RE: God of War
April 25, 2018 at 11:33 am
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2018 at 11:33 am by Napoléon.)
I managed to complete the story on Monday night. I'd guess it took around 30 hours ish?
Jesus christ, I can tell you the hype is worth it. Best game I've played in a looooong time.
@Hammy, the way I would describe it is it's semi-open world. You have a sort of main hub area and can go off and explore other areas pretty much whenever you feel like. In fact the game actively encourages you to explore. Whenever you have to go back to the same place it's so cleverly done you're effectively discovering it for the first time again.
Gameplay is a lot more nuanced than the previous games. It's God of War for sure, but not as you know it. It starts off where you can just mash buttons but as you progress and upgrade you get new moves there's a whole lot more to it. Which brings me onto something else, there's a surprising amount of RPG elements which I was really glad about. It plays a lot like the old PS2 games in a rather strange way, where the game just feels like a complete package for once. Personally I'm sick of the open world tropes like 'collecting cups' or trying to shoehorn in lame ass multiplayer for the sake of it. This game just delivers a fantastic story, fantastic gameplay and you feel a real sense of accomplishment playing through it.
Honestly, I'm sad that I can't continue with the story and experience more. I don't want to spoil what happens but I'll say, rarely in games am I playing it and am I having serious jaw dropping moments. In this game there were too many to count. There's also a fair amount of side stuff to do and a couple of 'grinding' areas where you can do stuff to level up and craft new gear, but I won't say much more than that.
Anyone wondering if they should buy it? Just do yourself a favour and get it.
Jesus christ, I can tell you the hype is worth it. Best game I've played in a looooong time.
@Hammy, the way I would describe it is it's semi-open world. You have a sort of main hub area and can go off and explore other areas pretty much whenever you feel like. In fact the game actively encourages you to explore. Whenever you have to go back to the same place it's so cleverly done you're effectively discovering it for the first time again.
Gameplay is a lot more nuanced than the previous games. It's God of War for sure, but not as you know it. It starts off where you can just mash buttons but as you progress and upgrade you get new moves there's a whole lot more to it. Which brings me onto something else, there's a surprising amount of RPG elements which I was really glad about. It plays a lot like the old PS2 games in a rather strange way, where the game just feels like a complete package for once. Personally I'm sick of the open world tropes like 'collecting cups' or trying to shoehorn in lame ass multiplayer for the sake of it. This game just delivers a fantastic story, fantastic gameplay and you feel a real sense of accomplishment playing through it.
Honestly, I'm sad that I can't continue with the story and experience more. I don't want to spoil what happens but I'll say, rarely in games am I playing it and am I having serious jaw dropping moments. In this game there were too many to count. There's also a fair amount of side stuff to do and a couple of 'grinding' areas where you can do stuff to level up and craft new gear, but I won't say much more than that.
Anyone wondering if they should buy it? Just do yourself a favour and get it.
