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Ok but what else could that line in the OP be referring to though
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edit: oh, i missed the 2nd part. no clue.
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Jun 3, 2018 16:55
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edit: nvm it was snipped
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Jun 3, 2018 16:56
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Extra scene at home after the game, Valkyrie off to the side when you cut through the brush with blades.
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Jun 3, 2018 16:58
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i think maybe the op is just confused about when you can access that chamber
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Jun 3, 2018 17:02
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I did everything there was to do in the game before beating it so yeah that confused me too.
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Jun 3, 2018 20:14
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Because the game highlighted the door in the intro, I raced back there as soon as I got the pick. I was expecting something really plot significant.
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Jun 4, 2018 08:01
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Luckily that one doesn’t contain a nightmarishly hard encounter to gently caress you right after you get a power spike from blades and chisel, only a moderately hard encounter. Also I’m a huge fan of trips, and I very quickly learnt how to exploit the r1 and r2 throws.
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Jun 4, 2018 08:56
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Done almost everything in this game and only just learned there are both light and heavy throws thanks to this thread God dammit Loved the game but I do think Freya’s characterisation at the very end (“my son is obviously a lunatic who is beyond saving and who is going to kill me and a bunch of other people if he is allowed to live but I still swear revenge on the person who does it because MOTHERHOOD”) is super weak and Atreus’ turn to and from dickheadedness after learning about his true ancestry were both very sudden but the twist helped with that second one a bit.
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Jun 4, 2018 15:42
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I honestly hope there's some cooling-off between this game and the next and they don't just waste her character on a screeching villain role until the end of the story/Kratos-or-Atreus kills her. Like I wouldn't expect her to ever forgive him but there would be some interesting narrative grey areas that aren't "I hate you forever and I will endlessly try to kill you unless you kill me first." Cause they already did that with Baldr
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Jun 4, 2018 17:19
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Escobarbarian posted:Loved the game but I do think Freya’s characterisation at the very end (“my son is obviously a lunatic who is beyond saving and who is going to kill me and a bunch of other people if he is allowed to live but I still swear revenge on the person who does it because MOTHERHOOD”) is super weak and Atreus’ turn to and from dickheadedness after learning about his true ancestry were both very sudden but the twist helped with that second one a bit. atreus becoming a dick was handled alright but the way he just abruptly stops and it's never really brought up again afterwards is, to me, the weakest point in the narrative. at least apologize to sindri, kid
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Jun 4, 2018 18:17
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Manatee Cannon posted:atreus becoming a dick was handled alright but the way he just abruptly stops and it's never really brought up again afterwards is, to me, the weakest point in the narrative. at least apologize to sindri, kid He does apologize at one point if you keep talking to him and Grok.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:19
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I think Atreus landing the gang in Hel and seeing the memories of his dad being a jerkface were meant to be moments of self-realization but it was missing some kind of acknowledging line on the boat.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:23
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exquisite tea posted:I think Atreus landing the gang in Hel and seeing the memories of his dad being a jerkface were meant to be moments of self-realization but it was missing some kind of acknowledging line on the boat. i'm p sure this is a thread that didn't have a payoff in the first game on purpose
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Jun 4, 2018 18:24
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Well in all other regards the narrative does a pretty good job addressing current plot threads while setting stuff up for the future, but in this one area I felt it was lacking some "okay I was out of line" exchange.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:27
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:i'm p sure this is a thread that didn't have a payoff in the first game on purpose maybe but I think they could have set that up better if it is indeed the case
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Jun 4, 2018 18:32
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I didn't think Atreus' voice actor was very good tbh
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Jun 4, 2018 18:38
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exquisite tea posted:I think Atreus landing the gang in Hel and seeing the memories of his dad being a jerkface were meant to be moments of self-realization but it was missing some kind of acknowledging line on the boat. You mean like when he said "Is that me..? but I..." during the stabbing sequence replay? I think that was the self realization, combined with the apology to Sindri later.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:43
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Pablo Nergigante posted:I didn't think Atreus' voice actor was very good tbh The quality of the game's VA was sort of all over the place, but I thought Boi was mostly good. To be fair, it's no easy task finding young voice actors (or actors!) that can pull off a part without seeming stilted.
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Jun 4, 2018 21:29
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:The quality of the game's VA was sort of all over the place, but I thought Boi was mostly good. To be fair, it's no easy task finding young voice actors (or actors!) that can pull off a part without seeming stilted. Freya and Baldur were good, Kratos was good, dwarves were so-so, I think everyone could have benefitted from going even more over-the-top tbh. One thing I like about the old God of War games is that they really lean into the craziness that already exists in Greek mythology
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Jun 4, 2018 21:31
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Freya's VA and animation was so loving good. There's something about the eyes in this game. It may not be perfect in the facial movements at times, but they somehow managed to nail down the eyes and goddamn you feel a lot in looks from Freya or Kratos.
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Jun 4, 2018 21:33
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Pretty humiliating to get the Muspelheim valk down to 10% health 10 times in a row, only to have her end the match my stepping on your face with her stilettos while yelling how worthless you are.
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Jun 5, 2018 01:44
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Steve Yun posted:Pretty humiliating to get the Muspelheim valk down to 10% health 10 times in a row, only to have her end the match my stepping on your face with her stilettos while yelling how worthless you are. 2 times is a coincidence, third time is a pattern...
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Jun 5, 2018 02:47
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Steve Yun posted:Pretty humiliating to get the Muspelheim valk down to 10% health 10 times in a row, only to have her end the match my stepping on your face with her stilettos while yelling how worthless you are. Sounds hot Anyway, I turned the difficulty down to easy to beat Sigrun. Got the trophy, so it was the right thing to do 
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Jun 5, 2018 06:15
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I had to take a call and didn’t get a great look at the hidden part of the Jotunheim mural. I saw what I assumed was a dying Kratos, but what else was going on there?
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Jun 5, 2018 07:17
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Atreus has the world serpent coming out of his mouth
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Jun 5, 2018 10:51
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Manatee Cannon posted:atreus becoming a dick was handled alright but the way he just abruptly stops and it's never really brought up again afterwards is, to me, the weakest point in the narrative. at least apologize to sindri, kid I think it was in this thread that someone mentioned it, but there’s a perfectly good explanation as to why he stops abruptly and it never comes up again: Loki is a famously lovely drunk in Norse myth. Kid sobered up.
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Jun 8, 2018 10:28
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Oh poo poo yeah I totally forgot about the wine
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Jun 8, 2018 10:44
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So he was literally drunk with power. 
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Jun 8, 2018 14:28
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exquisite tea posted:Well in all other regards the narrative does a pretty good job addressing current plot threads while setting stuff up for the future, but in this one area I felt it was lacking some "okay I was out of line" exchange. There's also the fact that Atreus is now scared shitless that he may do the same thing, too.
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Jun 8, 2018 15:39
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I got kind of confused because he kept saying "That wasn't me" and "I don't remember" about his brat phase when confronted about it like he was possessed. Seemed like really bad writing or foreshadowing.
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Jun 8, 2018 16:35
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The kid is Loki. Of course it's foreshadowing for something bad.
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Jun 8, 2018 18:17
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Black August posted:The kid is Loki. Of course it's foreshadowing for something bad. I thought they were going to reveal that Boi originally 'blacked out' and killed Feye, and that Kratos was resisting telling him for obvious reasons. That type of reveal would've made the Baldur arc strong imo, especially Kratos' reaction. Who knows, maybe they originally planned on revealing that but moved the reveal to GoW2.
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His rage was tied to learning he was a god, no? I don't know if him killing Faye fits since keeping the truth of his parentage was making him physically ill and weak until Kratos told him the truth.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I thought they were going to reveal that Boi originally 'blacked out' and killed Feye, and that Kratos was resisting telling him for obvious reasons. That type of reveal would've made the Baldur arc strong imo, especially Kratos' reaction. Who knows, maybe they originally planned on revealing that but moved the reveal to GoW2. I don't know. The early game makes it clear that she knew she was going to die because she marked out the trees she wanted. The game doesn't outright say what it was, but it at least seems that whatever it was wasn't a sudden event. Also lol at anyone who thinks Baldur was going to kill his mother and then just bid Kratos on his way and not that he was a lunatic who was never going to stop coming after them. For me the Baldur/Freya arc worked because it's in direct contrast with Kratos/Loki. Both strive to be better but, when faced with the same choice, Baldur rejects it. Sure there's a certain lack of grace to it but that's ok. And I'm not convinced that Freya is coming back as a villain either given the head's talk about her needing more time to heal. For all the talk of her acting hysterical, the game itself seems to cut it off by saying she just watched her kid get killed, what else do you expect?
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DrVenkman posted:I don't know. The early game makes it clear that she knew she was going to die because she marked out the trees she wanted. The game doesn't outright say what it was, but it at least seems that whatever it was wasn't a sudden event. Yeah, I guess I see what you're saying about the trees. Also, I don't think anyone is accusing Freya of acting hysterical (and if they are then they can gently caress off with that term and its lovely implications), but I'm not exactly convinced that the writing of that part (final Baldur showdown) of the story is up to snuff either. Parts of it just felt awkward and forced, especially compared to a lot of the naturalistic banter between Kratos and Boi.
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Jun 14, 2018 01:23
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Also, I don't think anyone is accusing Freya of acting hysterical (and if they are then they can gently caress off with that term and its lovely implications), Wait, what? Isnt hysterical pretty much exactly what she was, screaming in grief and a wreck?
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Jun 14, 2018 01:25
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cubicle gangster posted:Wait, what? Isnt hysterical pretty much exactly what she was, screaming in grief and a wreck? “Hysterical” has a root word that specifically refers to the womb in Latin, so it’s basically an outdated medical term for an unspecified “bitch be crazy” diagnosis.
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That is a new one for me. I've only ever heard the word used when rarely a man but usually a woman is in a complete emotional wreck, almost always within the context of a recently deceased child. ie: 'it was upsetting, he/she was in complete hysterics' Arent there a ton of latin words like that where we dont give a poo poo about where they came from anymore?
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It has bad connotations from back when women were sent to drs to have orgasms for being in 'hysterics' or sad in the head to be fixed and poo poo, iirc. Personally I think it's so far from that definition now to not matter. It's used to describe poo poo as hilarious or funny as often as it is to describe a crazy sort of emotional state. I'd say it's not so much a gendered word any more and hasn't been for quite some time.
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