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God of War |OT2| Mad Dad Redemption
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lol and i thought i had this game on lock xd
how did he do a realm shift btw
Talisman of the Realms has the ability to summon a realm shift when you hit L1+Circle. I'm assuming it must be that.
I just got back into this. I had started a NG+ playthrough months ago to show my brother the game, and then I ended up hanging out with my nephew this weekend and continuing that playthrough (I was literally just meeting Brok for the first time, so really early in the game). Ended up playing through Alfheim with him, and then got through to Mimir on Sunday. It's pretty easy to jump back into, although trying to figure out the buttons again at first led to some embarrassing battles against simple enemies. But man, the combat just feels so good.
Weird bump, but did anyone ever go back and watch this 2015 Game Informer interview with Druckmann for Uncharted 4? In literally the first 20 seconds of the video he mentions a certain Cory Barlog, but he refers to him as "Cory from the God of War team", and this video is from a full year and a half before God of War 2018 was revealed at E3 2016!
I'm not enough of a masochist to do Give Me God of War difficulty, but I will say, rolling a second NG+ playthrough with the Zeus armor on Give Me a Challenge is an absolute blast. If you get hit twice by almost anything, you die, but you do so much damage that you can kill trolls and ogres while they're still playing their entrance animations. And, of course, figuring out the timings for perfect dodging to trigger realm shifts makes you feel like an absolute God. I've been watching a bunch of videos of Gamebreaker God playing NG+ on GMGOW with the Zeus armor, and I'm pleased to see that he actually dies a lot; most of his popular videos make him look completely untouchable. Of course, he turns around and starts breaking out runic cancels and absurd combos and it's like "oh, right, that dude is amazing."
Sigrun still makes me look like a drunken wombat.
What a great game this is.
Sigrun still makes me look like a drunken wombat.
What a great game this is.
Wait until you unlock stance switch moves with the blades; they are absolutely lethal. You can cleave through valkyries like butter.
I picked up an artifact or something that gave me a skill where I can fire a bolt of freeze or electricity at a group of enemies I equipped it, but it's not equipped and its not in the skills menu.
I completed the main story on Give me a Challenge (the second hardest mode, could not face God of War mode) last year when it was released, but did not really do any of the "end game quests" such as the dragon quests, Valkyries or Muslepheim/Nilphehiem challenges. I lost of all my save data when my PS4 died (did not back up to the cloud).
Fortunately this has led to one of the best gaming experiences of my life. I recently completed a play through with my son (who's 11) on Give me a Balanced Experience on a PS4 Pro. Revisiting and re-experiencing the game from his view point has been magical. It was amazing just seeing his wonder as the game progressed and watching him get to grips the controls. After we completed the main story we started taking down the post game content sharing attempts at beating the various Valkyries. After many attempts over the best part of two weeks, he was the one who got to beat Sigrun. I can not remember the last time I shouted with joy at a computer game. THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER (until Last of Us 2 comes out anyway :))
Fortunately this has led to one of the best gaming experiences of my life. I recently completed a play through with my son (who's 11) on Give me a Balanced Experience on a PS4 Pro. Revisiting and re-experiencing the game from his view point has been magical. It was amazing just seeing his wonder as the game progressed and watching him get to grips the controls. After we completed the main story we started taking down the post game content sharing attempts at beating the various Valkyries. After many attempts over the best part of two weeks, he was the one who got to beat Sigrun. I can not remember the last time I shouted with joy at a computer game. THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER (until Last of Us 2 comes out anyway :))
Thanks, It's a loooong watch, but I can handle that lol
A friend argues that the game is a story reboot, just because it isn't numbered even if there are elements from Krato's past games
I mean, did your friend even pkay through the main story? They make it pretty obvious this is a continuation, though a soft reboot in terms of character growth and gameplay aspects.
Yes, but he is in a state of denial and only a statement from the devs will make him... not change his mind.... but telling the devs that they are wrong and then he will shut up lol
He is kind of special about what is a reboot, what isn't, same with remake and remaster....
And since this game is not numbered, well, it's something totally new and different even if everything from the past games are present!
Not in SDR. Depends on your TV settings if you're playing in HDR (and thus adjust accordingly)
what's interesting is that Mimir is also an outsider (he's from Ireland)
yet he doesn't get discriminated as a foreigner as much as Kratos, quite interesting
yet he doesn't get discriminated as a foreigner as much as Kratos, quite interesting
He got permanently fused to a tree. I think that's worse than what Kratos got.
Serious question - is Atreus' idle chat bugged? Because he's constantly saying "we've been standing here a while" even after we've been in a new area only 5 seconds.
It's kind of making me wish I could stave his head in with the leviathan axe which, you know, I'm guessing isn't the level of camaraderie Cory Barlog was aiming for.
It's kind of making me wish I could stave his head in with the leviathan axe which, you know, I'm guessing isn't the level of camaraderie Cory Barlog was aiming for.
Boss fights in tbe beginning (Troll and The stranger) already seem kinda difficult for the start of a game. Is this how it's gonna ramp up its difficulty from here? I mean i know I'm getting rusty but kinda didn't expect to start dying right off the bat lol
Am I the only one having a problem with the Valkyrie boss in Musphelheim NG+. Its basically impossible I cannot avoid the the foot slam move at all, it kills me every time, the reaction time or timing on it is insane.
edit: I'm pretty sure its bugged or just really cuntish or something I'm partial or mid dodge or I dodge the first one and mash the dodge button and still get hit by the subsequent foot stomps, fuck this game. This does have a real problem with being stun locked, "you got hit by that first hit, here's another 6 to add to that which are impossible to avoid". I hate that.
edit: I'm pretty sure its bugged or just really cuntish or something I'm partial or mid dodge or I dodge the first one and mash the dodge button and still get hit by the subsequent foot stomps, fuck this game. This does have a real problem with being stun locked, "you got hit by that first hit, here's another 6 to add to that which are impossible to avoid". I hate that.
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A "Holiday 2019 Giveaway" DLC just got quietly dropped on the Playstation Store. (US Link)
Probably new thread worthy, but ehhhhh. Posting it here just to be safe.
It's a bundle of all the pre-order content, basically.
Probably new thread worthy, but ehhhhh. Posting it here just to be safe.
Playing through this way late, but I'm extremely glad that I managed to
somehow avoid spoilers of the Blades of Chaos being in the game, because it being a surprise felt like getting the Master Sword in OOT all over again. I was liking the game, but them missing certaintly felt like I was playing a game that wasn't God of War, the axe just wasn't the same.
In the end, I still ended up preferring the axe, but those were a great replacement for fisticuffs, which I stopped using after that.
Finally got around to this. Just got up to the first real boat section.
Question, I missed the very first Norvir chest - am I able to go back to it now, is it worth going back to it or do I go back there later on anyway?
I'm having fun with it but I'm also being very paranoid and searching everything, is this the right way to go about it or should I chill with the exploration a little?
Question, I missed the very first Norvir chest - am I able to go back to it now, is it worth going back to it or do I go back there later on anyway?
I'm having fun with it but I'm also being very paranoid and searching everything, is this the right way to go about it or should I chill with the exploration a little?
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You can back track everywhere. It can be a little confusing but no biggies. Enjoy the ride!
Where do people recommend really exploring?
I did everything I (think) was possible when the water dropped, and I just got back from Alfheim and did the new Dwarf favour but it got me thinking should I explore now or is there nothing new yet and I should continue the quest?
On one hand I like doing things as I go, breaks up the pace of the game, but on the other hand a LOT of areas are ability-gated and would take numerous returns to in order to explore fully. Which to be honest I want to avoid; going through backlog and want to be semi-efficient with time while getting the most out the game.
Should keep doing gated exploration, or wait until later in the story to do a big expedition and side quest run?
I did everything I (think) was possible when the water dropped, and I just got back from Alfheim and did the new Dwarf favour but it got me thinking should I explore now or is there nothing new yet and I should continue the quest?
On one hand I like doing things as I go, breaks up the pace of the game, but on the other hand a LOT of areas are ability-gated and would take numerous returns to in order to explore fully. Which to be honest I want to avoid; going through backlog and want to be semi-efficient with time while getting the most out the game.
Should keep doing gated exploration, or wait until later in the story to do a big expedition and side quest run?
In terms of efficiency, I would recommend doing it sometime later in the story after you get all the abilities ( you will know when).
To be fair, though, you're still quite a ways off from having all the abilities, and by the time you have that, a lot of side loot will be useless for you.
Yeah looking for a balance ideally. Should I do the next chunk of story ("A Magic Chisel") and then explore after?
Currently low level 3 but pretty much all available skills and proficient in combat, I just haven't been upgrading or purchasing armor out of fear of it being redundant.
Currently low level 3 but pretty much all available skills and proficient in combat, I just haven't been upgrading or purchasing armor out of fear of it being redundant.
After the magic chisel is perfectly fine.
There are many moments in the game where Atreus will tell Kratos we can continue our main mission or "you know we can just explore, Whatever you want"(something of that nature)... if you hear that from Atreus, then that would be your cue to go exploring.
Yeah, I cleared the high water lake on my first time there, but now with the low water I've noticed a few higher level enemies and more gated points (glowing green orbs, and roots over things) on the few places I've explored. Might see if I can do the favours I currently have then do the next main quest and then come back to "clear" the lake.
Should I bother with the fire realm at all yet?
Finally finished it, I really slept on this title; great game and I had a lot of fun with it and I'm glad a lot of Norse mythology is left untouched (teased a lot, mind...) for future instalments. Happy that they mixed up the formula for the game too compared to the previous entries.
For the post-game content what's the best order to go about them? Mid level 6 currently and done the rest of the normal game (only Valks, Mus and Nif left to do). So far I've done three Valks, I practically nuked them with runics so they weren't too bad, may as well try to finish off the remaining ones. I've done the first area (two trails) in Mus and literally only got the entry key in Nif from the 500 mist echos.
I'm thinking do the Valkyries, then Mus, then Nif. Is this the recommended order?
For the post-game content what's the best order to go about them? Mid level 6 currently and done the rest of the normal game (only Valks, Mus and Nif left to do). So far I've done three Valks, I practically nuked them with runics so they weren't too bad, may as well try to finish off the remaining ones. I've done the first area (two trails) in Mus and literally only got the entry key in Nif from the 500 mist echos.
I'm thinking do the Valkyries, then Mus, then Nif. Is this the recommended order?
Can anyone estimate how far I am to completing the main quest? I just got the item ("black something") that allows me to return to the mountain, and on a side path encountered my first Valkyrie.
Also, in terms of side quest completion, is there a point of no return in the main quest? If so, does the game communicate this? Thanks.
Also, in terms of side quest completion, is there a point of no return in the main quest? If so, does the game communicate this? Thanks.
There's no point of no return, nothing is missable and you can go back and do anything as well as post-game content.
Great, thank you.
From your previous post I get the impression it's common to treat Valkyries as post-game content. Is that right? I'm leaning in that direction as my attempts to fight the first one I encountered went very poorly. They seem hard as hell, to the point it only seems doable until I'm at whatever level you typically reach by the end of the main story.
I guess it depends on what you do and when, in terms of the valkyries they're totally optional so I've been doing them after the story finished and had better gear. In retrospect a good few the the Valkyries could have been done late game anyway but it doesn't really matter.
I would do Nif first (maybe not the Nif valkyrie until you've done most of the others, she can be tough with the constant drain on your health), then Mustpelheim as far as you can get (the valkyrie is at the end, so you might not be able to tackle her on your first few runthroughs of Mustpelheim either), then clean up all remaining valkyries, with Nif and Mus valks last. You will not be able to take out the final valkyrie until you've done literally everything else in the game; I mean, you technically can, but she is far and away the most challenging part of the entire game by a wide margin, so you are going to need every possible enchantment and stat available. Have you gotten the Amulet of Kvasir yet? Because that thing is OP as hell when you get your dodge timing down.
Thanks for the recommendations and yeah I had the amulet and was already using it!
Got the plat, had a blast with it. Great step forward for the franchise and excited to see where they go next.
A note on post-game. Wasn't a fan of Nifelheim, I liked the idea and some of the execution but it basically boiled down to a grind fest of doing laps of the grid. Similarly I liked the premise of Muspelheim but a lot of the challenges felt like grinds rather than actual challenges.
I hope in the next title those areas become fully fledged realms, shame to see the potential worlds reduced to grind zones.
Got the plat, had a blast with it. Great step forward for the franchise and excited to see where they go next.
A note on post-game. Wasn't a fan of Nifelheim, I liked the idea and some of the execution but it basically boiled down to a grind fest of doing laps of the grid. Similarly I liked the premise of Muspelheim but a lot of the challenges felt like grinds rather than actual challenges.
I hope in the next title those areas become fully fledged realms, shame to see the potential worlds reduced to grind zones.
Just finished this game today and the "name" that Atreus came up after released his mother's ashes bit was so good it almost caught me off my guard.
That's so true, it really blew my mind. Can't wait for part two!