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God Of War Collection: |OT| Of It's Only Just The Beginning
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RoadHazard
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There's something weird about the framerate in Gow II. When you open chests and all the orbs come flying out, and also sometimes when you break structures, it seems to drop to around 30 fps for a second or two. Anyone else notice this? I just think it's a bit weird, since it's at a perfect 60 fps the rest of the time, no matter what's going on.
Philanthropist
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grkazan12 said:
I bought and played them both at launch, and I got the collection a couple weeks ago and it was totally worth my money. What's so amazing about God of War is how well the gameplay holds up to today's standards. The remastered graphics and the trophies are nice additions and make them live up to their original potential.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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grkazan12 said:
I got it when amazon was having a sale and I got both when they came out.
Mecha_Infantry
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JWong said:
Got this problem myself! It's not working
Katana_Strikes
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grkazan12 said:
Yep totally worth playing again. The games hold up very nice and seeing them in HD glory is also cool. The trophies are a great incentive to play through them again. First time around I didn't bother/couldn't do the Challenge Modes. This time I conquered them. So essentially, I got more out of the 2nd time around.
timkunedo said:
No Newgame+ on 1st GoW unfortunately. There is on the 2nd game though where your orbs/weapons carry over. With the 1st GoW you'll have to replay it but slecting the Cow costume will give you unlimited magic and 2x orbs, so it'll be easy to get on the next playthrough.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
RoadHazard said:
Anyone? I just want to make sure it's not my PS3 acting up (though it seems unlikely that GPU issues would cause anything like this).
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Deleted member 30609
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I don't have the game but I can tell you with confidence that it is not your PS3 acting up.RoadHazard said:
RoadHazard
Gold Member
stuburns said:
No, that's not it. When you open chests (especially if the camera is close up) the framerate drops significantly for a while, as if the PS3 can't handle all the glowing orbs (which seems crazy). Didn't see it happening in GoW I, but in GoW II it happens at almost every chest. It's no biggie, but it breaks the amazingly smooth feeling the game gets from running at a perfect 60 fps at all other times.
Ok, GoW II has made me hate it, just like GoW I made me hate it with the spiked column. What now? Well (final battle spoilers):
After you've fought Zeus there's a QTE. This QTE has extremely short windows for hitting the butons, and if you miss one you die, forcing you to restart from the last checkpoint which is before the unskippable cutscene leading up to the QTE. This means that you have to sit through the cutscene (and also the Circle mashing right before it) over and over again, until you manage to beat him. Why can't I try the QTE again right away instead? It's not like the part before it is challenging in any way, it's just very boring after the 10th time.
I have experienced slow down when opening chests a couple of times in GoW I. I haven't played two very much yet though, so it might appear there as well. The only times I noticed it was when the chest was very close the camera so the particles occupied a significant portion of the screen.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
GameCat said:
Yeah, that's usually when it happens. I noticed it much more frequently in GoW II, but I guess it's there in GoW I as well. They must have optimized that particular effect very poorly for the PS3 architecture, something like that shouldn't bring the framerate down.
Anyway, I've now beaten GoW II, and aside fom the annoying part I described in my last post I loved it! Better than GoW I in many ways, even though I think I prefer the storyline in I. It had a powerful sense of desperation, regret and anger which wasn't as strong in II. But, still a great game, and the ending sure made my hype level for GoW III rise even more!
EDIT: I didn't really like that the bosses in GoW II have no health bars. I just like knowing how close to beating someone I am, instead of just blindly beating away on him/her/it until the QTE symbol suddenly pops up.
backbreaker65
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LowParry
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protonion said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pr1Rh9MWQ
I found the GoW2 theme lyrics. Although I'm Greek I never managed to understand them, save for a couple of words. The accent is pretty bad
Here's your translation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97SqkJVgiF8
yes we can
Banned
Wow a 2 month beta cycle is insane seeing as the game went through the conventional pre-alp, alpha, beta process. That type of beta time line would be awesome paychecks for everyone doing hourly since beta is all OT push. Geez I miss testing
Corran Horn
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We had alot of interest for it at my store. Odd since there was little advertisment for it :lolchubigans said:
Glad to see it do that much, love the God of War
I been saving on doing GOW2 for it to get a bit closer to GOW3 release.protonion said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pr1Rh9MWQ
I found the GoW2 theme lyrics. Although I'm Greek I never managed to understand them, save for a couple of words. The accent is pretty bad
Here are the real lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqBx32KtMZ8&feature=related
protonion said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pr1Rh9MWQ
I found the GoW2 theme lyrics. Although I'm Greek I never managed to understand them, save for a couple of words. The accent is pretty bad
LOL I love how most of the lines are pretty much Kratos quotes.
Net_Wrecker
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Just
in God Of War II, and WOW, this game is so much better than the first already. Everything is polished, and feels even better.
protected the translator
Manus
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Anyone else find the other weapons you get in these 2 games aren't that much fun to use as the blades? I just feel their boring and aren't as strong. I hope they add some nice weapons I want to use more in the 3rd. For example Ninja Gaiden 2 had some very nice weapons in which all were fantastic to use.
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Deleted member 30609
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yeah, having weapons other than the chains always seemed pointless to me. I never used them.
Guess I'll try them out a bit more when my copy arrives (hopefully today!).
Guess I'll try them out a bit more when my copy arrives (hopefully today!).
WHOAguitarninja
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So i got this and my demo code doesn't work. Is there anything I can do?
RoadHazard
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SquirrelNuckle said:
The secondary weapons are definitely stronger, but also much less fun to use. They are slower and have much worse range (except for maybe the spear's shotgun-like attack).
WHOAguitarninja said:
Are you trying to redeem it using a PSN account from a different region than the game? If so, that won't work. Redeem codes are always region-locked.
iamcool388
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I have both the PS2 GoW games, but just bought the collection earlier today. Cant wait to play it in HD!
Just to make sure, its locked at 60 fps and no screen tearing right?
Just to make sure, its locked at 60 fps and no screen tearing right?
iamcool388
Member
kikanny said:
I pretty much finished god of war 2 in 2 sittings on saturday.
This game is so damn addictive. Felt much much better than the first time i played it years ago.
Challenge of the titans was pretty easy. especially with the sword of olympus maxed out with kronos rage magic.
Finished with an overall Titan rank.
Just saved at the great chasm in bonus play. 2 hours.
urn of the gorgons makes the game really really easy
I used all the urns apart from poseidons.
I've Got about 500000 red orbs. :lol
Only trophies i need to platinum the collection are the loom chamber one which i missed on my first playthrough so was pretty pissed and i need 6 more cyclops eyes.
somehow i think ill do the loom one in about 2 minutes with all these urns on :lol
This game is so damn addictive. Felt much much better than the first time i played it years ago.
Challenge of the titans was pretty easy. especially with the sword of olympus maxed out with kronos rage magic.
Finished with an overall Titan rank.
Just saved at the great chasm in bonus play. 2 hours.
urn of the gorgons makes the game really really easy
I used all the urns apart from poseidons.
I've Got about 500000 red orbs. :lol
Only trophies i need to platinum the collection are the loom chamber one which i missed on my first playthrough so was pretty pissed and i need 6 more cyclops eyes.
somehow i think ill do the loom one in about 2 minutes with all these urns on :lol
Finished God of War last night, can't believe I didn't watch any of the bonus stuff before. Some really interesting shit there. The prototype of God of War is just hilarious :lol Shame we didn't get dreadlocks-Kratos.
And, fuck you blade columns in hades. Fuck you rail-walking above the Challenge of Hades.
And, fuck you blade columns in hades. Fuck you rail-walking above the Challenge of Hades.
WHOAguitarninja
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RoadHazard said:
Nope. Same region.
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Deleted member 30609
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god damn. the ship is one of the great game intros; I forgot how amazing it was.
Combichristoffersen
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Rez said:
The hydra is also arguably one of the best first boss encounters ever. Not as insane as the colossi of GoW II, but still pretty damn awesome.
So...having only played the first level of the original God of War when it first came out I was really excited to pick up this collection.
I played through a decent section
and found the game to be pretty fun.
I chose the 'Spartan' Difficulty...(2nd hardest)...and at this point I wish i had chosen the hardest...seems a little too easy.
Really looking forward to finishing this one up and firing up part two...is there a big graphical leap between 1 and 2? Despite the age the update of 1 looks pretty decent to me.
I played through a decent section
killed the sirens in the desert
I chose the 'Spartan' Difficulty...(2nd hardest)...and at this point I wish i had chosen the hardest...seems a little too easy.
Really looking forward to finishing this one up and firing up part two...is there a big graphical leap between 1 and 2? Despite the age the update of 1 looks pretty decent to me.
sloppyjoe_gamer
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Ok, with GOW 1, i finished it last night and only have 2 trophies to go.
--Challenge of the Gods (or whatever its called)
--Beat the game in under 5 hrs
I keep hearing about this cow costume with unlimited magic. Is that something that i can use for my 2nd playthrough? I imagine that will help greatly in beating it under 5 hrs. How do i get this costume?
Any general tips for those two trophies?
--Challenge of the Gods (or whatever its called)
--Beat the game in under 5 hrs
I keep hearing about this cow costume with unlimited magic. Is that something that i can use for my 2nd playthrough? I imagine that will help greatly in beating it under 5 hrs. How do i get this costume?
Any general tips for those two trophies?
sloppyjoe_gamer said:
I think you get the cow costume after the challenge of the gods. so do that first.
i just spammed poseidons rage pretty much the whole way through my speed run.
skipped all fights that were skippable (the sewers) etc. Only took 3 hours.
just upgrade poseidons rage and your blades just run past all fights where you dont have to fight and its super easy.
Challenge of the gods is pretty simple.
one challenge where you use the massive crossbow just start pulling back on the bow when an enemy walks past 1 o clock and you'll never miss.
Challenge 8 was the hardest i found.
Good tip is to spam air l1 + hold circle and just do that through the whole challenge rolling when the gorgons have their gaze activated and you'll probably knock most of them over the edge. Takes ages.
Challenge 10 is just a matter of keep tapping block then counter and stay away from the edge until the platform to jump up to is in range. This one was easier then 8 i found.
You have to do them all in one go though as it doesnt save your progress which is a pain.
but worth the shiny gold trophy.
BlueScrote
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Combichristoffersen said:
I guess I'm in the minority when I say that I think the Hydra was way more exciting then the colossus. But maybe I'm just see the colossus as an attempt to one up the hydra sequence.
Add me to the list. Bought the game from VG+ in Canada, so everything is bilingual. TRied to redeem the code on the US account I use to buy on the US PSN, and it says the code is invalid... I'll try to make a Canadian account, but it doesn't look like it'll be successful. Any update on this problem?JWong said:
sloppyjoe_gamer
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De4th Strike said:
Good lord, that sounds horrible.....
Thanks for the tips. If anyone has tips for all 10 challenges, that would be awesome!!