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God of War Ragnarök | PS5 Showcase Reveal Trailer

So no release date for this. This better be the latest a June release and Sony better have a secret PS5 only game releasing Q3/Q4. If not that means PS5 won't have a first party exclusive until Spiderman 2 in 2023 which is honestly dissapointing.

I suspect this will get delayed until Fall as the big 2022 game since Horizon and GT7 is in the Spring

I am not counting on any secret fall 2022 games. Maybe the rumored Factions
 

Juza

Member
In terms of gameplay and visuals, it's more of the same. A bit disappointed but still excited.
 
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Vtecomega

Banned
Watching it the second time through it does look better. I'm happy about the enemy variety. The last game had minimal gore thanks to Cory not wanting to expose too much blood to his daughter. Although Sony couldn't help themselves and had to add a black girl that is completely out of place and pride flag on Atreus. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
 

Rea

Member
Lmao. I finished GoW last month and this looks exactly like it. Same moves, same world, same graphics.
Jake Gyllenhaal No GIF
 

PsyEd

Member
I hope they do a re-remaster of OG GoW 1,2 and maybe re-re--remaster GoW3 with this new engine. I miss the old hot headed Kratos...this dad version is really dull IMHO. Anyways my must have game for black Friday 2024 sale.
 

Hoddi

Member
Watching it the second time through it does look better. I'm happy about the enemy variety. The last game had minimal gore thanks to Cory not wanting to expose too much blood to his daughter. Although Sony couldn't help themselves and had to add a black girl that is completely out of place and pride flag on Atreus. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
You're gonna have a fit when he gets impregnated by that horse.
 
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WitchHunter

Banned
I wasn't expecting any better, 2022 sounded crossgen as fuck since the beginning and there it is. But it is not just that, those roughly 10tf of PS5 sounded a joke since the presentation and so does this fantomatic "next gen". How can you even think to push 4k 60fps and Ray tracing and surpassing by far the geometry of the previous gen. The only true next gen thing so far is the unreal engine 5 tech demo and I fear now it will remain so, just a tech demo
UE tech demos were always like target renders :D. They never gonna materialize.
 

Hoddi

Member
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I was also slightly disappointed by that. Most god myths always put them on pedestals but that was never the case with nordic myths where the gods were basically just dumb drunkards who would hit on your girlfriend.

I don't want to see this series shift to Egyptian gods with zero personality. I want to see Loki tie his bollocks to a billy goat and get dragged around.
 

KyoZz

Tag, you're it.
I just read this is the last game in the norse mythology???? No trilogy :messenger_weary:
Of course it is, because the next step for Kratos is Egypt ! You can even find a concept art from pre-production of GOW 2016 as they considered this path:


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It is also teased at the end of GOW 2016

Also look at this

There a whole World of Gods waiting to be beheaded !
 
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SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
I was thinking it would look more next-gen like Horizon does for the PS5

But God of War already looked amazing, and God of War: Ragnarok still looks better than 99% of next-gen games that have been revealed.

We're spoiled just because it's SSM and we know they could do better if they didnt need to be shackled to PS4.
it feels very lazy compared to horizon. No upgrades to character models. No increase in foliage density, level of detail or water physics. I was criticizing GG of not going all out but at least it looks like a significant leap over the original. Gow looks literally identical. No leap whatsoever.

At least have ray tracing or better character models like Spiderman miles did. SSM is a top tier studio. It's shocking how similar it looks to a 4 year old game.

I see I got a LOL reaction from 3liteDragon 3liteDragon . Didnt you tell me that it will look next gen and 10x better than Avatar just a few days ago?

I think you'll definitely see a MASSIVE difference visually between both versions, and the PS5 version will look 10x better than the Avatar footage we saw or whatever game's coming out next year, remember what @HeisenbergFX4 said. There's a reason why I'm most hyped about GoW being shown off than anything else Sony has in store, Sony Santa Monica's about to graphically SET THE BAR for everyone with the PS5. Just 6 more days...

What do you have to say now?
 
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Haint

Member
UE tech demos were always like target renders :D. They never gonna materialize.

At 1080p 30fps something pretty close would be possible if anyone could afford to pack a feature length game with that level of asset throughout. At 60FPS 1600p, 1800p, 4K, not a chance in hell.
 
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HawarMiran

Banned
Of course it is, because the next step for Kratos is Egypt ! You can even find a concept art from pre-production of GOW 2016 as they considered this path:


maxresdefault.jpg



It is also teased at the end of GOW 2016

Also look at this

There a whole World of Gods waiting to be beheaded !
I know there is a pantheon for all the other mythologies. But sorry....how do i break it to you....KRATOS WILL DIE :p
 

DavidGzz

Member
WHat the fuck have you people been drinking? How can you honestly see this trailer and say "it's underwhelming visually".
Saw this in 4K and it's absolutely stunning. Gameplay seems to be on point as well.

It looks awesome but why do people not see that we expected more than a clean PS4 game? There is a rational middle ground of being excited for it but also expecting more from the PS5 sequel, isn't there?
 

Hoddi

Member
One ONE ! person of colour and people cant buy into a series where there is a giant talking snake. Nope too hard for me to believe.
The bigger irony is that the vikings were genuinely more 'woke' than some of the people complaining about this. Because colored vikings absolutely existed and some of them even have documented lineages here in Iceland.

Nobody just gave a shit. Seeing Angurboða having dark skin bothers me absolutely fuck all.
 

YukiOnna

Member
I don't really care if it's visually better or not, just glad it's cross-gen so I can save some money. I'm surprised they're already concluding the Norse Saga with this game, but I can't wait. If Thor is confirmed the main antagonist, is Odin going to be possibly continuation into the next saga? They don't have a problem with bleeding mythologies in considering Kratos is one.
 

balls of snow

Gold Member
I don't really care if it's visually better or not, just glad it's cross-gen so I can save some money. I'm surprised they're already concluding the Norse Saga with this game, but I can't wait. If Thor is confirmed the main antagonist, is Odin going to be possibly continuation into the next saga? They don't have a problem with bleeding mythologies in considering Kratos is one.
Yep thats what I expect. Odin fucking off to egypt at the end of Ragnarok to warn that pantheon of Kratos and make an alliance.
 
it feels very lazy compared to horizon. No upgrades to character models. No increase in foliage density, level of detail or water physics. I was criticizing GG of not going all out but at least it looks like a significant leap over the original. Gow looks literally identical. No leap whatsoever.

At least have ray tracing or better character models like Spiderman miles did. SSM is a top tier studio. It's shocking how similar it looks to a 4 year old game.

I see I got a LOL reaction from 3liteDragon 3liteDragon . Didnt you tell me that it will look next gen and 10x better than Avatar just a few days ago?



What do you have to say now?
It does look identical to the PS4 game buy this isn't coming out next year so I expect them to improve this a lot.
 

YukiOnna

Member
Yep thats what I expect. Odin fucking off to egypt at the end of Ragnarok to warn that pantheon of Kratos and make an alliance.
If we consider the remaining zones (Egypt, Japan) it's likely going to be a big overarching plot by the time it hits the latter. Exciting.
 
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