God Of War

Oh my shit it's only now that I noticed that Kratos' Spartan Rage bar starts filling up when the boy originally miss a shot at the deer.

That boy is living on the edge.

No sex mini game?

Well there goes my theory that his son will be just like his father where he goes and has sex with Elves, Valkyries and Goddesses.

Well Kratos is trying to be a good father and delaying a mission to score with a chick isn't gonna help in that regard.

edited 24th Jun '16 11:07:42 AM by windleopard

Also it really wouldnt fit with the apparent tone of the game.

I was joking. I didn't want Kratos to continue the whole sex mini game thing. I was just saying if Kratos' son, just like his father, might have sex with a lot of women in the latest game which the latest article has jossed it.

Also since Kratos appears to be older and calmer, i wonder if he regrets for the all the people he needless killed(the ship captain, the scholars, that one princess etc) and not listening to the Gods and messed up the world for killing them since he was an asshole in the past.

No sex minigame.........in a Norse myth setting?

Kratos is no longer in his sleep with anything for a moment reprieve from the madness stage.

Its not that strange, Norse mythos has virgin godesses...

It only be strange if it were the Emerald Isle WHERE EVERYBODY HAS SEX!

edited 24th Jun '16 3:45:27 PM by FrozenWolf2

Emerald Isle?

Irish Mythos

No sex minigame doesn't mean they can't do what Ascension did.

Though I am going to miss that little tradition. Even the interviewers sighed.

Yay.

Double yay.

So there's a stat system now.

Dang it, I guess his name is 'Jarrod' then.

And apparently, during the trailer:

edited 25th Jun '16 10:01:40 AM by Soble

Looking at this and Metal Gear Solid:

• Both have a new camera, gameplay mechanics, and theme.
  • For Phantom Pain, you were watching Big Boss "become a demon" and becoming more villainous. The game was a prequel, not really moving the series forward, but backward.
  • God of War has Kratos becoming nicer. From the new mechanics to Kratos's new characterization, this game is moving the franchise forward.
• Kratos starts with an axe and a bow, which is kind of a step down to what he normally wields at the start of the game. Big Boss starts off fairly equipped, a massive step-up from every other game.
• Kratos gets a new voice and no one complains or mentions it. Snake abruptly gets a new voice, everyone talks about it and questions why Kojima personally opted to switch the voices.

In an ironic twist, GOW's plot will be praised for its innovations while the gameplay will be considered dull and lifeless.

edited 25th Jun '16 9:45:16 AM by Soble

Yeah, Ascension actually had a kind of clever bait-and-switch with regards to the sex minigame thing the series has going for it. I mean, it was still pretty pandering with the boobs, but the way it made it look like there'd be a weird out-of-place sex mini game and then went "nope" was actually kinda fun.

I'm thinking of buying the collection for PS 3 and playing through the whole thing.

edited 25th Jun '16 2:37:00 PM by Pannic

New trailer!

Release Window confirmed for "Early 2018"

And here's the box art.

edited 12th Jun '17 8:07:11 PM by dmysta3000

The world serpent?

So, Norse then.

edited 12th Jun '17 8:32:23 PM by Soble

I mean, didn't we guess that during the first preview for the game?

Norse setting was pretty clear from the announcement trailer

The world serpent is gonna have Kratos weaken Thor so It can kill him to start Ragnarok.

They've been saying, "Norse mythos next," since interviews just after God of War III. Somehow, it still manages to be surprising every time they release new information.

Swear to Odin, we're going to get to God of War 5 and there will still be people going, "Whoa, guys, I think they might be doing Norse mythos!"

(3) Meh, too late to save face and put a Joking Mode tag.

Just, actually seeing the world serpent, which I gather is a pretty big thing in Norse mythos, actually in a trailer is something else. And per its name its really f'cking big. o_o

Like I'm genuinely excited to see how Kratos is going to kill this thing and that's horrible because the kid apparently speaks world serpent and said it wanted to help them.

Yeah, it's a big deal in Norse myth. The Midgard Serpent, Jormungandr, is basically Thor's archnemesis. It's a child of Loki along with its siblings Hel, goddess of the dead, and the dire wolf Fenrir who causes all manner of problems. The serpent is so large that it's body surrounds the entire world. It's had numerous run-ins with Thor, basically because it's big and scary and that's more or less an invitation to be f*cked with by Thor who isn't happy unless he's proving how big his scrotum is by smiting things.

Most of the stories about Jormungandr follow that formula. Thor f*cks with the Serpent. They tussle. Thor goes home. Rinse and repeat. The big one, of course, is the Norse end of days, Ragnarok. Jormungandr rises form the ocean and poisons the sky, bringing about the end of life on Earth. Thor faces Jormungandr in battle one last time. He defeats the Serpent, but then he takes nine steps, succumbs to the Serpent's venom in his wounds, and dies on the spot.

That's not a happy ending.

And I feel like Marvel Comics got some of that wrong...

And I also have to question how exactly you tussle with a snake that big. Or how it surrounds the planet. Is there like a Great Wall of World Serpent somewhere in every country/continent/landmass even running through the ocean? And this giant serpent released venom into the sky to end all life on earth?

edited 13th Jun '17 5:04:15 PM by Soble

I think the great wall of serpent is supposed to be in the oceans. So, like, it wraps around the continents.

As for how you tussle with a beast that size, the answer is "Because Thor". He's basically the Norse Kratos. Nearly all of his stories are Thor picking fights with impossibly huge and powerful things just to prove how big his dick is and frequently winning.

If you could wipe out an army by sitting down in the wrong place, Thor has a murderboner for you.

edited 13th Jun '17 5:13:07 PM by TobiasDrake

...why aren't we playing that video game?

I mean like God of War but damn. Well, why weren't we playing that video game sooner.

I'm sure Kratos will probably turn on the serpent and kill it himself.

Or his son does, somehow.

As an idea of the kind of stories these are:

Thor has a buddy named Hymir. Hymir is a giant and the former owner of a cauldron that's a mile wide. Thor and Tyr swiped it from him 'cause they needed something to make beer in. Norse gods drink a lot of beer.

That's not the story.

Thor and Hymir went fishing one day. Hymir refused to provide bait, however, so Thor was like, "Cool, I'll make my own," and promptly decapitated one of Hymir's oxen. Thor's a bit of an asshole, FYI. So they got in a boat and went out to the place where Hymir fishes for whales, but Thor's like, "Nah, man, what I'm after, we gotta go farther."

Turns out he was fishing for Jormungandr, 'cause he wanted to f*ck with it. He put the ox head on the end of a hook and cast it out into the ocean, and when the Serpent bit, Thor reeled him in. Jormungandr roiled out of the ocean ready to attack. Thor grabbed his hammer like, "C'mon, this is gonna be awesome," but Hymir promptly pissed himself and cut the line, releasing the Serpent.

Then they went home 'cause Thor hadn't thought to murder two of Hymir's oxen, and Thor was probably all pissy 'cause he had murder-blueballs the whole trip.