I feel misled on the backtracking stuff, based on what I understand.
You actually *can't* backtrack much of the game until after you just about (or do) beat the game, including an early stat boost item. So it's a pretty sucky feeling to know I'm gonna be a little underpowered the whole game.
I'm. . .not sure that's true. I can backtrack to every area I've been to so far. I've only opened up the map so to speak, but I can absolutely go back to the beginning of the game. Now there's nothing there (I think there was an item I saw), but beyond that you can definitely go back, especially if you're talking about
the health upgrade
. Maybe I'm missing something.
EDIT: And the game just got bigger. Just got to
Alfheim. I honestly thought we were only going to be in Midgard and Asgard (as 43 of the 51 Odin Ravens are on Midgard. Nope.
Wait, how? Specifically there's two parts I feel I can't go back through right now.
Yeah specifically the health upgrade.
1) So after the cutscene with Atreus and the bridge, I couldn't figure out how to go back up. This is right after you get the light runic attack and it drops you in an area with a bunch of enemies to use it on.
2) I'm in the Lake of the Nine and I can't go back to the Witch's house and thus back to everything else? I can go to the cave and there's like a small dock and a red glowing thing.
When I was looking at it last night it seemed like a lot of people had the same question. I also never unlocked any of the early mystic gates, and they're also one-way anyway until the so-called late game so I don't think I can use that either.
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God of War 3 was the game I bought a PS3 to play. It was a great game, though I told myself no one game was worth getting an entire console for, and I expected I would buy many more PS3 games and it would be worthwhile in the end. I think I wound up buying 3 other PS3 games, 2 of which I regret owning (Castlevania 2 and DmC).
I haven't gotten a current gen console yet. With GoW out, the temptation is strong. Dare I repeat history? (Actually I've made a large list of a number of current gen games already, so I'm not too worried about not having a worthwhile library - God of War may just be the last push to finally getting the console).
Kratos' axe brings memories back of the Conan the Adventurer animated series I used to watch as a kid, where some of the characters had those Star Metal weapons that returned to them on command. I'm loving it.
Oh my god, the dad moments in this are so good, both positive and negative.
Early spoilers, just after first axe upgrade:
he's afraid or reluctant to touch his son out of affection. It's very sad.
And then Atreus makes a shot by himself, and you feel pride--and you see he dropped his knife, and Kratos makes that dad sound, that "harrumph, we're going to talk about THIS later"
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
Oh my god, the dad moments in this are so good, both positive and negative.
Early spoilers, just after first axe upgrade:
he's afraid or reluctant to touch his son out of affection. It's very sad.
And then Atreus makes a shot by himself, and you feel pride--and you see he dropped his knife, and Kratos makes that dad sound, that "harrumph, we're going to talk about THIS later"
The dad feels have been incredibly strong in this so far. You can tell this game was created by a group of people who have matured and have their own families now. It's very authentic and incredible well written and acted.
I feel misled on the backtracking stuff, based on what I understand.
You actually *can't* backtrack much of the game until after you just about (or do) beat the game, including an early stat boost item. So it's a pretty sucky feeling to know I'm gonna be a little underpowered the whole game.
I'm. . .not sure that's true. I can backtrack to every area I've been to so far. I've only opened up the map so to speak, but I can absolutely go back to the beginning of the game. Now there's nothing there (I think there was an item I saw), but beyond that you can definitely go back, especially if you're talking about
the health upgrade
. Maybe I'm missing something.
EDIT: And the game just got bigger. Just got to
Alfheim. I honestly thought we were only going to be in Midgard and Asgard (as 43 of the 51 Odin Ravens are on Midgard. Nope.
Wait, how? Specifically there's two parts I feel I can't go back through right now.
Yeah specifically the health upgrade.
1) So after the cutscene with Atreus and the bridge, I couldn't figure out how to go back up. This is right after you get the light runic attack and it drops you in an area with a bunch of enemies to use it on.
2) I'm in the Lake of the Nine and I can't go back to the Witch's house and thus back to everything else? I can go to the cave and there's like a small dock and a red glowing thing.
When I was looking at it last night it seemed like a lot of people had the same question. I also never unlocked any of the early mystic gates, and they're also one-way anyway until the so-called late game so I don't think I can use that either.
I'll have to check when I can get back to the overworld, but I swear I didn't have any trouble going backwards.
Well, I'm out until I can grab the game. I don't want to read anything even remotely spoiler-adjacent, because I want to go in as in the dark as possible.
Sidequest to find a drawf, and they come across a Soul-Eater. They see that the dwarves severed hand is attached.
Atreus: "Well now we know what happened. No need to fight it."
Kratos: "No, we will fight it."
Atreus: "What! Why?!"
Kratos: "Because you are afraid."
Kratos's dad-ing is on point in this so far.
When Atreus lost the knife while hunting that boat I was honestly impressed.
“Would this make it easier for you to cut that root?
“Oh no...if I’d lost that-“
“You DID lose it”
Also all the times Atreus asks “I wonder what happened here? And Kratos just replies “follow the clues” and you get to listen to Atreus piece things together is super interesting. I’m glad they’re sticking to a very deliberate and consistent dynamic between the two.
I really can't believe how amazing this game is. I'm on that one island in the Lake of Nine and Atreus goes "is that a [bleep]? I've never seen one so close!" And I'm thinking "oh, did he find a little statue? But then why would he say he'd never seen--" and then everything exploded and an amazing thing was at the top of the stairs.
Man, I am so hyped for this game. I understood the series as over-the-top juvenile in tone originally, which I could deal with but rolled my eyes a lot. Beside all the very impressive gameplay and technical achievements of the game, I'm really excited to have a side-kick gently mocking him for it. Why I don't own this already I don't know. (Oh yes I do, I'm finishing Far Cry 5 and making myself finish a game before buying the next is how I stay sane)
Heavy Draugr are a pain in the ass. Revenants too.
Challenging ain't no joke — I can't imagine what the hardest difficulty is like.
After having been at work all day, then driving home, making dinner, cleaning out a bunch of crap from the garage for the spring pick-up tomorrow morning, and putting my youngest kids to bed, I finally got around to playing this game. I told my 8 year old son he could watch because, you know, bonding. I am playing it on the hardest difficulty (Give Me God of War) and can confirm that it is no fucking joke. I literally played the very first fight for at least 20 minutes. It took me another 10 or so to get past the second big pack of Draugr. I enjoy playing things on the hardest difficulty setting, because that really forces me to understand how the game works -- how to block and counter effectively, how to read enemy animations and dodge / punish appropriately, etc. So, I definitely had a good idea of what I was getting into.
But even having said that, yeah ... this game is an absolute fucking menace on Give Me God of War.
I did beat the first "boss" on my second try, though. And the first HOLY SHIT BOSS on my first.
This is very cool and good. I still haven't hit the hub area but I hope I do before I need to go to bed tonight. Some incredible animations and sound design.
I just finished a horrible puzzle at the end of a long hall of horrible puzzles interspersed with horrible monsters, and it ended up being a dead end with just a chest. I was gonna get mad, but it ended up holding a Talisman of Bayonetta Witch Time.
Ooooooooooooh, so Kratos' own character level is also based on the overall LVL stat on all of his equipped gear(enchants included), not the raw stat increases. And upgrading gear also increases its LVL. His character level is what's measured against the level of the enemies he fights and determines how much damage they deal/take. That explains so damn much.
I feel like the game could explain that better at the outset.
Yeah I’ve been super conservative with upgrading stuff because I have no idea how plentiful some of this stuff is and when you might suddenly get a rare/epic or whatever. I’m still consider d level 1, even though my actual stats are pretty high.
Yeah it turns out to be a bad idea because it's like trying to fight above your level in an MMO, enemies get gigantic all-around modifiers against you as the level difference increases, regardless of your stats.
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pyromaniac221this just might bean interestin YTRegistered Userregular
This game is excellent. I was hesitant at first mostly because of the combat, which didn’t seem to be my cup of tea (mostly because of the camera angle), but I’m finding it satisfying and not at all frustrating. I think what’s impressing me most is the restraint in storytelling. Most games with this setting and pedigree would want to hit you over the head with names and foreshadowing and grandiose imagery but this one is keeping things close to the chest and trusting that you’ll be on the hook without a clear picture of what it’s going to be, which I really dig.
I’ve got a question about an early encounter in the spoiler.
What actor plays The Stranger? He seems really familiar, but I can’t exactly remember. I tried to look it up but I think I just got spoiled on something about him and I don’t want to know about anyone else in the game for now.
I’ve got a question about an early encounter in the spoiler.
What actor plays The Stranger? He seems really familiar, but I can’t exactly remember. I tried to look it up but I think I just got spoiled on something about him and I don’t want to know about anyone else in the game for now.
It's
Jeremy Davies, who I know from Justified as the weird twitchy guy with the mullet
Challenge mode in the beginning is only a pain because you don't have much offense and your gear is terrible. Once you get past that first stage and unlock some Leviathan skills (like the running attacks and the R1 stun) things start to open up a bit. Combat can still get hairy but I've found that once you're around level 3, you're in the groove.
Speaking of combat I would recommend: (Spoilers for when the world first opens up)
Doing the quest for the spirits that can not rest. You will open up Muppetheim, which contains an arena. Here you can practice with nearly insta cooldown abilities and rapidly spawning enemies of many varieties. It is a good way practice your twitch skills in combat as well as some of the trickier skills and parry timings
So how long until there's a supercut of every single time Kratos says 'Boy'?
I'd say it should get faster every time he says it, but it'd only be 2 minutes long.
So I'm still pretty sure @ED! is wrong about being able to go back to the beginning before the late/end game unless I'm missing something.
I now have both magic arrow types, the water has now dropped twice and I can go back to the Witch's House, but the brambles block the path to go back any further.
But before I even got the second magic arrow I couldn't even go to that point.
I'm starting to think this game might be the best thing I've ever played.
I also can't decide which is better, knowing about the plot of the first three games and Kratos' past or going in with this being someones first God of War and not knowing anything about Kratos' past and being as clueless as Atreus, always wondering and trying to pick up on clues and pry it out of him.
I spent my first chunk of XP on the charged frost axe throw ability and it says added effect 0/100 Cooldown and i'm not sure what that means or how to go about raising that to unlock the extra effect
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Wait, how? Specifically there's two parts I feel I can't go back through right now.
1) So after the cutscene with Atreus and the bridge, I couldn't figure out how to go back up. This is right after you get the light runic attack and it drops you in an area with a bunch of enemies to use it on.
2) I'm in the Lake of the Nine and I can't go back to the Witch's house and thus back to everything else? I can go to the cave and there's like a small dock and a red glowing thing.
When I was looking at it last night it seemed like a lot of people had the same question. I also never unlocked any of the early mystic gates, and they're also one-way anyway until the so-called late game so I don't think I can use that either.
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I haven't gotten a current gen console yet. With GoW out, the temptation is strong. Dare I repeat history? (Actually I've made a large list of a number of current gen games already, so I'm not too worried about not having a worthwhile library - God of War may just be the last push to finally getting the console).
Early spoilers, just after first axe upgrade:
And then Atreus makes a shot by himself, and you feel pride--and you see he dropped his knife, and Kratos makes that dad sound, that "harrumph, we're going to talk about THIS later"
The dad feels have been incredibly strong in this so far. You can tell this game was created by a group of people who have matured and have their own families now. It's very authentic and incredible well written and acted.
I'll have to check when I can get back to the overworld, but I swear I didn't have any trouble going backwards.
Challenging ain't no joke — I can't imagine what the hardest difficulty is like.
Time to go everywhere except where the quest marker is.
“Would this make it easier for you to cut that root?
“Oh no...if I’d lost that-“
“You DID lose it”
Also all the times Atreus asks “I wonder what happened here? And Kratos just replies “follow the clues” and you get to listen to Atreus piece things together is super interesting. I’m glad they’re sticking to a very deliberate and consistent dynamic between the two.
More abilities. It gets more manageable when you unlock crafting/upgrading.
Found a great hype video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmudHehrvvc
Kratos quietly lets out an amused “heh”
Atreus:” Did you just laugh?”
Kratos:”No.”
Atreus:”But..”
Kratos:”I do not laugh.”
After having been at work all day, then driving home, making dinner, cleaning out a bunch of crap from the garage for the spring pick-up tomorrow morning, and putting my youngest kids to bed, I finally got around to playing this game. I told my 8 year old son he could watch because, you know, bonding. I am playing it on the hardest difficulty (Give Me God of War) and can confirm that it is no fucking joke. I literally played the very first fight for at least 20 minutes. It took me another 10 or so to get past the second big pack of Draugr. I enjoy playing things on the hardest difficulty setting, because that really forces me to understand how the game works -- how to block and counter effectively, how to read enemy animations and dodge / punish appropriately, etc. So, I definitely had a good idea of what I was getting into.
But even having said that, yeah ... this game is an absolute fucking menace on Give Me God of War.
I did beat the first "boss" on my second try, though. And the first HOLY SHIT BOSS on my first.
So, you know, steady improvement.
Also the shield parry is so cool, and incentive enough to not cower behind it
I feel like the game could explain that better at the outset.
It's
Speaking of combat I would recommend: (Spoilers for when the world first opens up)
"None of your fuckin' business, now get in here."
New favorite character.
I'm dying.
After avoiding all the videos and spoilers i could i finally started playing
I'd say it should get faster every time he says it, but it'd only be 2 minutes long.
But before I even got the second magic arrow I couldn't even go to that point.
Switch: US 1651-2551-4335 JP 6310-4664-2624
MH3U Monster Cheat Sheet / MH3U Veggie Elder Ticket Guide
I also can't decide which is better, knowing about the plot of the first three games and Kratos' past or going in with this being someones first God of War and not knowing anything about Kratos' past and being as clueless as Atreus, always wondering and trying to pick up on clues and pry it out of him.
I have a skill related question i'm not 100% on