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[BossLackey]

I'm not gonna drag the forum down by complaining about a game I have 0 interest in. I hope you guys enjoy it but from someone who has figures and statues, been playing god of war since the PS2. Bought a psp for chains of Olympus and ghost of Sparta. PS3 for god of war 3 and ascension.

I just can't understand how someone could be a fan of those games and then think this looks good.

Awful Disney writing. Cute little character, a cube. It's all just playing on the Disney marvel crowd. No gameplay for ages. Cutscenes.

It's the perfect Sony slop for you to enjoy.

I'm out.

Because God of War changed.

I'm a huge character action fan. All the DMCs, all the Bayonettas, all the Ninja Gaidens, and yes, all the God of Wars.

That God of War you're talking about? The one that I agree is superior, that's been dead for thirteen years when Ascension released.

The last GoW wasn't like that, the one before it wasn't like that, and Sons of Sparta wasn't like that. So why on Earth would anyone expect that to change?!

That would be like me being surprised a new Halo is crap. No shit!

I think the game looks decent considering what the last few games. But these are two entirely different series at this point.

 

[TheSHEEEP]

It's all just playing on the Disney marvel crowd. No gameplay for ages. Cutscenes.

It's the perfect Sony slop for you to enjoy.

I don't disagree, but that's just how GoW has been for the last few entries.
A lot of style over substance - but that is what sells to the masses, and not just in gaming.

It is what it is. Aficionados have indies and smaller devs - and more of those than anyone could ever play in a lifetime

 

[DenchDeckard]

Dragged by who? The same people who complain about everything online? You need to realize that the casual audience doesn't care. Only a small portion of gamers whine and complain online.

Graphics? Uh, yeah. There are tons of games this gen that look similar and people don't really care.

I'm sure Sony knows it might sell less than Ragnarok, which sold a large amount, which was also helped by being bundled

The game will likely be successful, but I'm sure many people are going to try to do everything in their power to "prove" it's a failure.

You will see. Enjoy the game, dude. You need to understand what a valid complaint is from people who enjoy a franchise Vs the modern online complainer.

But I trust you Sony fans will defend this until you are all blue in the face.

Enjoy the slop!

No more posts from me now.

You guys can all put emojis and claim I'm some fanboy.

 

[Moses85]

A talking jelly block

 

[DenchDeckard]

Because God of War changed.

I'm a huge character action fan. All the DMCs, all the Bayonettas, all the Ninja Gaidens, and yes, all the God of Wars.

That God of War you're talking about? The one that I agree is superior, that's been dead for thirteen years when Ascension released.

The last GoW wasn't like that, the one before it wasn't like that, and Sons of Sparta wasn't like that. So why on Earth would anyone expect that to change?!

That would be like me being surprised a new Halo is crap. No shit!

I think the game looks decent considering what the last few games. But these are two entirely different series at this point.

I want a game where I play solely as kratos. No stupid boy, no change to female lead like every other Sony mascot that was male.

It's not hard to understand why some don't like the look of this. It's totally fine. You guys can all enjoy it. After Ragnarok, I'm out. No hard feelings no worries off Sonys bottom line.

There are just far too many games with genuinely great gameplay for anyone to worry about this.

 

[KU_]

The cube is giving me Miles McKenzie vibes from Metroid Prime 4.

This ain't it GAF.

 

[KanKamAndNob]

I'm legitimately disappointed with GAF lately.

I fucking hate woke shit. This is not it to me.

At this point, this place is becoming an inverse parody of the purple place.

I thought the point of letting them go off to their little echo chamber and staying behind was to have a space where opinions weren't governed by mindless identity politics. But it feels like it's just whatever the inverse of that is becomes the instant knee-jerk reaction by a LOT of members here.

Is there really no nuance anymore?

By trying not be controlled by the vacuous opinions of "dA pUrPle plaYSE", it seems many have ironically adopted whatever the opposite opinion is. Which IS being controlled by the very thing GAF once stood against.

It's not about GoW. I didn't like Ragnarok. It's just something that has been steadily growing here in the background the last several years and it's disheartening to see these paper thin, predictable as purple sentiments grow to dominate the landscape of this board.

I thought we were better than this. Maybe not.

Nuance? Tell me more about this "nuance".

What's """nuanced""" about yet another ugly, blabbering, and annoying woman replacing an established and beloved male character?
What's """nuanced""" about yet another game featuring an unapologetically masculine male being neutered even further by another "StRoNk InDePeNdEnT WHAMEN"
What's """nuacned""" about yet another game not only undoing said legacy , but it being shit on by said female who just came out of nowhere to take his spotlight after 20 fucking years of him being the face of the franchise?
What's """nuanced""" about yet another Sony game being predictable, formulaic, and oozing self importance and pretentiousness when all it really is just them copying and pasting the same tired feminist tropes for the past decade or so?

NeoGaf isn't a parody, the Western game industry is a parody of what it used to be and you just don't like the backlash against it.

And what the fuck are you talking about this being an echo chamber? The fact that we have legions of Sony ass suckers, progressives, and normies all defending this worthless garbage because "SoNy BaNgErS GUIZE" is evidence that Gaf isn't a fucking echo chamber. If you want to truly see an echo chamber, go to any mainstream Reddit page, PushSquare, or any other unabashedly pro-Sony/progressive site.

You say we're being "paper thin", but what's actually paper thin are all the Sony cultists acting stupid and pretending like this very real trend of male to female gender bending bullshit to appease feminists isn't real. That's paper thin and vacuous, not people like me saying "fuck this obvious female pandering".

 

[b0uncyfr0]

So its basically set in the void like from deadpool x wolverine. Except with gods..?

 

[roosnam1980]

looks great , day one

 

[BossLackey]

I want a game where I play solely as kratos. No stupid boy, no change to female lead like every other Sony mascot that was male.

It's not hard to understand why some don't like the look of this. It's totally fine. You guys can all enjoy it. After Ragnarok, I'm out. No hard feelings no worries off Sonys bottom line.

There are just far too many games with genuinely great gameplay for anyone to worry about this.

I mean, I agree.

Me being pleasantly surprised by a showcase I had zero expectations for does not mean I'm hyped out of my mind for it. There are dozens of games I'm more hyped for like Onimusha and Phantom Blade. I hope it's good, but if reception is mixed I won't be getting it and I won't think anything of it.

But as others have said, just...don't call it God of War? But of course, everything has to be attached to a fucking franchise now.

 

[SilentSpecter]

 

[DForce]

You will see. Enjoy the game, dude. You need to understand what a valid complaint is from people who enjoy a franchise Vs the modern online complainer.

But I trust you Sony fans will defend this until you are all blue in the face.

Enjoy the slop!

No more posts from me now.

You guys can all put emojis and claim I'm some fanboy.

You're allowed to hate the game.

The problem is that you think most people agree with you.

People claimed they'd boycott Ghost of Yotei over a developer's comment about Charlie Kirk. People refused to play the game because they replaced "jin."

It all amounted to nothing because the game is outpacing Ghost of Tsushima in the same time frame.

 

[Zamana]

There's no emotional response or connection when I saw it unlike 2018 GoW. That felt so personal, so grounded and somehow so human. We die, we grief about the death of our loved ones, we take great care to raise our children, we laugh and we cherish our life and looking at even Gods do the same — it just felt so personal. One of the best writing in a game.

This sure is extremely visually striking, truly next generation but yeah, it's a game. That's it. I don't feel anything from this. This is a God doing God things. Cube and sword sure. Combat as usual doesn't disappoint.

I also am puzzled by the name? That doesn't really roll off the tongue and why call it GoW? Just name it something else ( but the how would you sell, "GoW" tag is very important I guess).

Definitely not going to (re)buy a PS5/PS5 Pro for this.

 

[RSMan]

How many games with female protagonists do people need before it's enough?


Now we have Kratos being sidelined in his own fucking franchise, and somehow that's supposed to be celebrated? Fuk off.


It's pathetic, and it shouldn't be praised. It sets a terrible precedent for the industry.


God of War has always been about Kratos. He's one of gaming's most iconic protagonists and one of the few remaining strong male leads we have left.


Yet modern studios seem incapable of leaving anything alone. Every established franchise has to be changed, reworked, or "updated" to satisfy whatever trend is popular at the time.


Instead of creating new characters and new franchises, they keep pushing existing protagonists into the background and expecting fans to cheer for it.


God of War is Kratos. It always has been. Sony had something that millions of fans loved, and like so many studios in this industry, they couldn't help themselves from messing with it.

Out of principle I wont be touching this trash.

 

[BossLackey]

Nuance? Tell me more about this "nuance".

What's """nuanced""" about yet another ugly, blabbering, and annoying woman replacing an established and beloved male character?
What's """nuanced""" about yet another game featuring an unapologetically masculine male being neutered even further by another "StRoNk InDePeNdEnT WHAMEN"
What's """nuacned""" about yet another game not only undoing said legacy , but it being shit on by said female who just came out of nowhere to take his spotlight after 20 fucking years of him being the face of the franchise?
What's """nuanced""" about yet another Sony game being predictable, formulaic, and oozing self importance and pretentiousness when all it really is just them copying and pasting the same tired feminist tropes for the past decade or so?

NeoGaf isn't a parody, the Western game industry is a parody of what it used to be and you just don't like the backlash against it.

And what the fuck are you talking about this being an echo chamber? The fact that we have legions of Sony ass suckers, progressives, and normies all defending this worthless garbage because "SoNy BaNgErS GUIZE" is evidence that Gaf isn't a fucking echo chamber. If you want to truly see an echo chamber, go to any mainstream Reddit page, PushSquare, or any other unabashedly pro-Sony/progressive site.

You say we're being "paper thin", but what's actually paper thin are all the Sony cultists acting stupid and pretending like this very real trend of male to female gender bending bullshit to appease feminists isn't real. That's paper thin and vacuous, not people like me saying "fuck this obvious female pandering".

Probably 90% of my favorite games are Japanese. I've never held Western games in nearly the same regard for the most part.

I can't say I disagree with your overall sentiment. I guess I just...don't care enough about these games. To me, at this point, it's expected to have an annoying millenial-written companion and a realistic female lead.

What excites me about this game is the tech and combat potential. The cube is fucking awful, but outside of that, this feels like a simple spin-off to me of a franchise I'm no longer invested in that had an entertaining showcase.

I think a very big reason why they went with her over Kratos is pretty simple. Last game didn't do as well and they're afraid of doing yet another game with him back to back to back. There's not really much more to explore with Kratos' combat or mechanical potential. So what's something contrasting to his brute force? Someone like this character.

 

[Von Hugh]

Finally

They made God of War: Purple

I'm laufeying

 

[shubik]

The outrage for this is just chefs kiss. Some of you are really driven by hate and a real weird world view. Go outside and touch some grass.

Game looks great. Character modells and especially hair tech looks incredible. Cant wait!

 

[Hyper_hyper]

This looks bonkers and fight is awesome. Similar to Bayonetta.
Great boss fight.

 

[RSMan]

JFC y'all are some miserable, incel motherfuckers in this thread! Lol fucking embarrassing!

 

[yamaci17]

oh that's why kratos fell in love with her
looks really fun and cool tbh
love the graphics upgrade too

 

[Business]

They just keep destroying their multi million dollar franchises and legacy in the name of woke. Read the room idiots.

 

[BossLackey]

Regardless of feelings on the game, I don't think I can refer to it as anything other than God of War: Laundry ever again

They really walked into that one.

 

[skneogaf]

I keep seeing these types of pictures being posted since the show.

It is interesting how many games have changed to females

I'm currently obsessed with returnal that has a female lead character whereas the new game from the developer is an Indian bloke so maybe games are flipping the characters from female to male more nowadays too.

 

[Embearded]

Is it okay not to like the game for various reasons?

This is what you understand from my post?
Dis you miss the shitposting in this thread?

 

[yamaci17]

I keep seeing these types of pictures being posted since the show.

It is interesting how many games have changed to females

let there be change. things will eventually balance themselves out

 

[shubik]

For the people calling the main character ugly: how do you even stomach to go outside in the real world? Have you actually noticed how real poeple look?

 

[Signalis]

No thanks.

 

[KanKamAndNob]

Probably 90% of my favorite games are Japanese. I've never held Western games in nearly the same regard for the most part.

I can't say I disagree with your overall sentiment. I guess I just...don't care enough about these games. To me, at this point, it's expected to have an annoying millenial-written companion and a realistic female lead.

What excites me about this game is the tech and combat potential. The cube is fucking awful, but outside of that, this feels like a simple spin-off to me of a franchise I'm no longer invested in that had an entertaining showcase.

I think a very big reason why they went with her over Kratos is pretty simple. Last game didn't do as well and they're afraid of doing yet another game with him back to back to back. There's not really much more to explore with Kratos' combat or mechanical potential. So what's something contrasting to his brute force? Someone like this character.

I can respect the honesty at least.

Growing up, my gaming tastes was probably close to 50/50 split between Japanese and American/European games personally, but now it's quite literally like a 90/10 split with the 90 being Asian and the 10 being Western (and even then, that 10 percent are indies/AA games, not AAA), so we probably have similar tastes currently.

I'll never touch this game with a mile long pole personally, but I just can't be excited for yet another Sony game even when it comes to gameplay, wokeness or not. Horizon is a perfect example of the sequel somehow fucking up the combat to being inferior to the original which is something. If I wanted to play a sword game with flashiness, Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry are already out and Onimusha and Tides of Annihilation looks miles better than this game gameplay wise if we're looking at upcoming titles. The main reason most people like Sony games is because of the "prestige" of the stories and God of War 2018 was a great example of a genuinely well written story (and I will die on the hill that the franchise should have ended there), but now it's like they're just dragging the corpse along for a circus act at this point, kinda like Halo.

As for your last point, if this was like ten years ago, maybe. But c'mon my dude. This is quite literally the 5th male to female gender bend they've done going from the PS4 to PS5. This is an obvious pattern.

Ghost of Tsushima, male to female.
The Last of Us, male to female
Ratchet and Clank (a franchise even older than God of War), male to female
Uncharted, male to female
Now this, probably the least attractive franchise to women that Sony owns.

 

[M.W.]

At least change the name to something like God of Whore, or Slut of War, or Skank of Gary

 

[Embearded]

As long she doesn't lecture us about patriarchy I couldn't care less she is a woman.

All they need to do is continue with the same style as the previous two games, which are immensely better than the early ones.

 

[KanKamAndNob]

JFC y'all are some miserable, incel motherfuckers in this thread! Lol fucking embarrassing!

 

[nordique]

I keep seeing these types of pictures being posted since the show.

It is interesting how many games have changed to females

I'm currently obsessed with returnal that has a female lead character whereas the new game from the developer is an Indian bloke so maybe games are flipping the characters from female to male more nowadays too.

I've noticed that w ps franchises too

Personally, I really don't care if it's a dude or a chick as long as the game is fun for me. I really disliked last of us 2 for story and narrative decisions not cause of female protagonists

I'm just not super interested in side stories that much. This is like gears of war judgement prequel type of thing. It might be good but I'm going to wait for impressions from fans of the franchise cause you just know reviewers are gonna give it praise

I hope the next god of war game returns a bit to the original style of the first 3 games/ascension/psp games. I just wanna see Kratos story continue its gonna be like 10 years before we get the next mainline game at this rate

 

[Embearded]

At least change the name to something like God of Whore, or Slut of War, or Skank of Gary

You need therapy, start immediately

 

[M.W.]

You need therapy, start immediately

*Plays God of War 3

 

[Baemono]

 

[ahtlas7]

What the hell was even that? You know it's going to be bad but this horror?

 

[Embearded]

*Plays God of War 3

Could be part of the problem

 

[ahtlas7]

I propose we skin alive whoever wrote that dialog.

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[BossLackey]

I can respect the honesty at least.

Growing up, my gaming tastes was probably close to 50/50 split between Japanese and American/European games personally, but now it's quite literally like a 90/10 split with the 90 being Asian and the 10 being Western (and even then, that 10 percent are indies/AA games, not AAA), so we probably have similar tastes currently.

I'll never touch this game with a mile long pole personally, but I just can't be excited for yet another Sony game even when it comes to gameplay, wokeness or not. Horizon is a perfect example of the sequel somehow fucking up the combat to being inferior to the original which is something. If I wanted to play a sword game with flashiness, Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry are already out and Onimusha and Tides of Annihilation looks miles better than this game gameplay wise if we're looking at upcoming titles. The main reason most people like Sony games is because of the "prestige" of the stories and God of War 2018 was a great example of a genuinely well written story (and I will die on the hill that the franchise should have ended there), but now it's like they're just dragging the corpse along for a circus act at this point, kinda like Halo.

As for your last point, if this was like ten years ago, maybe. But c'mon my dude. This is quite literally the 5th male to female gender bend they've done going from the PS4 to PS5. This is an obvious pattern.

Ghost of Tsushima, male to female.
The Last of Us, male to female
Ratchet and Clank (a franchise even older than God of War), male to female
Uncharted, male to female
Now this, probably the least attractive franchise to women that Sony owns.

True. It's a worrying pattern to say the least.

I'm not sure what the goal is exactly.

This is the thing that has baffled me for the last decade. Historically, the ONLY goal of a company was to make money. And make more of it today than yesterday. But in recent years, Western media companies are altering their products to appeal to a progressive demographic which…doesn't make sense fiscally. Time and time again, it has shown to not only NOT attract new customers, but actively alienate the ones they already had.

But it keeps happening! And I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Video games, movies, comic books (reading Marvel comics like 10 years ago it was 50% pink haired minority trans pansexual non-binary first time comic writers that (literally) didn't read comics in their lives hired to write and head books while actively hating their own readers and every single one of them failed), etc.

Men are interested in video games more than women. Not because they have historically been pandered to by developers. It's other way around. We've been pandered to BECAUSE we are interested in video games.

And that goes for other hobbies and purveyors that get that wrong are so fucking stupid.

Boy, sorry for the rant lol

 

[nnytk]

For the people calling the main character ugly: how do you even stomach to go outside in the real world? Have you actually noticed how real poeple look?

She's pretty, but her outfit is so "slums" or Burning Man - while covering so much skin at the same time. It's just weird to see the female body being censored and female sensuality toned down, while the male characters are out here flexing their abs and shoulders.

The game looks really clean, though. Animations and combat look awesome. I just don't dig the art direction; it's very fairy-like. Way too tame.

I don't get the double standard either. You have pop icons like Katseye and Dua Lipa being all sexy and sensual on stage, and everyone loves it. Men and women. But a video game with a female protagonist? Don't you dare expect something more mature and sexy, or you're instantly labeled an incel.

I really hate how extreme the internet has become. I feel like this place has become rather fragile and insufferable at times, and Reddit is the exact same thing, just the other side of the spectrum.

 

[cormack12]

I knew that sword was familiar

 

[Botan32]

I was a little skeptical at first when the first leaks came out.
But after watching the trailer, I completely changed my mind. I loved what I saw.
And I say that as a huge God of War fan.

Day one!

 

[Thebonehead]

Her in game model is much uglier:

Off topic, but Merline is taking his ban well it seems with no lingering resentment. A shining beacon of excellent mental health.

 

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Looks exactly like I thought it would, gonna pass. I just can't see myself enjoying that main character but at least she's not another butt ugly main Sony seems obsessed with. Sony fans will eat it up though.

 

[KU_]

What the hell was even that? You know it's going to be bad but this horror?

The whole "escaping and freeing the other fairy creatures" portion reminded me of a slightly more mature version of the Shrek scene where Lord Farquad rounds up the fairy creatures. That, coupled with the Miles McKenzie like dialogue between Fey and the Cube and I'm like what are we even doing here?

 

[.Xeno]

So my question is now that it's been confirmed that Cory isn't the director of this game, what is he working on.

 

[Represent.]

So my question is now that it's been confirmed that Cory isn't the director of this game, what is he working on.

literally nothing

 

[neocycle]

The real reason why they made this is because they KNOW they ruined Kratos and can't use him anymore. Psychologists ruined the franchise.

 

[JimmyRustler]

What.... a.... surprise....

Hard pass.

 

[Gamer79]

You will see. Enjoy the game, dude. You need to understand what a valid complaint is from people who enjoy a franchise Vs the modern online complainer.

But I trust you Sony fans will defend this until you are all blue in the face.

Enjoy the slop!

No more posts from me now.

You guys can all put emojis and claim I'm some fanboy.

Santa Monica is shitting in the face of Fans. If this was Kratos in Egypt, I would be going apeshit with everybody else. Instead we get Goddess of War: Laundry Day. Why don't we make another Bayonetta game starring a dude with a leather g-string next.