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Forums - Sony Discussion - God of War shows why I consider SSM better than ND and you might as well

 

Do you agree?

Yes 12 25.00%
 
No 13 27.08%
 
They are both as good as the other 22 45.83%
 
Haven't played God of War 1 2.08%
 
Haven't played Uncharted 0 0%
 
Total:48
greenFizz on 27 April 2018

Wow! Microsoft is losing so bad this generation that Sony fans are forced to cannibalize each other.



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fauzman on 27 April 2018
taus90 said:
fauzman said:
They are both equally good though i admit i havent played all their games yet.

I will point out that ND have made a variety of genres ranging from pure platform (crash) to action adventure with hugely greater realism and a focus on TPS over 3 consoles. SSM has only worked on the single IP with similar play styles (most recent game excluded). Food for thought no?

Sony Santa Monica has incubated team and helped with development and produced far more games than ND, Journey, Order 1886, Fat princess adventures etc, majority of Xdev team are from SSM, Unfortunately they had to cancel their new Sc-Fi shooter, coz it was turning out similar to Destiny, Right now ND pedigree is excellent writing and production values, but not so good gameplay mechanics, with GoW SSM proved they can give an ND level story with equally deep gameplay.. took me 30 hrs to finish it. 

Well we dont know to what extent they helped out on all the other games you mentioned above so that doesnt necessarily mean much.

Also i dont see why people complain so much about the gameplay. Its all very well to criticize them but i dont see anyone suggesting alternatives. I havent played GOW yet so cant comment on it. But certainly the prev games have had very similar gameplay across all prev 3 games.

 

Note that i am NOT saying ND is better (i think they are equally good). Just pointing out that imo ND have stretched themselves and worked more varied genres. 



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RespectDecena on 27 April 2018

I haven't truly enjoyed a Naughty Dog game since Jak 3, while I've enjoyed every God of War, I have yet to play the new one yet though, so I agree personally. But I think they need to make a new IP at some point, just to see what else they can do. Luckily the new god of war shows they can make different types of games.



JRPGfan on 27 April 2018
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
JRPGfan said:
Both are amasing game studio's... right up there with the best of them.... like that god tier level.

Do you think Santa Monica would be up there without God of War 4?

Probably not tbh... but this last GoW is a gem.



tokilamockingbrd on 27 April 2018

I have not played many other SSM games besides GOW4, but I will say GOW4 is better than any ND game I have played.

That said I don't think SSM has as a consistent of a track record as ND. No one does.



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Oneeee-Chan!!! on 27 April 2018

Never mind.
Both are great.



loy310 on 27 April 2018

I think SSM and Cory are just better than ND. GOW shits on everything Uncharted/LoU this gen on every level, its crazy, GOW blew me away.
I never thought i would be saying this, and it goes to show how good Sony 1st party is right now, but this GOW takes it for me, cant see how its gonna be topped this gen by Sony, i just cant see it, dont think ND has the talent to top it. GOW was so good it makes ND work look regular........
Everything for me has to be like GOW tier now or its trash, lolzz.
I beat the game twice this week, and their may be a 3rd and 4th playthru later in the year. Its like back in the day with the SNES and the NES, wake up blew the dust off the cartridge and played the same game everyday and was still able to have fun, i have never replayed any ND game.

Never saw this coming.



contestgamer on 28 April 2018
GribbleGrunger said:
When SSM make a groundbreaking, industry changing masterpiece like TLOU, I'll agree. Until then I'll just say they're getting much much better.

TLOU didnt change anything about the industry actually.



Hynad on 28 April 2018
contestgamer said:
GribbleGrunger said:
When SSM make a groundbreaking, industry changing masterpiece like TLOU, I'll agree. Until then I'll just say they're getting much much better.

TLOU didnt change anything about the industry actually.

I'm not sure you have played God of War if you say that.



PEEPer0nni on 28 April 2018
contestgamer said:
GribbleGrunger said:
When SSM make a groundbreaking, industry changing masterpiece like TLOU, I'll agree. Until then I'll just say they're getting much much better.

TLOU didnt change anything about the industry actually.

They did narratively.