God of War: Vallhalla Announced (Coming December 12, 2023) | The Game Awards 2023

Draugoth

Draugoth

Gold Member

​

Embark with Kratos to Valhalla on a deeply personal and reflective journey towards a future he never thought possible. Master challenges of mind and body on an unraveling adventure that blends the beloved combat from God of War Ragnarök with brand new elements inspired by the roguelite genre. Developed by Santa Monica Studio for PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5 consoles – free to download from PlayStation™Store. God of War Ragnarök base game required (sold separately). Available December 12, 2023.​
Click to expand...

GAycw99bIAASf5B


GAycchsbcAAhDWw

GAycjqLbMAEfh0w

​
 
Last edited:
Cross game with Asscreed Valhalla?
Free DLC and with Kratos? Whats up with Sony doing this generosity?
 
Last edited:
It's cool that it is free but I don't love the gameplay like that so I probably will not even bother playing it.
 
Last edited:
Guaranteed to have new story, can't fricken wait. I hope it has the OG God of War themes like it had in the trailer
 
GHG said:
It will be a pure gameplay experience and people still cry.

Day 1.
Click to expand...
Souls games are pure gameplay experiences and so are many others. I generally can't stand roguelikes and find them lazy ways to add replayability.

We also experienced some degree of roguelike with Nifleheim and it was the most tedious and boring part of the 2018 game.
 
Last edited:
Gaiff said:
Souls games are pure gameplay experiences and so are many others. I generally can't stand roguelikes and find them lazy ways to add replayability.
Click to expand...

Play a good roguelike and then come back and say that again with a straight face.
 
GHG said:
Play a good roguelike and then come back and say that again with a straight face.
Click to expand...
I played Hades and Returnal. Aren't they considered pretty good? Hades was fun, but the loop is what? 50 minutes? Then repeat the same shit over and over with like 4 bosses who get a couple of new attacks and weapons that upgrade.

Randomly generated rooms with no level design to speak of. Repeated enemies in every run. Nah, sorry. Shit got boring fast. I stopped at Heat 2 or something. Can't recall.

And you missed it but Niflheim in GOW 2018 is a roguelike level and the worst part of the game.
 
Interested. Will check it out. Had my problems with Ragnarok but my biggest (Atreus) won't be here and it's hard to beat free. Makes me want to reinstall now and do some of the side stuff.
 
Gaiff said:
I played Hades and Returnal. Aren't they considered pretty good? Hades was fun, but the loop is what? 50 minutes? Then repeat the same shit over and over with like 4 bosses who get a couple of new attacks and weapons that upgrade.

Randomly generated rooms with no level design to speak of. Repeated enemies in every run. Nah, sorry. Shit got boring fast. I stopped at Heat 2 or something. Can't recall.

And you missed it but Niflheim in GOW 2018 is a roguelike level and the worst part of the game.
Click to expand...

Yep those are two of the best. If it's not for you, it's not for you.

There's plenty of fun to be had in mastering the mechanics and experimenting with different pickup synergies. I'm surprised that you like the Souls gameplay loop but not these, it's similar overall but in most roguelikes the loop is hugely condensed (and the game overall is shorter in terms of the amount of content).

I had my issues with Returnal but Hades was a 10/10 experience for me. For free I'm 100% giving this a go.
 
Last edited:
GHG said:
Yep those are two of the best. If it's not for you, it's not for you.

There's plenty of fun to be had in mastering the mechanics and experimenting with different pickup synergies. I'm surprised that you like the Souls gameplay loop but not these, it's similar overall but in most roguelikes the loop is hugely condensed (and the game overall is shorter in terms of the amount of content).

I had my issues with Returnal but Hades was a 10/10 experience for me. For free I'm 100% giving this a go.
Click to expand...
I actually liked the combat, but to me, the most important thing that's arguably even more important than combat in action games is level design. Roguelike pretty much toss that part in the trash bin with randomly generated levels so I can't play them more than a few times.
 
I love the idea of free replayable run-based modes for single player games to extend replayability. This, the new TLOU2 mode, and even GOT's legends mode are all fantastic additions.

Gaiff said:
I played Hades and Returnal. Aren't they considered pretty good? Hades was fun, but the loop is what? 50 minutes? Then repeat the same shit over and over with like 4 bosses who get a couple of new attacks and weapons that upgrade.

Randomly generated rooms with no level design to speak of. Repeated enemies in every run. Nah, sorry. Shit got boring fast. I stopped at Heat 2 or something. Can't recall.

And you missed it but Niflheim in GOW 2018 is a roguelike level and the worst part of the game.
Click to expand...

They aren't gonna make a full fledged story expansion, and especially not for free. GOW has a great combat engine, so creating a survival based mode works well.

Niflheim sucked because of the deadly gas and the one hit death traps. Not because of the replayable nature of the mode.
 
Raonak said:
I love the idea of free replayable run-based modes for single player games to extend replayability. This, the new TLOU2 mode, and even GOT's legends mode are all fantastic additions.



They aren't gonna make a full fledged story expansion, and especially not for free. GOW has a great combat engine, so creating a survival based mode works well.

Niflheim sucked because of the deadly gas and the one hit death traps. Not because of the replayable nature of the mode.
Click to expand...
Nifleheim sucked because it was repetitive and stale. The levels were just corridors and empty spaces to the next fights consisting of mobs. It was randomly generated, exactly like roguelikes, and got boring fast. It could have been tolerable had care been put into crafting the level, even with the shitty traps and poisonous mist.
 
Last edited:
Although this wqsnt the sort of DLC I was hoping for, free content is always nice to have. Sony saw player engagement for Returnal ToS DLC and told the other studios to get on it..

JSGwj19.jpg
 
Vick said:
For REAL.

Kratos & Mimir, no Atreus, pure gameplay?

Lachlan Murdoch Reaction GIF by Murdoch Mysteries


This shit's gonna redeem the whole fucking game for me.
Click to expand...
It's just a rogue like mode it seems. Not enough to redeem the game if they don't explain what happened to Greece. You see the whole world/sky burning in gow3
 
rofif said:
It's just a rogue like mode it seems. Not enough to redeem the game if they don't explain what happened to Greece. You see the whole world/sky burning in gow3
Click to expand...
What I missed the most from this game was an equivalent of the Ivaldi's Workshop from GoW 2018, an infinite endgame randomized sandbox.

This DLC will do.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

LTTP: Alan Wake 2 (Xbox Series X) 2023
29
443
Roberts replied
Warhammer 40K - Dawn of War IV Announced
2
92
326
Pey. replied
Ronald D. Moore talks about the god of war tv series.
2
82
732
BennyBlanco replied
Gears of War E-Day is coming in 2026, Reloaded Beta Announced
News 
3
308
Kerotan replied
Coming to Game Pass: Gears of War: Reloaded, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Void/Breaker, and More
2
58
190
ecosse_011172 replied
Top Bottom