Got to admit Im struggling with the 2018 one.

Upgrade systems feel well ott for the type of game it is. Combat while more nuanced on paper than the OG trilogy is a bit plodding. So far Ive faced two of the big trolls with logs, both times it felt liek standing a mile away lobbing my axe was the way forward if slow. Speaking of, walking around in general is very slow, puzzles are so obvious they just really serve to slow everything down further.

Im not that far in, just met the world serpent and drained the lake revealing the golden bridge so suspect that's the end of the beginning. I did enjoy the stranger fight. Mostly though Im left wondering what happened to the GoW spectacle. I mean the start of GoW3 was eye blistering in its scale and scope.


The OG trilogy could be described as angry thrashing spectacle. This is Dad Plod.

Ill play some more but find im drifting off to the other games in the collection.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

I was really surprised by how much I liked the first one and equally surprised in how disappointing I find this one.

Loved the first. Reading all these comments makes me think I'll wait for Ragnorok to his PS Plus.

heh

Just picked this up again and man I’m in a so fucking tedious section.

I'm still not quite getting the hate... I'm 13h in now, and plugging away pretty happily really.  It's been decidedly linear (apart from two chunky side quests bits, which I've done both of), but no real complaints: combat is grand really (a few more enemy types coming into the mix), couple of big bosses, plot meandering a bit all over the place, ... but kinda getting what I expected, and it seems fun going along for the ride.

So yeah, intrigued which bits people are moaning about.  Maybe they're still to come for me, or my tolerance is higher than others for whatever reasons atm?

When I played this there was a bit right at the very end where the game developed a bug and wouldn't let me walk through a massive set of ornate doors - because I walked away from a conversation too early, and it just fell over. It felt like a good summary of the whole game - very beautiful, but determined that I do everything at its pace, or not at all.

There an entirely optional area late on that feels really open and interesting in comparison to the rest, and I found myself wishing the whole game had been like that.

The thing is compared to say horizon it’s just not that good. It’s not as pretty, it’s neither open world or proper levels , it’s not content to let you alone for a
Minute .. it’s just like playing for the sake of it

I loved it. Though like you I can completely understand why some didn’t and couldn’t see it through.

Has something missing that the first had, couldn’t tell you what that is though.

Just fought my first Valkyrie, 15 hours in, which felt like the first proper fight. How long left?

I award this post of the day

tin_robot wrote:

When I played this there was a bit right at the very end where the game developed a bug and wouldn't let me walk through a massive set of ornate doors - because I walked away from a conversation too early, and it just fell over. It felt like a good summary of the whole game - very beautiful, but determined that I do everything at its pace, or not at all. There an entirely optional area late on that feels really open and interesting in comparison to the rest, and I found myself wishing the whole game had been like that.

I’m at this bit you mention in your last sentence.  It’s really good and feels like a viable route forwards for the game or even an offshoot.

Pretty close to the end now I think. Very much mainlining it now. Might pop to the optional but that tin mentioned, assuming I can carry on after credits and have any remaining mojo.

Still basically enjoying it, but yeah pretty low interest in all the side shit now cos it's all been a bit too samey/not enough genuine reward...

It gets better as it goes certainly, and the crater area is great, but still they keep bringing in walking feel-the-emotion sections that are just beyond pointless. The franchise doesn’t suit nuance and the heavy handed approach to it all just smacks of egotism and irrational self belief from the team that led the whole thing. There’s good here but hidden under a mighty hammer of top tier nonsense.

This crater area is huge. Have spent ages already and getting lost!