GOWTLOZ said:
Johnw1104 said:
List is really difficult... First, there's two that I'm head and shoulders more excited for than the others:
- Zelda BotW
- Mount & Blade II
Then here's ten listed in no particular order
- South Park
- Horizon
- Pirates (forget name)
- FF XV
- Battlefield 1
- Civ VI
- Ever Oasis
- Pokemon Sun/Moon
- Star Trek VR
- Resident Evil 7
There's a few more I'm interested in...otherwise, I must admit I've always been just slightly interested in God of War as it really feels like a button masher interrupted by quicktime events. Death Stranding is probably something I'll be interested in eventually, but given we only have a cinematic of a naked Norman Reedus I don't think it warrants a spot on the list yet lol
Even so, there were more games I wanted to list than the 12 above, but I had to stop at some point. Plenty of quality titles ahead!
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God of War has never been a button masher especially at high difficulty setting. Plenty of weapon variety, enemy variety, block, evade, counter, jump, double jump, combos and weapon upgrades. QTE's are mostly optional except for boss fights where they are used as finishers.
Its actually the best hack and slash franchise by far everything considered.
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Well given it's so popular I've no doubt many people enjoy it, and clearly it wasn't a matter of just smashing one button... I remember taking the time to search for every chest in the game (I think it was God of War 2), but by the time we were about half way through the game began to feel a bit like a grind to my roommate and I. I think one of the issues were those brief cutscenes when you'd maim and kill the enemies in different ways which, while initially awesome, got a little old by the 60th time you'd seen it. Perhaps the levels were just a bit too long or we needed more types of enemies, I don't know.
The visuals were clearly the best part for me, especially the background scenes. The music was great, and I loved the setting and thought the designs of the gods were all superb. The sex scenes were bizarre and awkward (shouldn't he be grieving over his wife and kid lol), and the combat was initially fun though it came to grow stale at times. While I'm not a big fan of QTE, I'd say the staging of the battles against the bosses were pretty billiant at times. As for the narrative, it was fairly simple but you DID want to see him kill those damn olympians.
I think if there'd been a greater variety of enemy or the levels were a bit shorter I'd have liked it more, but the game started to feel like a chore over time. This new game, though, looks rather awesome on first glance. I liked the fixed camera of the old ones, but I'll give this one a chance with its over-the-shoulder approach. The combat looks necessarily more complex with that view point, and they've chosen another superb setting. I didn't put it on my list yet due to my previous experience, but it could certainly wind up being something that appeals to me.
