Yautja_Warrior
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Cannot wait to go on this brutal journey through the Norse mythology. They've not really shown us any of the Gods / main bad guys yet, so I wonder if we will get kill Gods like Odin, Thor and Loki (not the Marvel ones)
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Sony "This will be the most brutal God of War you've played"
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BossDarkseid
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Maybe not, but its an admirable goal to aim for. If they can make people feel some empathy for Kratos it'd be quite an achievement considering how abhorrent and selfish the majority of his actions have been. I think Corey said there was nothing wrong with Kratos the murderer as a character, they don't all have to have redeeming features etc, but if they could convince you there were more layers and more to his character then it'd be mission accomplished.
Maybe what he's trying to say is that the game's world will be more mature? God of War is kinda like action figures smashing against each other. Like something a 13 year-old would come up with. So maybe this will be more brutal in a tragic sense. Like the kid dying or something. I could see that happening.
Chris Metal
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Keep hitting O and GOW just gets more and more brutal... how do I stop it?
Hope so. God of War being brutal is one of the defining features of God of War. While I'm definitely interested in this and the direction it's going, I'm also concerned whether it is really still a god of war, and whether they're just going to make it a last of us in Norse mythology.
Cymbal Head
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TheDeftone
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You`re right, it`s not about the enemy count. I shouldn`t have quoted both sentences because for me the interesting words were "personal" and "visceral". This and the trailers remind me very much of Hellblade; it looks and sounds very similar. Which, again, might be a good thing.
anothertech
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Of course it's going to be brutal. More brutal than Zeus tho? lol. Can't wait
TheRazielim
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SQUARE SQUARE TRIANGLE
Otherwise, this sounds like one'd expect, considering excess grittiness and brutality seems to be the selling point for all media these days.
"Visceral" combat. Haven't heard this before. Or "strategic". You mean tactical, at best?
Seriously, these PR statements are such a clusterfuck. But I guess they make their audience clear: teenagers.
Otherwise, this sounds like one'd expect, considering excess grittiness and brutality seems to be the selling point for all media these days.
"Visceral" combat. Haven't heard this before. Or "strategic". You mean tactical, at best?
Seriously, these PR statements are such a clusterfuck. But I guess they make their audience clear: teenagers.
Danjin44
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Yeah it not about enemy count but it's about diffrent enemies both big and small attacking u. In last game, especially in harder difficulty u have to figure it out which enemy u need to take out first.
semiconscious
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What? Kratos decapitates and dismember limbs (blood included) several times in the trailer.
https://youtu.be/mbwvbFZOlcY?t=3m5s
ScaryShark
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Quoting the actual comment from the interview since people seem content to post based on a headline:basically, this. can a sales pitch get any emptier?...
"This is a brutal world. The team said this is going to be the most brutal God of War you've played. This is when gods and monsters walked the lands. It's going to be pretty brutal."
Well that's 100% false. Also lol @ equating the trailers with Marvel/Disney violence. Come on.
The Cretan
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There are very violent scenes in norse mythology, like Odin sacrificing his eye to gain wisdom, Fenrir (I believe that was the name of the wolf) biting the hand of the god, leaving him with one arm less, dead heroes in Valhalla fight all day and get healed by Thor's hammer and Rangarok (I expect Rangarok to be the setting for the third game of the norse god of war, though).
If we are talking about heartbreaking scenes, then I expect some scenes like that with Kratos and the kid, maybe there will be some heartbreaking scenes with his mother, too.
If we are talking about heartbreaking scenes, then I expect some scenes like that with Kratos and the kid, maybe there will be some heartbreaking scenes with his mother, too.
How can you be turned off by such absurdly comedic, cartoony violence in the PS2 God of War games?
It's hilarious if anything.
ScaryShark
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Press f to pay respects.
Acquiescence
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"Guys, I keep pressing f, but I think the game is on a loop or something because Kratos won't stop paying his respects."
No offense, but complaining about extensive brutality in a God of War game is like complaining about unsimulated sex in a pornographic movie. You know what you're getting into before you start playing.
Well even the extended comment mentions how brutal the game will be, there's nothing to misunderstand here.
This may come as a shock to you, but some people are turned off by extensive brutality and yes, may even consider it childish.
Always-honest
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he will be ripped to pieces in front of his son.
flatearthpandas
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Is that blood or lava?Time to post the gifs, Please wait!!
Fair enough!
Blood from the ogre, lava from the undead grunts..
Time to post the gifs, Please wait!!
Oh, ok, didn´t see the ogre drop a little red blood, my bad. Still he could have ripped his eye or do something cool, but he just... covered him with a log.
Finale Fireworker
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There is nothing more brutal that common core math.
Mowing the lawn for the sequel.
It would be quite an achievement. I just feel that adding more brutality, gore and harshness to his story is not going to make it happen. But I would like to be wrong in this case.
It's weird doing an interview of directly the "Vice President of Marketing". I mean obviously he's going to say things like that.
Not that anyone else from the team being interviewed wouldn't say the game is awesome (sure, it's always PR) but at least when they interview Barlog you know he's talking about the game through their creative process and what they try to achieve etc.
When I see a guy who's "VP of Marketing" and he tells me "the MOST BRUTAL GOD OF WAR!!" I just feel like he's giving me the punchlines he focus tested last week.
Not that anyone else from the team being interviewed wouldn't say the game is awesome (sure, it's always PR) but at least when they interview Barlog you know he's talking about the game through their creative process and what they try to achieve etc.
When I see a guy who's "VP of Marketing" and he tells me "the MOST BRUTAL GOD OF WAR!!" I just feel like he's giving me the punchlines he focus tested last week.
Danjin44
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But the series was always about gore, from very beginning. That's like complaining about Mortal Kombat for having gore. If u have issue with gore then u shouldn't play this type of games.
Good.
Dont dumb down the violence.
Dumb it up?
ScaryShark
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Brutal as in the environment and difficulty is how I took that comment to mean after actually listening to the conversation.
Not sure what your second sentence is going on about when it comes to this series if you find extensive violence 'childish'.
Sygma
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lmao
he smashed his head with the log, covering the floor with blood and ogre brain matter
I could post some gifs of The Last of Us if you want.
I'm not too excited for the game but the idea that you can't be "brutal" and mature at the same time is silly. I could name a thousand pieces of media with gorey as fuck brutal scenes that are still "mature."
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