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[God of War: Ascension] Interactive Deicide Simulator
Lucascraft
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Do you like blood and gore to the max?
Do you like naked ladies and QTE sex mini-games?
Do you like brutalizing minotaurs, cyclopses, and Greek gods?
It's time for another round of God of War, y'all.
Release Date: 3.12.13
Platform: PS3
ESRB Rating: M for Mature
Now with Multiplayer!
Trailers!
Superbowl Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDhfTGkLTg
Launch Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMK8oFY1rA
Multiplayer Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUVdPpyw5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDhfTGkLTgLaunch Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMK8oFY1rAMultiplayer Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUVdPpyw5gA brief synopsis of God of War
By LucasCraft the Historian of True Greek Events
Everything that happens in God of War is 100% true to history. There is no embellishment. There is no exaggeration. There is no myth. There is only FACT.
Kratos is a man
He is a man who likes him some titties
He is a Greek man
A leader of Spartan armies
A conqueror of nations
Once merely a man
He is now the spirit of vengeance
Once a mortal with a soul
He has forsaken everything
In his lust for retribution
He slew the mighty Ares
And claimed his throne on Mt. Olympus
He awakened the titans
And boned it up real good on Aphrodite
Because bangin' mortal chicks just ain't good enough
He has been to Hades (the underworld)
At least once
Probably more like 5 times
Not counting return trips
And slew Hades (the god)
Because he's just a fat little bitch
He beat Hercules in a fist fight
He bested Hermes in a foot race
He ripped the head off of Helios and used it as a flashlight
He stabbed Athena through the heart
And that was just a typical Wednesday
Kratos is a man
He is a man who likes him some titties
He is a Greek man
A leader of Spartan armies
A conqueror of nations
Once merely a man
He is now the spirit of vengeance
Once a mortal with a soul
He has forsaken everything
In his lust for retribution
He slew the mighty Ares
And claimed his throne on Mt. Olympus
He awakened the titans
And boned it up real good on Aphrodite
Because bangin' mortal chicks just ain't good enough
He has been to Hades (the underworld)
At least once
Probably more like 5 times
Not counting return trips
And slew Hades (the god)
Because he's just a fat little bitch
He beat Hercules in a fist fight
He bested Hermes in a foot race
He ripped the head off of Helios and used it as a flashlight
He stabbed Athena through the heart
And that was just a typical Wednesday
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I may pick it up for $20 down the line
Sessler's review of it (and the description of the Trophy therein) really kinda sour my taste
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/god-of-war-ascension-is-an-enjoyable-adolescent-power-fantasy-but-that-form
While it's disappointing that Santa Monica stooped to that level, I'm not going to let one poor taste joke ruin my experience of slaughtering a plethora of fantastical creatures.
Not to the story of Kratos - I could give a shit about Kratos
But in the first thirty minutes of that game, you gouge out Poseidon's eyes. Motherfucking Poseidon
Then you go on to deal with Hermes, Apollo, Hercules, Hephaestus, Hades, Zeus, all the big names
And the villains in this game are...the Furies? Really?
If God of War III was a greatest hits album of Greek mythology, this is a B-side compilation
I don't have a problem with them de-escalating things a bit. Honestly, the level of deicide that occurred in GoW3 bordered on ridiculous.
The two other prequels are some of the best in series.
As for the trophy name, I'm pretty baffled that anyone is actually trying to raise a fuss over what was clearly meant to be a dumb little joke when there's sex mini-games and brutal (albeit to the point of being comical) content in the actual games.
Edit: Oh and nice work on the OP Lucascraft. Might want to mention that they've taken a similar approach to multiplayer that Naughty Dog did, with co-op and competitive featured as separate modes. I'm pretty interested to see what co-op's like.
It was still a really good game, and it's definitely worth owning the Origins collection, but it just felt like after the absurdity of wiping out pretty much every known quantity in 3, everything else, both prequel and sequel, would just feel like filler
I do like that they've gotten rid of sub-weapons in this game, so that's a point for. The blades are all I ever used anyways, I funneled all my points into them immediately and all other weapons were an afterthought
God of War 3 ending spoiler:
Sure, there's other stories that can be told, but why?
I would have much preferred a clean sweep game. New Pantheon, New Protagonist, New series. Keeping the "God of War" title would've been a bit superfluous, but with Sony Santa Monica and how it would eventually turn out, it would've been "a spiritual successor" and that would've worked fine.
That said, I pre-ordered Ascension and will be playing it...I'm just not going in expecting my mind to be blown. Except possibly by the Multi-player. I heard "Power Stone" and suddenly became interested.
God of War 3 definitely blew its load in running through a large part of the pantheon but I completely disagree with the idea that their deaths make any other exploration of Greek mythology pointless, as I think they're some of the least interesting parts of it in the first place. What interests me, is the setting itself and Sony Santa Monica's interpretation of it (which isn't even close to mine but is still very cool). And while I doubt they'll continue to explore it after Ascension, as this seems to be a side story before they make the real GoW4 on PS4, I'd be disappointed if Kratos suddenly jumped over to a different mythology and all he did was repeat GoW3 but with Egyptian or Norse gods.
Kratos
Vs.
Thor
To be honest, this is sort of what makes the game entirely boring to me despite the fact I am a huge fan of the first three. I really want them to move on and go do something else, show me where the story heads next. Other than the extremely tasteless trophy, they have mined the well of Greek Pantheon murdering for five games now (two PSP games as well). Going back to a prequel feels like a cheap cop out and a way of avoiding the implications of the ending of the third game. I don't think we should be going around murdering other pantheons for the hell of it really, but I would like to see the story go somewhere else and get a reason to be excited about it again.
I am going to be pretty disappointed if all anyone does with these big trilogies is just retread stories they have already told (and that we know the ending of) via. endless prequels to avoid the implications of the end of the main trilogy.
For a variety of reasons:
1) GoW3 would've been an incredibly hollow experience without the 3 game build up to it (1, 2 and CoO).
2) Continuing at the same pace of GoW3 is unsustainable, as there's only so many mythologies that they can run through and only so many things they can do at that pace.
3) The characters are nothing without the setting, especially if there's people with any semblance of imagination designing those settings. To use Lord of the Rings as an example, while seeing Gandalf and Aragorn was cool, it was seeing the settings that I had imagined in my head like Rivendell, the Mines of Moria and Minas Tirith that blew me away.
I've seen their tv commercial for this one and it doesn't help, it doesn't matter how much humanity, depth, or meaning you try to give Kratos in a prequel, everyone who's played the others knows what he ends up as and how it all ends, so what's the point?
I saw the first 30 minutes video that was put out awhile ago and like usual it was incredible. I want to like the game, I just don't think I can stomach the character.
GoW 2
Ghost of Sparta
Chains of Olympus
GoW 3
GoW 1
I don't rate 3 very highly, but not because of story or graphics. I personally didn't have a problem with either of those. My problem with 3 lies in the awful level design of the moving box section about 2/3 of the way through the game. That is the most uninspired and bland area ever. It looks like they tacked it on after the rest of the game was made. They needed some filler, so they put in a big empty cave with moving square boxes. That area lacks all of the amazing visuals of the rest of the game, and it honestly ruined the pace and feel of the overall experience for me.
GoW 1
GoW 2
GoW 3
Basically because the first game is the only one where I can actually sympathize with Kratos. After that, he just gets worse with each installment. That and I just love the Temple of Pandora.
And to heap a bit more praise on GoS, that game has some fantastic environments. Some of the best in the series. Sure, they're a bit lower resolution because it was a PSP game, but for being PSP tech, the game looks remarkable.
Which is not much better at all because its just a wordplay on the original phrase that everyone will immediately think of.
Yeah. It's actually pretty awesome of them to do this.
Keep that negative community stereotype rollin' Unco.
What negative community stereotype exactly?
I'm fine with calling out misogyny when I can see it (like the people that targeted Anita Sarkeesian, Jennifer Hepler or Jade Raymond at one time or another) but "bros before hos" has been a dumb pop culture reference for years now, one that has been used in a number of other games (including WoW and Ratchet & Clank) and picking it as a dumb trophy name doesn't insult me a bit,especially when the person that came up with it was female. And yet despite all the comically fucked up shit that takes place in the actual game, it's the silly little trophy name that people get upset over. It's idiotic.
I'm gonna have to split my time between Heart of the Swarm and GoWA.
And I second Ghost of Sparta as a great, great God of War game. Chains of Olympus is a functional, if bland, God of War game. Ghosts of Sparta is very clearly the developer's attempt to mix up the formula. The new weapons and skills are great, and the platforming sequences freaking MOVE.
Man, I am severely tempted to replay the entire series before diving into Ascension.
Well normally I'd feel wrong if anyone's face was curb stomped into mush but seeing as it's God of War and the entire experience isn't much more than a super over-the-top testosterone fueled stomp through a mythology I love with pretty good gameplay and level design, I shrug off pretty much everything. If it were taking itself really seriously then maybe I'd have a problem with things.
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Your point? If it's what I think it is, then you're a goose.
Some games have used it to great effect, like Portal 2 and ( if I'm remembering correctly) Spec Ops The Line.
Steam ID XBL: JohnnyChopsocky PSN:Stud_Beefpile WiiU:JohnnyChopsocky
That said, I'm hoping that the MP gets released individually on PSN cause that's what I'm most curious about.
It's not something you see in other media - so long as your eyes work you can always read and watch movies, so long as your ears work you can enjoy music, etc.
But video games (at least those requiring reflexes) are different. We will all eventually reach a point where we can't play them, even if we wish to. It was was an interesting confession to make. Here.