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How much harder is give me a challenge? Normal seems a bit too easy or does it ramp up? I just finished Alfheim.
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Apr 25, 2018 18:49
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Nifft posted:How much harder is give me a challenge? Normal seems a bit too easy or does it ramp up? I just finished Alfheim. It's pretty dang hard, especially if you try to take on some of the optional dungeons and rift bosses before you have a full complement of skills and gear. The storyline quests seem to be significantly easier than the side content, by and large.
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Apr 25, 2018 18:51
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Nifft posted:How much harder is give me a challenge? Normal seems a bit too easy or does it ramp up? I just finished Alfheim. You can change the difficulty any time so you can just try it out
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Apr 25, 2018 18:52
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Nifft posted:How much harder is give me a challenge? Normal seems a bit too easy or does it ramp up? I just finished Alfheim. I played TLOU on Hard and was frustrated with 3-ish areas I was stuck in. Not so with GoW, and it's way more satisfying to beat a boss or win a fight when you earned it.
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Apr 25, 2018 18:53
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ufarn posted:He'll run out of stories eventually, but he picks up new ones when the story progresses. He's basically the main plot exposition so row around or take a stroll down Yggdrasil and see if he chinwags. I'm at endgame right now, or at least I think I am - I just killed Baldr - and he's been out of stories for quite some time now. Since I only heard a handful of Kratos stories, and basically everything that people have posted about those stories isn't something I heard. I'm all but out of sidequests too, with only some treasure maps and stuff like the remaining Valkyries or the Impossible Muspelheim stuff left to do besides finishing the main story. I guess if I found the remaining 2 shrines then that person would get more stories too. I was hoping to hear Kratos tell more bad stories and not understand jokes while I look for the rest of the treasure maps.
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Apr 25, 2018 18:55
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Over There posted:Yeah I was thinking about this last night. It was probably a feature that was going to be in the game but they took it out. I just assumed it was representing your health regen during spartan rage.
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Apr 25, 2018 19:21
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Nifft posted:How much harder is give me a challenge? Normal seems a bit too easy or does it ramp up? I just finished Alfheim. I'd be impressed to see the gameplay of the person beating the final valkerie boss on anything above normal. Even on easy, with the best gear upgraded to max, it was a brutally close and difficult fight.
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Apr 25, 2018 19:32
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Kin posted:I'd be impressed to see the gameplay of the person beating the final valkerie boss on anything above normal. I only gave it one shot on easy last night, but yeah. She pushed my poo poo in, hard. I'm going to work on upgrading my armor and such tonight.
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Apr 25, 2018 19:36
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i almost want to start a "give me god of war" playthrough NOW, but Ill wait to beat the game first
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Apr 25, 2018 19:45
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wait can i have two games going simultaneously?
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Apr 25, 2018 19:48
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Thumbtacks posted:wait can i have two games going simultaneously? This game has manual saving (hit triangle while you’re in the menus) so I don’t see why not.
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Apr 25, 2018 19:50
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BOY!!!!
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Apr 25, 2018 20:00
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Thumbtacks posted:i almost want to start a "give me god of war" playthrough NOW, but Ill wait to beat the game first It's not worth it. It makes every encounter an exercise in frustration and the combat system wasn't really designed for that difficulty level. It's also stupidly hard in the first 6 hours, then it gets progressively easier and it feels like Give Me A Challenge but cheaper. For example, the fact that the axe throw pointer is so small (and loving white, of all colors you could think in a nordic mythology setting) makes it harder to quickly aim where you want to. This is absolutely a nitpicky thing on any playthrough except Give Me God Of War because here not throwing the axe in time might get you one shot on several occasions, like Magni throwing Modi in their boss fight.. I'm under the impression Santa Monica knew the highest difficulty level felt like poo poo / wasn't tested enough because there's no trophy for completing it. Honestly Give Me A Challenge is the same thing but fun, the only thing you learn at the other level is how to cheese fights over and over again.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:01
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:BOY!!!!
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Apr 25, 2018 20:02
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Probably going to beat this by the end of the week I love it so much 
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Apr 25, 2018 20:09
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Throwing and recalling the axe is super satisfying. Like, for every reason that everyone thought the Razorwind was the best weapon in Turok 2, the axe does the same but better.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:15
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The Crusher posted:Throwing and recalling the axe is super satisfying. Yeah, I kind of wish there was a skill that let you send it out again before it came all the way back. That way I could just mash the two buttons to create a blender.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:19
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This game is just too good. I've been playing it waaaaay too much when I get home from work, and loving my sleep schedule (what little schedule I had tbf), then diving in for a couple hours before work to do sidequests. I want to finish the story ASAP, though, because there's so much to talk about even just where I am now. I can only imagine how much more I'll want to discuss once I've hit the end! I think I have two or three more decent sessions before I'm done, I've hit a point where it clearly tells me, hey get some poo poo done before you blow the horn again but I'm 100% positive it's only a temporary lockout from the hub world and I'll probably have more story to do after that, too!! GAME GOOD
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Apr 25, 2018 20:22
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I'ma be real sad when this story's done. But I left a lot of the optional stuff for after I finish. Plus there's a few things intended to be done post-game, yeah? e: I never thought that a God of War game, of all loving games, is one where I'd be chomping at the bit to complete it so I can talk about the story. I'm incredibly happy I broke my launch day rule for this b/c navigating a minefield of spoilers for a few months to wait for the price to drop would have really ruined the experience, imo, because there's no way I'd be able to go in spoiler free. smart move releasing it on 4/20 b/c honestly I probably wouldn't have broken my rule if it wasn't weed day. I always like to treat myself to something nice on weed day. esperterra fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Apr 25, 2018 |
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Apr 25, 2018 20:23
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I dunno if anyone else has mentioned it, but there’s an option to change all the button mashing sequences so that you just hold down the button instead. If you’re like me and hate mashing X when you move a boulder or whatever, I highly recommend it.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:25
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Trillhouse posted:I dunno if anyone else has mentioned it, but there’s an option to change all the button mashing sequences so that you just hold down the button instead. If you’re like me and hate mashing X when you move a boulder or whatever, I highly recommend it. Button holding master race
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Apr 25, 2018 20:31
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Trillhouse posted:I dunno if anyone else has mentioned it, but there’s an option to change all the button mashing sequences so that you just hold down the button instead. If you’re like me and hate mashing X when you move a boulder or whatever, I highly recommend it. This is in the accessibility menu for anyone looking for it. I thought about it for a bit but there's not that many of them so I just went with the usual mash.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:33
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The Crusher posted:Throwing and recalling the axe is super satisfying. The best weapon in Turok 2 was actually the Cerebral Bore. Or at least it was when I was 14.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:33
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People dismissed me months ago when I said Aloy needed a boomerang in Horizon 2, where are all those haters now.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:36
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esperterra posted:I'm incredibly happy I broke my launch day rule for this b/c navigating a minefield of spoilers for a few months to wait for the price to drop would have really ruined the experience, imo, because there's no way I'd be able to go in spoiler free. Yea, every once in a while a game like this comes out that really demands to be played at launch because it's head and shoulders above anything else out there. And it just feels good to play along with everyone else who bought the game and be able to participate in the discussion while there's still so much enthusiasm for it.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:36
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Basebf555 posted:Yea, every once in a while a game like this comes out that really demands to be played at launch because it's head and shoulders above anything else out there. And it just feels good to play along with everyone else who bought the game and be able to participate in the discussion while there's still so much enthusiasm for it. Exactly. I'm sad I missed out on that with Horizon and NieR:A. It's nice to be caught up in the launch week zeitgeist with a game that has a great story.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:44
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So after doing the mist rewards I think I might actually go ahead and platinum this. The ravens might not even feel as tedious after the mist stuff. The loot stuff is still the weakest part of the game though. So much needles grinding for items that aren't even that good. I know I'm playing on easy, but at the end of the game I don't think there's any real variety in combat gameplay achieved by having different stats. Like I spam the boy to inflict stun, but I still use the summons, throw the axe and switch from weapon to weapon. I also use the runic powers too and I'm tailoring my approach based on enemy rather than my stats.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:47
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exquisite tea posted:People dismissed me months ago when I said Aloy needed a boomerang in Horizon 2, where are all those haters now. HZD is my favorite game of the last 37 years and I can't think of really anything I would want changed in it, outside of super minor stuff, but I will admit I wouldn't mind some sort of Leviathan-Axe-type weapon in a sequel.
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Apr 25, 2018 20:48
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This story line is so loving long, Jesus. I think I’m about 40 hours in and I still havent beaten it and there are a ton of side quests I still haven’t done
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Apr 25, 2018 21:06
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I like that Atreus and Kratos have a dialogue justifying exploring around after every major story event that allows you to.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:11
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Thread title game looking good
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Apr 25, 2018 21:15
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Over There posted:Thread title game looking good Thread of the Year to go with Game of the Year.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:21
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BOY. It took 8 years to make!
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Apr 25, 2018 21:21
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BOY is a better killing machine than Kratos. I'm fighting these bosses where he has to sit out on the side and I'm like.. get the BOY in here and let him kill this poo poo in under a minute with his arrows of loving doom. This poo poo is tiring for an old man.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:25
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BOY. wrecks travelers too. They are very susceptible to his stun arrows.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:31
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Also please use the squirrel spirit ability. He's snarky as gently caress and owns
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Apr 25, 2018 21:32
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I love the boar summon to set up the ice giant smash heavy runic attack and EZ grab kills.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:34
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shortspecialbus posted:HZD is my favorite game of the last 37 years and I can't think of really anything I would want changed in it, outside of super minor stuff, but I will admit I wouldn't mind some sort of Leviathan-Axe-type weapon in a sequel. exquisite tea posted:People dismissed me months ago when I said Aloy needed a boomerang in Horizon 2, where are all those haters now. aloy doesn't need more ranged weapons, she needs more mobility i would counter with "give her kratos' chaos blades and let her use them like hookshots"
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Apr 25, 2018 21:40
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It doesn't look like there is going to be DLC for this. I'm actually surprised by that. There is no mention anywhere of any DLC and they don't have a special deluxe edition that includes the season pass. Good on you Santa Monica studios.
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Diabetic posted:It doesn't look like there is going to be DLC for this. I'm actually surprised by that. There is no mention anywhere of any DLC and they don't have a special deluxe edition that includes the season pass. Good on you Santa Monica studios. Honestly a little sad, but DLC has become a blanket term for both "new area with 5 hours of voice acted questlines" and "pay cash to make the tattoos blue instead of red" so let's say "I'm sad there aren't any expansion packs planned because it likely means waiting at least a couple years for more BOY! instead of months"
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