James Sawyer Ford
Banned
How does electrifying enemies yield blue orbs? All I get are red orbs
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God of War Ascension |OT| Gods up, Foes down
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baphomet
Member
Same thing happened to me. I forget exactly what it is, but there's 2 things the right of the screen tell you to do. After you do the first it changes to something else. You have to do that before they'll stop spawning.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
I remember one of them was buying a drink at a 7-11, which I haven't seen one around here since I was little.
R2 for magic attack?
I am 2/3 of the way through the game and am still having a hard time getting the orbs I want. I think it only applies to enemies that you kill with magic or an L1 modifier attack.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
That's odd, then. The game must have bugged out on me.
baphomet
Member
I'm thinking that's what it was, but I'm quite a bit past that and my memory isn't the greatest. I did it once and they spawned endlessly and killed me. Second time they only spawned twice before I noticed it was telling me to do something else. After that it stopped before they even spawned again.
Thank goodness. I thought I was crazy. I upgraded my lightning magic all the way ... I mean, it's lightning, that's cool right? I've not seen any blue orbs yielding from the dead bodies though.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Skimming through this thread.. wow... can't believe people are having a difficult time in the Trials section. How the hell did some of you guys get through the Hall full of enemies during the final sections of GoW2?! Now that was some legit bullshit. Especially on Titan mode... *shudders*
Oh good, so it isn't just me.
Prepare yourself, because after the tutorial you get a trophy and the ding is EXTREMELY fucking loud.
Pachterballs
Banned
...um, this is $90 or $100 on AUS retail. I'm really not keen to pay that much. Can I DD GOWA from PSN?
Summary Man
Member
The vitriol this game is receiving is ridiculous. I hope SSM can filter out the legitimate concerns from the noise. Ascension is a really solid game, and probably in the top two for the series.
Original Man
Member
you guys are trying so hard....
Most of the vitriol GAF displays on most games are unwarranted. I just ignore them.
These days, I sometime even doubt whether certain gaffers even enjoy playing games.
So true just see the Tomb Raider and DmC threads (Both good games).
darkjedi187
Member
So far I'm really enjoying this. The enemy design and graphics are great. The combat feel fluent and the enemy weapons are great also. I do feel like I'm missing stuff. There have been a couple times when I deviated from the path and seemed to get to the end but wasn't able to get back on the original path.
Amen to that. DmC was fantastic, just fanatastic. Haven't played tomb raider yet, but I don't expect to be disappointed.
As long as you aren't going for the puzzles you won't be.
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And there were a lot of comments, not just from me, that explained in incredible detail why it was bad (can't comment on the DmC thread since I didn't follow it). It was not "unwarranted hate", and I really don't like when valid criticism like that is just discarded immediately because someone just saw "this game is bad" and blacked out in a fanboy rage before reading the rest.
If someone thinks this game is terrible and can back it up I won't hold it against them even though I would disagree with the notion that it's terrible.
I put it way ahead for the environmental variety and locales in general.
Thanks to whoever gave the tip about R1 + triangle tip for dealing with goats. The invincibility frames during that throw are invaluable, as is the knock back effect.
I'm a bit further in the game now and I'm enjoying it a lot more. I just got past the (very minor spoiler)
and I honestly had a lot of fun going through the temple. The boss fights against the
and
were both a lot of fun and looked great. The combat is getting more fun as i level up the blades and get used to the new sytem. I'm looking forward to playing some more tomorrow, but I really dread the trials based on the comments in this thread.
I'm a bit further in the game now and I'm enjoying it a lot more. I just got past the (very minor spoiler)
oracle
manticore
Castor
Thanks. I will keep that in mind.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Oh please. There's a difference between a bad game and a game that just isn't for you. And in your case it seems like no game is for you.
I thought most people liked Tomb Raider, for me it isn't your classic Tomb Raider and not as good as Uncharted 2 but it still is a great game. I know people here don't like anecdotal "evidence" but almost everyone that I asked on my friend list liked it.
Voice of Reason
Banned
Did your friends ever play Uncharted or Arkham Asylum/City? Tomb Raider is a weird child of those two games.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You say this in a thread Derrick's been pretty positive about, with fair criticisms shared by several posters here.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I know....I've gone through the thread. Doesn't change the fact that he seems to hate like 95% of the stuff he plays.
James Sawyer Ford
Banned
Not understanding the complaints about the combat (so far).
The game makes you make use of the R1 grapple and combo attacks for certain scenarios, which makes the combat feel more fluid.
You feel like an ultimate badass in this game. The animations are simply spectacular. The more active QTEs feel much better, too.
The game makes you make use of the R1 grapple and combo attacks for certain scenarios, which makes the combat feel more fluid.
You feel like an ultimate badass in this game. The animations are simply spectacular. The more active QTEs feel much better, too.
Voice of Reason
Banned
Why are we riding Derrick's dick again?
The Xtortionist
Member
Pretty much. Many of the mobs would be almost unmanageable without spamming throw. (on Hard)
Well guys im up to chapter 11 and I do not get the hate with this game. IT IS BRILLIANT!
paced perfectly, amazing combat and the level design and art is the best it has ever been. Audio issues are overblown, only complain is the music is mixed too low.
Best playing god of war in my opinion. Feels like an adventure like god of war 2.
paced perfectly, amazing combat and the level design and art is the best it has ever been. Audio issues are overblown, only complain is the music is mixed too low.
Best playing god of war in my opinion. Feels like an adventure like god of war 2.
Voice of Reason
Banned
No you don't, all your combos feel weak as enemies don't flinch and if your rage meter isn't full you can't deal significant damage. Grapples are typical affair like all the other GOW games.
What point are you at? Also, hard or normal?
I do think when the rage meter is maxed kratos feels incredibly good and super powerful, but it could use some tweaks.
James Sawyer Ford
Banned
This couldn't really be further from the truth.
Even if my rage meter isn't full, I'm slinging baddies all over the map and dolling out combo damage.
Grapples are not typical affair like all other GOW games, the grapple system is completely different.
I'm playing on normal
just reached the point where some guys are building statues
The Xtortionist
Member
The amount of puzzles in Ascension blew me away. I think it might have triple the amount of GoW3, if not more. Most of them are pretty fun too.
Once you get the first element the "normal blades" get replaced. But essentially the most normal blade would be the Fire one.
I dunno, people seem to really like talking about me recently and trust me it annoys me as much as it probably does everyone else. I usually try not to participate in it, especially when it breaks out randomly in some threads where I either didn't post at all or hadn't posted in hours. Anyway that's all I'll say on it since it's just more boring meta discussion.
I was feeling pretty similar to you at that point, but there have been a few encounters that have soured me a bit. Mainly the goddamn cerberus who takes one hell of a beating and constantly warps around, while you slowly build up the meter...getting hit once you make it and dropping it all the way down is incredibly disheartening and somewhat restricts you into playing it safe and just doing square square triangle a lot. A lot of the enemies you've encountered at that point are incredibly susceptible to grabs, but later/more armored ones are not and that is when you will start to feel the combo locked meter more. I am on hard though, so maybe you won't hit stuff like this.
There is an item near the start of the game that will give infinite rage after you beat the game and I have to say it'll be fun as hell using that.
Not even the amount, but the quality to me. These are easily the best puzzles in the series, and have surprisingly almost stumped me at times.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Anyone saying my concerns and frustrations about the lack of enemy reaction to my hits in the first moments of the game aren't legitimate, can not be taken seriously. That is not how you create an action game. Mind you, I was playing on Hard.
Have you played a god of war game before?
They honestly seem to react how I remember them always being in this series. They just are much more aggressive.