I'd prefer a brand new take on the franchise than being pale imitation. GOW was getting very tiring and repetitive, this is a welcome change and who better to strike confidence in the heart of fans than the director of arguably the best GOW.
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Sony lists E3 games, explains God of War changes due to Europe
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I'd prefer a brand new take on the franchise than being pale imitation. GOW was getting very tiring and repetitive, this is a welcome change and who better to strike confidence in the heart of fans than the director of arguably the best GOW.
ZeBraTurtle
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To be fair they did give us weekly updates all in 2016 on their youtube channel.'
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Salty Rice
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Europe saves gaming once again.
Osukaa
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Day 1 Purchase... hell i'd buy 2 just to show support
Maybe PaRappa can make a cameo too....I know right? lol another same-ish GoW would have been a bit boring, glad they wanna change things up and I fully trust Cory with that new direction.
Lucent
Member
You're right. Just feel like the reimagining of the characters wasn't good for DmC.
RoadHazard
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I love GoW (and I'm European, although of the manlier Nordic variety 😉
, but the old formula was clearly on its last legs. Ascension was a shell of the series' former glory. I welcome a fresh take on the franchise.Really? I was fully expecting it. We've only really seen a teaser trailer so far, seems like it's about time we got some gameplay.
stan423321
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I think this is a very weird interpretation of why God of War sold better in US. There are loads of other reasons possible. Like, people treating Greek mythology differently, or not being into brutality, or being into brutality but not liking changes that reduced it (camera shot changes in Ascension were nothing compared to what apparently was deployed in first GoW... and some other Sony games), or localisation issues (not getting a dub, getting a worse dub etc.).
I don't hate new GoW and think it can work well but I thought that's what the devs wanted. This possibly being mandated by marketing is troubling.
I don't hate new GoW and think it can work well but I thought that's what the devs wanted. This possibly being mandated by marketing is troubling.
God of War isn't coming out tomorrow.
Bolivar687
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Arrogant Sony is back.
It's not open world.
FlutterPuffs
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Says a lot about the abundance of games yet to be released on the PS4 that Im hoping Uncharted 4's DLC and Days Gone would have their gameplay videos not shown during the E3 presentation so other upcoming games can take the spotlight.
Yet these are two games Im really looking forward to. Sony is spoilt for choice.
Yet these are two games Im really looking forward to. Sony is spoilt for choice.
Ovek
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That doesn't matter the market is being flooded with open world games at the moment, a nice simple GoW game would have been a nice change of pace.
Ovek
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This is the article writer statement but what about the game director of the game?
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-god-of-war-set-after-third-game-wont-be-open-w/1100-6440887/
FusedAtoms
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The director has said it's not open world , just more open. More like dark souls than GTA or horizon.
Muricaland did that themselves when they made Ascension, but feel free to thank us for making gow relevant again
Triggerhappytel
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I mean, there was the Guitar Hero-esque mini game in GOW3 where you had to hit the buttons as they passed along the screen.
Just throw in a bit of Kratos singing karaoke in a hostess bar and we've got a stew going.
MegaSackman
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It sounds like that but I don't think it's actually like that, that's just PR talking. I'm confident that devs are doing exactly what they want, I don't take Cory as someone doing something he's not comfortable with.
Popsickles
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I'm form the UK and I love hack and slash games, especially god of war. Blame eastern or central Europeans not all of us
The major complaint of GOW Ascension was that it dodnt have a good narrative compared to the rest of the games. Hell Ghost of Sparta is arguably the best game in the series due to its narrative. Dunno why you are so quick to divorce bareative from the GOW series.
sensui-tomo
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havent gone through all the pages but EU to blame for hack and slash not being popular? Tell that to Koei Tecmo as they've done every damn event/giveaway/bring games to cons for the Warriors series over there and that twitter/facebook/PR has more of a presence there than they do in the US.
AzureFlame
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What i saw from GoW gameplay was not promising imo, it is unfortunate for me.
RedAssedApe
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they gotta have something for fall other than GT sport right? i guess past years has show it doesn't really matter. if it misses november they should push to next year instead of sending to die like TLG/Gravity Rush 2.
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Miniature Kaiju
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Do you think them going Norse was by coincidence? Odin, among other things, is the god of bards, poetry and music.
Final boss battle will be a massive sing-off, Kratos soloing against Odin supported by a trio of Valkyries.
Epic shit.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yeah, we got 6(!) traditional God of War games. This is good. If exectued well, this will be a game to remember for a long time.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Are we to believe this? Didn't Cory say he only came back for God of War because he wanted to do something different with it? And now it's for us Euro gamers? Gimme a break.
Because it cant be more than one reasons.
This is Jim Ryan we're talking about, he's Sony bullshit master. I'm inclined to believe SSM created this game without thinking it would sell well in EU.
It's not
But I guess Barlog's standards for fast-paced satisfying combat differs from mine.
I much prefer DmC to God of War 4 (or indeed any God of War), but I agree about the latter series becoming stale.
I agree there, aside from Vergil's baller outfit.
Really? I was fully expecting it. We've only really seen a teaser trailer so far, seems like it's about time we got some gameplay.[/QUOTE]
I thought it was going to be gone for a year. Seemed like the teaser was really early footage IMO and that it wouldn't be out til Fall 2018, Spring 2019 causing them to not show it for a year or so. Glad to be wrong about at least part of that though.
I thought it was going to be gone for a year. Seemed like the teaser was really early footage IMO and that it wouldn't be out til Fall 2018, Spring 2019 causing them to not show it for a year or so. Glad to be wrong about at least part of that though.
SolidSnakex
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The part about GoW being changed for Europe seems like Glixel's own opinion rather than Sony's. All Ryan says is that Europe tends to like narrative driven games, not necessarily that GoW was changed due to that. I think what may have happened is that Sony was more comfortable with the changes specifically because it opened the possibility of the series expanding its popularity outside of the US.
Probably be wide linear like Uncharted 4.
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