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[gioGAF]

I don't see how people can think that the addition of MP has not hurt the SP campaign. Diverting resources will always lead to a product of lower potential. EVERYONE could have contributed to making the SP campaign as good as possible, but not EVERYONE at SSM did.

I'm sad to see the impressions posted here :-(

 

[HueyFreeman]

I don't see how people can think that the addition of MP has not hurt the SP campaign. Diverting resources will always lead to a product of lower potential. EVERYONE could have contributed to making the SP campaign as good as possible, but not EVERYONE at SSM did.

I'm sad to see the impressions posted here :-(

UC2 disagrees. Plus it's 3 years. I think it's probably more likely that SSM split it's teams into GOWA and next gen.

 

[RoboPlato]

UC2 disagrees. Plus it's 3 years. I think it's probably more likely that SSM split it's teams into GOWA and next gen.

That's what I think as well.

 

[HueyFreeman]

Also some of the early reactions to GOWIII were "worst GOW game by far!" etc. etc. I'm gonna play the game - more than once - before I make up my mind. I find GOW games get better with age and replay, oddly enough.

 

[Mik_Pad]

I don't see how people can think that the addition of MP has not hurt the SP campaign. Diverting resources will always lead to a product of lower potential. EVERYONE could have contributed to making the SP campaign as good as possible, but not EVERYONE at SSM did.

I'm sad to see the impressions posted here :-(

The Dev team for Gow III 130 people and for GoW: A apparently is about 150-200 people so I don't think it should have affected as much and they had 3 years to build this game the same time they had for GoW III which was in a generational transition so basically they had less time to build GoW III since they had to develop a new engine which was already there for Ascension. I think if ascension has problem it isn't about time or resources it would be about direction and story constraints.

 

[gioGAF]

UC2 disagrees. Plus it's 3 years. I think it's probably more likely that SSM split it's teams into GOWA and next gen.

Seems like the majority of posters in this thread would probably agree with me.

I will concede that there can be exceptions, but they are very rare. Notice how everyone just keeps posting "What about Uncharted 2?", any other examples? There are also games that better lend themselves to MP, like open world games (e.g. Red Dead, GTA).

OR

The A team is working on PS4

 

[RoboPlato]

Seems like the majority of posters in this thread would probably agree with me.

I will concede that there can be exceptions, but they are very rare. Notice how everyone just keeps posting "What about Uncharted 2?", any other examples? There are also games that better lend themselves to MP, like open world games (e.g. Red Dead, GTA).

Mass Effect 3's multiplayer is surprisingly fun.

 

[Robot Pants]

The trail of Archimedes is gonna turn a lot of people off to this game. It's basically a showcase of how the combat doesn't mesh well at all with the enemies.

 

[Robot Pants]

Dp sorry

 

[Voice of Reason]

Fuck, should I play the game on Normal or is this trial that difficult?

 

[Robot Pants]

Fuck, should I play the game on Normal or is this trial that difficult?

im playing my first time through on hard and the game wasn't all that bad. Until now where it ramps up out of nowhere. I'd go with Normal so you aren't stuck spending hours on this shit right as you near the end of the game.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Yeah, I'm just gonna play it on Normal to avoid a headache.

 

[HueyFreeman]

Yeah question: for those who have played, given all the talk of the late game difficulty spike, should series vets play on normal first or hard? I've pretty much made up my mind to do it on hard, but I don't want to be super frustrated late game.

 

[dragonflys545]

Yeah, I'm just gonna play it on Normal to avoid a headache.

You can always change the difficulty setting if you die a few times.

 

[SpeedySwaf]

Game's in the mail now, should be playing it within two or three days.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

You can always change the difficulty setting if you die a few times.

Not in this game.

 

[Mik_Pad]

Posting for the new page.

I have a question for someone that has beaten the game, are there costumes for Kratos and what options are there in the extras section of the main menu?

 

[Robot Pants]

Not in this game.

Yep. And autosaves! Those are always fun for a game with no chapter select!

 

[Melchiah]

Not in this game.

What?! The difficulty can't be changed mid-game?

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

Yep. And autosaves! Those are always fun for a game with no chapter select!

I thought I heard this game had chapter select... or maybe I just heard it had chapters.

 

[Voice of Reason]

What?! The difficulty can't be changed mid-game?

Nope. Such an unnecessary pain in the ass. Now that's something they should have patched instead of a meaningless trophy.

 

[Melchiah]

Nope. Such an unnecessary pain in the ass. Now that's something they should have patched instead of a meaningless trophy.

FUUUUU!!! I think I may have to play on easy then, as I don't want start over if I get stuck on normal.

 

[ebil]

Yep. And autosaves! Those are always fun for a game with no chapter select!

Wait, I haven't checked it yet but there definitely was a Chapter Select option on the title screen.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Posting for the new page.

If nobody answers you by then i'll take a look at it in a few hours ... need some sleep.

You can collect lots of stuff during the game which you can use only after beating the game.

 

[Mik_Pad]

If nobody answers you by then i'll take a look at it in a few hours ... need some sleep.

You can collect lots of stuff which you can use only after beating the game.

Thanks

I thought Todd Pappy said that they changed the save system so they could implement chapter select so you can show all the COOL MOMENTS to your BROS.

 

[dragonflys545]

Not in this game.

ooh.

 

[Messofanego]

The trail of Archimedes is gonna turn a lot of people off to this game. It's basically a showcase of how the combat doesn't mesh well at all with the enemies.

This is what Sessler dinged in his review.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

FUUUUU!!! I think I may have to play on easy then, as I don't want start over if I get stuck on normal.

Easy is very very very easy ... seriously my friend played it on easy and it's just too easy. I finished it on normal.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Easy is very very very easy ... seriously my friend played it on easy and it's just too easy. I finished it on normal.

How did you find the trial on Normal?

 

[OSHAN]

If you've beaten the other titles on Hard (or Titan, whatever it is called), would it be around the same?

I found Titan always challenging, with some combat segments difficult, but nothing on the lines of giving up.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

How did you find the trial on Normal?

I'd say it's a nice challenge, i think i died a few times but still easy is a joke ... my buddy didn't had to do anything, just button mashing ... no parry etc.

 

[Voice of Reason]

If you've beaten the other titles on Hard (or Titan, whatever it is called), would it be around the same?

I found Titan always challenging, with some combat segments difficult, but nothing on the lines of giving up.

Apparently it's fine up until the final part of the game. You might want to tone it down for your first playthrough.

 

[Melchiah]

Easy is very very very easy ... seriously my friend played it on easy and it's just too easy. I finished it on normal.

How is it compared to GoW3? I changed from normal to easy during the crate level, as I didn't find repeating the same parts over and over again that entertaining.

Please tell me there isn't another music puzzle.

 

[OSHAN]

Apparently it's fine up until the final part of the game. You might want to tone it down for your first playthrough.

Yeah, sorry, I meant to clarify since I'm referring to that part of the game.

I'm just curious to hear from folks that have played through the previous games on TItan and how this one compares.

I suppose I'll know more in the next few days because I can't see too many reviewers playing through on Titan.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

How is it compared to GoW3? I changed from normal to easy during the crate level, as I didn't find repeating the same parts over and over again that entertaining.

Please tell me there isn't another music puzzle.

Gotta say it's been a while since i've played GoW3 so can't really remember sorry.

 

[Valnen]

At least it's a minor change due to minor backlash. They've been bigger "wait, reverse this shit!" changes from Sony

People were right to complain about that. That is not Cole, it's a different person entirely. You can't change the design that drastically in a continuation of a story. Doesn't make sense.

Fact of the matter is Cole just fucking blows.

I completely and utterly disagree.

 

[CorrisD]

I don't see how people can think that the addition of MP has not hurt the SP campaign. Diverting resources will always lead to a product of lower potential. EVERYONE could have contributed to making the SP campaign as good as possible, but not EVERYONE at SSM did.

I'm sad to see the impressions posted here :-(

You assume too much, you don't know that everyone who did the SP and MP would all be working on just the SP if the MP didn't exist, the same was said for other recent games that have had MP added, Tomb Raider and Mass Effect for instance, when both times it was a separate studio that would otherwise not have worked on the game anyway.

SSM is a pretty large studio, they don't all work on the same game at one time, we know they are currently working on another game for next-gen, we also know they help out what has to be like a ton of other studios; just look at the last year, their names are on 11 game titles, only 1 has actually been developed and released by SSM themselves which is GoW: Ascension.

People were right to complain about that. That is not Cole, it's a different person entirely. You can't change the design that drastically in a continuation of a story. Doesn't make sense.

I agree, if they were going to go with the redesign it should have been a new character, I was pretty happy they went back. Look at Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell and the current fuss on here, they took the voice actor that to some on here is a big part of the character, at this point to them the guy isn't even the same when visually he is, though seems to look a bit younger.

 

[Robot Pants]

Wait, I haven't checked it yet but there definitely was a Chapter Select option on the title screen.

Oh you're right. I remember seeing that. I havent beaten it yet so I have yet to use that. My bad. Well it's a God of War first. At least they have it in there to balance the auto-saves.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Thanks

I thought Todd Pappy said that they changed the save system so they could implement chapter select so you can show all the COOL MOMENTS to your BROS.

It's funny (and sad) but i don't remember any "cool moments" to show your bros besides the endboss, that's about it.

 

[Voice of Reason]

It's funny (and sad) but i don't remember any "cool moments" to show your bros besides the endboss, that's about it.

I can't believe I'm reading this about a God of War game.

 

[ari]

How were those two hours aside from the camera issue?

I enjoyed it, It just feels like season 6 of supernatural. In which the story is no where remotely epic or exciting then the last installment.

Like i said earlier, this should have been the premiere Vita title. Everything about it screams meh.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I can't believe I'm reading this about a God of War game.

I couldn't believe it either when i played it. What happened to the awesome, remarkable and epic boss fights from this series!?

 

[Vire]

These impressions are making me very very sad.

Sony Santa Monica could do no wrong before, what happened?

 

[RoboPlato]

These impressions are making me very very sad.

Sony Santa Monica could do no wrong before, what happened?

Well, they have kind of used up everything from Greek mythology that could go in a GoW game.

I'm not letting myself get down on the game before I play it though. I'm going in really fresh and am looking forward to it.

 

[BadAss2961]

The trail of Archimedes is gonna turn a lot of people off to this game. It's basically a showcase of how the combat doesn't mesh well at all with the enemies.

Please elaborate. Does the combat feel bad? Or was the difficulty just too frustrating for you?

 

[Vire]

Well, they have kind of used up everything from Greek mythology that could go in a GoW game.

Yeah I dunno that seems like a weak excuse. They could have still had (more) or better bosses than they did, even if they weren't major gods.

The endboss is pretty much what was needed and sprinkled all throughout the game. What a shame...

 

[Radec]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/c...altered-in-upcoming-p/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter

smh.

Wow, smh SSM.

Why would you lower yourselves to the class of Sessler and other whiny gaffers where?

Respect -1

But im still buying your game so w/e.

 

[Mik_Pad]

Wow, smh SSM.

Why would you lower yourselves to the class of Sessler and other whiny gaffers where?

Respect -1

But im still buying your game so w/e.

To be fair it must have been a decision from higher than SMS, I think it was the smart thing to do since the internet today is full of whiners only God knows what would have happened if a ton of Gies and Sesslers would have seen the trophy lol.

 

[ari]

Yeah I dunno that seems like a weak excuse. They could have still had (more) or better bosses than they did, even if they weren't major gods.

The endboss is pretty much what was needed and sprinkled all throughout the game. What a shame...

I liked the oracle defender dude at least. Every other boss is too much of the same of the other games.

Also, me nitpicking, i absolutely hate the fucking sliding shit. It feels completely tacked on after playing tomb raider.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Yeah I dunno that seems like a weak excuse. They could have still had (more) or better bosses than they did, even if they weren't major gods.

The endboss is pretty much what was needed and sprinkled all throughout the game. What a shame...

Exactly, hell let me fight a freaking giant lizard or polar bear which shoots lightning bolts ... just give me anything good and fun to fight.... after beating the game i said to myself "that's it? what the hell were they doing 3+ years ... dang it i paid 70€ for this?!"
Oh well, one thing is for sure after this game i'm not in the "in SSM we trust" camp anymore.