02:10 PM
yeah i've played close to 50 hours and had 1 or 2.  I did have another after i posted where a mini boss disappeared after I shot at it. But just checkpoint restart fixed.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Nov 30, 2022, 08:10 PM
Sooo I still haven't bought it. Is it a must buy?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 30, 2022, 08:14 PM
Sooo I still haven't bought it. Is it a must buy?
If you like God of War, then yeah.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Nov 30, 2022, 08:45 PM
Do you have the patches downloaded?

Maybe you're physical copy is busted.
I'm on the latest patch and ps5 plays off the hard drive so it shouldn't be that.
yeah i've played close to 50 hours and had 1 or 2.  I did have another after i posted where a mini boss disappeared after I shot at it. But just checkpoint restart fixed.
It's no cyberpunk 2077 and I'll go hours without glitches, but I can't think of another Sony game that was this bad. I'm around 30 hours.

You've had fewer glitches but that still sounds worse than I'd expect for a big Sony game.
Sooo I still haven't bought it. Is it a must buy?
I like a lot about it and I dislike a few things about it. Needs a strong ending for me to call it a must buy.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 30, 2022, 08:48 PM
I had more glitches in TLOU 2 I think.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Nov 30, 2022, 08:50 PM
I don't think i've ever played a sony game that didn't have the odd few glitches here and there.  As far as I can remember i've had a few glitches in most naughty dog games and bend studio and sucker punch and guerilla
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 30, 2022, 08:58 PM
I'm on the latest patch and ps5 plays off the hard drive so it shouldn't be that.
Perhaps it was broken before your PS5 copied it over.  :-X
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 01, 2022, 12:50 AM

Perhaps it was broken before your PS5 copied it over.  :-X
Could also be all those cosmic rays flipping bits since the air is so thin up here.  ;)

Game wise I now have access to every tool needed for backtracking. Should I forge on with the story, or should I clean up loose ends first? Hmm.

Also combat got a lot harder once I upgraded my armor  :P Maybe the game has weird level scaling, but primarily it's because my weaker armor granted me health for every kill.

And did they remove the spartan kick? I haven't really been bothering with using xp so maybe it's in there and I haven't noticed. In the first game, kicking enemies off the map was my favorite technique!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 01, 2022, 01:03 AM
And did they remove the spartan kick? I haven't really been bothering with using xp so maybe it's in there and I haven't noticed. In the first game, kicking enemies off the map was my favorite technique!
R2 with no weapons equipped.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 01, 2022, 02:15 AM
R2 with no weapons equipped.

Lol how had I not tried that yet

Edt: happens on second press, that's why I didn't notice it.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 04:49 AM
Game froze solid mid mini boss. Music kept looping at least :P
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 04:51 AM
Game froze solid mid mini boss. Music kept looping at least :P
Bruh, I think you're just cursed.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 04:52 AM
All I can say spoiler free is wtf.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>The most wide open and most Impressive level I&#39;ve seen in the game is optional side content. <br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 06:16 AM
Bruh, I think you're just cursed.
It is funny. I've had a lot of minor things I've stopped mentioning, and then I've had major things like that.

A fun glitch/exploit I found was a mini boss that'd chase me out of his arena. I could then attack him while he casually walked back.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 07:55 AM
At least I've never had the same major glitch twice. :P

This time I got soft locked from an enemy never spawning to break a barrier. Was a very cinematic action packed moment yet I still spent 10 minutes overthinking it in case it was a puzzle  ::)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 09:04 AM
I've literally only had two minor bugs in 26 hours.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 02, 2022, 03:47 PM
Yep I had a couple minor bugs and 1 big one with a mini boss disappearing. All in around 50 hours
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 03:56 PM
Legitimate spoilers here:

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Seriously don&#39;t read this if you haven&#39;t gotten through the entire game <br><br><div style="margin:20px; margin-top:5px"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px"><b>Spoiler</b> for <i>Hidden</i>: <input type="button" value="Show" style="width:60px;font-size:10px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" onClick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.value = 'Hide'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.value = 'Show'; }"></div><div class="alt2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px; border: 1px inset;"><div style="display: none;"><br>I actually feel sadder about Sindri. <br><br>It hurts when you walk by and see he&#39;s not there and it hurts when he yells at Atreus.<br><br></div></div></div><br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 05:34 PM
Finished at 38 hours. What a weird game. Great elements but the entire package is so aimless.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 02, 2022, 05:48 PM
It's a really good close to the Norse duology but dang the Greek trilogy story overall was so much better. Gameplay though is way better in the new ones
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 06:06 PM
It's a really good close to the Norse duology but dang the Greek trilogy story overall was so much better. Gameplay though is way better in the new ones
For being a duology, it's interesting how "unsynergetic" the games are.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Gow 2018 ended on a cliffhanger with a big adventure set up on a platter, and then this one throws it away to do its own thing. It feels like both stories were made independently.<br><br>Gow 2 and 3 were a much tighter duology. <br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 07:09 PM
I guess I am not sure if I agree.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 08:40 PM
Ok maybe I'm cursed. Here's a compilation of glitches that I caught on camera. Some are very minor and some forced me to restart. There were plenty more that I either didn't capture or aren't visually interesting.

Full game spoilers
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/mmd1EJC.jpg)<br>Just the wife lacking collision. She also vibrated back and fourth since she didn&#39;t know which direction to look.<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/Uh2b6OC.jpg)<br>Dogs were stuck in a puzzle area. Not supposed to be here, no way to get them out.<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/tHpiKTb.jpg)<br>Glowing circle is half off the door. This happened nearly every time I fast traveled. Hard to miss so I wonder if it has happened to either of you guys.<br><br>(any framerate issues are from gfycat compression)<br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FortunateKindheartedJapanesebeetle-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>I love mimir&#39;s head sliding off<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://i.imgur.com/ZgATm85.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Atreus got funky. He&#39;s kinda far from the camera so might be hard to see. Starts at 4 seconds.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LeadingSeveralCougar-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>He was like this for a while before the clip too<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ExcellentAmbitiousHeron-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>The game expected me to be on the other side I guess. It kept flickering out like this.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AgonizingHeavyAidi-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Tree popped in.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LinedColdFiddlercrab-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/VigorousLimitedBlackfish-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Looped forever. This is a cutscene and I can only control the camera.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnlawfulGiftedAmericancrow-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Game froze. Had to close and restart.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AgonizingMediumCygnet-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>No way to progress. Wood on wall was supposed to be broken by an enemy so I could climb out.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BlaringSolidErne-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>I broke it free and it did this<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ImmenseEducatedAmericanbittern-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Random object thrown in during cutscene.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SadIllLcont-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Rope physics despawned<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GenuineShockedGelding-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>The mask is on the table and on boy&#39;s waist. This seems to happen to everyone.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PointlessFlatEft-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>He walked out of his zone and stopped fighting me till he got back in.<br><br><div align="center"><video style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;" width="560" controls> &nbsp; <source src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BasicDistinctHagfish-mobile.mp4" type="video/webm"> </video></div><br>Bye bye mini boss.<br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 08:58 PM
I'm sure there's a few minor ones I didn't see.

But wowza.

;D
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 02, 2022, 11:32 PM
What are yall thoughts on the no cut camera? I liked it in 2018 but disliked it here.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>The transitions between boy and kratos ruin it. What&#39;s the point of having no cuts if you&#39;re still missing parts of everyone&#39;s story?<br><br>Do boy and kratos have identical knifes? That transition didn&#39;t make sense either.<br><br><br>Also they slept too much imo. The dream transitions were cool but you&#39;d see them coming. The boat ride in 2018 to get the blades was better imo.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 02, 2022, 11:44 PM
You thought you were Kratos, but actually you were a parrot on their shoulder.  

Full immersion as Krato's and Atreus's shoulder parrot.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Dec 03, 2022, 12:50 AM
loved it in 2018.  still loves it so far in Ragnarok but I'm still pretty early on. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 03, 2022, 02:05 AM
Controversial opinion but the new cut camera isn't really something that I notice.
Like if I played through the whole game someone asked if I noticed anything special I would say I didn't really. I see it after it's been pointed out though. But it's not something that I feel impacts my experience
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 03, 2022, 02:58 AM
Controversial opinion but the new cut camera isn't really something that I notice.
Like if I played through the whole game someone asked if I noticed anything special I would say I didn't really. I see it after it's been pointed out though. But it's not something that I feel impacts my experience

Autocorrect mistake?

I notice it a lot because so many film narrative tricks rely on jumping forward in time. Can't do that in gow which really gives it a unique flair, although like I said I think it worked better as a one off.

loved it in 2018.  still loves it so far in Ragnarok but I'm still pretty early on.
Rewatching some 2018 footage, I think it kept the camera closer to Kratos which also helped.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 03, 2022, 03:01 AM
 ;D

I did a speech to text and looked it over a bit too quick.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 05, 2022, 04:06 AM
End game

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Real bummer that this game had nothing Greek in the main story. The first game had teases and a few hints that I was really hoping would be expanded on.<br><br>They teased stuff with the mask, such as the origin of all gods, but that didn&#39;t go anywhere.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 05, 2022, 04:45 AM
End game

Spoiler for Hidden:

Real bummer that this game had nothing Greek in the main story. The first game had teases and a few hints that I was really hoping would be expanded on.

They teased stuff with the mask, such as the origin of all gods, but that didn't go anywhere.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>I guess I felt pretty satisfied with the discussions of Kratos and Freya talking about Greece in several discussions. Didn&#39;t really want/expect anything more. <br><br>I guess I felt kind of strange about the mask. I kind of felt like it wasn&#39;t going to go anywhere the entire time. It felt like a distraction from the story to me. <br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 05, 2022, 06:40 AM
Spoiler for Hidden:

I guess I felt pretty satisfied with the discussions of Kratos and Freya talking about Greece in several discussions. Didn't really want/expect anything more.

I guess I felt kind of strange about the mask. I kind of felt like it wasn't going to go anywhere the entire time. It felt like a distraction from the story to me.

I really liked that relationship. Probably my favorite side content in the game.
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Was fun having them bond and share their past. Glad that she&#39;s the companion for the end game.<br><br>Was disappointed about the lack of interesting developments Greece could have provided. Having a Greek god kill his pantheon and end up in Midgard opens up so many questions they just didn&#39;t bother with. The story in Ragnarok only cares about the emotions of Kratos&#39;s past, not its implications. <br><br>I was hoping for something Horizon Zero Dawn like where there was more to the world than you first realized.<br><br><br>Pretty early on I figured the mask was a McGuffin. It fits the story ragnarok told but I hoped the game was going to surprise us with another trick up its sleeve.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 05, 2022, 02:25 PM
I agree with pretty much everything you've both said
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 05, 2022, 08:47 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 05, 2022, 08:50 PM
Ok maybe I'm cursed. Here's a compilation of glitches that I caught on camera. Some are very minor and some forced me to restart. There were plenty more that I either didn't capture or aren't visually interesting.

Full game spoilers
Spoiler for Hidden:


(https://i.imgur.com/mmd1EJC.jpg)
Just the wife lacking collision. She also vibrated back and fourth since she didn't know which direction to look.

(https://i.imgur.com/Uh2b6OC.jpg)
Dogs were stuck in a puzzle area. Not supposed to be here, no way to get them out.

(https://i.imgur.com/tHpiKTb.jpg)
Glowing circle is half off the door. This happened nearly every time I fast traveled. Hard to miss so I wonder if it has happened to either of you guys.

(any framerate issues are from gfycat compression)

I love mimir's head sliding off


Atreus got funky. He's kinda far from the camera so might be hard to see. Starts at 4 seconds.


He was like this for a while before the clip too


The game expected me to be on the other side I guess. It kept flickering out like this.


Tree popped in.



Looped forever. This is a cutscene and I can only control the camera.


Game froze. Had to close and restart.


No way to progress. Wood on wall was supposed to be broken by an enemy so I could climb out.


I broke it free and it did this


Random object thrown in during cutscene.


Rope physics despawned


The mask is on the table and on boy's waist. This seems to happen to everyone.


He walked out of his zone and stopped fighting me till he got back in.


Bye bye mini boss.


I wonder how many issues got fixed with the new patch.   :o


I had a minor bug last night.
I don't think this is a spoiler since it was in the first game, but eh:
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Time ran out during the trials, so the enemy disappeared while Kratos was starting his finisher, so he hacked away at an invisible enemy. &nbsp;<br>


It's interesting how buggy your experience has been, I've seen a lot of people on reddit and era, going on about how polished the experience is.
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Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 05, 2022, 09:18 PM

Spoils a major sidequest:
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br><div style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;max-width:560px;"><div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:0px;height:0;overflow:hidden;" class="youtube LPcrnTfgzSM"> <iframe style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LPcrnTfgzSM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></div><br>


If you finished the game:
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br><div style="text-align:center;margin:auto;padding:5px;max-width:560px;"><div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:0px;height:0;overflow:hidden;" class="youtube 0gCCcwr6i54"> <iframe style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0gCCcwr6i54" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></div><br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 05, 2022, 10:24 PM
I wonder how many issues got fixed with the new patch.   :o


I had a minor bug last night.
I don't think this is a spoiler since it was in the first game, but eh:
Spoiler for Hidden:

Time ran out during the trials, so the enemy disappeared while Kratos was starting his finisher, so he hacked away at an invisible enemy.  


It's interesting how buggy your experience has been, I've seen a lot of people on reddit and era, going on about how polished the experience is.
Honestly the door glitch is the most interesting one imo. That happened nearly every time I realm traveled. What in my save file or with my PS5 could make such a consistent glitch?

I'll download the patch just to test that bug out again.

edt: nevermind, people are just blind. Happens in this playthrough on youtube too lol



You can see it at exactly at the 16 hour mark.

Spoils a major sidequest:
Spoiler for Hidden:




If you finished the game:
Spoiler for Hidden:




Didn't know about that sidequest lol. Stopped playing once I got the full credits.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Dec 06, 2022, 12:43 AM
since we are talking Soo much about glitches I discovered on my own a way to dupe items on the season pass in multiversus.  

haven't really seen anyone else talk about it.  I searched and found 1 YouTube video with like 300 views showing it. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 06, 2022, 12:56 AM
since we are talking Soo much about glitches I discovered on my own a way to dupe items on the season pass in multiversus.  

haven't really seen anyone else talk about it.  I searched and found 1 YouTube video with like 300 views showing it.
Pretty cool. Hopefully they aren't banning people for stuff like that.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Dec 06, 2022, 01:21 AM
Pretty cool. Hopefully they aren't banning people for stuff like that.
I'm not doing anything outside of the software.  when you redeem quests if you redeem it in a certain way it dupes your rewards. 

doesn't mean much for cosmetic items but I can dupe coins and the new coin/xp boost items. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 06, 2022, 01:27 AM
I'm not doing anything outside of the software.  when you redeem quests if you redeem it in a certain way it dupes your rewards.

doesn't mean much for cosmetic items but I can dupe coins and the new coin/xp boost items.
I saw people complaining about seeing this in Calisto Protocol's user agreement which is just a copy and paste from PUBG's agreement.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjA4-gdXwAA3sAs?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 06, 2022, 04:02 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 06, 2022, 04:05 PM

bout bloody time.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 10, 2022, 08:21 PM
End game boss fight spoilers below

Spoiler for Hidden:
I am so over the fudgy berserker king boss fight. It's one of the worst fights I've ever done. I'm about to say fudge the platinum because of this battleship fight.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 10, 2022, 09:34 PM
Beat the boss finally!  Good lord that was dumb as fudge
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 11, 2022, 03:57 AM
Beat the boss finally!  Good lord that was dumb as fudge
Nice!

What do you have left for the platinum?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 11, 2022, 05:26 PM
Nice!

What do you have left for the platinum?
Nothing. That was the last thing I needed.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 12, 2022, 05:59 AM
It's been a really long time since I've last played a game where I just lost an hour.

10:40, play for 20 minutes, bam it's 11:55.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 19, 2022, 05:15 AM
Getting down to the end.

Got 12 trophies today. They really start raining when you collect everything.

Just have a few more fights left, but they are tough.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 19, 2022, 05:18 AM
Getting down to the end.

Got 12 trophies today. They really start raining when you collect everything.

Just have a few more fights left, but they are tough.
What difficulty are you playing on?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 19, 2022, 05:21 AM
What difficulty are you playing on?
Give me balance/middle difficulty.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 19, 2022, 05:41 AM
Give me balance/middle difficulty.
That's what I played on too. Brother played on easy.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 20, 2022, 04:32 AM
1 more fight for the plat.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>The fight against the last berserker actually made me appreciate the spear a lot more. <br><br>Between:<br>1.) Staggering him when throwing the spear<br>2.) Staggering him again when exploding<br>3.) The spear being the best at actually disabling several of his attacks.<br><br>I also feel like it fixed my timing. A lot of his attacks will target you and swerve to hit you when you dodge. Trying to get an extra throw in, meant I wasn&#39;t dodging too early like I was doing. <br><br>It was almost easy mode. <br><br>All done with the berserkers though. Have one other fight. <br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 20, 2022, 05:07 AM
1 more fight for the plat.

Spoiler for Hidden:

The fight against the last berserker actually made me appreciate the spear a lot more.

Between:
1.) Staggering him when throwing the spear
2.) Staggering him again when exploding
3.) The spear being the best at actually disabling several of his attacks.

I also feel like it fixed my timing. A lot of his attacks will target you and swerve to hit you when you dodge. Trying to get an extra throw in, meant I wasn't dodging too early like I was doing.

It was almost easy mode.

All done with the berserkers though. Have one other fight.


Loved the

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Spear. It became my main.<br>
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Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 20, 2022, 04:29 PM
Might have to enable boss checkpoints for the last fight.

(assuming that setting works for that)
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 20, 2022, 09:18 PM
I have a lot of thoughts on Ragnarok.

There's a lot that I love.
There's a lot where I can see pros and cons for, where I'm not really sure how much I like/dislike.
There's not a lot where I thought "this is terrible", but there are a few things I found myself disliking.

I think I might come back every once in a while to talk about some of the things.

Spoiler for scale:
<br>One thing that a lot of people didn&#39;t like about 2018, is that there aren&#39;t any big epic battles. <br>I would largely disagree with their criticism on that though. The dragon for example is big. Not as big as Chronos in GOW 3 or anything like that, but still pretty respectable I think in the space of God of War.<br><br>Here though, I can&#39;t think of any actual big bosses that we fight against.



Spoiler for bosses:
<br>Ragnarok has more bosses I think, or at the very least more variety.&nbsp; <br>The fights with Thor are fine I think.<br><br>But there are a few things that are really special about the Baldur fights (especially the first one) in 2018, and Ragnarok doesn&#39;t have anything quite like that. Legend talked about this in a previous post.<br><br>It&#39;s really fun watching Kratos and Baldur keep coming back, and coming back bigger. Whereas this doesn&#39;t really happen in Ragnarok. The fights in Ragnarok are just fights I think.&nbsp; <br><br>I feel like 2018 has more narrative in the boss fights if that makes sense. Lots of back and forth between Baldur and Kratos, and other characters towards the end. Whereas I think, most of the time it feels more separate in Ragnarok. I might be mistaken, but I think dialogue tends to happen before and after the boss fights, and not as much during. <br>I might be mistaken on that.<br>


Spoiler for climbing:
<br>I&#39;ve been wanting to talk about climbing for a while. <br><br>Climbing isn&#39;t great in either 2018 or Ragnarok. It&#39;s not dynamic. It&#39;s very strictly going through a path. <br><br>Compare it to Uncharted, where it&#39;s possible to fail. It&#39;s possible to be goofy and just jump around a little more.<br><br>We don&#39;t have that level of freedom in either God of Wars.[/size]<br>
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Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 20, 2022, 09:29 PM
Spoiler for level design:
<br><br>A lot of the level design is very inconsistent.<br>Some of it is very linear, there is only one path for quite a while. Then you have several of these almost mini open world sections that tie them together.<br><br>That kind of design is fine. What bugged me towards the end, was there were areas where there *seem* to be several linear sections that don&#39;t have any connections, except on the map they&#39;re right next to each other. There were a couple of times where the map indicator didn&#39;t know how to direct me to an area that on the map was directly adjacent to where I was. &nbsp;<br><br>(I&#39;m saying seem because there were a couple of instances where I missed a path.)<br>It didn&#39;t quite reach the point of frustration for me, but it could be better. <span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size">Having the ability to fast travel would largely fix that issue for me.</span><br><br>On the other end of it, there&#39;s a large section in Vanaheim that is one of the best levels I&#39;ve ever seen. &nbsp;So many paths and ways to get around. It is amazingly impressive. <br><br>Xev said he found an awesome level, with no spoilers. <br><br>Just getting into it, I knew immediately it was the level he vaguely mentioned. Absolutely amazing stuff. If the whole game was like that, I would absolutely be arguing this game was easily better than Elden Ring.<br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 21, 2022, 04:00 AM
Spoiler for scale:
<br>First game had better scale imo. Dragon and giant fight at the end were cool. Ragnarok jumped from arena to arena more, but the dog was the only big fight.<br><br>I don&#39;t really understand it. Ragnarok did a great job with variety but went the opposite direction with scale. I wonder if it was a PS4 limitation. I&#39;m also pretty sure the new engine cannot handle moving ground. The whale thing for example is just a visual trick where parts are moving in the distance but once you reach a chunk it becomes static.<br>


Spoiler for bosses:
<br>Your dialogue observation matches my recollection too. Except weird &quot;fight&quot; in the house with the large woman, I don&#39;t really remember custom dialogue within fights. It&#39;d only happen during quicktime/cutscene moments.<br>


Spoiler for climbing:
<br>I don&#39;t mind the climbing, but this game had a lot more of it. Heck there was the entire section with climbing the wall! It&#39;s not fun and the game should of minimized its use.<br>


Spoiler for level design:
<br>Which awesome level are you talking about? I&#39;ve been to that section of vanaheim.<br>


Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 21, 2022, 04:40 AM
Spoiler for scale:
<br>First game had better scale imo. Dragon and giant fight at the end were cool. Ragnarok jumped from arena to arena more, but the dog was the only big fight.<br><br>I don&#39;t really understand it. Ragnarok did a great job with variety but went the opposite direction with scale. I wonder if it was a PS4 limitation. I&#39;m also pretty sure the new engine cannot handle moving ground. The whale thing for example is just a visual trick where parts are moving in the distance but once you reach a chunk it becomes static.<br>


Spoiler for bosses:
<br>Your dialogue observation matches my recollection too. Except weird &quot;fight&quot; in the house with the large woman, I don&#39;t really remember custom dialogue within fights. It&#39;d only happen during quicktime/cutscene moments.<br>


Spoiler for climbing:
<br>I don&#39;t mind the climbing, but this game had a lot more of it. Heck there was the entire section with climbing the wall! It&#39;s not fun and the game should of minimized its use.<br>


Spoiler for level design:
<br>Which awesome level are you talking about? I&#39;ve been to that section of vanaheim.<br>



Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>The best level is The Crater. <br><br>
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 22, 2022, 04:30 AM
Got the Platinum at ~51 hours.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 22, 2022, 08:07 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Dec 22, 2022, 10:06 PM
cool.  several months before I'll beat the game. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Mar 22, 2023, 02:46 PM
Just going to throw this here:

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Mar 22, 2023, 02:55 PM
that's wild that its been 18 years since the very first one.  I still very vividly remember playing it with my brother and his friends all night.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Mar 22, 2023, 04:04 PM
cool.  several months before I'll beat the game.
almost 3 months to the day!   beat the game on Monday.

so am i the last one to beat the game?  i read though some of the previous posts now that there are no spoilers for me.   starting working on cleaning up the game last night.  100% in 2 realms and quite a few to go.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Mar 22, 2023, 06:51 PM
almost 3 months to the day!   beat the game on Monday.

so am i the last one to beat the game?  i read though some of the previous posts now that there are no spoilers for me.   starting working on cleaning up the game last night.  100% in 2 realms and quite a few to go.  
I still haven't bought it
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Mar 22, 2023, 07:02 PM
that's wild that its been 18 years since the very first one.  I still very vividly remember playing it with my brother and his friends all night.
GOW3 was my first one. I knew the franchise existed but I never cared. Then one day I randomly downloaded every free PS3 demo. Was instantly hooked on GOW3 and Heavy Rain lol.

In college I went back and played the first 2.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Mar 22, 2023, 07:12 PM
I still haven't bought it
Okay.  I still want to post my thought (not this post) but i'll keep them in spoilers for you.  I thought i was the last one left.  
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 05, 2023, 04:17 PM
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Apr 19, 2023, 04:21 PM
Finally got around to this video. Fully spoilers all of gow 2 and ragnarok. Worth a watch imo.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Nov 09, 2023, 02:40 PM


Some pre-release bugs ^

Spoils a few minor things for people who still haven't played...
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Post by: Legend on Nov 09, 2023, 03:24 PM
Looks like my copy of the game :P
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Nov 09, 2023, 04:07 PM
thread was bumped and i got excited that perhaps the rumored dlc was announced.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 08, 2023, 04:22 AM
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC revealed, coming December 12 - PlayStation.Blog (https://blog.playstation.com/2023/12/07/god-of-war-ragnarok-valhalla-dlc-revealed-coming-december-12/)



Quote
As of November 19, God of War Ragnarök has sold through more than 15 million units worldwide across PS4 and PS5.

Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 08, 2023, 06:11 AM
Pretty dang good.

Also I wonder if this free dlc is the only dlc in the works. It's cool but not what most of us expected.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Dec 08, 2023, 09:45 AM
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC revealed, coming December 12 - PlayStation.Blog (https://blog.playstation.com/2023/12/07/god-of-war-ragnarok-valhalla-dlc-revealed-coming-december-12/)



How does 15m compare to the first?

Also, I'm still not far into the game  :o

Trying to finish some ps plus games before my subscription expires
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Dec 08, 2023, 03:01 PM
How does 15m compare to the first?

Also, I'm still not far into the game  :o

Trying to finish some ps plus games before my subscription expires
my google search tells me: 23 million @ November 2022.

so like,.. probably about the same which may be a pretty good comparison.  sony "sold" a lot of units via the playstation+ collection i'll bet.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 12, 2023, 10:53 PM
The "DLC" is apparently excellent.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 12, 2023, 11:07 PM
Is it more than a simple roguelite adventure?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 12, 2023, 11:39 PM
got it downloaded and may try it out tomorrow.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: the-pi-guy on Dec 12, 2023, 11:56 PM
Is it more than a simple roguelite adventure?
I'm not sure.
Sounds like there is some story with it.
Just saw numerous comments on Era about how they would have paid for it, and how the free DLC is better than most games they've played this year.
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: kitler53 on Dec 13, 2023, 02:33 PM
yeah,.. skimmed the era thread and everyone seems really impressed.  

I guess I'll throw this into the backlog but I'm not I'll get to it unless I decide to do a ng+ run.  I just have too many things to play. 
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 16, 2023, 07:45 PM
Holy crud this DLC is amazing and I'm only 45 minutes in or so.

And for FREE!
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: Legend on Dec 17, 2023, 12:07 AM
Holy crud this DLC is amazing and I'm only 45 minutes in or so.

And for FREE!
Oh, guess it's good.

Is it random or the same map every run?
Title: Re: God of War: Ragnarok |OT| 94 MC|OC Ragnarok is Here
Post by: nnodley on Dec 18, 2023, 01:24 AM
Oh, guess it's good.

Is it random or the same map every run?
It's pretty much the same areas but it's randomized in which ones might hit first.  They don't change the layout or anything. Farther in it's pretty much the same environment at a certain point.

It's absolutely not a legit roguelike game if that's what someone is after. It has a purpose and an overall story after each run

But after you do finish the story part of it you can continue it over and over at that point