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What does /vr/ think of this game?

>> No.6910521

Never played it

>> No.6910524

start of the movie game genre. hard pass.

>> No.6910527

Thought it was a pretty cool and cinematic hack and slash.

>> No.6910545

pretty good game with a terrible camera, but doesnt necessarily warrant a playthrough.

if youre looking for what god of war has to offer then 2 or 3 are better

1 has a secret though
people always complain its a mediocre action game,
because they never realized its actually a puzzle game/zeldalike with an action coat of paint.

but god of war 1 isnt a great zeldalike and it isnt a great action game

only play it if youre an n'wah for greek mythology

>> No.6910557

>>6910516
Generic hack n slash button smasher appealing to normalfags. Only talking about gameplay, don't give a shit about 'muh gods' story or if its good or not.
In the PS2 era it was the retarded cousin of Devil May Cry.

>> No.6910594

>>6910516
I thought it was great when it came out; recently bought the remaster collection for PS3 and it's not as cool as I remember; though I do really like the them of it and story

As a mostly RPG player I don't mind cut scenes or dialog; story is pretty important for me to get into a game

The 'press A' to do this movie part thing during bosses is pretty awesome and an epic way to finish off bosses; though the game overdid it with adding it into the whole fight rather than just how the fights ended

>> No.6910640

>>6910516
Hated it when I was an edgy contrarian teen who thought if your game wasn't on the same level of NGB or DMC3 then it's trash but now I've learned to appreciate it.

>> No.6910649

I think it's an amazing game except for the fucking QTE's. Why do I have to hold O to open a chest? Why can't I just press O?
Why do I have to spam O to open a door? Why Can't I just press O?

This didn't bother me as much as a kid but now it's enough to make me quit playing altogether.

>> No.6910661

It's a solid game. 2 is an incredible sequel. When it came out, I hadn't played DMC3 and NGB yet. Fans of those games shit all over this. Now having played those, DMC3 is better that I can agree. This is a better overall game than NGB though.

>> No.6910665

My favorite parts were the puzzles. Maybe I was playing the wrong game

>> No.6910724

>>6910516
It’s pretty good it’s made to be pretty easy and be cinematic, but there’s nothing wrong with that. I played it once or twice when it came out, but have no desire to return to it.

>> No.6910730

>>6910516
DMC/Ninja Gaiden for casuals.

>> No.6910737

>>6910640
Your taste got worse.

>> No.6910743

It was pretty cool for the time. Doesn't the first level of the first game start with you fucking some girl? Games like GOW and GTA made me feel like nothing was off limits in games anymore.

>> No.6910748

>>6910737
See I would've said that when I was 16 too. Get your head out of your bum you'll start to enjoy life more once you do.

>> No.6910920

>>6910516
Rygar did it better.

>> No.6910945
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6910945

I've made sure to have a PS console for every release. Call me a normie, but I loved them. Is the game something amazingly different?....no, but I enjoyed the puzzles, combo attacks and the Greek mythology. If you don't give a crap about Greek myth then the game isn't near as interesting.

>> No.6910947

>>6910920
BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA
*spits out cum*
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>> No.6910952

>>6910516
It's good. It has its issues and I don't think the sequels made the most of its potential, though. The comparisons to DMC and NGB aren't particularly fair. Then again, I also think comparing DMC and NG is misleading. It's possible to like all three. The shitflinging is mostly pretentious teenagers that never stopped being pretentious teenagers.

>> No.6911029

>>6910524
single digit IQ take

>> No.6911030

>>6910524
spwp

>> No.6911042

>>6910748
I'm 36. Glorykills but with 40 button presses aren't fun. Your taste got worse.

>> No.6911054

>>6910730
*GoW for söyplayer

>> No.6911127

>>6911042
No you're not kid. You seriously need to grow up or fuck off back to /v/ with that attitude because it's not welcome here.

>> No.6911143

>>6911127
>if you don't appreciate a terrible game full of terrible design choices and made for the younger folks that couldn't get into a real hack n slash it means you're a kid
unquestionable logic

>> No.6911158

>>6911143
Jesus Christ kid stop mouthing off already it's pathetic.
blablablablablablabla my taste is good blablablablablabla shut the hell up god damn everyday with this bullshit blablablablablablablablablablabla SHUT THE FUCK UP BLABLABLABLABLABLABLABLABLBALBALABLA LOOK AT ME RUNNING MY FUCKING MOUTH OFF ALL THE DAMN TIME BLAAAAABLAAAAAAABLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SO EDY BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABLAAAAAAAAAAAAABLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHHHUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUP FUCK

>> No.6911164

>>6911158
poor anon got mindbroken

>> No.6911171

>>6911158
are you ok anon

>> No.6911831

>>6911158
based

>> No.6911987

>>6911158
OwO

>> No.6912154

>>6910516
I like it more than 2. It's less polished but I prefer the story and boss fights. 2 has more bosses but it's quantity over quality, most of them suck.

>> No.6912469

Eh
Kinda generic/manufactured ip to put tiddies and mythos creatures in a game with lots of gore

>> No.6912473

>>6910516
what's with one dungeon being 2/3 of the game?

>> No.6912475

>>6911158
>blablablablablablabla my taste is good blablablablablabla shut the hell up god damn everyday with this bullshit blablablablablablablablablablabla SHUT THE FUCK UP BLABLABLABLABLABLABLABLABLBALBALABLA LOOK AT ME RUNNING MY FUCKING MOUTH OFF ALL THE DAMN TIME BLAAAAABLAAAAAAABLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SO EDY BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABLAAAAAAAAAAAAABLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHHHUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUP FUCK
This is your brain on GoW

>> No.6912486

Damn the europoor cover really sucks huh

>> No.6912495

Did anyone get really pissed with this game as a kid. I remember there was a part near the end where you had to climb a wall full of moving blades. Got really mad about that.

also it kind of had soul now that I think back, remember the sex minigame. the atmosphere wasn't bad either

>> No.6912502

Uooooooooooh! Zeus betray!

>> No.6914065

>>6910516
It's great. It's like Devil May Cry but with actually good combat.
>>6910524
Clearly never touched the game. You wouldn't say that if you played even the first 5 minutes. This game has one of the most fun tutorials of any game ever. It throws you straight into the action.
>>6910545
Hot take(s): The camera isn't that bad, and 1 is better than 2. 2 is the worst in the series and it feels like filler that only exists to connect GOW1 to GOW3, with those being the games they actually wanted to make. GOW2 is basically
> the first hour connects it to GOW1
> the last hour connects it to GOW3
> in between is just Kratos going to a bunch of miscellaneous locations that they wanted to make but couldn't find a place to put them that made sense, so they just threw them all into GOW2.
>>6912154
Yeah, this. Half the boss fights in 2 are glorified puzzles. The Kraken is the epitome of this. It LOOKS as cool as the hydra from 1, but it's nowhere near as fun to fight. 1 only has three real boss battles for the entire game, but they're all great.

>> No.6914069

>>6910945
Why is she such a bitch?

>> No.6914080

I liked it a fair bit at the time. I like the mythology, the soundtrack was excellent, the combat was very shallow but the game feel was good enough to carry it. Looking back now, compared to the current onions of war, the first one feels like a flawless masterpiece by comparison.

>> No.6914425

>>6910524
yep QTE's became a staple after this shit

>> No.6914623

I loved it. Sure, the gameplay was pretty shallow in retrospect, but I think it's a sum of it's parts type experience. Brutal violence for the time, kickass music, lots of environmental variety, cool use of ancient mythology.
No shit NGB and DMC1/3 are better, but if you think this shit wasn't a good game, you're a fucking contrarian retard.

>> No.6914684

>>6914623
> DMC1/3 are better
LOL no. GOW copied their basic premise but improved upon it in virtually every way.

>> No.6914693

>>6911158
based and notimeforretardspilled

>> No.6914719

>>6911158
masterful self-own

>> No.6914815
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>>6914065
>mash square
>then hit O when the big O appears over the enemy
>advanced tech, hit triangle, then jump, then mash square
10/10 combat
No room for improvement, literally perfect
Redefined the action game genre for the better
Wasn't a bland base for other games to do worse

>> No.6914828

>>6914815
> No mention of square square triangle
LOL. You can form an opinion once you actually play the game.
>10/10 combat
> No room for improvement, literally perfect
> Redefined the action game genre for the better
> Wasn't a bland base for other games to do worse
Of these, only the second is false. It really was a 10/10 for the time, and redefined the action genre. Other games eventually improved upon it, but it was revolutionary for its time. Far better than Devil May Crap,

>> No.6914856

>>6910649
they wanted to draw you in with the struggle your character might have in doing thing. its stupid but at the time I thought 'whoa cool! I tap buttons hard and it opens! its like I did something!' but now it gets annoying

>> No.6914892

>>6914065
>It's great. It's like Devil May Cry but with actually good combat.
https://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/god-of-war-creator-says-the-combat-is-shallow/

>“To me, the combat, the spatial challenges, the exploration: they were all pieces of the adventure, and all of these came together to push the player along. The actual game loop in GOW is very simple,” he said.

>“If this had been the kind of game that didn’t have much money, it would have been an absolute failure, because if it wasn’t for new things to do around every corner, you might feel the core mechanics are actually quite shallow. They’re intentionally shallow, because we didn’t want them to overpower the experience.

>“If we’d been DMC, your headspace would have been filled with a lot of fighting mechanics that would have pulled you out of the journey. Our combat’s not deep, but thanks to great animators, it is fluid.”

>> No.6914929

>>6910516
Are the PS3 ports any good? Usually those PS2 "remasters" on PS3 are fucked like Sly and Ratchet.

>> No.6915230

>>6914623
>but I think it's a sum of it's parts type experience.
What sets GoW apart is the level design and sense of pacing. The game is constantly shaking things up in interesting ways without feeling too gimmicky or intrusive. This is why it always bothered me that the sequels put so much focus on improving the combat. I like GoW's combat, but I wish the sequels had done more with the platforming and puzzles.

This distinction is also why I think it's misleading to act like GoW was trying to do the same thing DMC and NG were doing. It was as indebted to Prince of Persia as much as Devil May Cry. Even the combat has a different focus from DMC.

>> No.6915261

>>6914856
The analog spin ones that require super fast speed are the only ones that annoy me.

>> No.6915325

>>6914929
I believe they're pretty good. They were the first real "HD remasters" in a way so I think they tried their best not to fuck it up

>> No.6917174

>>6910516
Started off strong. Peaked my interest, kind of fun gameplay and cool story. Should have end after the 1st or 2nd game.

>> No.6917201

>>6910516
Played it when it came out, loved it but never bothered with any sequels. Replaying it with pcsx2 last day or so, enjoying it so far, story is less fun as an adult and QTE's get boring quick.

>>6910557
> was the retarded cousin of Devil May Cry

Gonna play this next, played it when it came out too and honestly thought they where on the same engine they play so similar, other than the QTEs

>> No.6917221

>>6910516
This entire franchise is terrible.

>> No.6917240

>>6917221
Such a strong argument! Never thought i could hate a game series more after reader that, you have changed my mind completely!