So, an open world game.
I read it, he is saying that thìs community doesn't easily accept opinions. And i agree with him while you don't seem to agree.
I'm not even a great fan of the new GOW but personally I don't get it absolutely his criticism because GOW seems far from to be the example of what is wrong to the AAA games of this generation. Maybe that's why a lot of people appears "outraged" in their post and they are rude. But without offense, your tone isn't it exactly less rude to their.literally all over this thread, with people trying to claim that he didn't play the game, or by derailling it - which i'm about to do if I don't stop with this, so that's my last post on that matter
I've gotta admit it's a bit deflating seeing Sony's primary audience all hitting their 30s/40s and Sony, naturally, doing their hardest to pander to them: all of their characters are becoming old, they all have a bond with some kid, and are the centre of a "mature story".
It's becoming depressingly boring, and the stories often aren't even that good. Nintendo tried the same with Mario Sunshine, and luckily, never did it again.
Come on now.The sony template is pushing a little too far but I agree with OP. The game just compiles every AAA games from the last decade without question and that worries me.
Fuck sake, do we need more garbage shitposts ?
Don't omit the key words out. He said the community doesn't accept well reasoned and well written opinions.
it's pretty funny to see how many people can get mad just by seeing the repost of a years-old meme that is circulating everywhere on twitter/facebook and taking that occasion to just ignore the legit arguments from the OP
lmao who do you think you are to decide what is worth being on era or not
So if I remove the pic, you can just focus on the text right ?
Take your own advice. Where's your contribution to this thread?
I think posting a meme pic while trying to make a legit argument makes it really hard for me to take that poster seriously.who cares ? arguments are still there, no matter how someone can be mad about a meme
well look, someone doesn't think that way, wouldn't it be wonderful to confront opinions to understand someone's else perspective and see why it does make sense for them
It's not that complicated, but you're constantly getting new gear all the time and it leads to going back and forth in to the menu to compare your stats and decide what to equip. It's needlessly tedious and there's simply way too much time spent in menus.I understand that not every likes these types of games but how is menu and rpg low elements complicated?
You have 2 ruin slots for each weapon and an ability slot in armour section. Some armour have enchantments slots and that's it. What's so complicated about that?
Skill tree is also very simple and unlock moves just like previous games.
I'm sure he read the whole op in a minute.Take your own advice. Where's your contribution to this thread?
I'm so glad there are more opinions of this game surfacing that it merely takes from every popular AAA game of the past decade and ends up with no identity of its own. (apart from "BOY" memes) Felt like I was taking crazy pills for a while there. That part where you get the Bethesda mission marker added to your HUD... I laughed out loud.
He's not wrong. Just about any thread that provides a more negative opinion on a popular, well-received game results in a lot of driveby shitposts and angry fanboys getting their panties in a twist.Don't omit the key words out. He said the community doesn't accept well reasoned and well written opinions.
I love the Sony Games Template tbh. Love that style of gorgeous involving cinematic title.
Sorry OP, just isn't for you
He said that no matter if the opinion is well reasoned and well written or not, this community doesn't easily accept it. That's true. I read many times well reasoned and written opinions that were quickly dismissed because they were considered "controversial".
What is that even for a question? Do you just accuse me of not reading the topic my reply is about for no reason? Why do offensive?If only a well written and reasoned opinion was presented in the OP...
Did you even read it?
He's not wrong. Just about any thread that provides a more negative opinion on a popular, well-received game results in a lot of driveby shitposts and angry fanboys getting their panties in a twist.
Personally I felt that it had perfect amount of gear. I was able to play for long stretches of game without having to work about armour. Also it color codes armour based on rarity making it also more easier.It's not that complicated, but you're constantly getting new gear all the time and it leads to going back and forth in to the menu to compare your stats and decide what to equip. It's needlessly tedious and there's simply way too much time spent in menus.
The game is too slow for me. I loved all the other GoW games before. They had better pacing.
Yeah, not a good look for a verified PlayStation EU employee to post a GIF probably not even one minute after that big opening post was made. Different standards for different posters, I guess?
For me I'd put it on the low end of the series. Better than GOW1 and Chains of Olympus, but yeah I rank 2, 3 Ascension and Ghost of Sparta higher.Agree. God of War has borrowed from so many popular games, that it feels lost in its open-world/Last of Us/RPG ways... I feel it's too much and lacks focus to be brilliant and memorable. Why they even decided to include (and not include) certain realms is beyond me. Two of them clearly showcase cut corners (Niflheim and Muspelheim) which do nothing for the game.
The game is good but not great. I'd put God of War 2 and 3 even above it in terms of the series.
Nah it was a drive by solely based on the title.Just a little friendly banter - perhaps not to everyone's taste, I appreciate. OP iterates his points well enough, though, it's not really my place to agree or disagree on that.
Could you elaborate a little more on this? What AAA single player (not multiplayer, because you explicitly specified single player, as did the OP) games are going with a non-standard monetisation strategy? The series did shift towards an open world with RPG elements which is certainly a trend in modern single player games (one only needs to look at the previous entries in the series to see the difference in the world design), and the particular camera angle used by God of War is one which has become increasingly common among Sony exclusives (primarily Naughty Dog as the OP indicates). The OP hasn't really done much else to support the claim that it combines that many AAA single player trends (as that's really all which is addressed in the OP combined with why the OP feels they are negatives for the game), but at least personally I don't think any of the bolded is a single player trend as much as they are multiplayer trends.Sony studios are just good at making third person action games with a narrative focus. A lot of publishers have a preferred genre.
I heavily disagree that GoW is just combining AAA SP trends. It isn't full open world, doesn't do GaaS, is a full experience that isn't trying to be a service and has straightforward monetisation. It is basically the game EA thinks the industry can not support anymore.
What is that even for a question? Do you just accuse me of not reading the topic my reply is about for no reason? Why do offensive?
He's making valid arguments. I can see where he is coming from. I only agree in certain parts, but I can still accept his point of view. This doesn't mean he is wrong or whatever.
There is no doubt God of War is basically a collection of aspects this industry learned - especially Sony WWS - in the last 10 years. Which is also why God of War isn't doing anything for me personally, I'm simply tired of singleplayer cinematic third-person experiences. This doesn't change the fact that I can greatly appreciate and accept that this game objectively is a masterpiece for many - and that's okay. Just like it should be for people not liking the game.
Just a little friendly banter - perhaps not to everyone's taste, I appreciate. OP iterates his points well enough, though, it's not really my place to agree or disagree on that.
There is no doubt God of War is basically a collection of aspects this industry learned - especially Sony WWS - in the last 10 years. Which is also why God of War isn't doing anything for me personally, I'm simply tired of singleplayer cinematic third-person experiences. This doesn't change the fact that I can greatly appreciate and accept that this game objectively is a masterpiece for many - and that's okay. Just like it should be for people not liking the game.
I don't mean to pick on you, either. I thought it was funny, but I think ERA just needs better standards for posts and I think everyone needs to be held to the same standard.
So you agree with me, cool. The very first post is a tired meme, but how dare the OP post that pic criticizing Sony's exclusives lol.If this thread, with its inaccuracies and usage of a tired meme, is the hill y'all want to die on, feel fucking free.
EhhhhhThere are also others things that bothered me like the bad guy who is just a wildling from game of thrones that talks like a random vilain from a netflix series or the fact that Atreus sometimes talks like he is a millenial who browses 9gag and watches Rick & Morty.
It kind of says a lot about the defensiveness going on that some people here keep focusing on OP bringing up a "tired meme" that was used in lieu of a "well yeah of course big budget Sony's gonna have a camera angle like this", with the actual point being that the game's issues are endemic of the creative decision to employ it rather than implying that a Sony game having a cinematic third person camera is bad. Then again, I don't imagine a lot of people read between the lines on here.If this thread, with its inaccuracies and usage of a tired meme, is the hill y'all want to die on, feel fucking free.