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exquisite tea posted:Was that the one where Kratos abandons her via QTE. That was badass
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SkeletonHero posted:No, but the original plan was for Kratos to meet Egyptian Kratos and Hindu Kratos after murdering their respective pantheons and then they see a bright star shining in the east. 3 angry gods strong enough and ferocious enough to murder their way through their entire pantheons single-handedly vs 1 human baby Seems like it would have been a short game.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Kratos fighting his way through Biblically accurate angles would be the loving poo poo. The crucifixion QTEs would be awesome.
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The 3 Gods of War are the original 3 wise men here to deliver gifts of a vicious rear end kicking.
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Jaffe planned to have Kratos kill Zeus in 2, then 3 would be Kratos fighting the Norse and Egyptian pantheons moving into the power vacuum. Balrog, when he directed 2, instead started setting up that Kratos was clearing out the Olympians to make room for Christianity to arise (with the Blade of Olympus meant to be Excalibur, the Spear of Destiny being a weapon, etc). Asmussen, director of 3, instead went for atheistic aesthetic where the Olympians were the only gods and killing them fucks up the cosmos, leaving only Primordial Chaos by the end. Then Barlog got a Nordic wife and formed babby, had a midlife crisis, and remade God of War into a Fatherhood game set in wife's culture.
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Biplane posted:How babby is formed?? Circle, Circle, Triangle, Half circle left, Half circle right, Spin stick once in each direction, Rapidly spin stick, mash Circle.
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SkeletonHero posted:Circle, Circle, Triangle, Half circle left, Half circle right, Spin stick once in each direction, Rapidly spin stick, mash Circle. I have no time for this
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haveblue posted:I have no time for this Doctor, coming out of ward, excited: it's a ... Kratos, glowering:
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I guess it's more than a little thing, but man I finished playing it takes two with my wife last weekend and that game is incredible If I had to pick a single little thing, it's that the game really doesn't penalize death. So even as the puzzles and challenges get trickier it still remains super fun and never really gets frustrating
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SkeletonHero posted:Circle, Circle, Triangle, Half circle left, Half circle right, Spin stick once in each direction, Rapidly spin stick, mash Circle. Byzantine posted:Balrog Surely it's just hold back, forward-punch, it's not like he's Zangief
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SkeletonHero posted:Circle, Circle, Triangle, Half circle left, Half circle right, Spin stick once in each direction, Rapidly spin stick, mash Circle. Well poo poo. Now I have all these babby's.
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Biplane posted:Well poo poo. Now I have all these babby's. Hello, my name is Ares. How would you like to solve two problems at once?
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Elvis_Maximus posted:I guess it's more than a little thing, but man I finished playing it takes two with my wife last weekend and that game is incredible I can second this. My wife and I are playing through it right now. It's a lot of fun, not too difficult, lots of teamwork and puzzle solving. I really like the squirrel Street fighter on the plane.
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SkeletonHero posted:No, but the original plan was for Kratos to meet Egyptian Kratos and Hindu Kratos after murdering their respective pantheons and then they see a bright star shining in the east. Hindu Kratos, isn't that basically the Asura's Wrath guy? Lobok posted:3 angry gods strong enough and ferocious enough to murder their way through their entire pantheons single-handedly I'm more picturing an ultraviolent 3 Men And A Baby
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Hindu Kratos, isn't that basically the Asura's Wrath guy? Now theres a crossover I wanna see
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One of the things I like about Unpacking is how it reveals little bits of story using the items you unpack and the 'right' places for them to go. So, the game is a series of levels where you unpack the main character's belongings from moving boxes at various stages in her life: the first room she gets to herself as a kid, her college dorm room, etc. You get a bit of flexibility on where items can go, but there are 'wrong' places for items to go that you'll have to fix before you can finish the level. Minor spoilers: One of the levels is the MC moving into a partner's apartment. One of the items you unpack is a picture of (presumably) the MC and her partner, which goes on the fridge. The next level is the MC moving back into the room she had as a kid, now by herself. You unpack this same picture of the MC and her partner, and your first instinct will be to tack it to a corkboard along with all of your other photos and drawings. If you do this, one of the tacks will be placed through the partner's face, rather than in the corner of the photo. Also, the corkboard ends up being the 'wrong' place for the picture. The 'right' place? Hidden inside a cabinet, where you won't have to look at it. Honestly the game is full of these little moments/observations, the developers did a good job telling the MC's story indirectly through how her possessions change over time, and also in capturing some of the challenges that come with moving ("I'm just going to move my partner's underwear to a different drawer so I can fit my socks in the dresser. Now why the hell did I put my left and right boots in different boxes?!")
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Lobok posted:3 angry gods strong enough and ferocious enough to murder their way through their entire pantheons single-handedly Who would win? The answer might surprise you!! Service 10.30 on Sunday, all are welcome
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Didn't Jesus have a "strike me down and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" thing going on? Edit: Religious Studies was quite a while ago, but I remember Pilate got a Fatality then Jesus said "this isn't even my final form!". Then he revealed his Stand. Edit2: I had been taking a lot of cough medicine that week ao my recollections might not be completely accurate. The Lone Badger has a new favorite as of 00:20 on Jan 27, 2022 |
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Paper Tiger posted:One of the things I like about Unpacking is how it reveals little bits of story using the items you unpack and the 'right' places for them to go. There's something else in the level prior to that you missed; You can't move your partner's belongings - He was probably a controlling dickhead.
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Also your diploma which goes on the wall wherever you go, proudly displayed, won't fit on any wall and needs to be put out of sight in that level.
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Y'all sold me on unpacking and I installed it from gamepass last night. I think I'm on stage 4 now? I just finished unpacking her nerd house with d&d playing roommates
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Neddy Seagoon posted:There's something else in the level prior to that you missed; You can't move your partner's belongings - He was probably a controlling dickhead. And the diploma has one spots where it fits. Above the toilet. Such a perfect insult to injury moment. Although I think the game kind of ruins that great moment for itself later on: It wouldn't have worked out between them even if he'd been the most accomodating guy in the world. I thought in retrospect it came across a bit like setting up a villain just for the sake of having one.
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Kitfox88 posted:Now theres a crossover I wanna see that would be SICK
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Man the valkyrie fights in God of War do not mess around. Very Dark Souls-y in the approach you have to take to them where you need to memorize their tells and know when it's safe to punish them. I cut my teeth on the one on top of Mt. Doom or whatever that place is which apparently was a bad idea because it's one of the harder ones in the game. Took me ~20 tries and the better part of an hour to kill her. It's funny how different it is from the rest of the game - where spamming runic powers and just beating enemies into submission works pretty well. If you go straight at Valkyries, they dismantle you pretty quickly (cannot be interrupted and only stagger if you counterattack at the proper times). God of War has a lot of nice little quality of life things you barely even notice that it does to make players' lives easier. Little things that happen in the background so you barely even notice. Stuff like: * If you just stand still when traveling with the Bifrost on the world tree, the game eventually figures out you're sick of it and will just open the door right in front of you rather than forcing you to run around. * No manual saving at all. The game saves constantly with no player maintenance required. * You don't have to worry about interrupting Mimir's stories by getting out of the boat/arriving at your destination because the next time you're traveling, Atreus will start up with "So hey, about that last thing you were talking about...?" and Mimir will resume his story.
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Another nice detail is that Atreus will always stand in the direction of the critical story path so you know exactly where NOT to go when first exploring an area.
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Probably belongs in the other thread but I do NOT like the Mustafar / mist maze armor component grind - although I have the dont get hit challenge down to a science now.
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You CAN interrupt valkyries using certain runic moves, and are throws when they are in the air. In fact, you HAVE to do that for the queen or she will put you in the ground. Just finished the game last night and man, what a great game. Just completely enjoyable at every level from start to finish
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:You CAN interrupt valkyries using certain runic moves, and are throws when they are in the air. In fact, you HAVE to do that for the queen or she will put you in the ground. Only at certain points where you are supposed to. The Mt. Doom Valkyrie did that too but I used Atreus shock arrows to knock her down. Most of their attacks are not interruptible though and they will wreck you if you try. Best case is you use your own uninterruptible runic vs. their attack, youll trade damage but that rarely ends in your favor.
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PS4 God of War really impressed me with how, versus the scale of the other games, boss fights still feel like a chip damage war between two powerful entities. It's one of the only games I've played where you (a normal size dude) are unable to stumble anything more than a head taller than you and you just swing at their ankles and they don't react, WITHOUT this detracting from the satisfaction of the combat at all. I could hack away at giant ankles and valkyries going hhhhuuuuuuuAAARRGGG for 10 straight seconds as they charge their spirit bomb all goddamn day without caring that they're not even flinching, the special effects when I hit em are enough to get across that my axe still hurts. edit: Nier Automata is an example I feel of a game being dragged down by having awful hit feedback. Gorgeous animations with a lot of clear love put into them with no weight to the resulting attacks whatsoever. Enemies just freeze in place for a second and wiggle even if you launch them. CJacobs has a new favorite as of 16:30 on Jan 27, 2022 |
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CJacobs posted:PS4 God of War really impressed me with how, versus the scale of the other games, boss fights still feel like a chip damage war between two powerful entities. It's one of the only games I've played where you (a normal size dude) are unable to stumble anything more than a head taller than you and you just swing at their ankles and they don't react, WITHOUT this detracting from the satisfaction of the combat at all. I could hack away at giant ankles and valkyries going HUUUAAAAAARRGGG for 10 straight seconds as they charge their spirit bomb all goddamn day without caring that they're not even flinching, the special effects when I hit em are enough to get across that my axe still hurts. The combat is extremely satisfying. Not sure who said the Dark elf captain guys were the worst in terms of annoying enemies - and they're up there for sure, but there aren't that many of them. My vote goes to those horrible teleporting witch things that come in different elemental flavors. You can't lock them down for long even with shock arrows and they absolutely have to be dealt with before you take on other enemies or they will ruin your day.
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Frank Frank posted:The combat is extremely satisfying. Not sure who said the Dark elf captain guys were the worst in terms of annoying enemies - and they're up there for sure, but there aren't that many of them. My vote goes to those horrible teleporting witch things that come in different elemental flavors. You can't lock them down for long even with shock arrows and they absolutely have to be dealt with before you take on other enemies or they will ruin your day. The trick to those fuckers is light arrows and fists. You pop em with light arrows as you run up and then beat them into stagger, then do a finisher. Once you get the rhythm down they die instantly. All of the enemy types can be horrifyingly annoying UNTIL you figure out the trick to them, which is awesome. I loved the "Shattered Gauntlet of Ages" talisman that you socket certain enchantments into to make it a stupidly strong ranged nuke.
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:The trick to those fuckers is light arrows and fists. You pop em with light arrows as you run up and then beat them into stagger, then do a finisher. Once you get the rhythm down they die instantly. Its an infinity gauntlet reference. Later versions of those witch things dont stun in 1 round of arrows/melee. Ive found it more effective to lock them down with lightning arrows and then do a charged axe R2/use runic. Same for those little fuckers that dive underground. Shock + 1 charged R2 and theyre dead.
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Frank Frank posted:It’s an infinity gauntlet reference. Yes, I know
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The infinity gauntlet is the glove Thanos wore < oldpainless has a new favorite as of 01:42 on Jan 28, 2022 |
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oldpainless posted:The infinity gauntlet is the glove Thanos wore Until this past I actually forgot about that game sequence and generically misread "infinity gauntlet" as some game I didn't recognize. Joke denied 
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oldpainless posted:The infinity gauntlet is the glove Thanos wore Arrow's going to have to turn 90° to the right to point up to your av on the Awful app.
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You dont browse the app while wearing your prop accurate replica of the gauntlet? I thought that was a rule or something.
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Warbird posted:You dont browse the app while wearing your prop accurate replica of the gauntlet? I thought that was a rule or something. Jeffrey has as an Infinity Gauntlet replica hooked up to the admin panel and he can ban people just by snapping his fingers. I learned this while I was a mod. Don't tell anyone.
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nine-gear crow posted:Jeffrey has as an Infinity Gauntlet replica hooked up to the admin panel and he can ban people just by snapping his fingers. I learned this while I was a mod. Don't tell anyone. You said you would never betray the Wu Tang secret, crow! What's wrong with u
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