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Started up Midnight Suns but didn't get too far into it tonight, not feeling great and had to lay down a bit. Haven't done enough to talk much about the gameplay, but man, this does not feel like a $70 game. The cutscenes that aren't done in the engine are really low res for some reason and have all sorts of compression artifacting on a 4k TV. Characters look like something from the early PS4 era, and the voice acting ranges from passable to hot garbage. I chose a female protagonist and she's no Jennifer Hale, that's for sure. Combat might be fun, once it opens up more, but I'm a little disappointed that it seems so stationary compared to something like XCom -- you only get one move per turn between all 3 characters, so you only ever move to use environmental objects or line up knockback attacks, and more enemies just keep unpredictably spawning into the same little arena. Maybe I'm just down on it because I'm frustrated being sick, I dunno.
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Ragnarok is my latest platinum. What a chore. Especially because a huge area in Vanaheim opens up after finishing the story that adds to all the busywork you need to do to get to 100%. Saved the two toughest battles for last after all the collectible hunting.
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ZeeBoi posted:Ragnarok is my latest platinum. What a chore. Especially because a huge area in Vanaheim opens up after finishing the story that adds to all the busywork you need to do to get to 100%. LMAO. The best zone in the game is a chore. Why did you even play if you weren't enjoying it?
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Ran into a weird issue with Callisto Protocol. Right before a boss fight, you have to fend off waves of simple enemies. I screwed up a little and got through the last wave by the skin of my teeth, no ammo and a sliver of health. I ran around the arena and topped up both, then the boss cinematic played. The first time, I almost get him, but then screw up and die. No big deal, figure I can get him the second time. Thing is, there was a checkpoint before the boss, but the checkpoint seemed to take my health and ammo from the moment I killed the last enemy of the last wave, but also started me right at the boss cinematic. So, the checkpoint put me into the boss fight with an empty gun and no health, lol. I guess I could have loaded an earlier checkpoint and tried to get through the waves in better condition, but the boss is pretty easy to cheese by kiting him around the arena. Sort of a cheap victory and kinda an unfair checkpoint design though. Surprised it shipped like that. Only real glitch I've had in the entire game (Does it count as a glitch?), still like it overall. Achievements wise it looks like I'm near the end. I think my biggest complaint is that stealth is ridiculously OP in the late game. Too easy to just go around shanking chains of enemies until a room is clear. No real incentive not to do so, except that it's a little boring. Seems like stealth killing should alert nearby enemies (They supposedly react to sound clicker style, but don't notice the super loud death cries of a stealth stab), or use an item, or something. But nope, nothing stopping you from stabbing 20 dudes in a room while crouched. Bugblatter fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Dec 3, 2022 |
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Dec 3, 2022 05:56
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ZeeBoi posted:Ragnarok is my latest platinum. What a chore. Especially because a huge area in Vanaheim opens up after finishing the story that adds to all the busywork you need to do to get to 100%. Nobody was forcing you to get the plat
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Waltzing Along posted:LMAO. The best zone in the game is a chore. Why did you even play if you weren't enjoying it? Games too long. Too boring. Cutscene going on right now as i type this im like drat sony you hosed it so hard. If only they had barlog there to direct a tighter campaign. He's made the only good god of wars. Oh poo poo i can play again but im still typing while holding up on the stick cause its a boring walk and talk despite being post point of no return for the endgame gently caress the playstation im never buying a sequel from them again. Edit: ok its another cutscene now so i can type again...im finishing it so that i know how bad it is and how hbo brained you all are.
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Dec 3, 2022 06:07
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why does kratos hold up mimir to look at the lore marker things when all mimir ever does is ask kratos what it says?
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Dec 3, 2022 07:03
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It’s his daily Duolingo
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Dec 3, 2022 07:22
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ShoogaSlim posted:why does kratos hold up mimir to look at the lore marker things when all mimir ever does is ask kratos what it says? Because they're friends and he's being more inclusive, rather than treating him like a ball that knows poo poo.
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Dec 3, 2022 08:17
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HBO brained is an insult? If you don’t enjoy the game why would you force yourself to play the post game?
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Dec 3, 2022 08:28
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wtf is wrong with goons lmao
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i mean i get it, that's why I still haven't played TLOU or Uncharted, but ragnarok in particular is a very good blend of cinematic along with fun gameplay
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Dec 3, 2022 09:10
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I have two trophies left for Ragnarok and it’s those awful puzzle chests and artefacts. I should’ve left the extra boss for the last trophy because lol I’m not doing any of that now
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Dec 3, 2022 09:43
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Gowr is definitely too long. I'm at 30 hours with no end in sight and starting to skip side content. The gameplay is fine but not so good that I crave more and the plot so far is a series of chores, there's no momentum to keep me hooked. I only have a sense it's building to something because of endless prophetic exposition about Ragnarok. It's very pretty but that awe wears thin eventually. And since it plays so similar to the first game, there's little in the way of novelty to distract me. Maybe it ends strong idk. Can't help but suspect I could've saved $70 and played TLOU2 for a third time if I wanted a familiar linear AAA experience, and probably had more fun. Less Mimir for sure.
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Real hurthling! posted:Games too long. Too boring. Cutscene going on right now as i type this im like drat sony you hosed it so hard. If only they had barlog there to direct a tighter campaign. He's made the only good god of wars. Oh poo poo i can play again but im still typing while holding up on the stick cause its a boring walk and talk despite being post point of no return for the endgame gently caress the playstation im never buying a sequel from them again. shut da gently caress upppppp
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anyone far enough into gowr wanna spoil for me whether there's a realm similar to either of the ones in the last game that were strictly for challenges? the fire one and the one with the poison mist on the floor? i sank over 100 hours into gow18 bc of the randomized arena battles. the combat is awesome and if i get to basically do only that in a roguelike sort of fashion im all in.
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ShoogaSlim posted:anyone far enough into gowr wanna spoil for me whether there's a realm similar to either of the ones in the last game that were strictly for challenges? the fire one and the one with the poison mist on the floor? i sank over 100 hours into gow18 bc of the randomized arena battles. the combat is awesome and if i get to basically do only that in a roguelike sort of fashion im all in. Yes. You go to all of the realms in GOWR
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Yes. You go to all of the realms in GOWR 
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Starting to understand the social experiment the GoWR devs put out where people who don’t enjoy the game absolutely should not have children.
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acksplode posted:Gowr is definitely too long. I'm at 30 hours with no end in sight and starting to skip side content. The gameplay is fine but not so good that I crave more and the plot so far is a series of chores, there's no momentum to keep me hooked. I only have a sense it's building to something because of endless prophetic exposition about Ragnarok. It's very pretty but that awe wears thin eventually. And since it plays so similar to the first game, there's little in the way of novelty to distract me. Maybe it ends strong idk. Can't help but suspect I could've saved $70 and played TLOU2 for a third time if I wanted a familiar linear AAA experience, and probably had more fun. Less Mimir for sure. You’ve made it that long all by yourself entirely by doing side stuff, the story path is just over half that length.
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I like it, but have hella mixed feelings on it. The people who think it's beyond criticism and get mad anytime someone doesn't suck it off are easily as annoying as the hater poo poo posters.
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For sure, but “I keep doing all the optional side content why is it taking me so long to finish this game?” is kind of silly
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I stopped trying to finish all of that poo poo a bit back, but to be fair the game really invites you to clear out optional areas in a way that it feels like it's the next thing you should be doing, so maybe they should have made the optional stuff better because the puzzles and traversal are real bad and doing the optional stuff kills the pacing of the already very meandering story.
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veni veni veni posted:I like it, but have hella mixed feelings on it. The people who think it's beyond criticism and get mad anytime someone doesn't suck it off are easily as annoying as the hater poo poo posters. Nobody in here thinks it's beyond criticism.
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Dec 3, 2022 11:37
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I won't have a final take until I finish it, but at 30 hours I feel like it's probably an insanely good 12 hour game that has 28+ hours of mostly crap stuffed into it.
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The optional stuff definitely becomes a slog, I think, especially in the two realms they clearly spent all their time on. I’d have rather seen those areas cut down and some other realms expanded if they really wanted to have all this stuff in there, to at least make it more varied. I don’t know if I’d agree about the game making it feel like the optional stuff is what you should be doing next sometimes though. The story objective is always right there in your little checklist of things to do to advance the story, and the only ‘steer’ you get to ever deviate from that path is other characters saying “do you wanna go do something else?”.
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I thought Ragnarok was simply a good, expensive videogame and I appreciate it for doing that with a good heart.
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https://twitter.com/CallistoTheGame/status/1598458091569569792 ng+/hardcore mode coming in 2 months. not gonna lie i'm tempted to wait until the complete version is cheaper
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veni veni veni posted:I like it, but have hella mixed feelings on it. The people who think it's beyond criticism and get mad anytime someone doesn't suck it off are easily as annoying as the hater poo poo posters. Literally not a single person is doing this.
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Callisto’s final boss is pretty dumb. Overall I liked the game, but mostly for the presentation. The aesthetics, sound, and haptic design are all top notch. Everything looks, feels, and sounds immense and crunchy. The gameplay… feels like it needed to be prototyped more. Like I get the impression that they went with an idea that sounded nice on paper, then started building final assets and animations before the design was fully baked. It just feels kind of shallow and they don’t find interesting ways to build on it. I don’t find it as frustrating as reviewers, if anything it’s way to easy. But it’s just kinda thin. Pretty as hell and the best controller haptics outside a first party title tho.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:https://twitter.com/CallistoTheGame/status/1598458091569569792 Will Ng+ be as bad as the first time?
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If optional content ends up ruining/diminishing the game for most/many people, than I absolutely think it's a problem, even if the game didn't force you to do it. Though I personally am especially bad at striking a balance between main and side stuff when I'm given free rein. I suck at time management, and I often burn out on open world games before finishing them.
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I’m in the GOWR postgame now, and I’m enjoying going around and finishing the side stuff. The only really annoying thing for me is traversing TO the side stuff, especially in vantage in
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I think god of war ragnarok is beyond criticism
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I think it’s possible to criticize Ragnarok, but anyone who does so is a nazi who eats live babies.
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fridge corn posted:I think god of war ragnarok is beyond criticism Same expect for Sonic Frontiers
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:shut da gently caress upppppp Stop quoting me during the freya sections
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a lot of the writing in gowr was real dogshit. e.g. surtr walking you through an incredible volcanic world to a celestial vista while saying poo poo like “i’m gonna get real big and do giant stuff or whatever” did a child write this? the combat was good. i played on the highest difficulty which could make the fights a bit of a slog, but tolerating the cringe cutscenes was the greatest challenge of all
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I'm playing gow 2018 and just let the kid carry his mother's ashes you selfish idiot bitch baby gently caress you kratos
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*someone criticises literally any aspect of ragnarok* oh so you hate norwegians?? interesting….
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